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NWR_insanolord:
The Jedi had been gone for 40+ years at this point, and I'm sure Palpatine did his best to erase their history as best he could. I don't think many people encountered them on a regular basis, if at all, even during the old republic days, so it doesn't seem that crazy that they could just fade out of memory.
Nile Boogie Returns:
General Tarkin said something to the effects of the last remnants of the old republic have been swept away and Vader that was all that was left. Add 40 years and the fact that Palpatine intended to rule forever and yeah
History became legend, legend became myth and somethings that should not be forgotten were lost.
shingi_70:
Well even in the prequel era when there was a ton of Jedi one would rarley see them. By the end of the Clone Wars when order 66 happened there were fewer than 1000 Jedi left.
That said we never really see the galaxy forget about the Jedi. We look through the films through the perspective of Luke who's been living in the sticks and has purposlly been left in the dark. Han Solo thinks its bull but knows what they were to some degree, and Leia knew first hand from her father.
The Jedi were smeared by Palpatine and most of the imoerals basically wouldn't talk of them but in insults.
As for the TFA The new post Jedi books do make it known that Luke is known as being the Last Jedi/Force User and the Republic's Golden Boy. 30 years later in the Weapon of the Jedi book he's described as being legendary and no one expect those in the know, knew what went down on Endor.
Nile Boogie Returns:
I am currently on chapter 4 of "Shattered Empire: Journey to The Force Awakens" Its a comic that bridges the end of Jedi, starting with what happens right after the Battle of Endor to what I assume is the beginning of Episode VII. For those that don't know, this was also done between Episodes II & III with the original "Clone Wars"(Gennadiy Tartakovsky's verison ) Anyway, this is considered "Cannon" and should shed a few nuggets for those interested.
So I'm reading this and Luke Force blocks a couple of thermal detonators right in to a whole squad of Imperials with NO HESITATION. Now I'm not stating Dark Path here but there appeared to be no remorse in his actions. As far as I can tell, Jedi don't really kill in droves and the prequels tended to face them against battle droids and the likes of some furious beast but not too many "men" fell at the hands of the Jedi.
The above is speculation based on facts and not anything I know for sure or have read
Stratos:
Well, in the Legacy material Luke went to the dark side at least twice and lead to some good story lines. It would make sense for something like that to happen here too. I do hope they deal with that in some fashion.