When “Return of the Jedi” brought the original “Star Wars” trilogy to a close in 1983, expectations were unfairly elevated for the movie, and later tempered, by the recognition it had the ...

Jedi military ranks and standard battle armor were stripped from the Order, and the vast armies, navies, and starfighter corps under the Order’s direct control were disbanded.

In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Snoke’s Praetorian Guard put up a good fight and nearly vanquished their foes, even doing the unthinkable and blocking lightsabers with their armor.