Most Star Wars fans who complain about the Jedi-related continuity problems refer back to Tarkin’s line about the Jedi being “extinct.” If that’s the case, it doesn’t really make sense that such prominent Jedi are still running around, including knights like Kanan Jarrus and younglings like Grogu.
There are also plenty of former Jedi still very much alive in this period, including Ahsoka Tano and Baylan Skoll.
Historically, Star Wars fans have considered these apparent continuity problems as retcons to the Original Trilogy, which makes sense. Retcons were common even in the first movies—remember when Obi-Wan said that Luke Skywalker was their “last hope” and Yoda told him “there is another?”
This was retroactively explained to be Leia, but when The Empire Strikes Back was first written, this line was most likely a reference to Nellith Skywalker, a long-lost Jedi originally intended to be Luke’s sister and the star of a planned sequel trilogy (eat your heart out, Rey).
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