Star Wars Canon Brings Back A 40-Year-Old Alien Race Who Would Be The Perfect Enemy For Rey's New Jedi Order

Summary Yinchorri are resistant to the Force, making them a unique and formidable threat to Rey's new Jedi Order.

Inspired by Legends, the Yinchorri's immunity to mind tricks and cortosis weapons challenge the Jedi in new ways.

The Yinchorri Uprising, manipulated by the Sith in Legends, could be reimagined to test Rey and her Jedi in the modern canon.

The modern Star Wars canon has reintroduced a species from the Legends continuity that may be the ideal enemy for Rey’s Jedi Order. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker left the Jedi and the galaxy writ large in a similar position to the end of Return of the Jedi. The Sith and their totalitarian regime are destroyed and the Jedi can once again rebuild, only now the task of rebuilding the Jedi Order is Rey’s responsibility. The Legends continuity provides many potential villains for Rey’s Jedi to face, with the Sith now ostensibly gone for good.

Since the Star Wars franchise’s continuity reboot in April 2014, the various spinoff movies, comics, video games, novels, and TV shows of the Legends continuity – previously the official Star Wars canon – were relegated to an alternate continuity. Even so, Legends has inspired many elements of Star Wars canon, from Palpatine’s resurrection to characters like Grand Admiral Thrawn. One notable sapient species – who famously clashed with the Jedi of the Star Wars prequel trilogy era in Legends – has recently joined the newer timeline, putting them in an ideal position to become a unique threat to the Jedi.

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The Yinchorri Are Resistant To The Force

Like Hutts & Toydarians, Mind Tricks Don't Work On This Species

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The 2024 novel The Living Force by John Jackson Miller introduced the Yinchorri to the modern Star Wars canon, with the character Jodak, a pilot in the Riftwalkers pirate gang, being established as a member of the species. The Yinchorri are one of the oldest species in the franchise, having been introduced in the classic Marvel Star Wars comics and playing major roles in prequel-era properties, such as Jedi Council: Acts of War, by Randy Stradley and Davidé Fabbri, and Darth Plagueis, by James Luceno. The Yinchorri are one of the few species with a natural resistance to Force powers.

Not unlike Hutts and Toydarians, Yinchorri are naturally immune to Force abilities, particularly mind powers like the famous Jedi mind trick and even telepathy. This resistance is not flawless, however, as Jedi Force abilities that do not directly affect Yinchorri – such as throwing objects at them telekinetically – are still effective against them. The Yinchorri, many of whom are lethal warriors, also have a penchant for using weapons made of cortosis, a rare material that can resist – or even short out – lightsaber blades.

The Yinchorri Were Almost Wiped Out By The Sith In Star Wars Legends

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The Yinchorri infamously initiated what became known as the Yinchorri Uprising in the year preceding Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace in the Legends continuity. Upon joining the Galactic Republic, the Yinchorri developed a powerful military with their newfound technology and wealth, seeking to conquer planets. After an attempted investigation resulted in the deaths of two Jedi, the Jedi Order – backed by the Republic’s Judicial Forces – fought the Yinchorri rebels on various battlefronts, ending in a relatively costly Republic and Jedi victory, with the Yinchorri being demilitarized.

Darth Plagueis manipulated the Yinchorri rebels to see their potential as Jedi killers.

Unbeknownst to the Jedi and the Republic, however, the Yinchorri were goaded into their attempted conquests by the Sith Order, whose survival of the ancient Ruusan campaign was kept secret at the time. Darth Plagueis manipulated the Yinchorri rebels to see their potential as Jedi killers, considering a Yinchorri warrior as a potential template for the Clone Army. Finally, the Yinchorri Uprising was one of many wars to break out during Finis Valorum’s term as Supreme Chancellor, lowering the public’s confidence in him and allowing Plagueis’ apprentice, Palpatine, to have an opening to replace him.

Supreme Chancellor Valorum’s term also included vicious wars like the Star Hyperspace War and the Mandalorian Civil War.

The Yinchorri Would Be The Perfect Villains For Rey's New Jedi Order

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While the Yinchorri Uprising is exclusive to the Star Wars Legends continuity for now, the fact that the Yinchorri are now part of both timelines allows them to potentially make their live-action debut in the forthcoming New Jedi Order movie. In the modern canon, the Yinchorri Uprising could be reimagined as occurring after the events of Rise of Skywalker, with the Yinchorri perhaps becoming conquerors on their own (as the Sith appear to be truly gone at this point). As villains, the Yinchorri would pose a unique threat to Rey and her new generation of Jedi.

Like the Legends continuity’s Yuuzhan Vong, the Yinchorri are resistant to certain types of Force abilities. Combined with their prowess as warriors and cortosis weaponry, the Yinchorri would force Rey and her Jedi to employ creative tactics to defeat their opponents. Even with the Sith gone, a new version of the Yinchorri Uprising would allow the Star Wars franchise to continue to challenge the Jedi, even without their ancient rivals.

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