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This post does not include spoilers as it is speculation and does not include any information not available in TV Guide or a general Google search.
Star Wars Rebels is a currently airing animated television series featuring the adventures of a rebel cell fighting the galactic empire a few years before the events of "A New Hope." Among others, it features two Force users who are attempting to be Jedi; Kanan and Ezra Bridger. Ahsoka, a character from the previous series Clone Wars, appears as a occurring character.
It is natural to wonder where at least these three characters went by the time of Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, when Luke is told he is the last of the Jedi. However, this does not necessarily require their deaths because Yoda and Kenobi lie, or at least speak "from a point of view." As such, it is possible - but maybe not plausible - for Ahsoka, Kanan and Ezra to be alive by that point, just off somewhere on some other important but unrelated adventure. Maybe they blow up the Emperor's cloning facility just before Vader tosses him down the trash chute.
However....
There are reasons they have to be dead by the time of Force Awakens.
Namely, if they are alive by then then Luke's return becomes less important.
Star Wars Rebels is a currently airing animated television series featuring the adventures of a rebel cell fighting the galactic empire a few years before the events of "A New Hope." Among others, it features two Force users who are attempting to be Jedi; Kanan and Ezra Bridger. Ahsoka, a character from the previous series Clone Wars, appears as a occurring character.
It is natural to wonder where at least these three characters went by the time of Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, when Luke is told he is the last of the Jedi. However, this does not necessarily require their deaths because Yoda and Kenobi lie, or at least speak "from a point of view." As such, it is possible - but maybe not plausible - for Ahsoka, Kanan and Ezra to be alive by that point, just off somewhere on some other important but unrelated adventure. Maybe they blow up the Emperor's cloning facility just before Vader tosses him down the trash chute.
However....
There are reasons they have to be dead by the time of Force Awakens.
Namely, if they are alive by then then Luke's return becomes less important.