The condition of the smaller statue indicates it may have been as old as the big one still on jedha, even though the archives had gone through some serious devastation by the empire and the inquisitorius. there were statues just alike on ilum, too, as seen in the episode the gathering of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series. The battle of jedha has told us the story of the protector, the giant statue of a fallen jedi that was first seen in rogue one.listen to the battle of jedha.
A couple of months ago, we speculated that perhaps there is a jedi temple buried somewhere beneath jedha’s surface. having seen the statue, half buried in sand, it looks. The shot in question lasts for just under three seconds, and shows a massive, fallen jedi statue in the deserts of a planet assumed to be jedha, a holy site for those who believe in the. The jedi had literally fallen. also, jedha was a holy land. being one of the first places to learn of the force as well as the home to the first jedi temple. but the empire invaded jedha for crystals. maybe the fallen statue represents how the times have changed and specifically how jedi (and the light side of the force) have been eradicated.