Allies: Jedi and Force traditions: Jedi: Jedi Council

Despite being closely associated with the Jedi, Antarian Rangers do not have a good press with the Jedi Council. Their “efforts [are] not officially sanctioned or approved by the Jedi Council”, which treats them “with indifference” and does not “acknowledge them”. Furthermore, it seems that the Council hardened its position against the Antarian Rangers, as stated in Hero’s Guide: “the Jedi Council took a more traditionalist stance in policy, the Rangers found fewer and fewer Jedi calling upon them (...).”

In spite of this, Antarian Rangers are known as “Jedi petitioners”, i.e. having “connections within the Jedi Order and enough pull to gain an audience with the Jedi Council on fairly short notice – five to fifty hours (…) normally, petitioning the Jedi Council can take days or even weeks, and even then, an audience is rarely granted to a non-Jedi”. Furthermore, these audiences may even provide the Rangers with “resources, support, and even occasional direct help”.

So, if poorly viewed with the Jedi Council, Antarian Rangers must have had quite a good reputation within the Order as a whole...

Sources: The Force Unleashed Campaign Guide (p.66), Hero’s Guide, Imperial Commando 501st (p.68)