"Canned animations" refer to a strict default same set of animations used by the game. In JK2/JKA it has alot of human lightsaber attack/defend animations, so there's no point wasting life making your own when you can only used the canned animations anyway.
Yea, I do want my model in game. I'll get 3Dsmax then. Thanks for the help guys! One more thing, for the animation..do I have to make that myself, or is there someway I can use the preset animations JK3 has?