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How can Jedi learn to use tutaminis without hurting themselves?
Blasters have stun settings, and the Jedi use training droids and training lightsabers which have limited power. Presumably Jedi practice tutaminis with these before attempting to block blaster bolts ...
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How close was Ahsoka to becoming a Jedi Knight?
How close did she come to attaining the rank? Very.
In The Clone Wars episode, The Wrong Jedi, she was offered the rank but turned it down. The Council considered her ordeal in hindsight as being her ...
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Can a Force Ghost train a Jedi pupil?
Yes.
We actually have an example of this in Revenge of the Sith. Yoda was quite surprised to discover that Qui-Gon Jinn had discovered a method of preserving his consciousness after death. His ...
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Did the Jedi Order use corporal punishment?
Based on the prequels, it seems extremely unlikely. Corporal punishment gives individuals a motivation that is ultimately based on fear, and as Yoda says: "Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. ...
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How close was Ahsoka to becoming a Jedi Knight?
Based on the comments of several Jedi masters in the episode "The Wrong Jedi," it seems she would have been made a knight almost immediately if she remained in the order.
Saesee Tiin: You ...
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Lightsaber Fighting Styles
The Force is VERY heavily used in lightsaber combat, just not in the obvious fling-stuff-around way. After all,
A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense. Never for attack.
I think the best ...
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Was fighter pilot training part of a Jedi Padawan's training during the times of the Galactic Republic?
All Jedi are pilots, but not all Jedi are ace starfighter pilots.
JEDI STARSHIPS
While the Jedi Order typically uses Republic cruisers for diplomatic missions across the galaxy, some assignments ...
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Do Jedi masters/knights take responsibility for their turned padawans?
If we strictly stick to canon:
1) When Dooku turned to the dark side, none of the punishments you mentioned were given to Yoda, his master.
2) Quinlan Vos briefly turned to the dark side. There was ...
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How do Jedi Deal With Childcare?
In the Legends continuity, before they are old enough to train, young Jedi recruits are placed in a nursery. They are attained to by medical droids.
We see this in Star Wars Tales #13.
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Why are Padawans of the same age trained together?
Yoda is not teaching a class of Padawans but Younglings (Initiates).
As the Jedi were instructed in the ways of the Order and the Force, each member progressed through several different ranks. With ...
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Which Jedi/Sith has proficiency in the most combat Forms?
It is hard to give definitive answer. In Canon, all Jedi and Sith have some preferred form. For example, Palpatine was described as master of all seven forms, but in his duels we could see ...
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Where was Luke's Jedi Temple/Academy located?
There's no indications where the scenes we've only gotten bits and pieces of in TFA and TLJ actually happened. While George Lucas wanted it to be Ahch-to, it seems unlikely Luke would hide on a planet ...
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Can a Force Ghost train a Jedi pupil?
The answer is yes. From Season 6 of the Clone Wars (aka the Lost Missions), the final 3-story arc ("Voices", "Destiny", and "Sacrifice"), Yoda is contacted by Qui-Gon Jinn and is asked to finish Qui-...
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What are some things that only Jedi Masters could do, and not new Jedi Knights (or Padawans)?
Being a Jedi Master vs. a Jedi Knight seems to be primarily a point of experience & versatility. The moment that marks a Jedi Knight as ready for masterhood varies with each individual, but seems ...
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Were other Jedi Temples inhabited? (Canon/Legends)
Based on the depictions I'm familiar with, the various Jedi temples were not inhabited during the Clone Wars.
For example, consider the temple on Lothal. The character's dialogue imply that the Jedi ...
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How can Jedi learn to use tutaminis without hurting themselves?
They would simply attempt to stop the bolt or saber moving past them instead of directly at them until they mastered the technique.
The force allows a user to interact with matter and energy ...
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