#jedi path

Star Wars In-Universe Texts and Literature

(These are books that exist in canon that you can actually read, not in-universe tie-in books created after the fact.)

The Jedi Path/here is a Jedi temple training manual. The Book of Sith is Darth Sidious’s compiled philosophy book.

Sacred Jedi Texts:   Aionomica/link (with a focus on in-universe function, as I believe it has some original writing to fill in the blanks), and here (with a focus more on visual accuracy.) Jedifreac & theredhandcomic also made the Aionomica. Rammahgon (or here)  PercNerd's collection constructionpaperandtears made one. This person (I believe it is all the same person) worked on translating the texts from their fictional languages. One, two, three, four. (Someone else trying to determine the alphabet of one page→here.)  Pages/here collected and added to by lerougemain. Physical pages astromech_dj is writing their own.

The English alphabet does appear in several of these books, a decision which I understand but resent. 

I believe this is from the Jedi Path book: Form III stances presented a minimal target to assailants, not only limited the opponent's avenues of attack, but reduced the area the Soresu practitioner had to defend with lightsaber parries and blocks.

So he essentially is making himself smaller, likely keeping his left side back, with his saver and right shoulder front, and in a vulnerable position, which would explain the need to keep is right side covered as well incase he can’t deflect everything.

Re: this

Innnnteresting!

The first sentence was a little off-putting.

“It is a pledge of protection to the citizens and inhabitants of the Republic”

This means that essentially the Code only applies for attitude towards citizens of the Republic and doesn’t demand that the Jedi follow their code in regards to everyone. This sounds horrifying, but makes sense when you consider that this Code stemmed from the Manderon Period aka discovery of the Sith Empire. However, what made me grin are the sentences that follow:

“As a Jedi, you must be faithful to the spirit of the Code.”

This phrasing, in particular, reminded me a lot of the saying “the spirit of the law”, which, quoting Merriam-Webster, means “the aim or purpose of a law when it was written”. Essentially meaning that not the wording of the Code counts, but its intention.

So, what is the overall intention of the Jedi? Bring peace to all beings of the universe. And this purpose seems to stand above the written law as well. What you have here, is basically every Jedi’s justification for doing things that go beyond what they are required (or might even legally be allowed) to do to help other people.

I got these boiz on Amazon recently and I MADE NOTES

Books have notes from characters, which, to be fare, are pretty nice and funny at some points. The Jedi Path is supposed to be given to Padawans down the line. This particular one was owned at different times by Yoda, Thame, Dooku, Qui Gon, Obi Wan, Anakin, Ahsoka, Sidious and Luke. 

- The first thing you start noticing that is a running thing is Ahsoka’s comments. They are all about separatists and war. Obi Wan, Qui Gon, even Dooku have small notes about dangerous adventures with their Masters, but Ahsoka talks about fighting separatists and war. All I’ve been since I was a Padawans was a soldier strikes different after this. She never got that fun adventures and diplomatic missions with her Master. 

- One of Anakin’s notes is I miss people outside the Temple and would do anything to protect them. Does that make me a bad person? Nothing to say there, just a nice side of this boi and light critique of Jedi Code.

- One of the sections talks about such Jedi ability called Tutaminis, energy absorption. One of its uses is absorbing or deflecting blaster fire. Obi Wan made a note Count me as a follower. He deflected droids’ blaster fire in 2003 clone wars.

- Obi Wan: Master Qui Gon has always tried to impress upon me the importance of reaching out. But my patience is tested whenever we attract a gaggle of pathetic life-forms, which is often Ahsoka: Why am I not surprised? Make some friends!

- Luke: I haven’t been formal in establishing this stage [apprenticeship] and two trainee have fallen to the dark side. My flaw? At the moment i just went you are doing great and i love you none of it is your fault

-  The chapter about lightsabers is interesting as well. First, the have charging ports. They do not expand on it, but I have a mind image of Anakin in a middle of a battle looking for USB 3.0 The other thing is the fact that wen younglings construct their lightsaber, they fuse them on molecular level. That’s a nice touch. 

- Luke: I experienced Sidious’ torture. I hope galaxy never sees his like again. J.J.Abrams: laughs in The Rise of Skywalker

- Boys from Cantina in The New Hope are of Bith special. They are knows to be great mathematicians. My god do i love some music and math are the same shit references

- Sidious randomly making jokes about Anakin killing Dooku. I can’t

- Anakin: Emotions don’t need to be banished, only controlled. I’ve done it. Ahsoka: Not as well as he thinks. This is just sure jen vine right here

- Jedi trials include several stages, one of them is Trial of the Flesh. In brief, when padawans were recruited later in life and suffered loss of a close one, they managed to control their emotions and became Knights. Could it be something what happened to Anakin? I don’t remember the Attack of the Clones that much, but he has lost his mother there and right after that had to fight on Geonosis. Council might have taken it into consideration, as he is already a Knight on Cristophsis.

- Ahsoka making a note about becoming Jedi Ace after end of the war just slapped me into ugly crying right there

- Obi Wan: I’d like to see Dooku beat a battle master Ahsoka: The way i heard it, Dooku beat Obi Wan

- I have seen that meme post about turning on and off lightsaber to bypass the block BUT IT HAS AN ACTUAL NAME. IT IS CALLED TRAKATA. spread the word

- Kel Dor, the species, which Plo Koon belongs too, are native to helium atmosphere. I just like to imagine Plo Koon without a mask speaking like a chipmunk. 

As for the Book of Sith, not much there. It’s more like a collection of ancient Sith texts Sidious managed to collect with his version of Prequels. It also has some comments by Darth Vader and let me say they hurt.

Also Vader’s hand writing is nothing like Anakin from Jedi book. It’s half way between Anakin’s simple hand writing and Sidious’ calligraphy. 

- Vader: Attachment such as this leads to loss and tragedy. I have tried to learn more, but the journals of Darth Malgus do not reveal the fate of his secret love.  It’s painful to think that he heard of Padme’s death and have been reading a lot of sith texts while adjusting to the suit.

- Vader: The Jedi Temple needed to be destroyed if we hoped to end the Clone Wars. In the end I saved lives. Me, reading it as 2am, listening to Across the Stars: sure jen **starts crying**

- Vos: Lightsaber should have hand guards - if you put spikes on the guard, you could use it for punching. Oh, Vos, my clever feral boi, i luv u

- Vos, commenting on Sith technique:  No way. I’m trying this Vos, same page, different note:  Okay tried it. Dislocated my shoulder Your honor, I love him

-  The fanged god from Mother Talzin’s text looks suspiciously like Son on Mortis in his birdy form. No words, just shock

- Luke mentions that after empire fell people believed Jedi were a myth and said it was the result on Palpatine’s propaganda.

Ummmm...

[...]

The following are perennial slurs leveled against the Order

[...]

The Jedi are kidnappers. An all too familiar accusation for Jedi Recruiters, this charge springs from the pain of emotional attachment. It is also technically false. Within the Republic, the Jedi Order has the legal authority to take custody of Force sensitives, and some Masters have argued that the Force’s presence in a child indicates the child’s consent to join the Order even before he or she is able to speak.”

-Jedi Path

FOR FUCK’S SAKE SOMEONE GET THEM A PR OFFICE. The response to Jedi are baby snatchers is NOT, ~legally~ we’re not  followed by some mystical hogwash.

-The Jedi Path