Jedi Order

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The symbol of the Jedi Order over time.

This page has information about the Jedi Order, which is the best-known of the GFFA's Jedi organizations, and other closely-related groups of Jedi.

Mantras and recitations

The Jedi Code

There is no emotion; there is peace. There is no ignorance; there is knowledge. There is no passion; there is serenity. There is no chaos; there is harmony. There is no death; there is the Force.

— Traditional version

Emotion, yet peace. Ignorance, yet knowledge. Passion, yet serenity. Chaos, yet harmony. Death, yet the Force.

— Alternative version

There is no comfort, there is squalor.

— (Presumably a) parody, said by Theron Shan

Gathering mantra

The heart is the crystal of the Jedi. The Jedi is the crystal of the Force. The Force is the blade of the heart. All are intertwined: the crystal, the blade, the Jedi. You are one.

— The Gathering mantra was sometimes recited when a Jedi created their first lightsaber.

Knighting ceremonies

Older version: "By the right of the Council, by the will of the Force, I dub thee Knight of the Republic."

High Republic version: "By the right of the Council, by the will of the Force, I dub thee Jedi, Knight of the Republic — protector of the Light."

Newer version: "By the right of the Council, by the will of the Force, rise, [name], Jedi Knight."

From the Jedi High Council

These words are said aloud by the Jedi High Council at the beginning of meetings, while members stand:

May the Force be with all of us, and may the peace of this Temple be ours, a place open to thought and speech, a realm of mutual respect, and a haven of shared noble purpose. May we work together in trust, free from restraints of ego and jealousy, at this gathering and all others to come. Let us take our seats together, with no one above the others.

— Opening words

Doctrines

(Non)attachment

A Jedi does not act for personal power or wealth, but only seeks knowledge and enlightenment.

— A version of the Jedi mantra that was considered old by the time of the High Republic; Padawan Matthea Cathley only hears it in history crystals.

The Jedi Order (with exceptions, such as the Greenies), has a doctrine of nonattachment. Nonattachment, in the Jedi context, refers simply to the practice of, and belief in, selfless rather than selfish love. This includes believing that people are not possessions, and not treating them as such. Specific interpretations, traditions and doctrines vary across time and different groups of Jedi.

Property & Poverty

Jedi do not and are not permitted to possess material wealth outside of the necessities of life. Clothing and cultural jewelry are permissible; expensive necklaces and rings are not. A year before Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, the Coruscant Temple was financially secure enough to reject the gift of several pallets of garish shoes ("The Jedi do not endorse products" being the reason given by Adi Gallia, though the real reason was that they were hideous and gaudy), and provide tailored clothing to several refugee families for free.

Jedi and the Galactic Republic

The Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order have been so long intertwined that many assume they are one entity. Indeed, these two grand bodies have a rich shared history, and the Jedi have often served the aspirations of the Republic. Some in our Order are quick to remind outsiders that the Jedi ultimately serve the Force, and the Force alone. However, that distinction is easily missed in this age of shared prosperity. The Jedi and the Republic form a symbiotic relationship. Each depends on the other to fulfill its fundamental purpose. The Order was founded on the planet Ahch-To, far from the territory we now know as the Galactic Republic. Through the centuries, the relationship between the Jedi and the Republic ebbed and flowed, sometimes weaker and sometimes stronger. Yet as long as there has been a Republic, there has been a natural synergy between the two groups, as both seek to bring peace to a troubled and dangerous galaxy. It is no coincidence that the Republic capital of Coruscant is also the home of the Jedi Grand Temple. While some Jedi claim to want no part in politics, many have acted as negotiators at the Galactic Senate’s request, or accompanied diplomatic envoys to troubled corners of the galaxy.

— Chronicles of the Jedi, speaking of the relationship between the Jedi and the Republic during the High Republic era

Jedi have a weird relationship to Republic laws. Sometimes they act in cooperation with Judicial or other Republic authorities fighting threats such as pirates, but technically they're independent from the Senate, though by the time of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace some Jedi claim that they "serve the Senate". During the era of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, "the Galactic Courts of Justice generally hold that Jedi are not liable for events that take place during their official duties within the boundaries of the Republic." They cannot be held liable for a wrongful arrest, but often provide testimony in court in those cases.

There are also Republic laws regarding conduct towards Jedi, such as Code 89710-B, which outlaws "intentionally participating in the willful deception of an honored member of the Jedi Order".

Quotes regarding the Jedi Order

The Jedi way is to serve.

— frequently-used voiceline in Legends · Star Wars: The Old Republic.

In Their Own Words: Jedi + Peace & War(riors)

For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times, before the Empire.

— Obi-Wan Kenobi, to Luke Skywalker

Great warrior? Wars not make one great.

— Yoda, to Luke Skywalker

A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defence, never for attack.

— Yoda, to Luke Skywalker

We’re keepers of the peace, not soldiers.

— Mace Windu

To answer power with power, the Jedi way this is not. In this war, a danger there is, of losing who we are.

— Yoda

There’s a difference between pulling innocents into a war and leaving them to extinction.

— Anakin Skywalker

Barriss Offee

Master Windu has said we are keepers of the peace, not warriors. However, once the war is over, it will be our job to maintain the peace.

Ahsoka Tano

Yes, but will we do so as keepers of the peace or warriors? And what's the difference?

Barriss Offee

I don't have all the answers, Ahsoka.

— Discussing the Clone Wars

As he always did, the Jedi felt a twinge of sorrow at taking another’s life. But decades of war against a brutal and relentless foe had forced Gnost-Dural, like so many others in the Order, to come to grips with the moral ambiguity of killing an enemy in the pursuit of a peace that would save the lives of trillions.

— Gnost-Dural

“I’m … I’m not a soldier,” she said, her voice uncertain as she took a step back from him. “I’m a Jedi.”

— Satele Shan

The Force isn't a weapon.

— Ezra Bridger, to Grand Admiral Thrawn

We were peacekeepers.

— Cal Kestis

As a Jedi, we were trained to be keepers of the peace, not soldiers – but all I’ve been since I was a Padawan is a soldier.

— Ahsoka Tano

Words about them, not by them

Jedi cannot help what they are. Their compassion leaves a trail. [...] So what is the Jedi to do? Help you and risk exposure? Or move on? Now, if he were smart, he'd keep moving, but but the Jedi Code is like an itch. He cannot help it!

— The Grand Inquisitor, about a Jedi he is hunting

Jedi sects

The Jedi aren't a monolith; there are different beliefs and traditions among their faith, culture, and practices. These Jedi groups aren't in the mainstream of the Jedi Order or their exact relationship to the Order is ambiguous in canon.

Almas Academy

The Almas Academy was founded ~177BBY on the planet Almas to monitor the ancient Sith Fortress of Darth Rivan(not to be confused with Revan who he pre-dated out-of-universe but based his name on in-universe), after a series of conflicts with jedi who fell investigating the ruins.

The Almas Academy became something of an experiment among the Jedi, accepting older applicants which often led to evaluations by the Jedi Council on Coruscant who wish to keep a close eye on the function of the Academy and whether their unorthodox operations lead to a vulnerability to the darkside. For the most part they seem to rule in favor of the Academy staying open with Mace Windu and Ki-adi-mundi notably being highly supportive(consistently portrayed as the more maverick of the Jedi Council throughout the early 2000s), with Windu being a close friend of Headmaster Lanius Qel-Bertuk and sending his student Darrus Jeht to learn there.

In 31 BBY the entire Cularin System was transported 10 years into the future in the middle of the Clone Wars due to a mishap involving Almas Jedi pursuing a smuggler with the dangerous sith artifact, the Darkstaff Over time more and more jedi masters were conscripted into the war until only two masters remained, Ber-tuk and Devan For'deschel, and they refused to take any more students until the war was over and they could actually manage the classrooms. Eventually the remaining Jedi took a “vow of denial” and turned in their lightsabers rather than be conscripted into the war.

Lanius Ber-truk and the leader of the force sensitive tarasin natives of Cularin hatched a plan to hide their people from a growing darkness they sensed, creating a series of caverns under the powerful force nexus of the Heart Tree, which would obscure their presence. Anyone who leaves the “Caverns of Forever” forgets about them, ensuring the secret is kept.

Eventually the Almas academy is blown up from orbit by Palpatine’s secret apprentice Garth Ezzar. The few remaining jedi still alive presumably went into the Caverns of Forever along with the Tarasin natives.

Green Jedi

Green Jedi, known colloquially as 'greenies' and alternatively as Corellian Jedi, are a group of Jedi based on Corellia. Green Jedi wear green robes. They don't follow the doctrine of the larger Jedi Order not to be personally invested in or sworn to individual political structures, and as well as the standard Jedi Oaths, Green Jedi swear to defend their homeworld of Correllia. Another unusual aspect of the Green Jedi is that they do not discourage the practice of 'blood families,' that is, maintaining a family based around genetics (such as having and raising biological children) in addition to their Jedi family.

The Sixth Line

The "Sixth Line" were a splinter sect of Jedi during the Old Republic years, who were so called because they added a sixth line into their version of the Jedi Code: "There is no contemplation, there is only duty."

Ilum Jedi/Kyber Jedi

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Kyber Jedi Lus Plutay (art and character © Braigwen).

The Kyber Jedi are a specific group of Jedi who shape their culture, practice and beliefs around less the Force and more the sacred Jedi world of Ilum (which has a core of kyber). They worship Ilum alongside the Force, or the Force through Ilum.

Their buildings have ice fractal pattern floor mosaics, and they favour frost and crystal patterns. They prefer to let the environment choose the locations of their dwellings, which are usually in very windy places (including on Zeffo).

The Kyber Jedi have a few small enclaves of maybe 1-20 Jedi apiece, and one big one on Ilum with a population of about 50 that swells to several hundred (most of them not Full Members of the Ilum splinter group) at Gathering time. It's nothing like the size of, say, the Greenies, who grow their own members, so to speak. The Kyber Jedi originated the phrase "this weapon is your life," as well as the Gathering mantra. However, they do not, themselves, make lightsabers. It’s rare to see a Kyber Jedi away from Ilum, but if you do, they can be distinguished by their kyber crystal being not carried as part of a lightsaber but carried in a clear case or on its own as jewelry. Their robes are embroidered or cut into fractal patterns, and often have transparent, glowing, or shimmering elements. Cold-weather gear is commonly worn by Kyber Jedi even in warm environments, and many will never appear publicly unhooded.

The Kyber Jedi are thought to have come into contact with the Guardians of the Whills.

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Jedi resources

Official resources

• Legends · The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force by Daniel Wallace. Published 2010 by becker&mayer! (1st/Vault Edition and 2013 e-book); Chronicle Books (2011 standard trade edition, 2014 Dual Deluxe Boxed Set, and 2016 Secrets of the Galaxy Deluxe Boxed Set).

Fan resources

• Jedi Culture and Teachings in Canon by gffa on Archive of Our Own