Darthbane2007 posted:You know, for all intents and purposes, there is a certain lack of Qui-Gon Jinn stories out there, and I think that Qui-Gon is one of the best representations of the Jedi of the earlydays of the republic.
Jinngerbread posted:I've got a question regarding the Order's economic policies. I was wondering if a Jedi is injured in the line of duty for the Order, and a certain Jedi had been requested would it be acceptable for donations to the Order to be given in the said injured's name, to the Order as a whole? Like when Obi-Wan was requested specifically by Palpatine to protect Padme, if he had gotten injured in the line of duty, would a donation by Senator Palpatine or Amidala to the Order be acceptable or even agreed upon in a contract form?
Darthbane2007 posted:Anyway, this might be a crazy question, but how does life inside the temple go daily? Do the jedi do their own laundry, their own shopping, or do droids do it all for them?
ardavenport posted:Darthbane2007 posted:Anyway, this might be a crazy question, but how does life inside the temple go daily? Do the jedi do their own laundry, their own shopping, or do droids do it all for them? Not a crazy question at all. I have pondered all kinds of things about it. Because its the GFFA and the Jedi Temple is on Coruscant, I assume that all the day-to-day maintenance labor in the Temple is done by droids. Floor cleaning and dusting and laundry and cooking. We know they use them from the 'analysis droid' scene that got cut in ATOC. And the GFFA just has lots of droids in it anyway. I assume that all of the physical activities of Jedi is directed toward their training and missions and that their Force abilities really do need full-time maintenance. I did a test scenario of what a typical day for a humanoid Jedi might be like for story background. It looked like this (assuming a 24 hour day): - 6-8 hours sleep (how much sleep does a person need in the GFFA?) - up at 0600 - 0600-0800, morning stuff, meditation - Force training - 0800-0900, breakfast and free time - 0900-1200, general excercise and fighting practice - 1200-1300, lunch and free time - 1300-1500, reading, studying, current events, meetings, seminars, whatever - 1500-1600, afternoon meal and free time - 1600-1900, physical discipline and exercise and Force training - 1900-2000, evening meal and free time - 2000-2200, reading studying, current events, whatever - 2200-0600, free time and rest
Darthbane2007 posted:Nice response, but i don't think the droids do all of the maintenace. The jedi probably do their own cooking, laundry, and maintenace. Those skills would be useful if they were stuck on some backwater planet.
ardavenport posted:Darthbane2007 posted:Nice response, but i don't think the droids do all of the maintenace. The jedi probably do their own cooking, laundry, and maintenace. Those skills would be useful if they were stuck on some backwater planet. Oh, I am sure that all Jedi are trained in doing all of those things. But their lifestyle of traveling and going on missions would make it impossible to always be there to do it. I always picture Jedi eating communally instead of doing their own cooking on a regular basis since the issue of food spoilage while they're gone is a problem. Laundry doesn't spoil but I am uncomfortable with a Jedi returning to the Temple, tired after a strenuous mission, to face a pile of dirty towels and sheets that didn't get done because he or she had to leave with no advance notice. And that Jedi may be required to be available to leave at any time again In a galaxy where droids are used for everything, that doesn't make sense to me. It might be interesting to write a fic about what the cooking classes are like. And who has to sample the results. There would probably be other training about living without droids, cleaning and laundry and such. Not bathing for two weeks, just to know what it's like. But I wonder if that might be done outside of the Temple? For maintenance of the Temple itself, they would have to use droids for labor. The Temple is just huge, like a small city. I picture Jedi who do not go on missions much running everything, but the droids would do the grunt work. The reason why I picture droids doing so much is because there are supposed to be an extremely limited number of Jedi and a whole galaxy to serve. Jedi would do mostly the things that only Jedi can do, like: - bringing new younglings to the Temple - teaching younglings, padawans - missions, defending peace and justice and all that - studying the Force - Jedi training and everything related to that Add in that Jedi are probably allowed some free time to just do things they like and the day gets very full. I would put all the cooking and cleaning and washing things in the training.
ardavenport posted: Other species might use different senses for perceiving the Force. A Wookiee might be more smell dependent, so they would perceive the Force with a range of different phantom smells.
ardavenport posted: And the windows.
Jedi_Master_Cazz posted:As for Anakin's dress sense, I never really got it? I mean, Anakin's a very practical guy, if there's no use for it, why lift a finger? So I don't get the whole, oh, I'm gonna endeavor to make my saber look different to Obi's, or, I'm gonna whack these strips I cut from Windu's jacket on my tunic cuz their cool. Sure enough, it all points to the Vader-esque thing, but it never seemed to be really part of his character? I think the Jedi are taught to do the mundane. Lets face it, a lot of their education is mundane, and any opportunity to buck up and deal with it is good. And, some mundane activities are sometimes considered light meditation, show me a grumpy gardener! I think droids would certainly do all sorts of things, like maintaining the apartment during a Jedi's mission, but, when they return home, I think they'd do their own chores. But think of it this way. They don't have many possessions that could get out of hand, so there wouldn't really be much to take care of. Look at the Monks from Tibet, they're allowed a blanket, three sets of robes, a bowl, and a razor. They take care of themselves with no help at all, but they still have plenty of time to practice their religion. I don't think the chores the Jedi do are separate from their occupation, it's like a ballerina standing at the bus stop, even though she's not dancing, she's still maintaining perfect posture. Being a Jedi is their whole life, every little moment is important for Masters, Knights and Padawans alike.
Alexis_Wingstar posted:So a disturbance in the Force would smell to a Wookie something like a forest burning, and a sense of peace be kind of like the sent freshly cleaned linen or something like that.
MsLanna posted:Oh no. I bet the windows are wiped by younglings/padawnas as practice in telekinesis. With Yoda floating around the windows pointing out where thei missed spots.
