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Martial Arts doesn't just sharpen the body or help hone close quarters combat skills, but it also helps strengthen the mind. The one real world martial art that I feel represents the Jedi Code the best is Aikido. Aikido was created to defend practitioners while also protecting attackers from injury. It is a purely defensive martial art, and a great deal of the training is mental training, rather than physical. It revolves around the idea that it helps the practitioner "redirect energy". This refers to both the physical energy an attacker has directed towards them, as well as something more mental and far more significant. That being, that there is a goal of helping the attacker find peace in the end. Helping them turn themselves around and make a better life for themselves, where they no longer feel the need to act in the way they did.

When put into possible applications for a Jedi, there is one very obvious one: diplomacy. A Jedi Diplomat who knows such techniques could be sent into diplomatic situations that would have otherwise been thought of as impossible to settle without aggressive confrontation. Then when combined with Force techniques, the effectiveness would increase significantly. For example, the Jedi could even practice the techniques of Aikido (or a Star Wars universe equivalent, perhaps a variant of Echani Martial Arts) with a mere mind trick - indeed, you might be able to consider Obi-Wan Kenobi's mind trick on Elan Sleazebaggano in Episode 2 such a technique, although in this situation it was used on a more peaceful target.

More or less, Martial Arts doesn't have to imply combat. It could imply avoiding combat instead.

 

Bonus Points

Inspired by Master Fisto's recent post in the BMC, share an occasion IRL when you Dressed as a Jedi. Explain the scenario and give as many details to illuminate your tale as possible, i.e. how others reacted, how it effected you, photos, etc. If you've donned the robes multiple times, share one or more that stands out from memory.



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I actually bought a Jedi costume a few years ago. I wanted it for roleplaying purposes, but my dad said it had to be my Halloween costume. Worked for me, I wore it like three years in a row. (Basically the years right after I decided I was too old to go trick or treating so I just did it to get into the spirit of the holiday.
I grew out of the tunic pretty quick, but wore the brown cloak quite a bit up until just a couple years ago. Mostly when I sparred with my friends in lightsaber duels.

 

I've never had a SW costume for various reasons... keep meaning to sew one but stuff comes up. I'd love to do something with Ahsoka's outfit in Rebels but I don't want to have to do all the makeup/head stuff. Dressing as Liuna would be fun too

 

I wore a Jedi costume to elementary school the year TPM came out. I remember dressing like Obi Wan and even had the clip-in Paddy braid. The main things I remember are stumbling over my Jedi robe multiple times throughout the day and feeling like the braid’s clip was pulling my hair out (plus feeling like it looked feminine). So I ditched the braid and tied my Jedi robe around my waist for the rest of the day.

 

I've never had a Star Wars costume but I have always wanted to make/buy one. I'm probably gonna start with Emperor's Shadow Guard and TIE Pilot costumes to begin with but further down the line I'll probably make Jedi robes. I'll do them in my own way though and add in some armor pieces however.

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I Velcro'ed some SW patches onto my flight jacket...

 

Come to think of it, I did sorta put together a rough costume using stuff I had a while back, but it wasn't very good.

Also a bit too Dark Side to fit here, as it was an attempt at portraying Kev-Mas Colcha I shortly after he first became an Emperor's Hand in 6 BBY.

 

Interesting. Not the take on it I had expected. 4Pts! @Bardan_Jusik .

More for you I will have later. For now this Master must go rest his eyes.

 

Took me a while to find the pic, but anyway, a few years ago I tried mixing and matching some things in my closet to make a vaguely jedi looking costume. Jedi from the dawn of the Republic, maybe? I wasn't impressed with the way it looked and didn't try to get any better pics than this:

 

I have had ideas for a few Star Wars costumes related to Kyber a few years ago - New Coruscant Police Department uniform, Fairminister Sheriff's Department uniform and Concordia Police Department Reserve Corps uniform - but I haven't had the time to make them lately...

 

I've never dressed as a Jedi, except in my imagination.

 

I just found an image of a Yoda costume I had when I was super-young.

It still fits of course.

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It's really too bad that doesn't come in adult sizes.

 

Depends on the size of the adult. One of my wife's friends is...height challenged, so I call her the ankle biter. Now you know why she is my wife's friend and not mine.

 

*scolds* That's not the Jedi way!

 

Binary Bonus



Share your perspective on one of the most iconic moments in SW of how this scene affected or reflected a moment in your own life. A sunset you watched, a moment you fantasized escaping your daily duties, a deeper longing for adventure or making a change in your life, etc.

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Note: Points will be given for both this and the previous task simultaneously once this round is complete.

 

Ah, this iconic scene... to me it represents moments of contemplation & wondering about the future and what it will hold. And then later, things you regretted and wished you could do over and/or situations you could recover. I.E., a nostalgic wistfulness

Another iconic scene I adore is the rooftop scene in "The Last Command". It involves Luke and Mara-- on the brink of something like friendship, although I even then wanted it to be more ... I loved her redefining herself and him accepting her as she was, no judging, just offering a tangible gesture of friendship and respect, as he gave her his father's lightsaber, a truly meaningful gift on so many levels.

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Oh man, I think the Binary sunset is special to all of us. Frankly it is why as a kid ANH was easily my favorite, and why I loved ROTS tie to it. TLJ throwing it in hit me in a place, it was not till right as he faded away that I realized what Rian had done.



I think TLJ really re-contextualized the meaning of the sunset for me. It is not just the idea of hope on the horizon, but of innocence and hope lying in us no matter how dark things seem. We see the sunset on the horizon in ROTS as Owen and Beru look off at the hope of the future, while the old guard (Obi Wan) literally steps away and rides off. Luke looks to it in ANH as he longs for some purpose and a chance to get away from the dull life of his home. And finally in TLJ he sees it again and tears up as he finally is once again that optimistic, kind farmboy who just wanted to do the right thing. He got to run away and become the hero, and it led to all this pain, and hardship, and adventure, but in the end he is reminded of the importance of that innocent nature of heroism as one sun sets, and another rises. Once more the old guard steps down, and Rey (pun intended) is the new sun for the galaxy.

TLJ recaptured so much of the core of SW, now RO hit me in a place of nostalgia and why I got into the EU and really more so into the fandom; however TLJ revitalized the values of the franchise more than anything. Now the sunset is not as much about looking out and away, but rather thinking about all the hope we start out with, and our ability to hold onto that, even if we feel we have lost our way. The scene honestly reminds me now of that feeling coming out of TLJ and the sense of......not so much hype or gittyness, but rather this sense of acceptance and assurance. Like I too just went through having everything I stand for challenged only to have it reaffirmed, it is not a jump up and down moment, but a moment of quiet reflection and peace.

Also since I found this track the other day since I skipped this ep and it is connected, I wanna share it

 

One of the most impressionable EU scenes to me was in Heir to the Empire when Luke is communicating with Ben Kenobi in his suite in the Imperial Palace.

Ben says to Luke, "I've come to say goodbye, Luke. The distances separating us have become too great for me to appear to you in any other way. Now, even this last path is being closed to me." Luke responds, "You can't leave us, Ben. We need you." Ben later says, "It is the path of all life to move on."

This was the beginning of a new chapter for Luke when he had to let go of the connection he had with his former master. For all of us, there are times when we have to say goodbye to someone in order to be open to new chapters in our lives. Sometimes that letting go involves mourning, but also involves growing and evolving.

@WarmNyota_SweetAyesha I literally just reread The Last Command and finished it yesterday. I enjoy this scene at the end as well.