PT How Does One leave the Jedi Order?

Just like Ahsoka Tano. Do something wrong or make it look like that, then get expelled. It's like school!

 

Saying the Jedi made mistakes that contributed to their downfall is not quite the same thing as "blaming" them for being genocided. I like to think I'm one of the more pro-Jedi people around these parts, but even I recognize that.

 

I think that the Jedi were definitely set in their ways and could have done with changing a little to adapt with the galaxy...but those ways had worked for them long enough that their actions made sense, and even if they had done stuff differently, Palpatine would have found a way to destroy them. So, yeah, definitely not their fault that they were all murdered. I mean, not that it's ever really someone's fault that someone else kills them, but you know what I mean.

I think it would be pretty rare for a Jedi to be expelled outright from the Order. More likely would be that the Jedi being scrutinized - whether due to personal issues with the Code (e.g. if Anakin's relationship with Padme had ever been found out) or because they did something generally disobedient/flagrantly unJedilike - would be given the ultimatum of either choosing to leave or being forced to toe the line. I would guess more Jedi resigned the Order than were expelled, and even that didn't happen very often since for all but Anakin it was a way of life they'd been raised with for basically as long as they could remember.

 

they simply give in their resignation form

 

Yeah, I doubt the actual, literal "how" is very interesting. They tell the Council that they're leaving, and they go.

 

interesting to me


I wonder if there is a notice period

 

In this particular case, it is, since the reason for their downfall was because they were genocided.

 

Perceptions, not fact. I think Jedi simply have to decide if they believe what the Order teaches. If the teachers are found in error a pupil merely has to decide to depart.

 

If I'm on a catwalk at the factory where I work, and I slip and fall because I wasn't paying close enough attention, then I think it's fair to say that I made a mistake. Even if the blame rests on the owner of the factory for not following OSHA guidelines, there were still actions I could have taken that would have prevented what happened to me. That's all that's being said--a simple statement of fact. No one's saying it's the Jedi's fault for getting killed. That's all on Palpatine. But I'm sure, if you asked Yoda if he wished he'd made different choices, he'd say yes.

 

And what would those be?

 

I'd be curious if there's some type of arbitration for jedi who leave the order or are kicked out?

Has the EU ever discussed this at all?

 

Nope. The old EU, as far as I know, never really talked about how it went when the Lost Twenty left. The most it was implied was that Dooku told the Council of his intentions and after some discussion, accepted his resignation. I don't think the Jedi hold court and say, "No you can't leave."

 

But what about kicking someone out?

 

The only ones that I know of...

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Potentium

You'd have to go to the EU forums for more.

 

Thanks.

 

Just slip out the back, Jak.

 

With peace and humility.

 

They throw a coolio pizza party.

 

Obviously not. A Jedi is a position like any other, that one has to hold through choice. If you chose to leave a job as a governor, police officer or president, your contemporaries would have to accept your decision. I think the main point/idea writers try to get across with the "Lost Twenty" is that virtually everyone who has ever decided, trained and been accepted into the Order had found meaning and purpose and out of those thousands only twenty (so like 0.1%) had ever chosen to leave.

 

Yup - the Masters at least:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lost_Twenty