SWC Real Life Jedi

I had this strangely odd dream yesterday of real life Jedi. I spent all day wondering, what if? If there were real life Jedi, how would they act, how would they train, what is the code that they must live by, where would they all reside, etc.

A lot of the Star Wars community participates on forums like this one, social media outlets, and other places like comic con. But, what if there were real life Jedi? Not just people dressing in costumes pretending to be a Jedi. Instead of reading and watching what the life of a Jedi is, is it crazy of me to wonder if a life, that of a Jedi, is achievable in real life?

I was under the impression that the life of a Jedi was a hard life to live. From "unlearning what they have already learned", to leaving ones family and possibly never seeing them again, to the countless hours of meditation and training, a Jedi's life is far from easy.

I've fantasized about this question ever since, picturing a real Jedi temple, a Jedi council, the training it takes to become a Jedi, and so forth. Some may see Star Wars as fiction, but, call me crazy, there is an underlying message within these stories. It's not about the laser swords or telekinetic abilities, but what it all represents.


Am I crazy or are there others that have pondered the same thoughts?

Thanks for reading. I'm hoping for a good discussion.

 

A lot of philosophies within martial arts and military special operations units have similar rhetoric to their way of life.

 

Retagging from Social thread to SWC.

 

True indeed. But do you think it would be an interesting way to live. You can see a lot of similarities to the life of Jedi to the life of a monk who live in a monastery high atop a mountain. The meditation and the training to perfect their art as a group is something that really intrigued me.

 

The earth would quickly be engulfed by the darkside. Greed, anger and fear are widespread these days

 

Bazinga'd: they would probably do the "mind trick" on weak minded politicians or something

 

I partially agree, in todays society their is a lot of greed and fear mainly because that's the way most of us have been programmed to think. And Bazinga'd, I do think that it would be quite the task for Jedi to exist in real life mainly because of the issue of "greed and fear," but, that's where the "unlearn what you have already learned" idea comes into play. I think that if we grasped that concept it would be a much easier transition than we would expect.

 

I think the Jedi would be accepted openly as they would be too useful for exactly what they were doing in the films, peacekeeping.

 

Perfectly said. The one mistake that I believe the Jedi made, however, was their involvement in political affairs.

 

How do you think they would make their presence known to others? And what would their job be?

 

Abbiegalie It was fun discussing "what makes a jedi powerful" and I'm interested in hearing what you could add to this conversation.

 

As someone above suggested, the Jedi, from a Prequel point of view were like the Navy Seals.
When the S hits the Fan, send in the Jedi.

They'd be rescuing hostages from the Embassy in Iran. Capturing Osama Bin Laden. Maybe being more James Bond in undercover operations to prevent nukes falling into the wrong hands. In day to day life, they'd dress in regular civilian clothes, but they'd don the brown robes for their clandestine missions. With modern comms, GPS etc.
Lightsabers would be out of course. I wonder if they would be brave enough to go on missions armed purely with a conventional steel sword? Avoiding machinegun fire as they stealthily ninja their way into the enemy camp at night.

 

I've thought about this before, it's interesting trying to see how Star Wars can be real.
In a way I kind of think how would they be Jedi without the force? But then Jedi are more than just the force, it's their principles, really, that shape them. Humans too can have these principles. What it takes to be a jedi is to have the heart and spirit of the jedi. That's what makes them most unique. Real life Jedi would have to be selfless, and courageous and peacekeepers of some sort. I think their training would also need to teach them to be emotionally stable and be wise, because that's important in Jedi.

Star Wars isn't all just fiction, the worlds and technology may be so, but the philosophies in the stories aren't, the Sith and Jedi are like good and evil. Corruption, anger, fear, betrayal, and redemption even, to an extent, the dark side are all things that exist in our universe just like in the stories.

 

Jedi come off to me as mercenaries.

 

I apologize for the inactivity as of late. I thank all who have participate, in what I think, is a very interesting discussion. I hope to the opinions and the views of my fellow members.

5:30 Eastern Time, I will be posting an extensive viewpoint in this topic. In doing this, I hope to advance the conversation.

 

Please do not unnecessarily bump this (or any other thread) thread just to announce that you will be making a post. Either post something related to the topic matter, or don't post at all.

 

I have sometimes think about it. And if we look at some of the religions today, e.g.: the catholics, many of the things they do as the catholics are very similar to what the Jedi believes in. For instance, the nuns can't get married and have any kind of relationship beside the relationship they have with Jesus. Another example is the munks, they aren't wealthy and they live a simple life with meditation, just like the Jedi.

The only differance, I think, is that both the nuns and the munks don't have super powers.

 

Yeah. I wish the force was real, my daily life would so much more easier...*cough* ...not to say, that I would use it for personal reasons, or anything.. of course...

 

You won't be only person to do that, my friend.