The Trials

What are the Trials anyway? I mean, I know they're what an apprentice takes before he/she can become a Jedi Knight, but what do they consist of? Does the EU have anything to say about it? What's the deal?

 

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Weirdo: No, this thread is definitately ok right where it is.


Thing is, I can't find any EU or film material to provide official information on the trials. The best I could do is make an assumption from the little we already know, which I doubt will answer your question. I'll keep looking though, although it doesn't ring a bell right away.


Ken Kenobi- And you have a nice day

 

I had this in SW Saga first, but was locked and directed here.

All I know is that in TPM, Obi-Wan said he was ready to take the Trials. That's all we hear. We hear Anakin mention it in passing in AOTC, but nothing is elaborated on. Maybe I'll post a question in the SW.com Ask the Jedi Council section.

Either way, any information that you can pass along would be great.

 

There's a site I go to called Starwars.com

Go there and you'll find what you're looking for...I'm sure you will.

 

Sorry about the link thing. I hesitated. But to this subject I think one possibility would be to Ask The LucasFilm Cedi Council!

I think the trials would be close to the "Cave" in ESB. One must handle with one's fear, to "know the good side from the bad".

 

well if some one finds it let me know

 

but how will I kno wthe good side from the bad?

 

it probably has something to do with lightsaber dueling with another padawan and utilizing the Force to perform certain tasks.

 

Ok, this is what I gather.


In Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter, a Padawan by the name of Darsha Assant must complete a mission, on her own, which will finalize her transition into Knighthood. I'm guessing that, because it would complete her apprentice training, that this mission would be considered her "trials".

I'm thinking that the misconception is that the trials are a concrete thing- sort of like an "obstacle course" of Force-use, lightsaber skills, and physical prowess. However, I think that the trials are actually actually different for each person (this proven in the Jedi Academy trilogy when Luke announces Kyp's trials complete and explains a bit about how they are different for everyone; however I'm not regarding this information in reference to this question since I assume that, since they are only mentioned in the Prequel films thus far anyways, that you mean the Jedi trials for the old Order).


So my thought on the concept is that the trials is a set mission or situation that one must face and complete. Perhaps aspects of the Dark Side are included, in which, to pass and actually complete the mission, one must resist the temptations prove themselves worthy of Knighthood.


Ken Kenobi- And you have a nice day

 

Ken Kenobi hit it right on the head.

 

KK, you've done your homework...very nice. Thank you for that answer!

 

Homework, schomework. I live for this stuff.


Ken Kenobi- And you have a nice day

 

I think that really makes sense though. The Trials are different for every Jedi. Since every Jedi won't be faced with a "by-the-book" situation that they can handle step-by-step, it would make sense that each individual Jedi would be tested on a personal level like that.

Any ideas what the Trials may have been like for Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, Dooku, Yoda, Mace, etc.? What are everyone's thoughts on that...given what we know about their characters.

 

LUKE: But how am I to know the good side from the bad?

YODA: You will know. When you are calm, at peace. Passive. A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.

 

The trials can be compared to boy/girl scout training. I think that making a lightsaber counts as one. There is also many others such as what Anakin did in TPM, with the jedi screen and doing a mission without the help of back-up like in Shadow Hunter.