Orgins of the word "Jedi"

Perhaps someone can do more research on this and fill in some of the blanks. I know that there are good sources of information out there in the form of print. I saw some previous answers about samurai and what not, but I believe that those are inaccurate.

There are variations on spelling, but the term Jedi probably originates from the Egyptian word Djedhi, or Jedhi. The Djedhi were priests who learned knowledge and spiritual power. If the pyramid temples were built from the descendants of an even older civilization, those pyramids would have been used by the original Djedhi for scientific research and attunement.

As well, from my understanding of things; in the Bhagavad Gita, there is even some talk about swords made of light and an epic war that took place on Earth some 13,000 years ago.


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My view:

The original name was Jedi-Bendu.

The original film was a remake of Hidden Fortress.

Hidden Fortress is an example of "Jidai Geki"--a Japanese period film, which in Kurosawa's case often revolve around samurai. The Jedi of his original script were direct imitations of samurai.

In the second draft Lucas upped the influence of the second half of Star Wars' influence--pulp space opera. E.E. Smith and his galactic supercommandos The Lensmen are the other side to the Jedi--they are intergalatic supermen with telepathic abilities. The Lensmen were also an inspiration for the "Bene Gessirit" superwarriors of Dune, another book that Lucas was influenced by and referenced (such as the use of spice), and which probably influenced the Jedi as well. The Bene Gessirit superwarriors of Dune practice a mystical, telepathic fighting ability called the "Prana-Bindu."

So, when Lucas was coming up with names, his mind spat out "Jedi Bendu"--which is probably a mix of "Jidai Geki" (reflecting the samurai aspect) and "Prana Bindu" (reflecting the space pulp aspect).

Or at least thats my theory.

 

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abydos, even though the word and description is somewhat similar to the Egytian group, I don't think that's the origin. I think it's Japanese, as pointed out, which is pretty evident in the costuming but also in all the Kurosawa influence. Samurai are part of it. But there's also some Chinese influence in the fact that the PT Jedi live in a society much like that of Shaolin Monks, with children coming in at a young age and training intensely in martial arts and religion.

-sj loves kevin spacey

 

I'm not a Star wars expert, but I can see the Kurosawa influence. Hidden Fortress is a favorite of mine, but I see a few different things going on here in the statement. Maybe you can explain further; Jedi-Bendu was the original script name and it was a remake of Hidden Fortress. I don't mean to debate that there was samurai influence, but the correlation seems to be missing as to where the name Jedi comes from. Is it anybody's guess, or has Lucas stated in one of his press releases where the name originates? I also didn't know the original script name for Star wars was Jedi-Bendu, so that's good to know. Perhaps it's a different question, but is this what the Jedi were called in the script, or was it the name of the script? I don't know the -bendu part and if Lucas made the whole name up, I'm glad to hear it. Good feedback, thanks.