So, *in universe*, why are the Jedi wearing armour even when they're not in battle?

I don't mind the Jedi wearing armour during the Clone Wars at all (it's a bit weird that they'd suddenly stop in time for RotS, mind you). This isn't a thread about that - nor is a thread for discussing why the Jedi should or should not wear armor at all.

And, obviously, OOU, this is about the animations and the like.... but, yeah, I'm really baffled as to why they're swanning around with their breastplates, bracers and whathaveyou in places like the Jedi Temple or in Palpatine's office. It looks silly.

Anyone care to offer an in-universe explanation? Beyond stuff like: "They like the way it feels" or somesuch.

Edit: "Armor" is spelt "armour" because I'm English. Deal.

 

Well, if you pay attention, the only Jedi wearing anything other than bracelets as armour are Obi-Wan and Anakin, and we've only seen them in combat situations so far, not in the council or anything. And the other Jedi like Mace wearing bracelets in non-combat situations is really understandable. Bracelets are hardly cumbersome armor, and they can have useful stuff in them like comlinks, recorders and other stuff the Jedi can use in their daily business.

Plus, I think it serves as a symbol of their current army General status. It's easier for the clones to relate and respect them if they are wearing something that symbolically connects them.

 

Classy.

In The Clone Wars: Jedi Alliance, they're wearing armour whilst chilling with the Council, though you may not regard that as canonical.

Bracers aren't bracelets and Mace, Kit and co. never saw the need to wear them at all in the non-wartime situation before TCW. I do agree that they're useful and generally non-cumbersome... which turns things around, making the puzzling thing why they haven't always been wearing them.

I like this thought. [face_smile]

 

Ey, sorry, but it's easy not to notice that none of the other Jedi are wearing breastplates and such.

I thought you were referring to The Clone Wars TV series. I don't think most video games count as canonical...

Well, they had never led armored troops into battle before. It makes sense that they would pick up on some cool gadgets the army makes available for them in wartime.
And hey, you say bracers, I say bracelets, potato, potatoe...

 

There isn't always an in universe explanation for everything, heck there isn't always an explanation for anything even in real life.

But I guess if you were to make one up it would be that they can't be arsed to take it off or that they're always prepared.

 

IG88 can strike at any time. If the Jedi are smart, they'd wear their armour to bed.

 

Solidarity with the troops. I think that's been mentioned in a novel somewhere...

 

I never liked the armor. Once in a great while its alright but i wish they would just wear there robes that they have worn since the whole clone wars multimedia everything started in 2002.

 

Obi-Wan wore armor back in the 2-d show.

 

They are not wearing this kind of armor:
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Image:Warb_Null_HS.jpg

So i dont think its unconfortable,and as jedi they could be targets for enemy assasins/agents anytime.

 

Perhaps it is the "official" uniform of the Generals. For example, a US Army general's uniform isn't necessarily just for practical purposes, it is also ceremonial. Perhaps the armor, for the most part is ceremonial. After all, the armor does include identifying insignia.

As far as the obvious question of Secura, you would have to think that Tw'ileks not wearing clothing is a recurring problem. One could argue that their culture/biology rejects wearing a great deal of clothing.

 

Yea and it was fine, now image if he wore that armor all the time.

 

They like the way it feels.

 

,,Perhaps the armor, for the most part is ceremonial.,,

Then why arent all jedi genrals wearing it?

 

Simple. That's not armour. Select Jedi are so AWESOME that they excrete their excess calcium deposits into stylised armor. Some, like Mace Windu, are so skilled they are able to keep it to the barest minimum. It's an extension of their skeletal structure. XD

I'd say a lot of the theories brought up make sense.
-Being prepared
-Symbol of rank
-Bonding with troops
-Storing convenient devices
-Minor protection

I'd also say that some Jedi don't wear armour either as a matter of choice or culture. Luminara, for one, is mostly dressed in robes while Aayla wears that nifty cleavage piece.

You could say that some species have different body structures and simply function better without armour, too. Twi'leks are pretty graceful dancers, so maybe the extra weight from armour messes with that, and Luminara is said to have a pretty flexible body, able to just twist out of the way.

 

They are all channeling their inner Mando of course

Maybe Sae Sae Tinn could have actually joined the Mandalorians if Palpatine hadn't ended him. I wonder if he ever met Kal Skirata, cause he certainly adopted the look.

 

All video games (uh, the stories anyway) are canonical, just not T or G Canon.

Anyway, I refer you to the opening (with the narrator) of the second episode of The Clone Wars in which Obi-Wan Kenobi is in Chancellor Palpatine's office in full battle dress. I knew I'd seen it somewhere on the show proper, because it was something that had bugged me even before I'd played the game.

 

Right, this one:
[image=http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/2845/armoredro2.jpg]
Well, we can't really judge this scene, since we don't really know the context of that meeting. And I point you to the fact that there's an armed clone trooper standing guard inside Palps office, something we've never seen before, so that points to some pretty unorthodox situation.

But bottom line is that they simply don't have an un-armoured Obi-Wan model, so he'll show up in armor to Palps office (alternatively, he could wear his heavy parka from the upcoming episode, though I think that would be even freakier).

 

I don't know why they are, because the armour certainly doesn't help the stormtroopers.

 

,,because the armour certainly doesn't help the stormtroopers.,,


It has too be good for something,otherwise why are they wearing it?

 

It probably mostly applies to jedi that are actively leadin clone troopers.

 

Wait a tick, how is Jedi Alliance canon when you can be several different combinations of Jedi for each mission?