“Fear can be good, Laia. It can keep you alive. But don’t let it control you. Don’t let it sow doubts within you. When the fear takes over, use the only thing more powerful, more indestructible to fight it: your spirit. Your heart.”
All Padawans of races that grow hair have a braid behind their right ear. Braids have a yellow band at the top and a red band at the bottom. Additional beads or other color bands are added to mark the Padawan’s area/s of study.
The yellow band is applied when a Master takes on the Padawan before 13 standard years of age. The red band is applied after 16 standard years of age when he/she completes their Temple courses and starts studying independently under the guidance of his or her Master.
White: Healing
Blue: Mechanics
Red: Piloting
Green: The Living Force/Meditation/Precognitive Visions
Yellow: Lightsaber and other weapons
Black: Jedi version of Covert Operations
Anakin had red and blue bands. Mechanics and piloting.
Obi Wan had red and yellow bands. Piloting and weapons.
Ahsoka in Clone Wars is still young and so has only one yellow bead for her notable saber technique.
Braids are cut by the Master’s lightsaber upon the Padawan’s completion of the Trials (generally around 20 standard years but often earlier or later depending on the student). Jedi who are expelled from the Order prior to completing their training have their braids ripped out rather than cut. Ouch!
Source: Various SWEU books, but mostly “The Jedi Apprentice”
so I’ve seen a couple posts around recently about modern day hipster!Obi Wan and I feel that but I also feel like Obi Wan would be like… true hipster? So hipster he doesn’t even realise it. He’s just a dude that likes green tea and art reading philosophy texts in boutique coffee shops and he doesn’t understand why his friends keep laughing at him
Well of course I go there, Anakin, the coffee is environmentally sustainable. Do you realise the profound relevance of Sartre in the digital era, Anakin? Why are you laughing this time? I don’t understand half the things you say anymore. Well maybe if you picked up a book from time to time you wouldn’t need to constantly beg me to do your homework for you. So uncivilised