Jedi

The Jedi are mobs which wield Lightsabers and are able to use Force Powers. Their enemies are mainly Sith and Droids and they will attack you only if you are in the Sith, Bounty Hunter or Droid faction. They sometimes spawn alone or groups of 2-4.

Appearance
Their model is the same as the player model and come in 4 different skins. They also carry a single-bladed (one normal not double) blue Lightsaber. What skin will they spawn with appears random.

Behavior
The Jedi's roam randomly upon being spawn. They are aggressive to nearly every type of mob except other Jedi, Clone Troopers and passive mobs. Their behavior on the player will depend on the Faction he/she has chosen.'''

*If the player is in the Jedi/Clone/Hunter faction, the mob will remain neutral unless attacked. *If the player is in the Sith/Droid faction, the mob will attack the player on sight.

Noted Jedi's in the Mod

 * Master Kit Fisto
 * Master Yoda

History
Main article: Version History

Trivia
There is a likely association with the warrior titles "jed" and "jeddak" (meaning "lord" and "emperor", respectively) found in the Barsoom books by Edgar Rice Burroughs, a series which Lucas considered adapting to film before his work on Star Wars. The word "Padawan" may even be a counterfeit of "padwar", a low-ranking officer in these science fiction books. The term "Padawan" is also quite similar to the Persian word "pahlawan" appearing in Iranian languages and in Urdu meaning "hero". It is also possible that the name refers to the Japanese term "Jidai" from "jidaigeki", which means a period drama. Usually, these are samurai films, and the Jedi resemble samurai. The term Jidai actually come from the historical period known as Sengoku Jidai in Japanese History. This period was a period of civil war amongst the differents warlords of Japan for the title of Shogun during the whole 16th Century. Hence the name Jidaigeki mentionned above reffering to "historical drama", and more specifically to the samurai movies.

The costuming choice of Jedi in the films appears a combination of eastern mysticism and western monasticism: the Jedi wear samurai-style garments, covered by a western monk's robe.

Wizards, Samurai, the Knights Templar, Knights of the Round Table, Western mystics, Taoists and Benedictine and Buddhist monks seem to have served as sources for these august guardians, including several persons, such as Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido martial art (translated as "the Way of unifying with life energy", similar to art of Jedi).

The Jedi could also have been influenced by the Sufi Muslim concepts of futuwwat/javanmardi, or spiritual chivalry, the masters of these guilds/orders are reported to have been called "al-Jeddi."

The Jedi (including the concept of their High Council consisting of twelve members and perhaps even the term "Padawan" itself) are possibly influenced by the concept of the paladin, paragons of chivalry and heroic champions in medieval legends and history (as with the Twelve Peers, or twelve legendary companions, of Charlemagne, or the twelve disciples of Jesus); the Jedi High Council is also very similar to the ruling Council (often consisted of twelve elders as well) in Roman Catholicism.

The Hebrew infinitive verb "to know" ידע yadah" and its noun form ידיעה yediah "knowledge" may also be another possible source of derivation for the word Jedi and Yoda, since the Yod י in Indo-European languages transliterates as "I "J" and "Y" respectively.

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