Jedi Commander/Legends

Jedi Commander was a rank in the Grand Army of the Republic during the Clone Wars. While all Jedi Masters and Jedi Knights were given the rank of Jedi General by edict of Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, all Padawans were given the rank of Jedi Commander in the new army, regardless of whether or not they wished to assume military duties.

It was undoubtedly an attempt to draw as many Jedi into the war as possible, to either die from enemy fire or to be in a position to be vulnerable to Order 66.