Jedi training/Legends

Jedi trained constantly to meet the intense requirements of the Jedi Order. Jedi could train in groups or in a Master–Apprentice relationship.

In the Galactic Republic
After younglings were tested and approved for Jedi training, they moved to the Jedi Temple to begin training in groups with a Jedi Master. Basic techniques were taught, such as Form I lightsaber combat, and basic uses of the Force. Occasionally a Jedi Knight or Master came to check on the younglings' progress; if that Knight or Master saw a youngling with promise, he or she would, with High Council approval, take that youngling as his or her Padawan.

The Padawan then travelled with his or her master for a time, usually only a few years pre-adolescence to a few years post-adolescence, but the time spent could vary ad infinitum. The Jedi Knight/Master went on missions with his/her Padawan while teaching advanced lightsaber techniques and more about the Force. At the end of this training period, the teacher presented the Padawan before the High Council as a request for a Jedi Knighthood trial.

If the Padawan passed the Knighthood trial, he or she became a Jedi Knight. If not, the teacher had to continue training with the Padawan until he or she was ready to once again face the trials.

In the New Republic
The system of Jedi training was looser in the post–Galactic Empire era in that Jedi students often did not begin training until much older than the younger age required in the Galactic Republic. He or she usually travelled to a Jedi Academy to learn combat and Force techniques. Due to the destruction of much of the knowledge and the purge of many masters, lightsaber combat became simplified and many Force techniques were lost.

In the Galactic Alliance
Following the Yuuzhan Vong War, the system of training Jedi became more regimented and organized, more closely resembling the setup of training in the Old Republic era. Students were divided into groups based on age, each group having a predetermined set of techniques to be learned, like Force Jump, Telekinesis, Force Persuasion, and centering exercises. Age groups included Woodoos, Rontos, and Banthas. As a student progressed into a new group, the level of training became more complex, calling for greater reliance on the Force. After the students build their own lightsaber they are silmply known as an apprentice. One such program was a game called Skorch, where two teams of older apprentices use acrobatics and Force powers to send balls through the air, though it is the referee of the game who is being trained, his job being to discover the secret goals of each team, which is shown through the patterns of their movements.