Initiate Trials

Initiate Trials
The initiate trials were tests that all jedi initiates had to pass in order to become a padawan. The tests were used by the old jedi order.

The Trials
All jedi initiates had to pass these tests:


 * they had to understand the jedi code


 * they had to prove they had discipline with meditation and lightsaber combat


 * they had to prove the force flowed through them

Passing the trials does not guarantee becoming an apprentice, as they still had to be chosen by a master.

History
The tests were used by the jedi in between 1,000 B.B.Y. (the ruusan reformations) and 19 B.B.Y. (the end of the old jedi order). It is unknown whether or not they were used before or after this time.

Yoda believed that it was important for jedi to pass the trials.

Anakin Skywalker never passed the trials, as he was never an initiate.

Appearances
the Jedi Path: a Manual for Students of the Force