Youngling/Legends

"Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is."

- Yoda



Youngling was a term that existed in Basic to refer to a child in a species-neutral way. Thus, the term youngling could apply to all forms of offspring, from humanoid children to insectoid grubs.

In the Jedi Order
Specifically within the Jedi Order during the waning years of the Republic, youngling was an unofficial title, referring to a Force-sensitive child undergoing the early stages of Jedi training&mdash;otherwise known as a Jedi Initiate. At a very young age, they were removed from their home and assigned to a clan for training.

If a youngling was not chosen by any Jedi Knight to be their Padawan by 13 years of age, the youngling was placed into another, lesser role in the Jedi Service Corps. Depending on where the student's talents laid, this could have been the Agricultural Corps, the Medical Corps, or the Exploration Corps.

During the Great Jedi Purge, most of the younglings and Padawans were killed by Anakin Skywalker, who had recently assumed his new title of Darth Vader. Others were safe with Master K'Kruhk.

In the New Jedi Order, since there was no age restriction, the term was replaced as Jedi Initiate.

Appearances

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Rising Force
 * Tag & Bink: Revenge of the Clone Menace
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones junior novel
 * MedStar I: Battle Surgeons
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith junior novel
 * Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
 * Inferno
 * Star Wars Legacy 1: Broken, Part 1
 * Star Wars Legacy 5: Broken, Part 4
 * Star Wars Legacy 6: Broken, Part 5