Jedi coat-of-arms

[zaccenalum]

Well, you know how in the Middle Ages, knights would have a coat-of-arms to identify themselves when they were in full armor? I was thinking, that since the Jedi are also called "Knights", why couldn't the Jedi have the same thing? Does anyone think it would be a good idea to have those here?

MTFBWY

[ALDAN JII]

sounds neat..........

[JediKai]

I just don't see the Jedi as an heraldic culture. Their faces aren't covered in battle, so no need for another form of identification. Arms are also familial, and, in Canon, the Jedi don't have seem to have families (except for that Skywalker situation and so, far, in Ep II, we're led to believe that's an aberration). And how would they display these Arms? Wearing them would seem odd to me.

If you're at an event wearing some kind of jedi garb AND a coat of arms, I wouldn't expect the general public to know what you are. It really heightens the experience, as others have told here, to have the public recognize us as Jedi. That is one of the reasons the Assembly requires a movie-accurate costume.

But then, I have another outlet for my interest in heraldry and lots of heraldic accoutrement already, so I'm a stick in the mud when it comes to combining my heraldry hobby with my Star Wars hobby.

[ALDAN JII]

idea, instead of a coat of arms,how about we jedi do some sort of family tree thingy, and see which assembly members are fantasy related thruogh the jedi lineage....somethig fun something neat, and maybe present it at the assembly of the assembly,and remember the jedi go back a thousands generations.....

[zaccenalum]

Well, it was just an idea I had while looking at a family tree that my great-aunt had assembled for our family. I found that I was descended from Scottish knights and barons (in fact I'm also related to the royal line of Scotland. Robert the Bruce is my 21x great- grandfather) so I struck upon the idea of coat-of-arms for Jedi.
The family tree idea intrigues me, but I'm not quite sure I understand exactly what you mean, Als-da Aldan.

MTFBWY

[Kaytarn]

I do remember reading in a few books, that at least Correlian Jedi had a symbol that represented them, they were commenly put on coins or other trinkets, and given to the jedi's friends and family memebers.

[Jauhzmynn Enz]

Hey Kaytarn, where'd you get your quote from? I like it, it makes a LOT of sense.:-)

[Kaytarn]

whch one... I kind of made both of them up... the "Power of the living force" is a take off of Darth Vaders line in EpIV:

"The ability to destroy a star is insignificant when compared to the power of the Force" [/i]

Becomes:

The power of the Dark Side is insignificant when compared to the power of the Living Force

It is also partly based on the fight between the spirit of Exar Kun and Kieran Halcyon/Corran Horn in I, Jedi in which Corran rips the theroy of the Dark Sdie being stronger because, and I'm paraphrasing because it takes seveal paragraphs to get across in the book: The Force is powered by living beings, and by drawing on the dark side to kill living beings you only weaken the Force, therefore weakening the dark side.

The Way of the Jedi Gaurdians is my personal take on the Jedi Code:

There is no emotion; there is peace.
There is no ignorance; there is knowledge.
There is no passion; there is serenity.
There is no death; there is the Force.[/i]

Becomes:

“Where there is no emotion, there is no caring or love
There is no ignorance, only those untrained
If there is no passion, there is no strength or courage
There is the Force, there is also loyalty, honor and vigilance.”
The Way of the Guardians

[zaccenalum]

You know, I had forgotten about the Jedi Credits when I thought of the coat-of-arms idea. Maybe that's where I got it.

MTFBWY

P.S.

I agree, those quotes are cool.

[Kaytarn]

Thanks for reminding me of the name...

I'm thinking of geting a few of the Jedi Credits made, as soon as I can come up with Cris' symbol. Probably as pendants and giving them to friends at Assemble the Assembly

[ALDAN JII]

okay i'll try to explain

on my idea for the family lineage,okay all jedi are family ,in a sence , right,i thought it would be kooool and neat to make a fantasy jedi lineage,of our personas on the boards........something like this, yoda is dookuu's master dokuu is qu gon jin's master, qui gon is obi wan's master and obi wan is anakin's master,see how many of us assembly jedi have a master taught the ways of the force and jedi trained by master yoda, or beyond yoda, and also to that to see which present master in the new trilogy have been our master or padawan at one point or the other, and or whom we jedi have missioned with..both passed and presenti think i explained that the way my mind wanted it to come out loljust an idea....nothing more nothing less...something to ponder

[ALDAN JII]

i to have traced my family (real) history as far as i could 1674 berlin germany,thus far that's about all the documented numbers i have found i am sure they go back further, and in my findings i have found that i am related to rather koooool historical figures in american history such as mary todd lincoln is a distant cousin,
, daniel boone's daughter is a distant aunt on my grand father's side,, and one relative is a distant cousin whom became marshall of tombstone sometime after wyatt earp left for california...........and my great grand father !%x backs gave the land to kentucky so frankfort could be built as the capitol.........

[zaccenalum]

You're related to Mary Todd Lincoln? Abraham Lincoln is my 8th cousin!

[ALDAN JII]

yep, mary todd lincoln is one of cousins on my grand father's side, how kool is this,lol i'll have to look up exactly which cousin she is, but it may in the 7th or 8th cousin area also, but i'll check to make certain

[Jedimom/Cor-Al Gelkar]

Man my Earth family tree has no one cool in it. I am somehow related to Woodrow Wilson who was Pres. of the U.S. but it is not a direct link. The only direct links I have were all horse thieves in Poland ;D

Getting off topic, I know, I know