Jedi Temple: A Short Story

"Only that it had to do with the Empress." Trenor watched her face for the expression he was expecting.

"Ohhh man." She whined to herself as she looked up at the bulkhead and ran her hands through her golden locks. Pulling her own hair in frustration she thought about what sort of punishment she was about to receive for violating a direct order.

“You don’t see the problem?” she screamed outraged. “You are so drunk you probably don’t even know your own name. I can’t deal with this anymore, Jack. I don’t want to have to worry about our daughter while I’m gone because I can’t trust you to watch her. I’m sorry but I’m done.” The wife was shocked with herself but knew that it was the right thing to do. This needed to be done because Jack would never change.

        Logan rubbed the back of his neck in thought. “I was hoping I could speak with Delta. Privately.”

“So quick to assume,” he breathed out, voice rumbling slightly as he stepped closer. “Though, in her defense, she always was a rather private person.”

My lips curved into a lopsided grin and my hand scratched the back of my neck as I replied. “Sorry Chief. Little tired this morning. You were saying?” while staring down at the common room floor.

The Cathar swore silently, he'd never managed to rendezvous with her before she left port, something she was clearly angry about it. Surely she didn't expect an answer right before an op. Granted, Jorgan hadn't told her he'd be out of contact, but she shouldn't be surprised. His missions were top secret. Closing the message, he hooked the datapad back on his belt. They could talk later.

Seen from orbit, Imperial Center is a blaze of light and sparkling colors, reminding some spacers of corusca stones, after which this planet was named long ago. Coruscant was known to have the tallest buildings in the Galaxy. Coruscanti skyscrapers dwarfed all the original natural features, including mountains, as well as floors of oceans which once covered a large portion of Coruscant's surface. Areas of Galactic City were broken up into 5,127 levels which were then divided into megablocks, blocks, and subblocks. Coruscant itself was divided into quadrants, which were divided into zones.

Both of Kyoya’s hands were mildly fixed on her abdomen. His eyes were slightly wide in awe in the recent revelation, as if not fully comprehending the situation. “Is that why you’re wearing loose clothing lately?”

At first glance, Jediism might appear to be a product of Star Wars fanaticism, merely rooted in the dreams of overzealous LARP-ers. However, in spite of its pop-culture origins, Jediism is a philosophy and way of life for thousands—if not hundreds of thousands—across the globe. In fact, many true Jedi (here referring to those who follow the philosophical “path” of Jediism) have cited that they have no interest in Star Wars, but simply find the philosophical concepts of Jediism to meet their spiritual needs, where similar philosophies such as Buddhism fail. Many followers of Jediism refrain from calling the Path a religion, but instead refer to it as a philosophy, or even a way of life—they believe in the Force but they do not worship the Force.

The personal and communal nature of spirituality is nowhere so clear as it is with the Jedi Community. I assert that the promotion of the Jedi Path (as an authentic spiritual orientation) is best maintained by the Perennial Philosophy. In the performance of ritual at the Temple such as birthdays, invocations, tokens of offering, etc., etc. are all designed to promote a “higher” spirituality, authentic in form and grounded in science/philosophy. In addition, I explore how (daily) rituals at (both at the Temple and at home) imply/strengthen/reinforce the particular moral agenda of the Jedi/ Code and their Code. In the observation of such an ethical framework, served as the basis for moral purification and the basis and rationale an individual’s (Jedi) training as well as for the general placement of the (Jedi Path) spirituality within society. As a moral beacon, the Temple functions as a transforming influence beneficial to society as a whole, providing foundation of the Jedi Path. In short, the communal and social understanding of ritual functions and observances at the Temple is a major aspect of (perennial philosophy and ) the rationale for its existence.

“There is a disturbance that requires your expertise, Uhlan. You will proceed to Medical for deployment.” The man explained in a volume that aggravated Oberyn’s already intense migraine.

The Star Wars Franchise remains as one of the most influential science-fiction franchises up to the modern day. However, as with many works of fiction, some of the concepts presented in the movies are scientifically inaccurate. One of the most iconic symbols of Star Wars is the close-combat weapon of choice for both the Jedi and the Sith, the Lightsaber. The possibility of a real-life Lightsaber has been experimented on and quite a number of flaws have been brought up by those who have experimented on its creation.

“You LIE!”, she scoffed, and thankfully, Mechanicus understood what she meant. He looked very shocked and troubled.

Religion has been a controversial topic for thousands of years. More lives have been lost in the name of “God”, in Wars, crusades, territory disputes, religious clashes, and the list goes on, even to this day. Religion is worshipping and believing in a higher power. Also, religion is a very intimate relationship with this higher power, which may be called, “God”, “The Force”, “Allah”, and “Buddha”. The symbols used in different religions vary on their beliefs such as putting meaning to a cross or worshiping the sun. Over time religion has evolved to form new beliefs, rituals, and religions. For example, the Pharaoh Akhenaton of Egypt tried to change the traditional Ancient Egyptian Religion by reducing the worship of many deities to just one, the sun of god Aten, but despite his efforts that new religion this would be rejected upon his death. Centuries later, Henry VIII of England, created his own religion, Anglican, so he could legally get a divorce, becoming the head of the church which is still being worshipped to this day. Anglican was created without divine intervention in order to satisfy personal agendas. There are golden rules in Religion that must be followed, such as Christianity’s, “do unto others as you would have them do unto you”(). Who can dictate if your beliefs are considered a religion? Taking a closer look at Jediism as a religion, which takes old ideas and makes them ‘fresh’ again, it will be shown how some