So what do jedi do exactly for a job?

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Ive seen the older star wars movies forever ago and ive seen phantom menace and attack of the clones. But im confused as to what exactly jedi do, i know they practice the force and learn the philosophies, but are they like assassins? Or they go and find out information from mercenaries? Can anybody enlighten me.

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#2  Edited By Wolfrazer

They serve the Republic, they go out and solve issues or help bring in wanted criminals, protect high profile targets, that sort of thing.

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like an intergalactic league of nations

even had the same success rate

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@wolfrazer: So are they allowed to have families and go on vacation? Or this is a 24/7 job.

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They mainly go on missions as bodyguards and diplomats. Protecting senators and other high priority targets when it is known that they are in danger or solving political disagreements to prevent wars. In times of war they can also fill the role of generals and special ops to undergo missions normal troops can't handle.

Basically they are warriors of peace. In an ideal world the training of lightsaber combat would be purely a matter of tradition and self improvement and diplomacy would be their primary focus, but they ultimately do all they can to maintain the stability of the galaxy by fighting for the Republic.

If you're asking where they get money, I assume they get heavy funding from the Republic coupled with things like donations and a mass of wealth they have accumulated over the millennia.

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I would love to see some con artist Jedi like TV televangelists today. There would be some sleezy jedis on the outer reach shilling the Force to people to get paid and then moving to the next system...

they got a lot of spinoff movies to fill, I am just saying.

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@themaximus: When they aren't doing those things, they are practicing/learning about The Force. The Jedi don't have families, save for the rare instances that they do but those are exceptions.

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@metaljimmor: War with who tho??? Another race of people? Also is it a program young kids must go through to become a jedi? Like who do the jedi masters choose who becomes future jedi.

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@metaljimmor: War with who tho??? Another race of people? Also is it a program young kids must go through to become a jedi? Like who do the jedi masters choose who becomes future jedi.

They pick kids at a very young age, mostly ones strong with the force.

IIRC, Anakin was turned down by the Jedi council for being too old, when he was 10 years old. Then Qi Gon-Jin took him as his apprentice. That's how he became a Jedi, otherwise no.

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They're like an intergalactic FBI but with additional responsibilities like being diplomats and ambassadors.

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They're basically the intergalactic equivalent of UN Peace Keepers. They just go wherever they need to go in order to stop war, tyranny, and violence. They're pretty much the Green Lantern Corps or the Nova Corps if those groups were a little less advance a lot more stoic.

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@wolfrazer: So are they allowed to have families and go on vacation? Or this is a 24/7 job.

No, they are not allowed to have families or have any kind of life outside of serving the best interests of the Republic. It is expressly forbidden for Jedi to fall in love and marry.

However, Jedi are free to leave the order whenever they want.

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@mrmonster: if they leave the order are they considered rouge? Or theyre just guys with lightsabers and force powers?

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They're like monks, right? Monk stuff.

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@mrmonster: if they leave the order are they considered rouge? Or theyre just guys with lightsabers and force powers?

They can just go and live a normal life. I'm not sure if they're allowed to keep their lightsabers or not, but regardless, if they ever want to retire, they can.

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@themaximus: Depends on the era. Towards the movies the distinction was less prominent. But early on once they hit knighthood they like three areas of specialization.

Guardian: The combat specialists. They where pilots in the Starfighter corps, they patrolled a planet or star sector as a special police or they could stay at the temple as instructors.

Consular: They focused on more on study of the force and diplomacy. They where ambassadors, healers, lore keepers/ researchers things like that.

Sentinels: Are like the shadowy middle, they did the dirty work. Going undercover to handle crime syndicates or destroying traces of the sith. They also handle recruiting and guarding the temple.

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#18  Edited By Penguin-Dust

Mostly move rocks, wave their laser swords around and make people do what they want them to do . Also Bit-mining.

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Keepers of the peace

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War with who tho??? Another race of people? Also is it a program young kids must go through to become a jedi? Like who do the jedi masters choose who becomes future jedi.

The Republic are a multi-species government that spans most of the galaxy and hundreds, if not thousands, of different civilizations. Jedi don't fight other races, just enemies of the Republic like the Separatists in the Clone Wars era. Prior to that there had been no major wars in the galaxy for a thousand years.