Welcome to Day 24 of my NaBloPoMo Challenge, where I randomly pick a card from the Star Wars Chat Pack.

Today’s question is: Scholar, diplomat, explorer, guardian–what kind of Jedi would you be?

I think I might have talked about this before, but I would be some kind of scholar. I would love to work in the Jedi Archives like Jocasta Nu, a kind of Jedi librarian. To have that kind of galaxy-wide information at my fingertips, and to help others access it, would be awesome. I’m a bookish-type in real life (if you haven’t already figured that out) and just wouldn’t adapt well to the more adventurous Jedi lifestyles.

Jocasta Nu naturally isn’t the only scholarly Jedi. In the High Republic, Jedi Master Cohmac Vitus was renowned as a scholar and a mystic. He didn’t work in the Archives, but he studied folklore and cultures as he traveled the galaxy. Cohmac eventually left the Jedi Order, as he did not believe the Order and the Jedi Code were made for what the galaxy was becoming in its fight against the Nihil.

Cohmac reminds me a lot of Qui Gon Jinn, who, while I wouldn’t call him a scholar, had studied the Prophecies and was a bit of a mystic. I believe Qui Gon, if he had lived, would not have participated in the Clone Wars, as the Jedi Code did not encompass Jedi being generals in a war. I think he would have, like Cohmac, left the Order, or perhaps become a Wayseeker of old, remaining a Jedi, but operating outside the supervision of the Order. It wasn’t really a thing anymore during his time, but I think he might have done it anyway, being the maverick he is.

Cohmac’s Padawan, Reath Silas, was much like his master, preferring the Archives to missions out in the galaxy. In fact, he would have been happy to stay on Coruscant forever and do his work in the Archives. Over time, he became more comfortable on missions (he kind of had to, as the Nihil increased their attacks), but it’s still not his favorite part of being a Jedi.

I think that’s why these Jedi are some of my favorites–I can relate to their interest in scholarly study, in learning, in ancient knowledge. While I think it would be cool to know how to use a lightsaber–and these Jedi do, of course; they just prefer not to have to use it–I wouldn’t relish a confrontation of any kind, lol. But a Jedi does what a Jedi must.

What kind of Jedi would you prefer to be? Let me know in the comments and we’ll talk about it!