Jedi Rank System
1. Youngling / Initiate
– Force-sensitive children brought to the Jedi Temple for basic training in the Force and lightsaber forms. Not yet apprenticed.
2. Padawan
– A Youngling who has been chosen by a Jedi Knight or Master as their personal apprentice. Begins field missions under supervision.
3. Jedi Knight
– A Padawan who has passed the Jedi Trials. Full members of the Order, authorized to undertake missions alone and take on Padawans of their own.
4. Jedi Master
– A Knight who has successfully trained a Padawan to Knighthom or otherwise demonstrated exceptional wisdom and power. Only Masters may join the Jedi High Council (with rare exceptions).
5. Jedi Council Member
– A Master elected to the Jedi High Council. Responsible for governing the Order and advising the Galactic Senate.
6. Master of the Order
– The elected leader of the Jedi High Council, coordinating the Order’s overall strategy and representing it to the Republic.
7. Grand Master
– The lifetime honorary head of the entire Jedi Order.