Jedi training / Legends Jedi trained constantly to meet the intense requirements of the Jedi Order . Jedi could train in groups or in a Master – Apprentice relationship . Training in the Old Jedi Order . The training of students of the Jedi Order changed and evolved over its many millennia of existence . Throughout its history though , the idea of a Master and an Apprentice was consistent ; though at times more than one apprentice could be taken by a single Master . Training was harsh and difficult , consisting of nearly two decades of tutelage before an apprentice became a full - fledged Knight . The earliest recorded training methods come from Tython , with the archaic version of the Jedi Trials . Students were tested at their Master ' s discretion and only achieved Knighthood at their say . Tests such as the ancient Trial of Skill saw students forced to maintain inner peace while enduring stressful challenges , such as balancing upside - down on a post in the midst of a storm . Combat tests with Force - imbued swords and archaic versions of the lightsaber were extremely difficult and sometimes dangerous . This method of testing was eventually abandoned when it was understood that Masters sometimes pushed their students too far , with the bar set far too high for success to be possible . When a Master chose a student in these early days , their decision was unquestioned and undisputed . Age restriction of later centuries was not observed , with ancient Masters taking on adult apprentices and raising them to full knighthood at varying paces . As Jedi spread out from Tython to the larger galaxy many training facilities were established , often on a Master ' s homeworld . Taking on more than a single student at a time , these Jedi Masters ran their schools in a loose organization , meeting with other Masters at periodic conclaves . Eventually the world of Ossus became a center for Jedi teaching when Master Odan - Urr founded the Great Jedi Library in the city of Knossa . As the Jedi cities on the world expanded more and more students were admitted and completed their training in the ways of the Jedi . As the Order began to take form and align with the Galactic Republic , a Jedi High Council was established and a more fluid academy was formed to train students along loose guidelines . The creation of some new tests began to evolve during this time as the Order took to fighting the Dark Lords of the Sith . The Trials of Courage and of the Flesh , two of the canonized Trials of Knighthood , was once considered complete if a Padawan or apprentice struck down a Sith Lord during periods of war with these dark - siders . War - time promotions were very common during times of war , but were eventually done away with as the Council felt that killing a Sith did not always correlate to being a good Knight . The Pius Dea Era of the Galactic Republic saw a surge in rather cruel tests to become a Knight . Known as " the Burning " , this version of the Trial of the Flesh involved torturous applications of shock weapons , low - powered blaster fire , or cuts from a blade . Eventually trials like this were banned by the High Council for its violent methods . Following the end supposed extinction of the Sith and the passage of the Ruusan Reformation , the Jedi Order completely reformed its academy under the leadership of Grand Master Fae Coven and the Council of First Knowledge . Closing many of the ancient praxeums of the early order in favor of a more centralized academy on Coruscant , those that remained open were overseen by a Council of Masters as opposed to a single administrator . The formation of the Acquisition Division was a necessity with the newly implemented age restriction : all Initiates in the Order were restricted to infants and very young children . In order to help , the Galactic Republic passed a law requiring all member worlds to check for Force - sensitivity upon delivering each child . The Council also took the time to codify a formal battery of five tests of Knighthood , in addition to restricting apprenticeship to one Master and one apprentice . As the academy flourished , so did the Order . Initiates were placed in clans and learned together for over a decade along a strict , structured regimen of academics . Taught political strategy , galactic law , the sciences , and language , students were also taught the ways of the Force and its three applications : Control , Sense , and Alter . As each student passed through the academy the classes became more difficult . Taught Forms I through Form VI of lightsaber combat by highly qualified instructors , Initiates practiced with training lightsabers until they crafted their own in the caves of Ilum . Following passage of the graduation tests , Initiates were eligible to be selected by A Master or Knight for one - on - one training . The High Council had little to do with this process , unless a student failed their tests or a Master never chose them ; these individuals were placed in the Jedi Service Corps by the Council of Reassignment . Training did not cease after graduation from the academy . Padawans continued to train in the ways of the Jedi with their masters on long journey - missions or on brief assignments from one of the Councils . Some pairs traveled with the Service Corps on specialized missions related to diplomacy or exploration . Praxeum ship s were used as academies away from the confines of the Temple for extended study and research . As a Padawan , students set their own schedule to work around assignments and missions . Master - Padawan teams lasted for years , typically over a decade but had no set time period . When the student had learned all they could from their master , they were recommended to the High Council for the Trials of Knighthood . The Trials took place over a period of time and if they were completed successfully the Padawan was knighted . Again , once a Knight , training did not stop . Knights were given the option of further study as either a Guardian , Consular , or Sentinel . This study led to the specialization in fields such as the Watchmen or Seers . As this study continued , a Knight could take on a Padawan of their own and pass down their wisdom , learning from their students as much as their Padawan learned from them . In the New Republic . The system of Jedi training was more lax in the post – Galactic Empire era in that Jedi students often did not begin training until much older than the younger age required in the Galactic Republic . They usually traveled to a Jedi academy to learn combat and Force techniques . Due to the destruction of much of the knowledge and the purge of many masters , lightsaber combat became simplified and many Force techniques were lost . ASP - 19s were used for training . During this period , almost every Jedi was at some point trained personally by Master Luke Skywalker , with a few exceptions , such as Kyle Katarn , who would go on to teach at the Jedi academy on Yavin 4 . Also , due to the lack of fully trained Jedi , it was common for masters to train multiple apprentices at the same time . In the Galactic Alliance . Following the Yuuzhan Vong War , the system of training Jedi became more regimented and organized , more closely resembling the setup of training in the Old Republic era . Students were divided into groups based on age , each group having a predetermined set of techniques to be learned , like Force Jump , Telekinesis , Force Persuasion , and centering exercises . Age groups included Woodoos , Rontos , and Banthas . As a student progressed into a new group , the level of training became more complex , calling for greater reliance on the Force . After the students built their own lightsaber , they were simply known as apprentices . One such program was a game called Skorch , where two teams of older apprentices used acrobatics and Force powers to send balls through the air , though it is the referee of the game who was being trained , his or her job being to discover the secret goals of each team , which was shown through the patterns of their movements .