Jedi Temple Apprentice Tournament The Jedi Temple Apprentice Tournament was a competition held annually at the Coruscant Jedi Temple during the reign of the Galactic Republic . Overview . The Apprentice Tournament was an event sponsored by the Jedi Order in which its youngest members , the Initiates , could demonstrate their skills in order to attract the attention of a potential master . Each year , Knights and Masters alike would flock to the Temple in search of a worthy apprentice to accompany them on missions for the next decade of their life . Students at the Temple prepared for this test , and were often fearful that failure would result in reassignment to the Jedi Service Corps , a worthy yet undesired alternative to taking on missions as a Knight . Pitting thirty - two apprentices against each other in a series of one - on - one lightsaber duels , each round ended when a student scored three burns on their opponent with a training lightsaber . Before each round began , all of the apprentices would gather around the dueling area while pre - selected members from different classes would face off head - to - head . The final round would consist of the upper class as a group , fighting to the last man standing . The Tournament ' s first two matches had traditionally taken place in the Combat Training Chamber , until moving onto less artificial environments during the final free - for - all round . History . First Tournament of the Clone Wars . During the Clone Wars , the Tournament took place in 20 BBY , before the Battle of Honoghr and the Rendili Fleet Crisis . During the Tournament , Tallisibeth Enwandung - Esterhazy had gone down in the first round to a twelve - year - old boy with a broken leg . Second Tournament of the Clone Wars . Later that same year , Master Ilena " Iron - Hand " Xan was in charge of the Tournament , observing the preparations before the match and the actual combat . First Round . During the first round of the Tournament , Atresh Pikil was pit against Gumbrak Hoxz , Flerp against Zrim , Horororibb against Boofer , Page against Gilp , and Pax Chizzik against Tallisibeth Enwandung - Esterhazy . Enwandung - Esterhazy beat out Chizzik using deception and her knowledge of pressure points ; although Hanna Ding contested this , Master Xan allowed it . Second Round . In the next round , Ding was pitted against Enwandung - Esterhazy , in the dark . Ding refused to give into her frustration when her opponent attempted to deceive her , taking a whip kick to the chest . When Ding thought she had beaten Scout , Esterhazy grabbed her lightsaber blade , which was set at a low setting , and managed to get her in a strangle hold , forcing the Arkanian to surrender . In other combat sessions , Sisseri Deo beat out Forzi Ghul with a roundhouse kick , Whie Malreaux preformed exceptionally , as did Lena Missa . Eighth Round . The eighth round was set in one of the refectories during a meal . Enwandung - Esterhazy engaged Deo from behind , throwing a glass of muja juice in his face before ending the fight in a strangle hold . Pirt Neer and Enver Hoxha ' s duel took most of the attention , while Malreaux and Hera Tuix fought hand - to - hand , ending in Whie defeating Hera with a wrist - lock . Lena Missa defeated Bargu , who was seen clutching her arm in defeat ; Missa than engaged Malreaux , along with , who took Hoxha ' s lightsaber , forcing him to surrender to Neer . Neer was about to attack Enwandung - Esterhazy , but Missa put her in an arm bar , forcing her to yield also . As the last three contestants , Missa , Scout , and Malreaux set to defeat each other . Malreaux defeated Missa in a thumb lock , before setting in at Scout . After succeeding in overcoming a thumb lock , Scout defeated Whie with a shoulder thrust , sending him to the floor .