Best Friends

"Best Friends" is the first part of the twenty-first episode of the animated series Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures. It will be released on Disney+ on February 14, 2024.
==Official description==
Kai and Nubs team up for a training exercise.
==Plot summary==
===The wilderness exercise===
The Jedi Initiates exit their shuttle in a forest clearing on Tenoo for wilderness training. Lys Solay has been practising with Djovi Resmia while Kai Brightstar has been training with Nubs. Jedi Master Zia Zaldor Zanna informs the younglings that they will be traveling into the wilds of Tenoo. They will work together in pairs to overcome challenges and reach the finish line, which is located at the base of Kaliah Tower before sundown. Master Zia issues each pair with a holomap and tells the Jedi younglings that this exercise is not a race but rather about learning how to work together. She dismisses the younglings, wishing that the Force will be with them.
===Getting lost===
As the initiates fan off in different directions, Brightstar and Nubs decide to take a different route from Solay and Resmia: going straight to avoid the hills. The pair soon reach a river but argue about directions. While arguing, they engage in a tug of war over the holomap, which falls into the river. The two race after the holomap by using a log and branches as an improvised canoe and paddles. Nubs manages to retrieve the holomap with his branch are pulled down a waterfall. The two younglings try to row away but end up rowing in different directions. 
The two are swept down the shallow waterfall and emerge safely. After reaching the river bank, Brightstar convinces Nubs to put aside their arguments and to work together. However, their holomap has been damaged by the water. Brightstar resolves to reach Kaliah Tower before sundown. He spots a suspension bridge hanging over a deep ravine. Brightstar wants to cross but Nubs thinks it is unsafe. Brightstar convinces a wary Nubs to follow but the suspension bridge collapses under their weight. 
The two Jedi younglings manage to use the planks to climb to the other side before the suspension bridge collapses. On the other side, the initiates find themselves in an uncharted part of the forest. Leading the way, Nubs convinces Brightstar to follow him through a patch filled with thorny plants and biting inspections. Brightstar expresses frustration that they are lost. The two slide down a muddy hill and find themselves in a valley below Kaliah Tower. 
===Rescuing Kai===
The two younglings argue about directions and who is right. Unable to resolve their differences, they split up. Brightstar climbs a giant Tenoo tree but finds he is lost. Meanwhile, Nubs climbs out of the valley and manages to reunite with the other Jedi initiates including Solay and Resmia. Nubs informs the other younglings that Brightstar is lost. Together with Solay and Resmia, they head back into the forest to find him. They find Brightstar clinging onto a vine as two ganguls circle him below.
Despite Solay's warnings, Nubs rushes to rescue his friend. Nubs attempts to scare the ganguls by growling at them but they are not intimidated. Solay comes up with a plan for her and Resmia to distract the creature while Nubs rescues Brightstar. One of the ganguls chases Solay and Resmia while Nubs faces down the second creature. At Nub's suggestion, the three younglings use their lightsabers to drive the creatures away. The Jedi celebrate but Brightstar's vine snaps. Nubs runs under him and allows Brightstar to land on him. 
Nubs is unhurt and hugs Brightstar. The two friends reconcile. Resmia tells Brightstar that Nubs wouldn't have crossed the finish line without him. After Nubs speaks in Poobian, Brightstar accepts that they messed up because they did not listen to each other. Brightstar promises that in the future they will remain friends despite their disagreements. The two reach the finish line. The Mirialan youngling tells Master Zia that Brightstar and Nubs have arrived. 
===Lesson learnt===
As a show of good sportsmanship, Brightstar allows Nubs to cross the finish line first. Nubs insists that Brightstar cross first. The two decide to cross first. Zia praises them for completing their exercise before sundown. Brightstar says that they learnt about working together. Zia is pleased that the two initiates learnt this lesson. Due to his recent adventures, Brightstar decides to take a rest. Solay, Nubs, and Resmia carry Brightstar to their victory celebration.
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