Q 01/05

How did George Lucas describe the Jedi in one two-word phrase?

A) Space pirates

B) Royal bodyguards

C) Warrior-monks

D) Bounty hunters

Answer · why

C) Warrior-monks

Their job, he said, was to keep the governments of all the planets in line so they did not do terrible things.

Q 02/05

The word Jedi may come from jidaigeki, a Japanese term for what kind of film?

A) Ghost story

B) War epic

C) Monster movie

D) Period drama

Answer · why

D) Period drama

Other proposed roots include Arabic, Hebrew and the jeds and jeddaks of Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom books.

Q 03/05

Which author's Barsoom series, with its jeds and jeddaks, may have inspired the name?

A) Edgar Rice Burroughs

B) H. G. Wells

C) Robert E. Howard

D) E. E. Smith

Answer · why

A) Edgar Rice Burroughs

Lucas had considered adapting the Mars books to film before making Star Wars.

Q 04/05

In-universe, the word Jedi is said to derive from which kyber-rich planet?

A) Jedha

B) Ilum

C) Tython

D) Ossus

Answer · why

A) Jedha

The planet, seen in Rogue One, once housed a temple and was a source of the crystals that power lightsabers.

Q 05/05

What name did Lucas originally consider for his knights before settling on Jedi?

A) Jedidiah

B) Paladin

C) Bodhisattva

D) Templar

Answer · why

A) Jedidiah

J. W. Rinzler suggests the Buddhist idea of the bodhisattva, an enlightened being who stays to help others, was also in the mix.