Star Wars: 10 Things Everyone Always Gets Wrong About The Jedi

2. They Are Not Actually Celibate

Qui Gon Force Ghost
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The Jedi bang, too. And that's actually... fine?

What isn't necessarily "fine" in the eyes of the Order is the idea of forming an emotional attachment to a partner. So, in other words, a purely physical act of getting down to it in a casual sense isn't seen as a rule-breaking offence in the slightest.

And as George Lucas himself would note to the BBC a few decades ago, "Jedi Knights aren't celibate - the thing that is forbidden is attachments - and possessive relationships."

There you have it then.

Despite many being quick to assume that Anakin Skywalker's (rom)antics with Padmé Amidala throughout the Prequels were seen as an all-round big no-no in the eyes of his Jedi Masters, it was just the falling in love and attachment aspect of his forbidden relationship with the one-time Queen that would have gotten him in trouble.

Turns out that Mark Hamill was also under the impression Luke Skywalker also didn't exactly die a virgin in the galaxy far, far away either, so who knows what steamy Tales of the Jedi could be around the corner before long, eh?

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