Why is Jod Na Nawood always quoting the Jedi?
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- So the big question is what is Jod Na Nawood's relationship to the Jedi Order? He is force sensitive it seems, could it be that he used to be a member of the order?
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A force-sensitive scoundrel using the Jedi's philosophy against attachments as a way of justifying alienating and betraying others to look out for himself is such a fun idea for a character.
Ki-adi mundi would be a interesting pirate. He was not the most caring too say the least
@@chandansimms9167 His daughters he clearly cared for: "Bruh."
Could be Jod couldve been found by Asaaj Ventress or an ex-Sith or Inquisitor, and knows this twisted jedi wisdom. We have seen jedi scoundrels before, Kanan Jarrus and Cal Kestis, but they kept the teachings from their masters without being twisted.
even Kyle Katarn follows this archetype to a certain extent. Certainly Mara Jade as well
@@chandansimms9167 He's a little busy being dead but could you imagine?
"Bring in the flame throwers."
The idea he was a padawan survivor would make a lot of sense for his character traits. A young person thrust into a survival situation that would last indefinitely when they were once safe can change them significantly.
Yes, and he would have had to cut himself off from the Force and change his identity several times to evade the Inquisitors. Now that the Empire is gone, it is safe for him to use the Force for his own ends, but he's used to a pirate life, and that's just who he is now -- a pirate with some Jedi training. Wasn't Kanan a smuggler for a while? His personality is different from Jod's, and he may have been older and had more training as a Padawan (and therefore been more attached to the spirit of the teachings), but maybe he would have gone down a similar path if he hadn't met Hera and joined the Rebellion.
I was about to write that, when I saw your comment. My suspicions are also that he is former Jedi (likely a Padawan), who lost his master during Order 66 and has had to fight for himself for decades. Since Vane is with these pirates, the Skeleton Crew is set after the liberation of Navarro and it's like 30 years after the order.
Maybe Jod was a youngling who escaped the temple during order 66? Would explain his force abilities that are present but aren’t super developed
I wouldn't assume Jod is weak with the force. Mind control doesn't work on a group of people and public displays of the force is a good way to get hunted by inquisitors.
@ very true
I was joking with my friend that Jude Law was probably the kid who said “Master Skywalker, what are we going to do?”
I was thinking he was one of the other kids with Reva.
Something Star Wars has been adamant about is the idea the Jedi are in more peril the more there are in one place and they’ll never recover from always being annihilated but they keep introducing 10,000 new surviving original Jedi and their apprentices yet they miss the opportunity to tell a story about righteousness extending beyond the walls of the Jedi Temple and the Jedi being freed from the bonds of what was a literal form of slavery, not just spiritual, under their old masters and they still have their monastic duties and force sensitivity to give them purpose. Christians and Jews don’t give up when we’re hunted to almost total extinction. We can’t. We have to pick up the pieces every time we lose chain of command, moral legitimacy and sheer numbers.
What made me suspect Jod might be a padawan survivor of Order 66 early on is both his age lining up (assuming Jod is supposed to be somewhere in his 40s) and that he continues to show only the most basic Force abilities (levitation). With his apparent knowledge of Jedi proverbs on top of that, his being a padawan whose training ended prematurely would go a long way in explaining his entry level knowledge and skills.
The pearls of wisdom suggest rudimentary Jedi training at the very least, but the fact he barely uses the Force could even mean he was a padawan washout like Ventress was.
@@KryyssTVor a Youngling that was only taught the very basics
I mean Luke learned Force Pull from a basic introduction by Kenobi and a few DiY lessons. Granted he was also the son of an insanely powerful Force user as well.
I really hope they show his light-saber skills to be rudimetrary at best.
I believe he was self-taught. Probably just like Wim, he was a kid with dreams of traveling the galaxy. But unlike Wim, he grew up like Han Solo, probably stealing and conning his way to survive.
When his abilities started to manifest, I'm willing to bet someone recognized it and hoped to use the kid to their advantage. Maybe even gave the kid a sacred text of the Jedi salvaged (or stolen) from the ruins of the Jedi order.
And just like a kid who reads Marcus Arillius at night, or Plato during his free time, learning this philosophy helped him to grow up and not fear his abilities.
We have no idea what happened before he set out on his own, but he made a conscious decision that he was in charge of his life and that using his abilities in public was too dangerous. Not that he couldn't control his powers, but that the knowledge of the force could be exploited as a "commodity" for someone else.....say a band of pirates, for example?
Hidden away for many years, he only uses the force when it comes to his survival. And only if he has the ability to keep his secret safe.
Nah he probably a padwan
@justiceriser8970 So far, he hasn't shown any indication of that. If he was a padwan, I would think he would show more traits befitting a Jedi. So far, he's more in line with someone who follows the philosophy rather than the training. Like a modern stoic who can quote Socrates. At least we know that he is not a monster. A monster would have killed Fern without hesitation.
He is a man conflicted, at odds with the world. But he's more a soldier with strong survival instincts.
But there is still plenty of show to see.
Force is not something that can be self taught. If someone with force sensitive never get into Jedi order, they would be just like everyone else. But with extra ordinary and sharper sense.
@Ilyas-ty6cy Why can't it? That's like saying that nobody can become a Catholic unless they go to church. Thanks to the study of mediclorians, the Force flows through all living things. But the awareness of the Force only comes from your mediclorian count and the *focus* that you receive through training. What someone decides to do with that awarness of their power is completely up to the user. What is done with that power makes them a Jedi......or allows them to fall to the dark side.
So far, Silva has only used simple techniques to survive. If he knew nothing of the philosophy of the Jedi, given his sorrid past, I think he would be much more dangerous. But so far, he has never used it to hurt anyone. He has also never used it to influence someone. I cringe to think what would've happened if he used the Force against Fern to get her to submit to his challenge. It could've gotten ugly, fast!
We also gotta take into account his profession. Unlike Cal Kestis, he is not a scrapper on a New Republic junk pile. And he didn't go into hiding somewhere in the outer rim to live the quiet life of a farmer. He became the Captain of a ruthless band of cutthroat Pirates! Doesn't sound like the act of a member of the Jedi Order to me.
I think, that like the Pirate Black Bart Roberts, he took to merchant vessels at a young age (Bart was only 13) learned everything by doing, then was probably captured by pirates, adopted into the crew, (probably the Star Wars equivalent of a Cabin Boy), and eventually became the Captain of this crew once they realized just how smart he was. The ability to read maps is not as common as you may think.
Black Bart Roberts raised himself to from captive to Captain after the pirates Captain was killed in an ambush. The only reason he was voted into command was because Roberts was learned, self educated, a navigator, and showed great potential once he vowed vengeance on his former Captain's killers. But he wasn't just some scallywag who got lucky. He read every day. He made his men attend service on Sunday. He was a teetotaler who had no patience for drunkenness on duty. He also instilled a moral code that was fair and true to his men, bringing respect and admiration for his entire reign.
His command as Black Bart only lasted four years until his death, but he managed to capture 400 ships in that time. The King of the Pirates.
If a merchant sailor can teach himself to become a "King of Pirates", why can't a young star jockey use his time on board to learn to control and focus his untapped power to become a dedicated Pirate Captain?
Maybe if he taught his crew some Jedi meditation practices, they wouldn't have turned on him so fast after his "many cycles" of bad luck.
Jod was obviously of youngling or padawan during Order 66. He is now jaded, and rightly so. He has used his knowledge to survive a wild galaxy. To survive the Empire he had to hide among the worst of the worst. I love this character.
My thoughts exactly!
This show has been so good and episode 5 made it great. Andor will always have my heart, Season One of Mando will always be special, but THIS goes up there on the list too. Kids show? It's a GREAT show, period. And Jude Law now has one of the most interesting characters we've seen in the Star Wars galaxy we've seen in a long time.
I like how the author of Dune said he wanted to warn of the dangers of Messiahs and cults while in Star Wars the Republic Jedi were so immersed in it that it destroyed their order.
Depending on when in the New Republic era this is, the Jod being an Order 66 youngling survivor theory seems most plausible, right? It would go to some length to explain his familiarity with Jedi expressions (such as those Yoda would have chanted during exercises with younglings), as well as the complexity of both selfishness and empathy in Jod; he can *sympathize* with Wim, having been a lost child at once, Force powers or not; but, having likely been largely on his own after surviving O66, it would follow that such a hard life would have its own lasting effects, as is the case with so many stories of such roguish characters.
It’s supposed to be 9 ABY so if Jod is in his late 40s to early 50s (Jude law is 51) that would line up with him being a Padawan with a few years experience when Order 66 happened.
"Jedi Ted-Talk". had me rolling over laughing.
I really appreciate your content as a political science student. It’s really refreshing to hear your takes, and I actually found a way to formally cite one of your videos on economics in a recent final!! Happy holidays, looking forward to the next ep!
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That's really cool
Yoda said being a Jedi was the deepest commitment .
Myself. I really enjoy your channel!
I always took "your focus determines your reality" as the state of your mind and emotions is what gives you the view that you have which translates into real consequences. Not manifestation like "I'll focus on wanting this house and then I'll get that house"
Exactly! Your focus determines Your reality, not The reality.
What you prioritize, what you value, what you believe, this creates the framework through which you view the world. It's an important lesson
The “I waited, and the force provided” quote reminds me of an old joke:
A man is hanging on to a floating branch in a flood and praying to be saved when a boat comes by to rescue him. He tells the rescuers that he won’t come with them, and he has faith God will save him. A little while later a helicopter flies overhead and a rescuer ropes down to save him. He once again tells the rescuers that he won’t go with them because he has faith God will save him. A short while later he drowns, and goes to heaven. He asks God why he didn’t save him, and God says, “I sent you a boat and a helicopter, what more could you want?”
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 or i think he probably so stuck in his believes he thought it a good thing
I have always heard it as a roof but yes.
There were other force users outside of the Jedi and Sith. My personal theory is that he was a crimson guardsmen (the red robed guys who protected the emperor) or even an Emperor's hand.
oh i like that idea actually he might be scruffy but i can also see some military discipline in how he stands and carries himself
Connor Jax?
@@thestanleys3657Carnor Jax. It is possible.
This makes sense given that this takes place after the Empire fell and those who wore the red robes might have taken the skills and knowledge that they had as Imperial Guards and used it to make a living outside of the New Republic.
It would also explain his need to have all those identities, given that the New Republic was rounding up former Imperials.
I've never heard of force levitation always working ONLY when using your Index and Middle fingers... To me that's a weird red flag.
I appreciate your videos. You actually have some intelligent, thoughtful discourse. I also apprreciate how your comment section isnt full of questionable fans who feel the need to tell everyone about how they hate Disney and refuse to watch it, etc.
Amen to that!
Interesting that they dropped Dash as an alias since Dash Rendar is an obscure character from Shadows of the Empire. I wonder if all the other aliases he's known by are actually easter eggs for notable characters.
obscure? shadows for n64 sole a million copies.
@ishill85 And that was how many decades ago? There are people who played SoE who now have grandchildren and as far as I can recall Dash never appeared in other media other than the SoE novelisation.
I have a different take on the saying "Your focus determines your reality" quote. To me it speaks a bit of psychology theory: how you view a situation changes it or how you feel and act/react to it. Basically that your mood/perspective will affect how you see a situation. Changing your thought process can give you a different view or mindset to better deal with a situation. Like Yoda and Luke when trying to lift his x-wing out of the water, Yoda said Luke failed because he didn't believe he could. I don't think they mean you can manifest anything but how you view a situation can limit yourself in ways you are not aware of.
Sincerely, thanks for the content during the holidays. You're a good man, with a good crew, and it's a gift for you to take time away from your personal life to make content like this. We'll never see eye to eye on the Jedi, but you're a grandmaster in my books.
Could be he doesn't celebrate Christmas or haunaka (no idea how to spell it), which is fine. Only 2 religions consider this time of year holy just saying. America has more than Christians and Jewish people.
@@TeamValkyrie2023 Glad you could find something negative to say. Practice gratitude.
He says directly in this video that he's wary of real-life institutions - it's very evident in the Star Wars fandom that people who are, bring a lot of that into how they interpret the franchise, and they view the Jedi very negatively. George Lucas' intentions with the Jedi however, was to show that they are flawed and not perfect, who ultimately fail. But he called them "the most moral of anybody in the galaxy" and the "good guys." The fans have taken that and paint the Jedi as horrible power-hungry people.
I love your videos. Merry Christmas and happy holidays 🎄
Dude he may be the best Star Wars TH-camr of all time all things considered
Merry Christmas, Alan!
Thanks for the upload. We 3 here hope you and yours are enjoying the holidays❤❤
Us sorcerer mains once again are reminded we are feared. 🤣😂🤣 Allen would be hilarious in a Shadowrun session.
Jod is old enough to have been a youngling or padawan during the Clone Wars.
He's been in hiding since then which would explain the multiple aliases.
Surviving Order 66, and spending decades as a pirate.
You're analysis is TNT. Awesome sauce.
Jod said that At Achrann was like his homeworld under cuts the idea that he was a youngling or padawan, since they were removed from their homes at very young ages, like Obi Wan cannot even remember his own mother (as revealed in his titular show).
Merry X-MAs, Allen and everyone!
merry christmas!!! wooo
Thanks for being the only creator I'm subscribed to who is giving me thoughts on the latest episode. Not to disparage SC and NR, but you are my favorite. Happy Crisbn
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Alan.
If you dont say happy Hanukah he might not like your comment... then again he doesn't care about those that celebrate Eid so 🤷♂ whatever man...
@@claudegrenier3180 Maybe I should throw in a Happy Festivus, the holiday for the rest of us?
IMO he was a youngling survivor from the temple. So he got the initial blast of jedi indoctrination but he was traumatized for life by Anakin and is bearing scars of abandonment. He identifies with the kids, though (well, his arc is going to show that). This makes perfect narrative sense for the show.
Tk u chosen one for screwing the galaxy
Many thanks for the xmas video drop! You are appreciated, Allen!
2:03 it's like poetry..........
Damn it George you mad genius.
Allen, what you say about Jedi, force users, and organizations really hits home with me. I was always into Hans Solo, never Luke. I am more interested in the Mandalorians than Jedi. I was never a fan of Superman because things were just too easy for him. Now Batman, that’s where it’s at…
Happy Holidays, Allen! Thanks for doing these videos for us!!
If there's one thing I want out of a show, it's the Mantis crew being there. They wouldn't even have to be leading characters, they could be great supporting ones.
It is pretty clear he was once a Jedi or padawan and something happened during Order 66. Whether his master was killed or he escaped the temple. I am leaning toward the first. He reminds me of Kanan Jarrus. Age/type. Since Dave Filoni loves Plo Kloon, it would be cool if this was his padawan. He was waiting on the planet for Plo, but his clone troopers shot him out of the sky.
"Unidentified Padawan - Jedi Master Plo Koon's final apprentice of the Legends canon remains largely unidentified, and not much is known about the Padawan"
Merry Christmas! Thanks for another neat talk on Star Wars.
It is such a fun and good show. I'm really enjoying it and that they're releasing it weekly rather than dropping it all at once to binge. It gives the watchers time to think and theorize. After this last episode, I've got a bit of an out-there theory: Tak Rennod was Jod Na Nawood's jedi master. As you mention in this video, Jod clearly knows a decent amount of jedi lore, so it is likely that he was a padawan, especially as he has some force abilities, albeit limited to telekinesis. I'd imagine his training was interrupted due to Order 66. We've seen that jedi are very aware of different lightsabers, so I think when they enter Tak's chamber, Jod recognizes that lightsaber as his master's. You can see throughout this scene Jod is a bit off. Then when he actually listens to Tak's log, it has Jod's full and complete attention, that he's listening intently on the voice of the person who killed his master. Jod has been very quick thinking up until now, but after listening to it, he stands and thinks for quite a while with a heavy weight on his shoulders. He's trying to process that his master managed to survive, but also turned to piracy, just as he did. The struggle between continuing as the baby sitter to the kids (the path of kindness) and embracing his previous piracy (the path of selfishness) is palpable. And this struggle continues as he challenges Fern, and tries so hard not to harm her. He gives her so many chances to yield illustrating that he doesn't want to completely abandon the path of kindness.
I said something like this in a comment on another video I think Jod might've been a youngling, during order 66. Not a full blown Padawan. Everytime he quotes the Jedi, it always seems like a simplistic, child-like understanding of a faction he was involved in. Which contrasts to Wim's romanticizing the Jedi stories. Jod and Wim are probably extremely alike, and Jod was probably very much like Wim when he was a kid.
😂 jod is a jedi big difference
Merry Christmas!
Jod was the padawan of Baylan Skol.
Baylan's separation from the Jedi wasn't a cut or die thing, it was a gradual separation where Jod slowly took on the beliefs of his master. However, Jod himself didn't share the same cynicism and views of Baylan. Baylan held a much darker view of the Jedi and the galaxy as a whole. Baylan wanted more power and control of the force, Jod really just wanted to be a Jedi. He wanted and aspired to be all that Whim wishes he could have been.
The problem is Jod never saw things the way Baylan did and Baylan left Jod with the pirates and to fend for his own. By this time, both knew of Order 66 and knew being found out as a Jedi would be worth credits, so Jod hid himself from the force as well as hid the fact that he was a force user.
The result is the Jod we see today, calculating, manipulative, capable in the force but disconnected from it. He no longer shares the values of the Jedi, but he doesn't quite share the cynical beliefs nor the drive for power that Baylan has and is searching out.
This is why Baylan has such a young apprentice at the time of Asohka.
Survived the purge... Joined onto pirates to survive... Makes sense.
i really like your vids after every episode. i can relate to your points
Maybe he came across a order 66 survivor and the survivor sensed he held some power in the force and maybe the Jedi tried too train him
Qui gon neeling just thinking
"Come on force, I'm gunna train ya son let me have this one"
Thank you for sharing that deeper dive. I really appreciated it and it resonated with me. 👊🏻Still a rebel… Thanks, again, R ❤
I loved when the owl lady told KB "What did he tell you, 'trust your gut'? Use your head. Get the truth."
This tells me that he has tried this on her before, and is a way he tells people "don't think too hard about it, so I can lie to you".
I would like to think Jod was in training to be a Jedi before Order 66 occurred. He would be the perfect foil to Whim as well since Whim looks up to the Jedi from his stories and if Jod was a padawan or reject padawan he would have reason for the Jedi aren't honorable as they seem to be
I think that he was a youngling or padawan in the Jedi temple when order 66 happened. One line in the last episode struck out at me when he had a knife at Fern‘s throat, and she says something to the effect of “we’re kids, you can’t hurt us“. Jod gives an interesting look, almost as if he’s remembering something. If he was a youngling when order 66 happened, him being a child did not save him or his fellow younglings from the empire. They were slaughtered along with all the others.
"Definitely not something a Jedi would say. Thats definitely something a Jedi that left the Order would say." ☠☠ True!
Nice Breakdown. Well Done
Pirates have always been very interesting to me. Of course there are the ships, cannons, swords and one shot firearms. But more than that. Pirate ships were run as democracies. There are a few good shows on Netflix about Pirates, one fiction, one non fiction: Black Sails and The Lost Pirate Kingdom.
There is some credence that the pirates of the Caribbean were an impetus to America’s war of independence. Check the above out…😊
Wait…”your focus determines your reality” doesn’t have to be anything supernatural…it can just mean whatever you choose to give your attention will occupy your conscious mind, thereby becoming everything to you in those moments. The greater your ability to control and direct your attention, and to tune out distractions, the more enveloping the subject of your focus will be. Maybe they should say “your focus determines your reality in that moment.”
Honestly I love the theory that he is one of the force sensitive kids that were brought to Mustafar in that one clone wars arc - but then again they might really need to find a way to explain how and where he grew up. So this is really just a cool theorie. Him being a former Jedi Knight who survived the order 66 like Cal Kestis but becoming a Space Pirate is far more realistic.
He's part of a splinter group called the Sons of Schroedinger. Their tag line is "I may be one with the force, the force may be one with me"
But, ss he's a pirate, maybe it should be "may the rum be with you?" 😃
What's true, that he is Jod Na Nawood. That he is lost like them, full stop lmao. I like how they are building this character 👌
Too me Jod Na has been trained by an ex-jedi themselves that probably decided they weren't all good like the Jedi and weren't crazy bad like the Sith and just got jaded by the whole mess and sort of went, meh! and went off and tried to live a quiet life but during that life then came across Jod Na and realised he was force sensitive and decided to help teach him somethings. Jod got the quotes but he also got "go with what makes you feel right" sense of teaching. He learnt the skills that helped him achieve what he wanted to achieve without any desire to go overboard.
They're definitely trying to keep the idea of his character off balance and going to milk that for awhile. I do think after the end of the most recent episode it would be nice to have the reveal in the next coming episode, and personally I think the most satisfying idea for me would be that he's a former padwan who became a pirate to survive the empire, especially if he was a child during the clone wars, maybe one who hadn't yet built his first lightsaber. This would explain his fear of droids and his proficiency at fighting them without a weapon. It would also explain his slight sense of awe as he picks up the lightsaber. I wouldn't be surprised either if he's very weak in the force and the slight levitation trick is about all he can do, in Acolyte they make a point of saying that force powers weaken over time if not flexed and that you can be cut off from the light entirely, for someone living in hiding for all those years that would make sense.
I think Jod was a young Padawan before order 66, who ended up a pirate to hide from the empire & for protection. And for the most part went all in on being a pirate. It explains why his use of the force is minimal, and how he knows Jedi teachings, even if he doesnt follow them anymore.
I think it would be interesting if Jod was kicked out of the order at a young age, sometime before Order 66
"in legends and canon lore."
You mean "in Disney canon and Lucas canon lore."
I think maybe when he was young, Jod befriended a Padawan survivor of Order 66 who realized he was force sensitive. That kid managed to impress Jod with a few lessons and minimal training before the Inquisitorius showed up for him, and after that, Jod realized the Force just wasn't worth the trouble.
He didn't seem as familiar with a lightsaber as a padawan who'd trained with one from early childhood should have. Like he'd seen them before, but never actually used one.
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8:12 new theory! Jod is the orphaned love child of a Jedi who left him a Jedi text. 😂
I am concerned that in Episode 3 Fern said of their escape from the pirate port "That was too easy." Will we see some sort of payoff for that line? I don't think the pirates
let the kids escape to follow them to At Atin.
Maybe what Fern was keying off of was that Jod *did* have superpowers?
How did Jod happen to be in the same cell the kids were in? I think he heard them talking and went to the cell to befriend them. Why else would a man who could escape not escape?
Yes the lovable rogue who lives in the gray areas of morality is always a fun character.
I don't buy that he could be self taught in the force because of human nature. He would have learned early that using his fear and anger would have gotten quick results because the dark side is, "quicker, more seductive." And he would have never learned "how to tell the good side from the bad."
The way he acted with his crew was more like a coach then how pirate captains really keep their crews in line. Look up Blackbeard's management style. And he was always a compassionate care taker with those kids. That is Jedi Code 101, compassion.
Great video btw. I just noticed, you have the same xbox controller i have. Really great, but it can get dirty quick. Will we ever see any livestream play-throughs? I bet your take on the games would be eye opening.
I can’t figure out if I’m rooting for him or waiting to watch him lose. This show is delivering in leaps and bounds.
Gun slinger is an end game viable build in TSL. It does better against groups than a saberist, better against single targets than a lightning spammer. It sits comfortably between them, and since it relies on a guardian build its usually tanky enough to hold out against bosses much better than a lightning spammer.
Narratively, the most interesting option would that he was a padawan when everything went down. Jod is what Wim would have been if he had been born somewhere else. So while Wim fantasised about having the life of a Jedi, Jod wanted WIm's life.
Jod is Wim's reality-check.
Wim is Jod's fantasy. The life of stability he always wanted.
Jod was a Palawan who never found his crystal and never became a full Jedi. He was probably relegated to a the agricultural or historical department. Then when Order 66 happened he was abandoned.
I interpreted the no attachments rule as being due to the power a Jedi could wield. Beyond their actual force abilities and combat skills, most places a Jedi would be respected and their word taken as if not law at least strong guidance. They often acted as arbiters in disputes. If they had attachments outside of the code and to the republic then that could be used to influence them. If they had a partner or children they were attached to and were arbitrating a dispute then one side might use threats against their partner or children to try to get a better deal for themselves.
I've seen a theory that Jod's actually Korkie Kryze, Satine & Obi-Wan's secret love child, and i love that idea tbh
Seeing how he applies Jedi teaching is a neat but realistic spin on "a certain point of view" that gives Jod tragic depth. He feels like a good man gone wrong, like perhaps he was a Padawan that saw the fall of the Jedi, perhaps even witnessed Anakin's dark temple deeds, and was hardened and disillusioned thereby.
Something I've noticed is that Jod does not use the Force for attack, even to escape. Either that's because he's very untrained or he understands how using the Force itself for malevolence is the 'path to the Dark side'. A person, Force-sensitive, can be a scoundrel without being Dark Side because they don't use the Force itself to end life.
I believe he's something like a child Ventress - raised/trained by a Jedi who had accepted their separation from the Order.
Assuming Jod is Jude's age, he would have been about 12-14 during Order 66, and if, like Ventress his guardian was killed when he was young, well.
My speculation is that Jod was a Padawan survivor, that felt lost/abandoned by the order/ his Jedi master (died?) after order 66.
I attribute Han’s flying abilities to L3 being uploaded into the Falcon. I mean he was a terrible pilot until L3 was in the Falcon. That’s why everyone in the Falcon seems to do so well.
I think the idea of Jod Na as a surviving padawan is a good one. If he was a young padawan at the time of Order 66, chances are he was given to pirate to hide him from the Empire, and became a pirate himself. There is no Jedi Order at this point, but that doesn't mean the force uses stopped being born or that very young Padawans were hurried away by Jedi Masters during Order 66. I am sure Luke and Leia weren't the only ones who survived far away from the Empire. Jod Na knows the words!
I want to see Cal Kestis in a future series meeting and treinning Jod in the Jedi ways!
The Jedi don't force people to stay in. In fact, they're taught practical skills early on in their training so that they can survive outside the order if and when necessary.
Jod mentions his home world being very "ashy" which suggests he was there long enough to enough to remember it. He probably wouldn't if he were taken by the Order. I'm starting to think he was just a randomf force sensitive that maybe found a Jedi temple much like Wimm was hoping to find at some point or found a stash of Holochrons with some starter lessons while pillaging as a young pirate. He probably vibed with some of those lessons as someone who was trying to be hard and tough to survive.
My theory - Jod was found and trained by Assaj Ventress or either an ex-Sith or Inquisitor. Something about him feels like that was his background. Remember Jod and Kanan both have similar backgrounds, in which Kanan Jarrus was an ex pirate/scoundrel, he was found by a pirate and was taught pirating by the pirate who found him. Yet Kanan Jarrus maintained the wisdom and teachings of Master Bilabba. He was able to train Eztra with those teachings. But Jod shows that he knows the jedi teachings but they are twisted. I wont be surprised if he bled out that lightsaber that Wim found.
He screams slightly, spiritually lost temple Padawan. Antithesis Cal Kestis who fell in with the wrong crowd.
Listen to the sound design behind Joda delivery of line and quigon, you can almost feel the time pass between order 66
Jod is secret child of Qui-Gon and Shmii
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Not sure what to think about him I think the sixth episode will be the clincher. He may have chosen to be the captain to be more in control of the danger situation. He and the kids are in. Or he may be showing his true colors. The kids have dropped into a chute which in a pirate layer is likely more dangerous than an escape… out of the frying pan into the fire as it were. Jod is heard to ignited his light saber which may lead to finally learning something of his past or him using it to rescue or chase the kids. I would like to think whatever his past that his adventure with the kids is making him a better man in spite of himself.
The last episode made clearly for me that Jod was a padawan or youngling that survive the order 66, his idea of detachment is selfis, and not the way a Jedi understand, so probably he was a chield when this concept was taught.
The sister in Obi-Wan Kenobi was a child when Anakin came to kill the younglings. I think Jod is at least 10 years older than she. He either was a Padawan or he did not make it through the training of younglings because he could not adhere to the teachings.
Jod's parallel behaviors and sayings with Obi-Wan are too hard to ignore at this point. They probably wouldn't have the guts to come out and announce him as Obi-Wan and Satine Kryze's son, but the set up is there. The other possibility is that he's the youngling that they did the close up with when Anakin was sacking the Jedi Temple (maybe an attempt to redeem Anakin). Either way, if true, it would make Jod the only character in this series with a direct tie to the movies.
My only disagreement is that the Jedi ways would not be available for a pirate - I think those would be exactly who would have access to the Jedi ways at that time. Force user out in the outer rim hiding among the pirates trying to survive. This is the gem of his story arc - we don’t know what kind of pirate he really was, but it looks like we are going to find out.
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Jod is a version of what quinlan voss would have been if his training was incomplete when the order was destroyed
Youngling, Padawan, or AFTER Purge Foundling, or a Jedi "Reject" all could explain his limited force abilities and align with his age. He could be a scruffier Kanan or a darker Ezra or just a force user who escaped the inquisition by living in the underworld.
I don’t think he was either a Jedi or a padawan. I think he was a youngling. The force tricks we’ve seen are little beyond floating rocks-the level of things we’ve seen in youngling training scenes. Not his potential, but his learned skills. And the aphorisms he quotes are exactly the kind of thing children learn by rote when they’re being indoctrinated into their faith tradition, before they are old enough to wrestle with the deeper mysteries.
He has a more practical understanding of being a Jedi than Win’s fantasies, without any of the spirituality of having actually been one.
Tongue-in-cheek as this suggestion may appear on its face, I mean it with the utmost sincerity, you could compile an entire treatise (video?) on Critical Force Theory. You've already got the beginnings spread out in your catalogue, notably (but not exclusively) for the Jedi. A comprehensive interpretation on the malignant effects (intentional or otherwise) by supremacy of any such repressive societal organization might serve as much as a parallel for humanity's problems, despite best efforts and intentions, as much as because of one based on fear, hatred, and passion.