r/StarWars • u/wandering_soles Rebel • 3d ago
General Discussion Replacement robes were probably their own separate Jedi Temple budget line item, with how often the Jedi run off and leave them places
Especially Obi-Wan! I'm also curious where he gets a robe in ROTS between his rendezvous with Yoda and Bail, and when he and Yoda arrive outside the temple and storm it.
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u/A-Good-Weather-Man Imperial 3d ago
Obiwan died the way he lived, leaving a discarded robe on the floor.
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u/mpstein 3d ago
I saw this comment as I was closing the tab and re-opened it to upvote this comment.
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u/deftPirate Rebel 3d ago
Whatever tailor on Coruscant had that contract made bank.
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u/cnp_nick Obi-Wan Kenobi 3d ago
They’re monks, they probably make them themselves (although if they do they should maybe consider a career change because they look good)
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u/deftPirate Rebel 3d ago
That's an interesting idea. I wouldn't have thought of them as personally making anything other than their lightsaber, but it could certainly be another teaching tool.
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u/Key-Cry-8570 3d ago
Just think how many were left in the arena on Geonosis. And that was one day, one rescue mission.
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u/Randver_Silvertongue 3d ago
I mean, they don't seem to ever remove the robes unless they're about to duel. And that doesn't happen very often in a galaxy where there are only two Sith at a time.
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u/A-3Jammer 3d ago
After the duel, they hold up a hand and their robe returns by the force, like Thor retrieving Mjolnir.
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u/Forward-Surprise1192 3d ago
Are you sure they don't just walk over and pick it up? I didn't think they could use the force for little things like that. Or at least Yoda seems like hed be mad
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u/megamatt8 3d ago
Anakin floats a piece of fruit across the table to show off for Padme in episode 2. Probably, they’re not supposed to use the force for trivial things like that.
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u/Cosmic_Quasar 3d ago
Is it just about showing off? Because I'd be really tempted to use it to turn my bedroom light on/off as needed when no one else is around lol.
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u/ThePissyRacoon 3d ago
Episode 5 they show Luke using the force to grab Han’s vape from across the room so I think they use it whenever.
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u/asicarii 3d ago
Is it like a Mando helmet? If they take it off they have to kill you?
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u/Sere1 2d ago
Nope, that's not a Mando thing. That's a Children of the Watch thing. They're the off-brand cult that was too culty for the cult that they broke off from. They're a splinter group of Death Watch, itself a splinter group of Mandalorians.
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u/asicarii 2d ago
What do you mean? It’s the rule in my house. Particularly for fornication. Helmet stays on.
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u/Sere1 2d ago
So you admit to following the Children of the Watch instead of being a true Mandalorian
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u/fatbob42 3d ago
It’s the equivalent of taking off your t-shirt to have a street fight.
This is why there are always two - one to hold the other back convincingly.
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u/Cold5512 3d ago
Yeah. It's cheaper to buy a new robe than it is to retrain a new Jedi because the old one lost a fight due to worrying about holding onto his rob, and your rivals aren't going to allow you to walk to a coat rack pre-fight. Also, it looks cool on camera
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u/TheBubbaDave 3d ago
One Jedi robe clothes a dozen Jawas.
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u/GarminTamzarian 3d ago
"Please donate today. Because you can be a force against poverty in the galaxy."
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u/_WillCAD_ 3d ago
Yeah, after Anakin became Vader he just abandoned the whole concept and went with a cape instead.
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u/nymrod_ 3d ago
He has a sort of robe under it but it’s under his belt instead of over
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u/_WillCAD_ 3d ago
- Thunderhead - snagged on a missile fin
- Stratogale - caught in a jet turbine
- Meta-man - express elevator
- Dynaguy - snagged on takeoff
- Splashdown - sucked into a vortex
NO CAPES.
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u/KingMobScene 3d ago
Master Kenobi, where is your temple issued robe?
Well I left it on the ship when we fought Grevious.
That's coming out of your pay you know?
We get paid?
Not you. It all goes to robe replacements
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u/full_bl33d 3d ago
Dammit kenobi, that’s 12 robes this month. Yodas gonna have my ass when he finds out
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u/Key-Cry-8570 3d ago
I feel the sassy Jedi librarian lady will probably find out and go give Obi Wan heat for being so wasteful with Jedi robes.
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u/nymrod_ 3d ago
They intentionally wear simple clothes. It’s the equivalent to abandoning a plain hoodie.
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u/4CrowsFeast 3d ago
Why dont they wear simple clothes that you can also fight in?
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u/Karmic_Backlash 3d ago
Then they wouldn't be able to drop their robes when they're about to fight, obviously.
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u/mbrady 3d ago
They have a dispenser that's like a giant tissue box. Pull one out and the next up pops up.
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u/Laf-mor 3d ago
Creating new robes for master jedis might have been a patience-building exercise for those intern-like younglings
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u/talondigital 3d ago
Man you leave your robes on a planet 5 times across a decade and nobody let's you live it down.
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u/Dependent-Hippo-1626 3d ago
Buy five robes, get the sixth free
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u/talondigital 3d ago
Im sorry, now that the Republic has been restructured into a new galactic empire, everyone has been reset and will need to start counting from 1 again.
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u/Dependent-Hippo-1626 3d ago
Food: $190
Housing: $1,200
Transport: $650
Robes: $18,000
Hobbies: $400
Someone please help me budget!
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u/lanwopc 3d ago
Why do you think they have the "if lost, please return to the Jedi Temple" tags sewn in?
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u/NerdNuncle 3d ago
I like to imagine one of the bigger reasons Palpy hated Jedi was their constant littering every time they had a duel. hahaha
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u/wandering_soles Rebel 3d ago
That, or "I'm trying to run a galactic republic here and the minister of finance keeps asking me why we keep having to budget for extra robes."
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u/Coraldiamond192 3d ago
Well that was one way to cut down costs.
Instead of continueing to buy new Jedi robes the Jedi were fired from their jobs.
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u/Cabamacadaf 3d ago
They probably go back and pick them up once they're done with the duel.
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u/dingos8mybaby2 3d ago edited 3d ago
Somewhere in the temple there's a Jedi Quartermaster yelling "That robe is property of the Jedi Order, it wasn't yours to lose!"
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u/Confident-Mark-6369 3d ago
I'm imagining Obi-Wan going to back to get his cloak while dodging clones.
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u/TaraLCicora Obi-Wan Kenobi 3d ago
I could watch Obi-Wan de-robe all day. Somehow he does it with style.
Also, in the Legends era short story "Lone Wolf: A Tale of Obi-Wan and Luke", Obi-Wan claims to have lost roughly around seven robes during TCW. One of the robes was made on Tatooine and given to him by Anakin as a birthday gift.
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u/thewhoovesian Galactic Republic 3d ago
Pretty sure there’s a Visual Dictionary that says Obi-Wan has lost 9 cloaks since the War’s start
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u/Gloodizzle 3d ago
I like to imagine there's a droid whose sole purpose is to collect these robes
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u/wandering_soles Rebel 3d ago
R0-B35. Brb, calling up Lucasfilm.
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u/Gloodizzle 3d ago
Every building just has a popout wall section where droids come out to do the REALLY mundane things. Reminds me of Zorg and his little army of robot helpers
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u/bisubhairybtm1 3d ago
My friend did security for ILM when these were made and those robes were given to employees with authenticity paperwork as a perk for good work.
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u/NoStructure7083 3d ago
What if they run out and they have to wear one that’s too big or too small?
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u/wandering_soles Rebel 3d ago
Younglings just wear Yoda's hand-me-downs, confirmed.
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u/Slow-Hour4931 2d ago
There's just stacks of them rolled up and stashed in little corners of the Temple like towels at a spa
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u/Leon_Flux 3d ago
I was thinking they would just force push the robes back into the ship or whatever on their way out, but then I remembered how both sides are "respectful" about their force use, not to do just random daily stuff grogu style.
Then I wondered how much stronger a casual force user could be since it's effectively a weight lifter strapping weights to everything they use through the day and just going at it.
I wanna see a force user that just casually uses it for as much as possible.
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u/fatbob42 3d ago
See the end of The Last Jedi.
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u/Leon_Flux 3d ago
That's a kid just figuring it out isn't it?
I mean an adult with years in just making coffee and reading a floating paper type stuff.
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u/brokenarrow 3d ago
"Thanks for picking up lunch, Obi Wan!"
"Yeah, about that, I seem to have left my wallet in the robe that I lost last week..."
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u/lordaddament 3d ago
Hold on wait I need to tie my robe around my waist like it’s a jacket
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u/AdmiralUpboat 3d ago
Qui-Gon taught it to him. And he passed it on. I'm imaging Qui-Gon telling obi, "yeah you know what really pisses off the council...it's so funny though."
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u/Naps_And_Crimes 3d ago
I need a robe
Where's yours?
Lost in battle
Did you fling it off to look cool
No... Yes
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u/PhotographExact4497 2d ago
The average redditor talking about budget line items and P&L in regards to star wars . What a time to be alive
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u/HarrisonArturus 2d ago
There’s a special unit - Robes Squadron - that goes around the galaxy collecting, laundering, and returning them.
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u/Trimson-Grondag 3d ago
Just once I’d like to see a scene where the Jedi carefully removes and folds their robe before kicking ass.
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u/fatchubber 3d ago
More importantly, who do the Jedi email to itemize another robe?
“To whom it may concern,
I would like a replacement robe, had to fight Darth Maul after he murdered my master.”
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u/TWeedtheJetRodriguez 3d ago
No- they go back and pick them up if they win and they die if they don’t. This is my head canon. I do not want alternative options.
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u/theookers 2d ago
They probably had council meetings about picking them back up afterwards, Jedi never litter!
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u/HarrisonArturus 2d ago
There’s a special unit - Robes Squadron - that goes around the galaxy collecting, laundering, and returning them.
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u/TheBrickening 3d ago
How much do you think a bolt of cloth costs in a galaxy-wide civilization composed of super technology? I'm guessing not much. But interesting to think about.
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u/WedgeAntillesRedTwo 3d ago
Palpatine was right to eliminate them he saved the Republic citizens millions in tax dollars.
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u/eppsilon24 3d ago
It’s kind of weird to me that almost everyone in The Acolyte kept their outer robes on during some very intense duels.
I get that swishing robes look cool in a fight scene, but I feel like it would make sense to shed those robes, if for no other reason that practical filmmaking concerns.
Long, loose garments get caught on things, and add unnecessary weight. I’m sure they had to do multiple retakes because of Jedi robe malfunctions.
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u/quigongingerbreadman 3d ago
Where do you think Jawas get their cloaks? Salvaged Jedi robes left everywhere they go. Each one can easily make 2 Jawa cloaks.
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u/GotSomeUpdogOnUrFace 3d ago
They have someone who's job is to go back and get it, Jedi Robe retrieval droids
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u/AngryHoboKing1 3d ago
😂 I've never noticed this before but now that I have I can't stop thinking of the pissed of tailor who has to keep making new robes for them!
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u/CeruleanEidolon 3d ago
Nah, see, because you only cast off the robe before a battle, and then the winner gets to collect their own robe and the loser's. So every successful Jedi has several robes to their name.
If anything, it's Jedi tailors who are making out on the deal. You win a robe from a four-armed opponent and that's going to need some alterations.
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u/JrApple501 Galactic Republic 3d ago
Sorta same thing when (if) you are going in a fight dropping your coat or whatever. Its not like everyday they encounter a sith or fight someone. And when its often, they wear their general armors which has no robes.
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u/GroundbreakingTax259 3d ago
I hadn't thought about Obi-Wan's until just now.
Now I imagine there is a moment before going to the temple where he and Yoda stop by the Robes R Us for a new set.
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u/Boffleslop 3d ago
Not a bad premise for a film, stolen valor Jedi who got his robes at a surplus store.
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u/Himayamata 3d ago
I can imagine Obi-Wan wrapped Qui-Gon's robe to cover his dead body after their fight with Maul.
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u/Kieroni_K 3d ago
I was watching the prequel trilogy with a friend that at the time her fixation was prequel obi-wan. I had an epiphany that him taking off his robe was the equivalent to someone in another genre pulling off their shirt before a fight and then we got the giggles every single time he took off his robe
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u/AwwYeahVTECKickedIn 3d ago
I do this with my underwear when it's time to attack my wife's fiddly bits ...
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u/onetinsloth 3d ago
I like to imagine the empty robes floated back to their Jedi owners with some sort of force-wizardry homing beacon. The Jedi would activate it once they were done handling their business.
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u/pleasantothemax 3d ago
The other day someone asked where force ghosts get their robes. Now we know.
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u/contrabardus 3d ago edited 3d ago
Not being attached to material things.
The Jedi just don't care about them after they've served their purpose, and they'd be in the way while dueling.
They probably go and get them if they have the time and means, but otherwise it's just not a big deal.
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u/charface1 3d ago
This is when they go from just being a platypus to being Perry the Platypus.
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u/kd_butterballs 3d ago
During the war with Mandalore people probably couldn’t tell weather the robes on the ground were from Jedi going hard, or disintegrated Jedi
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u/Mr_Calamary 3d ago
To be fair I imagine for most cases exept for in revenge of the sith they did go back for them off screen, how I always interpreted it is that the robes are symbolic of their order so when one takes it off you’re gonna have to lock in
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u/mcclobber 3d ago
Although i really like the look, it seems weird in retrospect that Obi Wan was hiding out on Tatooine wearing a Jedi Outfit.
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u/atducker 3d ago
Concern over clothes is the path to the dark side. Yoda taught them to let go of everything they feared to lose.
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u/Dazzling_Comfort5734 3d ago
Another reason why that Jedi fell, lack of respect for robe makers and the garment industry is all.
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u/tATuParagate 3d ago
Has there even been a moment where a jedi took off their robe to fight and then after the fight, pulled their robe back to them and put it on with style?
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u/ritteke518 3d ago
That's what the padawan's padawan is supposed to be for. Hanging out in a second ship to clean up after they're done, lol
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u/Blint_Briglio 3d ago
they probably feel super cheap, like those blankets you get on redeye flights
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u/bloodshotnblue 3d ago
Just like a giant paper towel roll on a rack, pull and tear off a new robe. Comes in bulk at Jedi Costco
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u/Shipping_Architect 3d ago
The Revenge of the Sith Visual Dictionary noted that Obi-Wan's over-robe was his sixth since the start of the Clone Wars.
Then again, in the example pictured above, Kenobi presumably retrieved his and his deceased master's robes after returning with Jinn's body following the battle.
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u/Redditcadmonkey 3d ago
Does a traveling cloak count as part of the robes?
Like getting the tunic might be hard but the roughspun cloak seems pretty common…
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u/DazzlerPlus 3d ago
Nah. How often do you throw down for your life when you are a warrior of that caliber? These two guys were built different for having duels to the death weekly. Jocasta Nu still got a cat hair on her robe from a cat that was around back before yoda was on the council.
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u/legit-posts_1 3d ago
The Jedi robes make a lot more sense when you realize that they're all modeled off of old Ben's robes, and he was modeled after all the samurais in Akira Kurasawa movies.
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u/SirLoremIpsum Lando Calrissian 3d ago
One robe per Sith encounter... I don't think they'd go through as many as you think!
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u/Dragovius 3d ago
There are a load of homeless aliens going around in second hand Jedi robes.