Obi-Wan Kenobi sported his Padawan braid throughout the film to signify the rank he had reached in his Jedi apprentice training.
In Star Wars, Padawan's cut off their braids when they become official Jedi Knights, so we can also see Auggie's decision to cut off his braid as symbolic of him coming into his own. He is ready to find his place in the world. And middle school is where this next leg of his journey begins.
The braid was a symbol among the Jedi Order that the individual is ranked as a Padawan, the first level in becoming a Jedi. Non-human Padawans that did not have hair or fur in their heads to braid were given a silka bead braid to show their Padawan status instead.
During his time as a Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi developed a bad habit of tugging at his Padawan braid when nervous, a habit he hoped to break.
Mace Windu with a Padawan braid but it's just taped to his bald head.
Anakin offered to return the Padawan braid that he had kept for her, but to everyone's shock, Ahsoka refused and left the temple and the Jedi Order.
Between scenes of the prequel trilogy movies, Padawan braids worn by Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker often change sides.
Yoda held the title of Grand Master of the Jedi Order since the days of the High Republic Era. At some point, Yoda took on a human named Kantam Sy as his Padawan. The two were stationed at the Jedi Temple on the planet Endovar.
Ahsoka Tano, a Togruta female, was the Padawan learner to Anakin Skywalker and a hero of the Clone Wars. Alongside Anakin, she grew from headstrong student into a mature leader.
She eventually became the Padawan of a human male Jedi Master, Stellan Gios. Vernestra was enough of a prodigy that she eventually attained the rank of Jedi Knight at the age of only fifteen, making her the youngest Knight in a generation.
Padawans are mandated to sport a single hair braid before they officially become a Jedi in Star Wars — here's the reason behind this tradition.
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A rat tail, however, that in George Lucas' sci-fi lore, is worn solely by Padawans (apprentice Jedi) before officially becoming Jedi Knights — at which point it's cut off with a lightsaber.
He was born with a rare and severe craniofacial difference, presumably Treacher-Collins Syndrome, which makes his appearance jarring and frightening to look at. Wonder follows Auggie as he attends school for the first time after be- ing home-schooled due to his frequent surgeries and medical problems.
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Yoda confronted Sidious in the heart of the Senate chambers. This erupted into an intense duel between these masters of the Force, a fight that Yoda ultimately lost and was forced to flee. With the Galactic Empire triumphant, Yoda and Obi-Wan were the last of the Jedi.
After Obi-Wan Kenobi's capture on Geonosis, Dooku visited the younger Jedi – whose master, Qui-Gon Jinn, had been Dooku's Padawan. Dooku told Obi-Wan the Republic was under the control of a Sith Lord named Darth Sidious.
Since she doesn't have hair, she can't have a traditional Padawan braid. Instead, a strand of silka beads is attached to her headdress.
Anakin discovered that a moisture farmer named Cliegg Lars had bought Shmi from Watto, freed her, and married her. But when he visited the Lars farm, he learned Tusken Raiders had kidnapped his mother. Anakin found Shmi, but she died in his arms. Giving in to his rage, he slaughtered the Tuskens who had taken her.
Silka beads were a type of decorative bead worn by species without hair, such as Twi'leks or the Togruta. Jedi Padawans from such species, such as Togruta Ahsoka Tano, had Padawan braids made out of the beads.