Jedicide en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈd͡ʒɛdɪsaɪd/
Etymology
From Jedi + -cide.
Meanings
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(qualifier:Star Wars, rare, slang, uncountable) The killing of Jedi.
OK, so we know that many of the force powers used by the Jedi of Old have been lost due to the Imperial policy of Jedicide *:o) In the movies and books we are only exposed to a handful of the Jedi that survived and were able to make HoloVision headlines.
1994 April 14, Andrew R. Jackson, “SWRPG: House rules: New Jedi Powers...”, in rec.arts.sf.starwars (Usenet), message-ID <1994Apr14.011426.23046@dal1>:I wonder how long before Luke was born did the Jedicide begin. I'm guessing about 30 years before ANH, because I believe Anakin was about 25 when that all happened, since Vader was 50 in ESB (according to my ESB trading cards).
1997 March 2, JEDI AL, “Re: Han didn't believe in the Force?”, in rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc (Usenet), message-ID <19970302233500.SAA22306@ladder02.news.aol.com>:> Also, Obi-Wan tells Luke that Vader helped the Emporer^([sic]) hunt down and kill the Jedi Knights. […] But we only have Obi-Wan's word about the Jedicide. And we know how trustworthy *that* is!
2000 November 28, SpammersDie, “Re: CD-Copy”, in alt.games.thief-dark-project (Usenet), message-ID <K1zA5.2855$7I4.160528@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>: