Jedicide
/ˈd͡ʒɛdɪsaɪd/
Jedicide noun: the killing of Jedi.
Noun
Jedicide (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>
- 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)
Origin of Jedicide
From Jedi + -cide.
Questions about Jedicide
- What does Jedicide mean?
- Jedicide means the killing of Jedi.
- What part of speech is Jedicide?
- Jedicide is a noun.
- How do you pronounce Jedicide?
- Jedicide is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛdɪsaɪd/.
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