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The High Republic: Trials of the Jedi
The final confrontation between the Jedi and the Nihil…
TheMatukai were an organization ofForceadepts who used the physical body to channel the Force. They were established in the days of theGalactic Republic, years before theOld Sith Wars, and records compiled by theGalactic Alliance indicated that the Matukai were founded by aHumanfemale fromKarvoss II who discovered hersensitivity to the Force while practicing a meditative form of martial arts. After she developed her own method of studying the Force, she began to expand the tradition, teaching others what she had learned.
Initially, the Matukai were unchecked in growth by theJedi Council and developed into a nomadic order of about fifty to sixty members. Though the Council eventually attempted to integrate the Matukai into theJedi Order in580 BBY, they were unsuccessful in doing so, as the Matukai were uninterested in the ways of the Jedi. The Matukai experienced persecution by theEmpire during theGreat Jedi Purge. They were one of the first other organizations besides the Jedi to feel the Emperor's wrath, but a few of their number managed to survive and pass on their knowledge. Later, some of the surviving Matukai joinedLuke Skywalker'sJedi Praxeum, feeling that theNew Jedi Order was less stringent than the Jedi had been in the Old Republic. However, the arrival of theYuuzhan Vong invaders brought the Matukai into the conflict and several of them fell in the ensuingwar.
Matukai philosophy was centered around creating a balance and harmony between the spiritual Force and the physical body, using exercise as a form of meditation. Their training involved meditative martial arts, physical training, and somatic rituals, and they were noted for being able to develop a Force-sensitivity in many beings who were not inherently gifted with the Force. Using their bodies as a focus, they emphasized keeping oneself clean and strong, purifying oneself through physical activity, and avoiding thedark side. Unlike the Jedi Order, they did not uselightsabers, instead wielding a polearm weapon known as awan-shen.(Read more…)
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