Endure

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"Through the Force, a Jedi can endure even the most debilitating pain."
―Dooku, to Qui-Gon Jinn — 20?cb=20250116042720 ▶️ (file info)[1]

Endure was a Jedi Force power used to endure physical pain. During the Battle of Nar Shaddaa, Jedi Master Crucitorn used the technique to mitigate the pain of being immolated. Jedi Master Lene Kostana taught the technique to the Jedi Dooku at some point between 102 BBY and 68 BBY, and he later passed on this knowledge to his two Padawans: first Rael Averross, and later Qui-Gon Jinn.

Description

Endure[2] was a Force power used by several Jedi to endure physical pain.[1] Masters of the ability could resist otherwise-deadly injuries and pain. It was also possible to use Endure to make others resist pain.[2]

History

"This technique is not one I learned from Master Yoda. And yet I will share it with you, as I shared it with Rael. Who knows? Perhaps you will share it with your Padawan one day."
―Dooku to Qui-Gon Jinn about Endure[1]
Dooku (left) taught Endure to Qui-Gon Jinn (right) while the latter was his Padawan.

Dooku (left) taught Endure to Qui-Gon Jinn (right) while the latter was his Padawan.

Jedi Master Crucitorn endured the pain of being immolated during the Battle of Nar Shaddaa between the Jedi Order and the Flame-Wielders through the Force.[1] At some point between 102 BBY and 68 BBY,[3] Jedi Master Lene Kostana taught the technique to fellow Jedi Dooku. Dooku taught it to his two Padawans: Rael Averross,[1] whom he trained from around 80 BBY to around 70 BBY,[4] and, after taking him on[1] in 68 BBY,[3] Qui-Gon Jinn. To show the technique to Jinn, Dooku placed a metal band that the Heltraxi used as a torture device on his own chest.[1]

Dooku later told his sister, Jenza, about his conversation with Jinn in a holo-letter.[1] Around 23 BBY,[5] Dooku gave several data disks containing his messages to Jenza to his recently recruited Sith assassin—Asajj Ventress—for her investigation into his sister's location, and she listened to the holo-disk that mentioned Endure.[1]

Behind the scenes

Endure was first mentioned in[2] the 2018[6] sourcebook Knights of Fate, published by Fantasy Flight Games for the Star Wars: Force and Destiny roleplaying game.[2] It first appeared in a flashback in the 2019 audio drama Dooku: Jedi Lost, authored by Cavan Scott.[1] In the Star Wars Legends continuity, a similar Force power named Crucitorn was first mentioned in the 2002 reference book The New Essential Guide to Characters, by Daniel Wallace.[7]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 Dooku: Jedi Lost
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Knights of Fate
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Star Wars: Timelines establishes that Dooku was born in 102 BBY and also dates Qui-Gon Jinn becoming Dooku's Padawan to 68 BBY. As Dooku: Jedi Lost establishes that Dooku had learned Endure prior to Jinn becoming his Padawan, he must have been taught it between those years.
  4. ↑ Star Wars: Timelines
  5. ↑ Dooku: Jedi Lost establishes that Asajj Ventress has recently been recruited by Dooku. Star Wars: Timelines dates Ventress' recruitment by Dooku to 23 BBY, therefore placing the present day events of Dooku: Jedi Lost to around 23 BBY.
  6. ↑ FantasyFlightGamesLogo Way of the Warrior on Fantasy Flight Games' official website (backup link)
  7. ↑ The New Essential Guide to Characters