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Soccer was a sport that involved kicking a ball in order to hit it into a goal. At least one participant would make an attempt to block the ball from entering the goal, and using the Force to do this was against the rules. The Whiphid Padawan Jempa had utilized his lightsaber to stop the ball at multiple points in time, forcing him to repeatedly buy a new ball to replace the ones he destroyed.[1]
At another point in time, Jempa, a human Padawan, a Nautolan Padawan, and a Togruta Padawan played soccer together. During the game, Jempa used the Force to catch a ball kicked by the Nautolan, prompting dissent from the Togruta. Jempa apologized and stated he had done so on impulse. The Togruta then expressed relief that Jempa had at least not used his lightsaber, while the Nautolan commented that Jempa was tired of buying new balls.[1]
Behind the scenes
Soccer appeared in the Canon continuity in "Jedi Soccer," a non-canon short comic story in LEGO Star Wars: Galactic Freedom Fighters,[2] a non-canon activity book published by Scholastic in 2015.[3] It had previously made its first appearance in the Legends continuity in the non-canon novel Jedi Academy, written by Jeffrey Brown and published in 2013.[4]
Appearances
- "Jedi Soccer" — LEGO Star Wars: Galactic Freedom Fighters (First appearance)
"Tournament Trouble" — LEGO Star Wars 113
