Third Cadence

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"When I was your age I was still trying to figure out the Third Cadence, Vern. You're an amazing Jedi, and I'm proud to get a chance to work with you before you end up on the Council."
―Douglas Sunvale, to Vernestra Rwoh[1]
Douglas Sunvale recounted his struggles to learn the Third Cadence to Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh (pictured).

Douglas Sunvale recounted his struggles to learn the Third Cadence to Jedi Knight Vernestra Rwoh (pictured).

The Third Cadence was a cadence taught to Jedi students during the High Republic Era.[1] By 234 BBY,[2] during his Jedi training, the fifteen-year-old human Douglas Sunvale was unable to fully understand the Third Cadence.[1]

Between 233 BBY and 232 BBY,[3] after the Mirialan Padawan Vernestra Rwoh had become a Jedi Knight at fifteen, she traveled to the outpost Port Haileap on the Outer Rim planet Haileap and was greeted by Sunvale—by then a Jedi Master—who congratulated her on passing her Jedi Trials at such a young age. The Jedi Master then told Rwoh that when he was her age, he had still been trying to figure out the Third Cadence. After Sunvale was killed during a Nihil attack[1] in 232 BBY,[2] Rwoh thought about the Jedi Master and mentally recalled the time he had told her about his struggle to grasp the Third Cadence.[1]

Behind the scenes

The Third Cadence was mentioned in the 2021 junior novel The High Republic: A Test of Courage, written by Justina Ireland and published as part of the Star Wars: The High Republic multimedia project's[1] Phase I.[4]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The High Republic: A Test of Courage
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates the events of The High Republic: A Test of Courage to 232 BBY. A Test of Courage establishes that Douglas Sunvale has been the Jedi Master of Imri Cantaros for two years, therefore meaning he must have undertaken his Jedi training by that year.
  3. ↑ Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia dates the events of The High Republic: A Test of Courage to 232 BBY. A Test of Courage establishes that Vernestra Rwoh became a Jedi Knight within the past year, therefore meaning she became one in between 233 BBY and 232 BBY.
  4. ↑ StarWars.com Star Wars: The High Republic Chronological Reader's Guide on StarWars.com (article) (backup link)