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K'ungfu

"There was once a Jedi named K'ungfu."
―Yoda begins his tale[1]

K'ungfu was the protagonist of a story that the Jedi Master Yoda once heard from his own Master. According to the story, K'ungfu was a wise and strong Jedi Master, although less so than the Great Chuang. Upon hearing that Chuang's apprentice had died, K'ungfu sent a messenger to give his condolences. Later, when the messenger returned, K'ungfu learned that the Great Master was celebrating rather than mourning his pupil, because death only meant becoming a different part of the Force. K'ungfu regarded Chuang's answer as a great spiritual lesson.[1]

When Yoda recounted the story to Luke Skywalker centuries after hearing it for the first time, he did not know whether K'ungfu and Chuang were historical or fictional characters.[1]

Behind the scenes

Master K'ungfu was first mentioned in the 2015 young-readers novel The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?—a retelling of Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back—written by Adam Gidwitz.[1] He was partly inspired by the Chinese concept of kung fu.[2]

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?
  2. ↑ Adam Gidwitz (@AdamGidwitz) on Twitter (post): "@LelalMekha Yes! That, and Chuang-Tzu, a first century Taoist text." (backup link not available)
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