{"id":1851,"date":"2011-06-24T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-24T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_guest\/?p=1851"},"modified":"2022-05-05T13:25:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T17:25:17","slug":"use-the-force-brandon-my-jedi-training-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themouseforless.com\/blog_world\/use-the-force-brandon-my-jedi-training-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"“Use the Force, Brandon” – My Jedi Training Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you or your children ever participated in the Jedi Training Academy at Hollywood Studios? My brothers and I had a magical moment at Disney World in 2009 when one morning, our family headed to the platform holding the Death Star II shield generator to the left of Star Tours.\u00a0 Hoping to be chosen to participate, we were thrilled when the Jedi Master came out.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After a brief performance of his force abilities, he finally began to choose children to be his Padawans, the people that Jedi train.\u00a0 My brothers and I were the first three people to be chosen, and we excitedly raced up the stairs and onto the platform.\u00a0 As other children were chosen to come on stage, I looked down at my parents and saw them getting out their cameras.<\/p>\n

When all the Padawans were up on the stage, the Jedi\u2019s partner handed everyone a dark brown Jedi robe to wear.\u00a0 Once we put on the robes, which soon made me very hot, we were each handed a lightsaber.\u00a0 My youngest brother\u2019s lightsaber was green, and my other brother and I had blue ones.\u00a0\u00a0Although not\u00a0my favorite color of lightsaber, the blue\u00a0blade was pleasing to me because Obi-Wan Kenobi used the same color.<\/p>\n

At last, our training started.\u00a0 My brothers and I were already skilled at using lightsabers because we \u201cfight\u201d with one another and my dad at home. \u00a0Therefore, we quickly opened them when the Jedi began instructing us.<\/p>\n

Next, we were taught fighting moves.\u00a0 We learned to attack and defend, beginning with the left and right shoulder.\u00a0 After that, we struck at the left leg, and then ducked from the enemy\u2019s attack before striking again in the same spot.\u00a0 We concluded the attack by swinging at the right leg and the head.\u00a0 Simple yet incredibly fun, the\u00a0Jedi moves felt\u00a0convincingly realistic to me.<\/p>\n

After we had completed that part of the training, Darth Vader walked out of the shield generator control room with two stormtroopers in front of him in order to frighten us Padawans.\u00a0 The Jedi Master\u2019s helpers gathered us together and put us in a line.<\/p>\n

Darth Vader tempted us to turn to\u00a0the dark side, but all of the Padawans refused.\u00a0 Then, Vader dared us to fight him individually.\u00a0 We agreed to the challenge, using our newly learned Jedi moves.\u00a0 When it was my turn, I attacked as fast as I could, prevailing against this supreme villain.\u00a0 The stormtroopers then aimed their guns at me as if preparing to shoot.\u00a0 I \u201cused the force\u201d with my hands to push them back three times before they surrendered.\u00a0 It felt terrific to actually have someone reacting to my \u201cforce powers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Brandon fighting Darth Vader<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since I was near the back of the line, it was not long before the rest of the Padawans were finished fighting the Sith.\u00a0 Defeated and humiliated, Darth Vader turned around and frustratingly escaped to the shield generator.\u00a0 We then heard Master Yoda\u2019s voice congratulating us.\u00a0 The Jedi Master training us also complemented the group and told his helpers to hand out some papers to us.\u00a0 After my brothers and I received ours, we swiftly returned to Mom and Dad and excitedly asked if we could open our scrolls.\u00a0 When they said yes, we carefully pulled off the rubber bands and saw the words.\u00a0 They said that we were now official Jedi Padawans.\u00a0 My Jedi Training Academy experience had been amazing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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