What does the Padawan braid mean?

Padawan braids were a symbol of rank used to distinguish apprentices within the Jedi Order. They were lengths of intricately woven hair, typically worn across the right shoulder. Padawans which belonged to species that did not grow hair on their heads would wear alternatives such as silka beads.
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What does the Padawan braid mean in wonder?

The Padawan braid represents Auggie's younger childhood interests and fantasies. His friend Christopher has moved away, their friendship has drifted into the past.
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What do the bands on Padawan braids mean?

Beads or other color bands represent the Padawan's area/s of study. Possibly woven along the braid. The yellow band at the top and the Red band at the bottom. Red band after 16 standard years old means he/she is starting on the road for gaining of wisdom and knowledge.
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Why does Boba Fett have a Padawan braid?

They originally were meant to be hair from Wookiees that he killed over the years, but in the current continuity, it is either made up of Wookiee hair still or perhaps the hair from Jedi Padawans that he has killed. The braid does look a bit more like human hair than it does Wookiee hair.
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Do Younglings have Padawan braids?

Regarding Padawan braids: I noticed in new canon (Clone Wars and Kanan comic) that younglings have braids before having a Master (so, before even being a padawan).
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Do female Padawans cut their hair?

To answer the main question, as far as I know, padawan braids are the same for both genders. Similar to their outfits, a certain amount of expression is allowed, but most Jedi go with basic haircuts.
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What is Anakin's hairstyle called?

Anakin Skywalker's Short Hair (Padawan Learner Braids)
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Why is Boba Fett so weak?

Like his Legends counterpart, The Book of Boba Fett all but confirms that the sarlacc's stomach acid left Fett with long-term physical damage, requiring him to periodically immerse himself in bacta healing fluid.
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Why do padawans braid their hair?

Padawan braids were a symbol of rank used to distinguish apprentices within the Jedi Order. They were lengths of intricately woven hair, typically worn across the right shoulder. Padawans which belonged to species that did not grow hair on their heads would wear alternatives such as silka beads.
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Why does Boba Fett have such little armor?

Boba Fett's inheritance

"This armor belonged to my father." Jango's armor was inherited by his cloned son, Boba Fett, who became a deadly bounty hunter. With Jango's death, his armor passed to Boba.
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How did Anakin get his scar?

With that, Ventress retreated further into the building, with an enraged Anakin Skywalker in hot pursuit. Ambushing the Jedi, Ventress managed to slash Skywalker across the face, leaving him with a scar on his jaw.
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At what age does a Padawan become a Jedi?

The Jedi Trials

A Padawan was typically a young adult at the time of their trial, although some prodigies like Vernestra Rwoh of the High Republic were as young as 15 years old. Some trials were completed through experience in the field; Obi-Wan Kenobi attained the rank of Jedi Knight in this manner.
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What are the beads ahsoka wears?

Silka beads were a type of decorative bead worn by species without hair, such as Twi'leks or the Togruta. Jedi Padawans from such species, such as Togruta Ahsoka Tano, had Padawan braids made out of the beads.
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Who is unhappy when Auggie cuts off his Padawan braid?

Padawan. After the first day of school, Auggie cuts off his Padawan braid. His dad doesn't care, but his sister is pretty outraged.
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How old is Anakin 2?

*According to sources published at the time the prequels came out, Anakin was 20 in Episode II, but 9 in Episode I, which took place ten years earlier.
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Why does Obi Wan have a plait?

The braid was a symbol among the Jedi Order that the individual is ranked as a Padawan, the first level in becoming a Jedi. Non-human Padawans that did not have hair or fur in their heads to braid were given a silka bead braid to show their Padawan status instead.
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Do all Padawans have rat tails?

A rat tail, however, that in George Lucas' sci-fi lore, is worn solely by Padawans (apprentice Jedi) before officially becoming Jedi Knights — at which point it's cut off with a lightsaber.
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Are Tusken Raiders human?

Biology and appearance. A'Sharad Hett stated, while on a mission to Aargonar with Anakin Skywalker, that Tusken Raiders were biologically incompatible with Humans. This implies that Tusken Raiders were a non-Human species.
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Why does Boba Fett remove his helmet?

And now in The Book of Boba Fett Chapter 5, The Mandalorian Armorer just informed Din that he is no longer a Mando at all because he took his helmet off to find sweet Li'l Baby Grogu in The Mandalorian Season 2 and later to say goodbye to the little fella as famed Padawan-protector Luke Skywalker took him away to his ...
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Are there black Wookies?

And we'll even help you with that. Black Krrsantan - 'BK' or 'Black K' for short in Star Wars canon - is a black-haired Wookiee that is striking - in his presence, and for just how different he is from the most famous Wookiee, Chewbacca.
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Why did Anakin grow his hair out?

McCaig explains: "George wanted Anakin to look more like Qui-Gon Jinn, to show that he was going beyond what Obi-Wan was teaching him — hence the long hair."
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Why did Obi-Wan cut his hair?

He noted that the hair was meant to illustrate the growth of Obi-Wan, and how he was coming into his own, but the actor himself did not particularly enjoy the look of it, and said that it reminded him of the Bee Gees.
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Did Obi-Wan have a mullet?

It was very mullet-y and sort of quite inspired pretty much by the Bee Gees, I think really. Jedi Bee Gees. So yeah, I didn't like it very much, but I guess there's some sort of progression.” And as everyone knows, nothing packs in young Star Wars fans like a good Bee Gees reference.
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Where is Ahsoka's Padawan braid?

Since she doesn't have hair, she can't have a traditional Padawan braid. Instead, a strand of silka beads is attached to her headdress.
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Who can have a Padawan?

Jedi Knights like Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker both had Padawans, with Anakin serving under Obi-Wan before becoming a Jedi Knight and training Ahsoka Tano. Jedi cannot have two Padawans except under dire circumstances. There are four ranks of Jedi, including Youngling, Padawan, Knight, and Master.
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