#with it probably stemming from Arthuriana in the 14th century or whatever and actual knights incorporating that into their self-image

[gwarden123]

I know this is a pointless complaint. I know that they do the tapping the shoulders knighting ceremony, because it’s what medieval knights are supposed to have done. But knights did it because that was supposed to be the last time they let anyone strike them, or strike them without equal retaliation. And they don’t do the whole all-night vigil where they have to stay awake and pray in the chapel. Arguably, the vigil is the more important* part of the ceremony, since it’s the ritualistic, spiritual part. A feat of honour and control. And it’s a shame that the game doesn’t do anything to mirror that.

(I’m not actually sure how many knightly orders did the ceremony that way and how much of that is a later romantic invention. In some ways it doesn’t matter, because Star Wars is more about the pop culture idea of knights rather than the historical reality of them, but on the other hand, taking into account historical reality can be both interesting and important for a franchise so concerned with the idea of a glorious, mythical past.)

*I’m not a medievalist, I could be wrong