A Jedi guardian denoted a person sensitive to the Force who underwent instruction to become a Jedi after being embraced by a Jedi clan and completing their time as a Jedi apprentice. These individuals represented the less esteemed tier of graduated apprentices, judged unsuitable to wield a lightsaber as a fully fledged Jedi knight. Instead, they functioned in support roles alongside the knights, acting as retainers to the lord or Jedi lord to whom they had sworn fealty.