| rdfs:comment | - Derek Muir was born on Bothawui, in Muir Manor to two of the family during 18 BBY Due to the age of his parents it was considered a miracle birth, as they had given birth to a Erik Muir earlier, in 20 BBY, and there had been complications with Erik's pregnancy. The boy was detected with Force sensitivity, and though he was a Muir and should have been with his family, he was taken by the Jedi to be trained in the Force. Derek progressed rapidly through the training, and was taken as a padawan by a human Jedi Master. It was about this time that he finally met up with his older brother, Erik Muir who had been born a few years before him. Erik had also been taken to train at the academy hidden from the Empire. His master continued to train him, teaching him further and further into the Force.
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| abstract | - Derek Muir was born on Bothawui, in Muir Manor to two of the family during 18 BBY Due to the age of his parents it was considered a miracle birth, as they had given birth to a Erik Muir earlier, in 20 BBY, and there had been complications with Erik's pregnancy. The boy was detected with Force sensitivity, and though he was a Muir and should have been with his family, he was taken by the Jedi to be trained in the Force. Derek progressed rapidly through the training, and was taken as a padawan by a human Jedi Master. It was about this time that he finally met up with his older brother, Erik Muir who had been born a few years before him. Erik had also been taken to train at the academy hidden from the Empire. His master continued to train him, teaching him further and further into the Force. However, Derek had always had a problem controlling his rage and anger. It was something that would occasionally cause outbursts and it was something that kept him from becoming a Knight for the longest time, even after the Jedi Order was revived, and the Academy was on Coruscant. There were fears, especially after the truth was uncovered regarding Anakin Skywalker's fall to the dark side, that Derek would be much like him. Derek knew he faced an uphill challenge and gave it everything he had, knowing that it was his primary weakness. He tried to meditate and control his rage as his master taught him, but Derek found it harder and harder to do this. He used the example of his brother to try to help him, but to no avail. It was as though Erik had gotten two doses of patience, while Derek had gotten two doses of anger. He just couldn't live up to the shadow that his older brother had cast. More than not, he heard talk of his brother's prowess with the lightsaber blade, and it was part of what drove Derek to become better and better at fighting. During and before the Imperial attack on Coruscant, the Jedi moved equipment and Jedi off planet to escape the oncoming attack. At that time, Derek was separated from his master and lost him. He didn't know it at the time, but his master would be killed by Imperial forces. He was also separated from the rest of the Jedi by a faulty hyperdrive. This was just before he was to have completed the trials with the construction of his lightsaber. He had already passed the four Trials. It had been his inability to deal with his anger that had caused him to not become a Jedi Knight yet.
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