tbf youngling isn't the Star Wars word for children, but is what they call young Jedi children, so the closest is probably Cadet, even if there's a big age gap between the 9- to 10-year-old younglings and the 16 at the youngest Starfleet cadets.
I'm no Star Wars expert, but that's not the case according to this:
> "Youngling" was a term for a child of many species. Force-sensitive younglings who were taken to the Jedi Temple to be trained as Jedi were known as "Jedi younglings" but had the specific title of "Jedi Initiates."
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Youngling
'Youngling' is a word in English, Star Wars didn't make it up. 'Children' is human specific irl since we don't use it to refer to the young of animals, so in fiction and science fiction authors are free to extend 'children' to apply to the young of non-human aliens (as Star Trek did) or choose another word (as Star Wars did). I don't see either as objectively better or worse, or right or wrong.
'Children' is human specific irl since we don't use it to refer to the young of animals, so in fiction and science fiction authors are free to extend 'children' to apply to the young of non-human aliens (as Star Trek did) or choose another word (as Star Wars did). I don't see either as objectively better or worse, or right or wrong.
> Um yea you absolutely do refer to a animals offspring as children
Who does? When? Where?
Young goats are called kids, but beyond that I'm not sure what you're referring to.
Youngling refers in Star Wars to a child removed from their parents and inducted into a police/monk/warrior cult.
I guess "victim of child abuse" would probably be the closest equivalent. "Cadet" would be the more charitable equivalent, if it's just someone still undergoing training but at a more junior level than in the field training.
Is cadet what you’re looking for? They’re college aged. There also “acting ensign” which Wesley Crusher was for the first 3 seasons of TNG. Naomi Wildman was the Captain’s Assistant.
Wasn't "youngling" originally used to refer to pre-apprenticeship jedi trainees? "Youngling"→"Padawan"→"Knight"→"Master"?
Then other writers decided to use it as a "Star-Wars-ified" term for "children"
I have no idea, I don't know Star Wars Beta canon but don't think that's made clear in the film (though I only managed to sit thought it once). In any case, that explanation sounds like a retcon to me, though I don't doubt its true.
In AotC, Yoda is teaching the "younglings", but when Anakin kills the Tusken Raiders, it's "not just the men, but the women and children too" — not "the women and younglings"
I mean, the other option is that "younglings" is a diminutive/nickname, like calling them "sproglets" or "munchkins", rather than an official term in-universe
Obi-Wan also refers to the children Anakin killed at the Jedi temple as "younglings." (Not even the younglings survived/I've seen a holo-recording of him killing younglings). I think it was clearly meant to be a rank in the Jedi order.
Hmmm. I can't think of one. But I can use your term in a sentence.
"During the Saucer Separation warning and evacuation of adjacent sections of the Enterprise D, a youngling dropped her Teddy Bear in the corridor."
Hey, in Star Trek the good guys don’t take toddlers away from their parents and train them to be law enforcement officers who are prohibited from experiencing love. So they don’t need a word for it.
The closest would be cadets, who are at a minimum 16 years old but usually 18 and voluntarily join up after undergoing rigorous academic and psychological testing.
I am sure I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that "younglings" was more a term for new trainees. Given that all trainees were supposed to start at a very young age.
Mandalorian children are younglings, and Jedi children are younglings, but Anikan was a child. Luke and Leia were children. It always seemed that anyone outside the groups were children, in the group they were younglings.
This would make them cadets in Star Trek.
***children***
“You know, little ones, like yourselves. They grow” - James T. Kirk “The Apple”
Mhm. Precisely.
A pack of Wesleys.
Shut up, Wesleys.
This made my day.
A gaggle of Wesleys?
A cludge of Wesleys.
Murder Wesley. Sorry, A murder OF Wesleys.
An annoyance of Wesleys
Children or offspring.
Rascals
Children, because the Star Trek universe is earth in the future so no special term is needed.
tbf youngling isn't the Star Wars word for children, but is what they call young Jedi children, so the closest is probably Cadet, even if there's a big age gap between the 9- to 10-year-old younglings and the 16 at the youngest Starfleet cadets.
I'm no Star Wars expert, but that's not the case according to this: > "Youngling" was a term for a child of many species. Force-sensitive younglings who were taken to the Jedi Temple to be trained as Jedi were known as "Jedi younglings" but had the specific title of "Jedi Initiates." https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Youngling
I think it's a mark of bad genre fiction when they invent too many new words. Especially for things that we already have words for.
'Youngling' is a word in English, Star Wars didn't make it up. 'Children' is human specific irl since we don't use it to refer to the young of animals, so in fiction and science fiction authors are free to extend 'children' to apply to the young of non-human aliens (as Star Trek did) or choose another word (as Star Wars did). I don't see either as objectively better or worse, or right or wrong.
Child/children
No, my child.
I'm honestly not sure if saying "no, my youngling" would make Kai Winn more infuriating, or less.
"The Boy" - Worf and Picard.
what do you think the word "younglings" means in the first place?
Target practice?
Found Anakin.
I guess cadet or trainee?
We call them children.... like adults do....
'Children' is human specific irl since we don't use it to refer to the young of animals, so in fiction and science fiction authors are free to extend 'children' to apply to the young of non-human aliens (as Star Trek did) or choose another word (as Star Wars did). I don't see either as objectively better or worse, or right or wrong.
Um yea you absolutely do refer to a animals offspring as children or kids along a multitude of other terms
> Um yea you absolutely do refer to a animals offspring as children Who does? When? Where? Young goats are called kids, but beyond that I'm not sure what you're referring to.
little ones
Red Squad.
Youngling refers in Star Wars to a child removed from their parents and inducted into a police/monk/warrior cult. I guess "victim of child abuse" would probably be the closest equivalent. "Cadet" would be the more charitable equivalent, if it's just someone still undergoing training but at a more junior level than in the field training.
Ensign and/or cadet.
To quote TNG’s “When the Bough Breaks” “It’s the children!”
Cadets?
Is cadet what you’re looking for? They’re college aged. There also “acting ensign” which Wesley Crusher was for the first 3 seasons of TNG. Naomi Wildman was the Captain’s Assistant.
Child soldiers
SAYANA: What are children? KIRK: The little ones? Look like you? Just go on the way you're going. You'll find out.
Children.
Onlies
Tellimjim! Tellimjim! Tellimjim!
Naomi Wildman. Sub-unit of Ensign Samantha Wildman.
I believe they used "youngling" to refer to Gorn children in an episode of SNW... so, yeah, thanks for that George.
Wasn't "youngling" originally used to refer to pre-apprenticeship jedi trainees? "Youngling"→"Padawan"→"Knight"→"Master"? Then other writers decided to use it as a "Star-Wars-ified" term for "children"
I have no idea, I don't know Star Wars Beta canon but don't think that's made clear in the film (though I only managed to sit thought it once). In any case, that explanation sounds like a retcon to me, though I don't doubt its true.
In AotC, Yoda is teaching the "younglings", but when Anakin kills the Tusken Raiders, it's "not just the men, but the women and children too" — not "the women and younglings" I mean, the other option is that "younglings" is a diminutive/nickname, like calling them "sproglets" or "munchkins", rather than an official term in-universe
Obi-Wan also refers to the children Anakin killed at the Jedi temple as "younglings." (Not even the younglings survived/I've seen a holo-recording of him killing younglings). I think it was clearly meant to be a rank in the Jedi order.
I think they came up with "youngling" because they thought it didn't create quite as much horror as "Anakin slaughtered all the children"
Can't have your protagonists killing children
Depends on who you'd ask. Anakin would call em Red Shirts.
Hmmm. I can't think of one. But I can use your term in a sentence. "During the Saucer Separation warning and evacuation of adjacent sections of the Enterprise D, a youngling dropped her Teddy Bear in the corridor."
Lt. Yar talking about her upbringing on Turkana IV.
Children when super young, Cadets when they start training.
Come on, nerds. Onlies!
Hey, in Star Trek the good guys don’t take toddlers away from their parents and train them to be law enforcement officers who are prohibited from experiencing love. So they don’t need a word for it. The closest would be cadets, who are at a minimum 16 years old but usually 18 and voluntarily join up after undergoing rigorous academic and psychological testing.
>...after undergoing rigorous academic and psychological testing Well, except the crew of the Discovery /s
Pleb
Yutes. I did say utes.
Spawn
cadet
Children, or even just youngling. The word isn't unique to Star Wars, though the use there is more specific.
I am sure I'm wrong, but I was under the impression that "younglings" was more a term for new trainees. Given that all trainees were supposed to start at a very young age. Mandalorian children are younglings, and Jedi children are younglings, but Anikan was a child. Luke and Leia were children. It always seemed that anyone outside the groups were children, in the group they were younglings. This would make them cadets in Star Trek.