-Update- Check below the bold line to read the orignal query

Wow, some really great thoughts in the intial comments! In particular I'd like to point out Kenobi-fan's:

"As to whether a Jedi needs a lightsaber to define themselves, you only have to look at Luke in ROTJ. Upon defeating Vader and confronting Palpatine, he tosses his lightsaber away to declare, "I am a Jedi, like my father before me." I can think of no greater example of what a Jedi is supposed to be about."

It doesn't really answer the question "Would you like to see stories and such about Jedi before lightsabers were invented?" directly, but it does point out the point I was trying to make. Lightsabers define Jedi in our minds and even within the Star Wars universe the lightsaber would have been the symbol of the Jedi. Even though Jedi aren't just a floating glowstick, many of us can't imagine them without one.

But that is precisely what would make stories about the foundation of the Jedi Order so interesting! Imagine stories of characters with a newfound frightening power to move things with their minds. Of Jedi at odds with one another of how these new powers should be used. Of Jedi trying to recruit new apprentices but being feared by the galaxy at large. Of Jedi having to be "careful" because they aren't nigh blasterproof with their fancy glowstick.

You might get any of the fancy buzzing sounds, flashy lights, contact flares, and blaster deflection we all know and love, but personally, I think there's plenty of ground to cover there in character development, plot, and adding some pages to the Star Wars Timeline.

Well now that you've heard my pro-ancient Jedi stories opinion, any new comments?
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Original entry:

About 25,200 Before the Battle of Yavin (Episode IV)

* The Force is discovered by many groups across the galaxy; many dismiss them as mystic crackpots.

About 25,000 years Before the Battle of Yavin (Episode IV)
*The Galactic Constitution is signed. After the signing of this constitution the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order are founded. Coruscant becomes the Republic's capital.

About 24,500 years Before the Battle of Yavin (Episode IV)

* The first war between the Jedi, the Great Schism, begins when some of their number are drawn to the dark side.

About 24,400 Before the Battle of Yavin (Episode IV)

* The Dark Jedi lose the war and are exiled from the Republic. In the realms beyond the Republic's reach they found the Sith Empire, which remains unknown to rest of the galaxy for almost twenty thousand years.
* A prophecy tells of a Chosen One who will bring "balance to the Force".

About 9,990 years Before the Battle of Yavin (Episode IV)
* Lightsabers are invented.
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In addition to informing readers about the commonly accepted important dates in early Jedi history in the Expanded Universe, I wanted to pose this question to you.

We have about 14,400 years of history to cover in there. Would you be at interested in seeing games/comics/books/A TV Series about the very early Jedi? Most likely weak in the force and lightsaberless (using regular swords, energized in some cases for enhanced power on striking)?

I'll post my thoughts tommorow, don't want to corrupt responders with my own opinion for this one
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