Lesson Structure

Each lesson is a structured video with voiceover or a written transcript of the video contents. Lessons are not required for certification levels, but are strongly recommended.

Each lesson will have a live broadcast shortly after it's premiere, where the Program Director will go over the lesson and take questions about the material. These streams will be archived, along with any other official Star Wars™: Unlimited Judge Program streams. They can be found on the SWU Judges YouTube Channel.

All lessons are also available as a podcast available on Spotify, Amazon Music, and PocketCasts. We're working on expanding the platforms it is available on.

Judge Apprentice Lessons

  1. The Star Wars™: Unlimited Judge Program - Introduction and Overview
  2. Teaching Star Wars: Unlimited
  3. Golden Rules and Game Fundamentals
  4. Card Anatomy and Card Types
  5. Zones and Rounds
  6. Actions, Abilities and Effects
Exams

Level 1

This list of lessons is the scheduled syllabus. It is possible that some concepts or lessons (see: CR Section 1, CR Section 8) may take multiple lessons, and so these dates are not guarantees. Lessons will be released Monday and Thursday until the syllabus is complete. When all lessons have been released, the L1 exam will become available. You can find the advancement requirements on the levels page.
  1. What is Level One?
  2. CR Section 1 - Game Concepts: Part 1
  3. CR Section 1 - Game Concepts: Part 2
  4. CR Section 2 - Card Anatomy
  5. CR Section 3 - Card Types
  6. CR Section 4 - Zones
  7. CR Section 5 - Game Structure
  8. CR Section 6 - Action Timing and Clarifications
  9. CR Section 7 - Abilities and Effects: Part 1
  10. CR Section 7 - Abilities and Effects: Part 2
  11. CR Section 8 - Additional Rules
  12. CR Sections 9, 10, 11 & 12 - Formats
  13. Tournament Regulations Overview
  14. Master Event Document Overview
  15. How To Take A Judge Call
  16. Scorekeeping: Using Melee.gg
  17. Running an Event
  18. Giving and Receiving Feedback

Level 1 Electives

The content in these lessons will not be on the level one exam, but they contain information that may be useful to level one judges and candidates.
  1. Introduction to Investigations
  2. Engaging with your Community

Level 2

This list of lessons is the scheduled syllabus. It is possible that some concepts or lessons (see: CR Section 1, CR Section 8) may take multiple lessons, and so these dates are not guarantees. Lessons will be released Monday and Thursday until the syllabus is complete. When all lessons have been released, the L2 exam will become available. You can find the advancement requirements on the levels page.
  1. What is L2?
  2. CR - Game State Maintenance, Determining Responsibility
  3. CR - Modified Actions and Nested Abilities
  4. CR - Common Clarifications (Part 1)
  5. CR - Common Clarifications (Part 2)
  6. CR - Common Clarifications (Part 3)
  7. TR - Event Structure
  8. TR - Limited Event Structure
  9. TR - Communication (Part 1)
  10. TR - Communication (Part 2)
  11. MED - General Philosophy
  12. MED - Penalties
  13. MED - Gameplay Disruptions Overview
  14. MED - Backing Up and Rewinds
  15. MED - Card Manipulation Error
  16. MED - Deck & Decklist Error
  17. MED - Marked Cards and Deck Checks
  18. MED - Tardiness and Slow Play
  19. MED - Unsporting Conduct
  20. Objective Investigations
  21. Subjective Investigations
  22. Introduction to Leadership
  23. Running a Top Cut
  24. Large Event Structure - July 2025
  25. Studying Strategy - July 2025
  26. Feedback - July 2025
  27. Writing Reviews - July 2025
  28. Endorsing a Candidate - July 2025
  29. L2 Exam - August 2025

    30. Mastery Lessons

    As new sets come out, we'll release small lessons that cover the rules and policy updates. They'll be accompanied by a short quiz, not tied to any certification. You can find more information on Set Mastery Lessons on their own page.

    General Electives

    These lessons are not on any exam but contain useful information and ideas.

    Judging Philosophy

    Judging Philosophy lessons discuss some of the ways you can begin to think about judging events, moreso than just answering calls and performing tasks, but diving into the why behind those actions.

    Judging Procedure

    Judging Procedure is practical application of philosophy. The lessons here focus on providing general information that is important to all judges.