and please remember he didn't beat Palp, he was able to turn his father and his father caught Palp off guard and threw him down the shaft. But yeah I always questioned the length of time it takes to train a Jedi. I also question the age at which your young enought to start the training. Anakin was about ten in Ep I and the council said he was too old yet Yoda was able to train Luke when he was alot older.