@angelman2 and @Nytwyng Thank you both for the greetings and response as I was not aware of these 2 sourcebooks. Much appreciated.

So my regular gaming group is looking to expand in the Star Wars universe. One of our group is a SW Mega-nerd (who isn't right?) and wants to try their hand at GM. Looking through the various source books I have chosen to play a Jedi Sentinel / Sentry. While reading the various forum threads I continue to see references to Padawan Survivor, Jedi Knight, Master, General. I do not see anything in the Core Rulebook that this listed except Jedi Knight which is an additional 150xp to invest at character creation. Are the other profiles/names also a generic xp value status that I am simply not aware of OR is Padawan Survivor indeed a starting class? Additionally, I see the various force powers and while I understand that you must have force rating (X) before you can invest into the force powers tree. How do you earn additional Force Rating? I see that you can purchase the skills under your class talents that have "Increase Force rating +1". So I am assuming that you have to invest xp into other specialty class talents and purchase those talents to increase Force Rating. Thanks for your time, and help.