Bionic

Regarding Star Wars Galaxies, I have no idea what you're talking about. There was no such "random system message" at any time.

If you got a certain item in-game, you could use it to find out what profession you needed to Master next on your path to unlocking Jedi.

Later, you could type /checkforcestatus to see how close you were, but by then we knew exactly how to become "glowy," or unlock your slot.