The Jedi Temple is a fictional building in the Star Wars universe. It is a massive structure standing 1km high above the buildings of Galactic City, Coruscant, in an area where the Temple is largely unobstructed to sight. The cover of the 2004 DVD widescreen release of the modified original Star Wars Trilogy. ... Coruscant (pronounced //) is the name of a fictional planet in the Star Wars universe. ...

Architecture

From the outside, the Jedi Temple appears as a high-raised ziggurat building in a stepped design, with five spires built on top, one taller spire surrounded by four smaller ones. These spires symbolize a Jedi's climb to enlightenment. Its design suggests that of a fortress, but for more than forty generations, it has stood as a symbol of peace and justice. Dur-Untash, or Choqa zanbil, built in 13th century BC by Untash Napirisha, is one of the worlds best preserved ziggurats. ...

• The tallest Central Spire is known as the Temple Spire, and is traditionally the most important, since it holds the ancient texts of the Founding Jedi, and those scrolls saved from Ossus. The official status of Knighthood, and Master are given in this spire.
• The first of the four smaller spires is Jedi Council Spire where the twelve members of the High Council sit and debate the various facets of the Republic. This is the most important tower because the High Council has overall decision-making powers over the whole Jedi Order, and, thus, quite a bit of influence in the Galactic Republic. The Jedi Council Spire stands southwest to the Temple Spire.
• The next tower is that used by the Council of First Knowledge. This council takes care of matters requiring the wisdom of past Jedi Masters or Council members, and gives advice to the High Council, or most any Jedi who requests it. This spire stands northwest to the Temple Spire.
• The third spire is the Council of Reconciliation Tower, which seeks to find peaceful settlements to political disputes at home on Coruscant or offworld in the Republic. This spire stands southeast to the Temple Spire.
• The fourth and last spire is the Reassignment Council Tower, which handles the organization of work for young Jedi who have not been chosen by Jedi Masters to be apprentices. This spire stands northeast to the Temple Spire.

Each of these five spires carries high-gain communication transmitters, used to contact field Jedi or other offworlders as required by any of the four Councils. This explains the Temple's position high above any other buildings, where there is little or no interference with the antennas. Ossus is a fictional planet in the Star Wars universe. ... The Jedi are a fictional monastic peacekeeping organization from the Star Wars saga. ... - Senator Palpatine Form of Government Federal Republic Official language Basic Capital Coruscant Head of Government Chancellor Establishment c. ...

Use

The Jedi Council chambers in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.

The Temple itself is the home to the Jedi, where they live for the first years of their apprenticeship, and where they learn of the ways of the Force and train in the traditions of the Jedi Order. Image File history File links Jedi_council_1. ... Image File history File links Jedi_council_1. ... The Force is a binding, ubiquitous power that is the object of the Jedi and Sith monastic orders in the Star Wars universe. ...

• The Jedi Archives are housed inside the Temple
• The Temple also provides independent transport for any Jedi who needs it. The recently constructed Temple Hangars house Delta-7 and Eta-2 Jedi Starfighters, capable of transporting Jedi anywhere in the Galaxy.
• The rest of the inner Temple consists basically of just dormitories, meditation, and training areas. There are many different areas, including where Jedi Masters train Younglings and where Jedi learn and develop their skills with the lightsaber, or areas that simply provide meditation space.
• The Temple's network of communication systems is controlled in the computer room; it holds the Jedi beacon that allows speedy contact between the Temple and Jedi without having to use the HoloNet.

The Temple is surrounded by an extensive Precinct, which also offers docking space for larger spaceships, and contains other buildings built after the construction of the Temple. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Obi-Wan Kenobi evades Jango Fett in his Aethersprite The Delta-7 Aethersprite Interceptor is a fictional starfighter from the Star Wars saga. ... Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader duel on Mustafar in Episode III with blue lightsabers. ... The HoloNet is a TV system used to broadcast news and such in the Star Wars galaxy. ...

The Jedi Purge

During the Jedi Purge in 19 BBY, the Temple was attacked by the 501st Legion of Clone Troopers, led by the newly anointed Lord Vader carrying out Order 66 of the new galactic emperor. The Jedi inside were cut down and slaughtered. The Temple itself was set alight, statues cast down and destroyed and the building riddled with bullet marks and signs of the massacre. It was later found to be abandoned, but curiously was not completely destroyed (it is seen in the DVD edition of Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi). The temple was rumored to be used as a prison for Jedi and lightsaber storage. The Great Jedi Purge was the extermination of the Jedi by the Sith-led Galactic Empire in the fictional Star Wars universe. ... Movie poster Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, is a science fiction film that debuted in 1983, and re-released with changes in 1997 and 2004. ...

After the fall of the Empire, Luke Skywalker established a new Jedi Temple and Academy on Yavin 4, and began to rebuild the Jedi Order. Luke Skywalker (b. ... The Jedi Academy is a fictional training establishment in the Star Wars universe. ... Yavin 4 is one of the many moons of the gas planet Yavin in the Star Wars universe. ...

In the limited-series comicbook, Star Wars Infinities: A New Hope, which told an alternate history to Star Wars, the Jedi Temple is shown to be the personal residence of Emperor Palpatine, which is possible, taking into account Palpatine's contempt for the Jedi making him commit a final act of blasphemy by using the former sanctuary of his enemies as his home. This would also mirror how the Sith temple on Yavin 4 was used as both a Rebel base and later as a new Jedi training facility. However, since this comic series exists greatly outside of the canon, it cannot be confirmed that the temple was ever used for this purpose. Star Wars Infinities is a group of four-part comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics. ... Emperor Palpatine of the Galactic Empire (82 BBY – 4 ABY, spirit incapacitated 11 ABY), often simply referred to as the Emperor, is one of the main characters and the foremost villain in the fictional Star Wars universe. ...

The New Jedi Order makes it clear that the Jedi Temple is no longer standing (the writers probably assumed at the time that it would be destroyed in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith). The most likely causes of its destruction are the damage to Coruscant when the Lusankya is freed (though this would depend on the Temple's relative location to the Manarai Mountains, the reborn Emperor's attacks or simply the Yuuzhan Vong terraforming. However, even if it was destroyed, one can clearly view it in the background in the 2004 DVD re-release of Return of the Jedi during the newly added celebration sequence on Coruscant, after the camera is done showing the toppling of the statues of Palpatine. The characters from The New Jedi Order series, based on NJO book covers. ... Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is the third episode of the Star Wars film series (but the sixth film to be produced), to be released on Thursday, May 19, 2005. ... The Super Star Destroyer Executor, identical twin to the Lusankya Lusankya was a Super Star Destroyer, the sister ship of Darth Vaders Executor, from the fictional Star Wars universe. ... In the Star Wars universe the Manarai Mountains were a park on the planet Coruscant that contained the last exposed land on the otherwise completely industrialized planet. ... The Yuuzhan Vong are a race of sentient beings from the fictional Star Wars Expanded Universe that rise as a threat to the New Republic in the New Jedi Order series of novels. ...

The New Jedi Order

Five years after the events of The Unifying Force and 35 years after the Battle of Yavin, the Jedi Temple was rebuilt on Coruscant by the Galactic Alliance as a gift to Jedi for their services and achievements during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion. The new temple is in the form of a massive pyramid made from stone and transparisteel that is designed to fit into the new look of Courscant. The last book in the New Jedi Order series, The Unifying Force The Unifying Force is the final chapter of the New Jedi Order series of books in the fictional Star Wars universe, and was written by James Luceno. ... Combatants Galactic Empire Rebel Alliance Commanders Grand Moff Tarkin † Darth Vader Admiral Motti † General Tagge General Dodonna General Willard Garven Dreis (Red Leader)† John Vander (Gold Leader)† Strength TIE Fighters Darth Vaders TIE Advanced Death Star heavy, medium and light laser batteries Turbolaser batteries 30 Alliance starfighters, consisting of... The Galactic Federation of Free Alliances is a fictional government from the Star Wars novel series, more commonly called the Galactic Alliance for short. ... Two Jedi Knights, Master Qui-Gon Jinn (right) & his padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi (left). ... The Yuuzhan Vong are a race of sentient beings from the fictional Star Wars Expanded Universe that rise as a threat to the New Republic in the New Jedi Order series of novels. ...