Jedi Temple

Inside the Temple, Anakin and the troops slaughtered all the Jedi they found. Not even the younglings who’d sought refuge in the Council chamber escaped the terrible massacre. Elsewhere in the galaxy, clone troopers obeying Order 66 murdered the Jedi Generals they’d served.

The attack left the Temple in flames and the Order in ruins. A message was sent out from the Temple ordering all Jedi to return – but those who did found themselves captives.

As Palpatine declared that the Republic had been reborn as the Empire, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda fought their way past the clone troopers guarding the Temple. They disarmed the signal luring Jedi back to the Temple and discovered evidence that Anakin had led the assault. Both Obi-Wan and Yoda would become exiles, working in secret to resurrect the Order they’d served.

Analysis labs within the Jedi Temple allowed Jedi to get help identifying objects recovered during missions for the Order, with analysis droids assisting with the research.

The Temple’s medical center was equipped to handle not just physical and mental maladies – its doctors trained to help Jedi who had lost their connection to the Force.

Jedi quarters were typically simple and sparsely furnished. Jedi such as Master Yoda retreated to their quarters to rest and meditate on the will of the Force.

Some Jedi quarters offered more clues to their occupants’ pasts and personalities. Anakin Skywalker’s quarters, for example, were decorated with old Podracing posters and full of machinery that he tinkered with during his off-hours.

The Temple was riddled with conduits, ducts, pipes and vents. The bounty hunter Cad Bane used the Temple’s ventilation system – secured by a laser grid – to gain access to the Holocron Vault.

One of the most important missions of the Jedi Order was the instruction of younglings, who in time would become Padawans and then full-fledged Jedi Knights. Such instruction took place in rooms throughout the Temple, with the lessons and the rooms themselves tailored to help younglings strengthen their connection with the Force.

Lessons taught in such rooms ranged from quiet meditation exercises to practice with training lightsabers. No member of the Order was too important for such duties – Master Yoda, for one, greatly enjoyed his time teaching the Temple’s younglings.

Courtyards and gardens in the Temple provided serene spaces for Jedi to meditate and discuss the ways of the Force with their fellow members of the Order.

Jedi who violated the fundamental rules of the Order had their cases heard by high-ranking Jedi Masters in the Chamber of Judgment, with the Jedi Temple Guard present in case of trouble.

Some Jedi who perished serving the Order were laid to rest in the Temple, with beams of light lit to mark their passage into the Force.