Telosian Jedi Academy

The Telosian Jedi Academy was founded by Jedi Master Atris during the Jedi Civil War. It was hidden under an ice plateau in the polar region of Telos IV. Earlier, the plateau interior was used for an irrigation system, but was abandoned after the Bombing of Telos IV in 3,959 BBY.

The Academy was intended as a retreat point for the Jedi, should the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine fall, as Atris hoped that the Sith would not devastate the same planet twice. Throughout the Jedi Civil War, Jedi holocrons and other materials of historical value were being secretly evacuated from Dantooine to Telos. Little did the Jedi know that Atris was also collecting Sith holocrons, delving into forbidden knowledge of the dark side.

The Dantooine Jedi Council foresaw the destruction of the Enclave in 3,956 BBY, but had other business to attend to—namely, preparing Revan to be reaccepted into the Jedi Order and tracking his progress during the search for the Star Forge.

After the Jedi purge that followed the Jedi Civil War, Atris forsook the other Jedi, blaming them for their aparty and unwillingness to actively fight the Sith threat. While the Order was all but destroyed by 3,951 BBY, with only a few Jedi alive, Atris decided to rebuild it on Telos. She gathered Echani Handmaidens in the Academy, demanding an oath that they would never be trained in the ways of the Jedi. The Handmaidens were meant to protect the Academy from the influence of the dark side, mercilessly slaying Jedi who would fall to it.

Atris was the only one whom the Handmaidens absolutely trusted—in fact, the only Jedi in the Academy. Nobody was ever trained by her, as nobody knew of the Academy's existence. While the surviving Jedi knew about it, they presumed Atris to be dead. The only Jedi to ever come to the Academy was the Jedi Exile, and only because he wanted the Ebon Hawk, stolen by one of the Handmaidens, back. Having received it, he immediately left Telos, being skeptical about Atris' teaching skills.

Even when the three surviving Jedi Masters—Kavar, Vrook Lamar and Zez-Kai Ell—learned that Atris was alive and preparing to restore the Order, the Telosian Academy proved to be of little significance for them. Instead of Telos, they decided to meet in the rebuilt Jedi Enclave on Dantooine, a decision that later proved to be fatal for them.

Eventually, Atris was proven to be wrong in her belief that the Sith would not attack Telos twice. Due to Kreia's manipulations, Sith Lord Darth Nihilus brought his fleet to Telos, believing there were plenty of Jedi in the Telosian Academy. Kreia was also the one who exposed Atris' corruption and fall to the dark side and provoked her into fighting the Jedi Exile. Although the Exile spared Atris, she was now disillusioned about her intents and agreed to voluntarily leave the Jedi Order, no longer attempting to expose it to her influence.

Atris' role of a Jedi historian was later assumed by Brianna, one of the Handmaidens. The fate of the Telosian Academy, as well as the Jedi and Sith holocrons stored in it, is unknown.



Layout
The Telosian Academy was designed to be self-sufficient. It had a hangar for a ship of the size of the Ebon Hawk, storage rooms, separate quarters for the Handmaidens, a private meditation chamber for Atris, and a chamber for the Jedi Council, similar to the one on Coruscant. However, it is unknown whether the chamber was actually ever used to hold a Council meeting.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords