Holocron/Legends

"The holocron is overflowing with advice! Listen and look..."

- Bodo Baas

A holocron was a crystal lattice (often cubical and sized to be held in one hand) in which the Jedi, as well as the Sith, of old stored phenomenal quantities of data, as well as the holocron's gatekeeper. The Sith also had their own form of holocron technology, and they seem to predate the Jedi in using the technology by three thousand years.

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"...But some teachings of the Holocron are dangerous before you're ready."

- Vodo Siosk-Baas



Sith holocrons usually took the form of a pyramid, and the existence of the first Sith holocron predates that of a Jedi holocron by at least three thousand years. The technology to create the pyramidal holocrons common to the Sith was something gifted to the ancient Sith king Adas by Rakata warriors trying to gain his trust. He accepted their technology and made a holocron, but he saw through their ploy and rebelled against them. It can only be assumed that the Jedi also learned the secrets of the holocron by Rakatan example, possibly by studying mysterious artifacts left behind by the Infinite Empire.

The holocron was able to capture the appearance and cognitive networks of the holocron's owner, and transform this into a three-dimensional hologram. This gatekeeper acted as a guide through the holocron's store of information, as a search and recovery engine with a more personal touch. These gatekeepers could relate stories from the holocron's archives to events in the life of the one who activated the holocron. Jedi gatekeepers could sense the ability and level of a Jedi, and offer or restrict information accordingly&mdash;so that Padawans were not shown information too advanced and dangerous for their basic stage. However, Sith holocrons usually allowed the activator unlimited access to its entire dark side repository.

The technology to make them was nearly lost after the Great Jedi Purge. Surviving holocrons contained information including Jedi techniques, blueprints of ancient starships, and historical information about the universe; as a result, they were quite valuable. Usually, only Force-sensitive users could access a holocron, though it is known that Bastila Shan's father also made one, which he used as a journal. Additionally, Data holocrons were a type of holocron that did not require Force sensitivity to access.

Jedi holocrons

 * Allynic E'Kles's holocron
 * Arca Jeth's holocron
 * Asli Krimsan's holocron
 * Great Holocron
 * Kaerobani's Holocron
 * Qalsneek's holocron
 * Qornah Holocron
 * Quinlan Vos's holocron
 * Ood Bnar's holocron
 * Samuro's holocron
 * Sar Agorn's holocron
 * Tedryn holocron (Vodo-Siosk Baas's and Bodo Baas's holocron)

Sith holocrons

 * Adas's holocron
 * Belia Darzu's holocron
 * Bo Vanda's holocron
 * Carbonite Sith Army holocron
 * Darth Andeddu's holocron
 * Darth Bane's holocron
 * Darth Krayt's holocron
 * Darth Nihilus's holocron
 * Darth Phobos's holocron
 * Darth Revan's holocron
 * Darth Rivan's holocron
 * Darth Vectivus's holocron
 * Dathka Graush's holocron
 * Freedon Nadd's Holocron
 * Mustafar Sith holocron
 * Telos Holocron
 * Tulak Hord's holocron
 * XoXaan's holocron

Behind the scenes
Although not seen in the film, during production of Attack of the Clones, the film's propmakers made three holocrons for its Visual Dictionary: a Jedi holocron, a Sith holocron and the Great Holocron.

Housing holocrons at Jedi or Sith Temples is a way of generating nova crystals in Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds. They appear identical to the Vor'Na'Tu artifact in the game. They are equivalent to the relics of Age of Empires II, on which SWGB was based.

In Star Wars: Galaxies, holocrons were used at first for users to unlock force sensitivity and later, when Aurilia was used for players to become Jedi the holocrons were used to refill their force bar. Two holocron collections were added to the game with Chapter 7 in November 2007

In Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast, Kyle Katarn trains on Yavin 4. There he collects holocrons that 'teach' him how to increase speed, Force jump and push or pull certain objects with the Force. In multiplayer mode, a player that collects a holocron can learn how to use a Force power along with new lightsaber abilities.