Great Temple (Yavin 4)

"I grow tired of asking this so it will be the last time: Where is the rebel base?"

- Grand Moff Tarkin to Princess Leia Organa

The Great Temple of Massassi, also known simply as the Great Temple or Base One, was a temple on the moon Yavin 4 that served as an Alliance to Restore the Republic base during the Galactic Civil War. In its struggle against the Galactic Empire, the Rebel Alliance had refitted the ancient-looking stone structure that notably contained a grand ceremonial chamber, a control room, and a vast hangar for starfighters. Following the Battle of Yavin, the Alliance evacuated the Great Temple and within three years, built and populated a new base of operations on the snow planet Hoth.

History
"These temples were built by the Massassi race thousands of years ago, and they’re still standing. Hard to believe."

- Leia Organa, to Luke Skywalker

The Great Temple was constructed over 5,000 years before the Battle of Yavin by a group of Massassi, a slave race once ruled by the Sith. It was surmised that the temple's site was either a holy place or a location significant for primitive scientific purposes.

The Massassi eventually went extinct, and over five thousand years after its construction the Great Temple was rediscovered by the Alliance to Restore the Republic who, having abandoned their former base on the planet Dantooine to evade detection by the Galactic Empire, used their engineers to convert the large structure into their base of operations, designating it Base 1.

Layout
The Great Temple was a a lofty pyramidal structure consisting of a number of successively receding stories and a high ceiling chamber at the top. It was built from huge blocks of stone hewed from Yavin 4's crust, with no visible signs of advanced machinery. After the Alliance to Restore the Republic took possession of the building, the Great Temple was arranged according to the needs of its new occupants. The interior walls were clad with sheets of seamed metal, new cavities were drilled, and the original stone floors were reinforced with ferrocrete.

Appearances

 * Lost Stars
 * Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
 * Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope
 * Episode IV: A New Hope Read-Along Storybook and CD
 * A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy
 * Star Wars: Battle Pod
 * Princess Leia, Part I
 * Smuggler's Run: A Han Solo & Chewbacca Adventure
 * Princess Leia, Part V
 * The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure
 * Darth Vader 1: Vader
 * Star Wars: Commander
 * Battlefront: Twilight Company
 * Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back
 * Moving Target: A Princess Leia Adventure