Jedi Council/Legends

The Jedi Order has four Jedi Councils. The Jedi Temple has five spires, and while the tallest spire (the Temple Spire) contains the texts of the founding Jedi, the four smaller spires each contain one council.

Jedi High Council
During the Old Republic, the Jedi High Council, less formally known just as the Jedi Council, was the group of twelve wise and powerful Jedi Masters and/or Jedi Knights elected to guide the Jedi, as well as serve as an advisory body for the Chancellor (a sage governance). The council was made up of five lifetime members, four long-term members, and three limited-term members. This organizational structure had evolved from the earlier assemblies of Jedi Masters, and were codified into a ruling body shortly after the Great Hyperspace War.

Some of the early councils met on Dantooine as well as Coruscant, but the ravages of the Jedi Civil War and its aftermath led to an increasing tendency to only hold quorums within the spires of the Jedi Temple.

The members of the Jedi Council alone chose promising Jedi to join them. No outside body attempted to appoint a member to the Council against its wishes until the Clone Wars.



One of the earliest assemblies known was one that tasked the Jedi Duron Qel-Droma and his associates with a mission related to the Great Hunt, during the Cleansing of the Nine Houses sometime after the Great Sith War.

Among its members were a red-haired humanoid named Aleco, two humans and a Selkath.

Some decades later, during the Mandalorian Wars, the Council contained such notables as Atris, Dorak, Zez-Kai Ell, Kavar, Vrook Lamar, Zhar Lestin, Vandar Tokare and Lonna Vash. They preached patience and restraint against the Mandalorian threat to the Republic, urging other Jedi not to follow the example of Revan and Malak who impetuously went off to fight the invaders. The Council later decided on the fate of the only Jedi participant of the war who returned to face their judgement&mdash;the Jedi Exile. Nearly unanimously they decided to excommunicate him from the Order, with Atris pushing for a harsher penalty.

In the ensuing Jedi Civil War, the Council dispersed, and their members hid throughout the galaxy. Though later brought together by the Jedi Exile, every member was eventually killed by the Sith Lord Darth Traya.

Over the next few thousand years, the Council continued to govern the Jedi. Many famous members served in its ranks, including Jocasta Nu, Micah Giett, the Wookiee Tyvokka, and the mysterious Sifo-Dyas.

By 32 BBY, during the events of the Battle of Naboo and the re-emergence of the Sith, the council consisted of:

Lifetime Members Long-Term Members Limited-Term Members Ten years later, the roster had changed slightly. In the decade of unrest, Yaddle and Yarael Poof had both died and were replaced by Shaak Ti and Coleman Trebor.
 * Mace Windu
 * Yoda
 * Oppo Rancisis
 * Plo Koon (who had replaced his own master, Tyvokka)
 * Yarael Poof
 * Eeth Koth
 * Even Piell
 * Depa Billaba
 * Saesee Tiin
 * Ki-Adi-Mundi (who had replaced Micah Giett)
 * Yaddle
 * Adi Gallia

During the Clone Wars, the heavy losses suffered by the Jedi led to further changes in the membership of the Council. Many Jedi held temporary positions in the body and its membership seemed to be totally in flux.

By the time of the final months of the war, Eeth Koth, Depa Billaba, Adi Gallia, Coleman Trebor, and Oppo Rancisis had been replaced by Agen Kolar, Stass Allie, Kit Fisto, Coleman Kcaj, and Obi-Wan Kenobi.

In the final days of the war, per the request of Chancellor Palpatine, Anakin Skywalker was placed on the Council replacing Even Piell who recently got killed by General Grievous, however much to his disappointment he was not given the rank of Jedi Master.

At the age of 23, he was the youngest Jedi to ever serve on the Council, which easily eclipsed the previous record holder, Mace Windu, who had served on the body since his twenty-eighth birthday.

With relations between the Council and the Supreme Chancellor increasingly strained, the Council members asked Anakin to report on Palpatine's dealings. The decision to have Skywalker spy on the Chancellor was not reached unanimously, however, with Obi-Wan Kenobi dissenting from the decision.

Believing that Palpatine was becoming a dictator (but not yet aware that he was the Sith Lord Darth Sidious), the Council decided to remove him from power and suspend the Galactic Senate, planning to act as rulers of the galaxy until a peaceful transition of power could be arranged. Such plans were not well publicized, as they would have made it easier for Palpatine to paint the Jedi in an unfavorable light.

In the Great Jedi Purge, the Council members were targeted for assassination first by the Galactic Empire. The only survivors were Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker&mdash;who became the Sith Lord Darth Vader.

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.

Council of Reconciliation
This council seeks to find peaceful settlements to political disputes at home on Coruscant or offworld in the Republic.

Reassignment Council
This council handles the organization of work for young Jedi who have not been chosen by Jedi Masters to be Apprentices.