Jedi investigator/Legends

Jedi investigators were specially appointed by the Jedi Council. Their primary objectives were to uncover hidden and obscure threats to the galaxy, such as powerful criminal syndicates, corruption and conspiracy against the Republic and other phantom menaces. There was also a special corps of Jedi Shadow's who had specialized in investigating threats involving the dark side. Jedi investigators were charged with rooting out the threats via their detective skills and reporting in to the Jedi Council, which would then decide what action to take. Jedi investigators usually operated in secrecy, the Council members being the only ones who knew about their missions.

A Jedi investigator would often work alone undercover, infiltrating the organization under suspicion, and would not hesitate to use guile, deception or even brute force in addition to detective skills to achieve his or her goal. Working from within, Jedi investigators were often successful in neutralizing the enemy before galactic conflict would arise.

Jedi investigators would also spy on known criminal syndicates, pirate groups, assassin organizations as well as individual criminals and report their findings to the Jedi Council, which kept detailed record of most known criminals in the galaxy.

Jedi investigators would also be assigned less dangerous missions, such as helping identifying Force sensitive children to be trained in the ways of the Force, or solve criminal cases normal police forces were incapable of deciphering. This was not their primary task, but often they would do it to train their observational skills.

Behind the scenes
Jedi investigator is a prestige class in the Star Wars Roleplaying Game.