Holocron Vaults

"Beyond this door lies the Holocron Vault. The Holocrons contain the most closely guarded secrets of the Jedi Order."

- Master Jocasta Nu to Ahsoka Tano

The Holocron Vault was a secured chamber located in the Jedi Temple Library deep within the Coruscant Jedi Temple. It was here that the Jedi Order stored its holocrons, in addition to the Holocron Chamber in the Tower of First Knowledge.

History
"Guarding the Holocrons is one of the most important duties a Jedi can be given Ahsoka. Do you think you are up to the task?"

- Madame Jocasta Nu asks Padawan Ahsoka Tano about her new duty

The Holocron Vault was added to the Jedi Temple during the expansion of 2,519 BBY. Constructed along with the Temple library, the room came to house the Order's holocron's under the watchful eye of the Chief Librarian.

Around 89 BBY Jedi Initiate Lorian Nod grew envious of his friend Dooku's ascension to Padawan under the tutelage of Thame Cerulian. Desiring to trump Dooku's power, Nod infiltrated the library’s vault and stole the Dark Holocron for his own private viewing. After discovering the holocron missing, the Jedi High Council and Council of First Knowledge scoured the Temple; eventually Master Oppo Rancisis found the artifact in Nod's room and confiscated it.

In 22 BBY during the Clone Wars, Darth Sidious hired the Duros bounty hunter, Cad Bane, to infiltrate the Temple's holocron vault and steal a holocron. Having killed Jedi Ord Enisence, Bane hired Clawdite bounty hunter Cato Parasitti to assume the Skrilling Jedi's form. Equipped with schematics of the Temple by the Sith Lord, Parasitti, in the form of Master Enisence, entered the Temple library in order to guide Bane through the ventalation shaft. While the Jedi noticed the break in, they failed to guess where the intruder was headed. Distracted, the Jedi rushed around the Temple while Bane slipped into the vault without disturbance. Stealing the artifact he was hired to aquire, he calmly exited the Temple in a stolen Jedi robe; Parasitti meanwhile was detained by the Jedi, having been left behind by Bane.

At the conclusion of the Clone Wars, Darth Sidious, in his persona as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, ordered the Grand Army of the Republic to carry out Operation: Knightfall. Led by Darth Vader, the 501st Legion marched into the Temple and began to slaughter the Jedi within. Storming into the Archives, Vader demanded Chief Librarian Jocasta Nu to open the Holocon Vault. After the librarian refused, he impaled her on his lightsaber and forced his way into the vault, securing it for his Sith Master.

The Temple sat in the hands of the Sith for several decades, guarded by the trusted shadow stormtroopers of the Galactic Empire. When Sidious and Vader were slain, the Empire lost balance and was eventually ousted from Coruscant. Reclaiming the Temple, Luke Skywalker of the New Jedi Order began searching through the ruins for valuable information. It is unknown if any holocrons remained in the vault; if so they were reclaimed by the Jedi and taken to Ossus. During the Yuuzhan Vong War Coruscant was devasted by terraforming, causing the Temple to crumble. Following the reclaiming of the world, the Galactic Alliance Chief of State, Cal Omas, ordered the Reconstruction Authority to rebuild the ancient edifice as a gift for the great sacrfices made by the Order against the Yuuzhan Vong.

Layout
"Can we go inside?" "Oh I'm afraid not my dear. I haven't been inside myself for years. Only members of the Jedi Council are allowed access."

- Ahsoka Tano asking Jocastu Nu about entering the Holocron Vault

Located at the end of one of the library's long halls, the Vault was protected behind a set of two dilating security doors. Between the two portals was a circular hallway filled with security lasers capable of detecting movement and sounding alarms. Only accessable by the twelve Jedi Masters with seats on the Jedi High Council or the five of the Council of First Knowledge, entrance to the chamber was controlled by a Force-activated lock.

Beyond the security hall, a small circular chamber was alit with the feint blue glow from the resting holocrons. Stored in dilating niches in the wall, there was also a pillar in the center of the room, filled with the palm-sized artifacts.

Appearances

 * Legacy of the Jedi
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Holocron Heist