Jedi Archives/Legends

"If an item does not appear in our records, it does not exist."

- Jocasta Nu

The Jedi Archives was a fathomless collection of ancient knowledge and research dating back possibly thousands of standard years. Located in the First Knowledge quarter of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, the Archives Library, at end of the Old Republic, was under the control of Madame Jocasta Nu, a former Jedi Council member who was assisted by several JN-66 and SP-4 analysis droids.

History
After the world of Ossus was devastated, the Jedi fled the Great Library of Odan-Urr, taking with them what artifacts they could and storing them within the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. In the year 2,519 BBY the Jedi Archives were constructed in order to hold these treasures.

While the founding scripts of the Order would be stored within the Sacred Spire upon its completion, many the Archives covered a vast range of criteria, including details on supposedly every planet and species in the Galactic Republic. Their records even included accounts of the Unification Wars that predated the Republic. The Archives, located in the quarter of the Temple that was crowned by the Tower of First Knowledge, used this tower to store Jedi holocrons in a chamber sealed off to all but masters. Master Astaal Vilbum was the fourteenth Caretaker of this chamber.



Personal journals of over a billion Jedi were also held within the Archives. While on missions, Jedi sometimes recorded their thoughts and would turn them over to the Archives. The Archives were said to hold dangerous knowledge of the Force. Bronzium sculptures of some of the most famous Jedi Masters known to the Order and the Lost Twenty were displayed on pedestals along the main corridors of the Archives. The computer systems had readouts on all Temple activities including a databank dedicated to the Jedi Council's current seating arrangements.

Just before the Clone Wars, somewhere between 32-22 BBY, information was erased from the Jedi Archives concerning the planet Kamino, the Kaminoans, and their cloning industry. It was done by former Jedi Master Count Dooku, in order to conceal the creation of the Clone Army from the Jedi Council. This was uncovered by Obi-Wan Kenobi when he tried to identify the origin of Senator Amidala's attacker, who used Kaminoan saber darts. This eventually led to the uncovering of the Separatists' plans for war, and the beginning of the Clone Wars.

Yoda investigated the missing planet Kamino from the Archives and found at least 37 additional systems that were erased, including Dagobah and Dromund Kaas. He kept the former secret for his eventual exile.



During the invasion of the Jedi Temple, Sith Lord Darth Vader was responsible not only for slaying all of the Jedi inside, but also preserving, recovering, and securing the Sith holocrons in the Archives. Unfortunately for the Sith, the Jedi succeeded in destroying many bookcases full of very valuable holobooks, in order to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Sith.

In the later years of the Galactic Civil War, after the retaking of Coruscant by the New Republic, Jedi historian Tionne Solusar presided over the restored Archives, adding to them the history of the Rebel Alliance.

After the destruction of the Jedi Temple of old, a New Jedi Temple was erected and the Archives fully restored to their former grandeur, with every bust being replicated.

The Jedi Analysis room


Located two stories below the main hall of the Jedi Archives, the Jedi Analysis rooms were staffed exclusively by the SP-4 and the JN-66 droids. Sealed off to organics, the chamber hosted state-of-the-art polysensitive graspers and multispectral readers capable of detecting symbols, odor, and skin deposits.

Behind the scenes

 * The appearance of the Jedi Archives in Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones is an almost exact digital reconstruction of the Long Room of Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Its imitation extends to the busts of the Lost Twenty which, in Trinity Library, are busts of former alumni, including writer Jonathan Swift.


 * According to Pablo Helman on the Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones DVD Commentary, the bronzium busts that are shown in the room during the scene where Obi-Wan Kenobi speaks to Jocasta Nu include busts of himself, George Lucas, Rob Coleman, and John Knoll.

Appearances



 * Darth Bane: Path of Destruction
 * Jedi Apprentice: The Only Witness
 * Jedi Council: Acts of War
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones comic
 * Tag & Bink: Revenge of the Clone Menace
 * Shatterpoint
 * Star Wars: The New Droid Army
 * The Cestus Deception
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith game
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader
 * Bloodlines