Jedi Academy (Ossus)

The Jedi Academy on Ossus was built to replace the lost temple on Yavin 4.

Conception of the temple
The New Jedi Order, having suffered the loss of the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin 4 and the numerous deaths associated with the war against the Yuuzhan Vong, was in desperate need for reconstruction and order. The loss of the praxeum was especially significant, for nearly every Jedi effort was coordinated from the Massassi Temples on the jungle moon.

During the Jedi Conclave on Zonama Sekot following the peace accords, Jedi Master Kam Solusar suggested that the new praxeum be established on Ossus, a historical world home to the Great Jedi Library of the old Jedi Order. Ossus was also the location of Kam's first adventures with Luke Skywalker. Master Skywalker agreed to the proposal in 30 ABY, and the new Academy structure was immediately constructed.

Usage
While the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances built the Jedi Temple on Coruscant after the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, it was largely empty while the temple on Ossus remained the center for the Jedi Order. The Jedi met on Ossus in an effort to keep away from the influence of the Galactic Alliance. The Academy was designed to be serene and reflective, and served as the perfect center of Jedi training and coordination. It required all members of the Order to meditate upon entering the temple grounds.

In 35 ABY, the Academy was the established nerve center of the New Jedi Order. It was also home to the Masters' Council. The Jedi on the Galactic Alliance High Council often used holograms to meet with their political counterparts on Coruscant. The temple had laboratories for Cilghal and her students, a meeting hall that could hold up to 2,000 beings, a small library and a hangar.

The Academy had many outdoors training facilities and at least several different buildings. One such building contained the Rhysode Room, named after the deceased Ganner Rhysode who fell during the Yuuzhan Vong war. Overlooking the training grounds, the Rhysode Room was used as a meeting place for the Jedi Masters. With flowfit armchairs, a holotheatre, and a roo-wood serenity table, the room encouraged peace. Connecting the praxeum buildings were long winding paths which forced traveler's attention on the path, rather than their thoughts in order to clear their minds.

The Ossus Academy was not only staffed by Jedi, but also native citizens of Ossus and relations of the Jedi, who worked in many areas – including the hangar.

Mara Jade Skywalker was a strong advocate of the peaceful retreat, and established a safe and secure residence on Ossus for her child, Ben Skywalker. Kam Solusar and Tionne Solusar were appointed the administrators of the Ossus Academy, a position which they continued to hold throughout the Dark Nest Crisis.

History


In 36 ABY during the Swarm War, the Ossus Academy was the location of the first official "Jedi Convocation" of the New Jedi Order where Luke Skywalker declared himself the Grand Master of the Order and also declared that the Jedi would serve the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances.

Following the Second Corellian Insurrection of 40 ABY, the Galactic Alliance authorized a joint Yuuzhan Vong Shaper and Jedi project to terraform the war devastated planet of Ossus and bring back its original beauty.

After the success of the project, many planets turned to the Yuuzhan Vong to terraform their own planets. With the help and oversight of the Jedi, the Yuuzhan Vong were assigned to terraform one hundred worlds. The results were fantastic, exceeding expectations, and would prove beneficial to the inhabitants of the planets. However, it was then that the New Sith Order (which had been established by Darth Krayt in 130 ABY) sabotaged the terraforming. As a result of this tampering, plants began mutating and the inhabitants of the planets began to sprout strange, bony growths, seen previously only in victims of the Yuuzhan Vong during the Yuuzhan Vong War.

Though the Jedi expected sabotage, the galaxy at large, particularly the New Galactic Empire, blamed the Yuuzhan Vong. The Galactic Alliance had supported this beneficial terraforming under the encouragement of the New Jedi Order, and found itself facing a secession movement with this deadly new development. The Empire used this to its advantage, luring member worlds&mdash;many of whom still chafed at the conduct of the New Republic during the Yuuzhan Vong War&mdash;away from the Alliance and weakening the government.

Eventually, the Council of Moffs (which controlled the Empire) invoked the Treaty of Anaxes and declared war. Many of the dissatisfied worlds defected from the Alliance to the Empire, with others declaring their neutrality. It was at this time the New Sith Order made itself known, proposing an alliance with the Empire after contacting Moff Nyna Calixte, Director of Imperial Intelligence.

The resulting Sith-Imperial War lasted three years, during which Imperial forces reconquered Coruscant. The Alliance fell and was absorbed into the Empire. It is unknown if the Imperials initiated a genocide aimed at wiping out the Yuuzhan Vong species. The Jedi were forced to retreat to their temple on Ossus, which was later the focus of an attack by Sith forces led by Darth Krayt and Imperial forces led by Moff Rulf Yage.

During the Massacre at Ossus, the Sith and Imperial forces slaughtered most of the Jedi including Kol Skywalker, they also shot down Cade Skywalker as he tried to avenge his father's death. Shortly after, the Sith turned against Emperor Roan Fel and his Imperial Knights.

Appearances

 * The Unifying Force
 * Dark Nest I: The Joiner King
 * Dark Nest II: The Unseen Queen
 * Dark Nest III: The Swarm War
 * Tempest
 * Star Wars Legacy 1: Broken, Part 1
 * Star Wars Legacy 5: Broken, Part 4
 * Star Wars Legacy 6: Broken, Part 5