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. The Archives Library was located in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, under the control of Madame Jocasta Nu, a former Jedi Council member who was assisted by several JN-66 and SP-4 analysis droids.

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. They also held the Jedi Holocronsin a chamber sealed off to all but masters. After the world of Ossus was devastated, the Jedi removed the contents of the Great Library of Odan-Urr to the Archives on Coruscant. Personal journals of over a billion Jedi were also held within 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 pedastals along the main corridor of the Archives. The computer systems had readouts on all Temple activities including a databank dedacated to the Jedi Council's current seating arrangments.



The Jedi Analysis room
Located two stories below the main hall of the Jedi Archives, the Jedi Analysis rooms are staffed exclussivly by the SP-4 and the JN-66 droids. Sealed off to organics, the chamber hosts state-of-the-art polysensitive graspers and multispectral readers capable of detecting symbols, odor, and skin deposists.

History
Just before the Clone Wars, somewhere between 32-22 BBY, information was emptied 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.

Behind the scenes

 * The appearance, layout and architecture of the Jedi Archives bear a strong resemblance to the Long Room Library in Dublin, Ireland, though an intentional connection has been denied.


 * 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

 * Jedi Apprentice: The Only Witness
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars: The New Droid Army
 * The Cestus Deception
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith video game
 * Star Wars: Battlefront II
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith