Great Holocron/Legends

The Great Holocron was an ancient, dodecahedron holocron.

Housed in the Jedi Archives on Coruscant, the Great Holocron was the centerpiece of the Jedi Temple's library holdings. It contained vast amounts of information that was accessible to any Force-sensitive being willing to open itself to the holocron, and Jedi trainees were encouraged to explore its contents. Despite its ease of access, consumption of its manifold mysteries was thought to be impossible&mdash;even Master Yoda was thought by Archives Director Jocasta Nu to still struggle with its depth.

While the Great Holocron was designed to only reveal information that its user was prepared to encounter, inexperiened Padawans accessed the Great Holocron under the watchful eye of the Archives Director who stood ready to step in if the young Jedi was drawn in too far.

Topics included basic and advanced lightsaber construction methods, Galactic Republic history, philosophy, Sith history, lightsaber combat and Jedi techniques. The Great Holocron also included discussions on the Dark Side of the Force and methods to resists its call.

Following the rise of the Galactic Empire, the Great Holocron was lost, probably captured by the 501st troopers in the assault on the Jedi Temple during Order 66. Its whereabouts afterward are unknown.

Behind the scenes
Although not seen in the film, during production of Attack of the Clones, the film's propmakers made three holocrons for its Visual Dictionary: a Jedi holocron, a Sith holocron and the Great Holocron.