Jedi historian

Jedi historians, also called Jedi scholars or Jedi chroniclers, were members of the Jedi Order who specialized in research into the history of the Jedi Order. Often Jedi historians would also be Jedi librarians.

Jedi scholars studied many fields and listened to the force to guide them to their sepcialities. These jedi often dedicated themselves to thoroughly understanding at least a few subjects in the hopes of increasing their understanding of the galaxy as a whole and their place in it.



These scholars were at their greatest numbers when times were relatively peaceful. During the height of the Old Republic, large groupings of these jedi would occur to discuss and analyze their most recent theories and findings. The jedi scholars greatly expanded the Jedi High Council's databanks, aiding the council in making critical decisions on all manner of subjects. Many of these scholars traveled to the fringes of civilized space to study newly discovered space and uncover lost and forgotten artifacts like holocrons and fragments of historic writings.

There was a special set of Jedi robes based on Ansatan design available for Jedi historians and Jedi librarians. Atris and Jocasta Nu wore Jedi historian robes. These robes were not, however, obligatory, and some historians, like Dorak and Deesra Luur Jada, preferred ordinary Jedi robes to the historian's robes.

As the days of the Old Republic faded, a large number of the jedi scholars also diminished. None were known to have survived the Empire's jedi purge after the execution of Order 66. Since the Rebel Alliance victory at the Battle of Endor though, scholarly pursuits have become more important to the jedi once again and the number of jedi scholars is growing.

Jedi historians

 * Dorak was the Jedi chronicler of the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine.
 * Deesra Luur Jada was apprentice to Dorak, studying to become a Jedi chronicler. Jada had specialized in the Great Hunt.
 * Kreia was a Jedi historian at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.
 * Atris served as the Keeper of the Jedi Archives and as the Jedi historian of the hidden academy on Telos.
 * Tahl was a Jedi historian before Jocasta Nu, she had a vast knowledge of galactic history, politics, and the backstory of practically everything and anything going on in the Galaxy.
 * Jocasta Nu was a Jedi historian and in charge of the central Jedi Archives.
 * Astaal Vilbum was the Caretaker of the Tower of First Knowledge.
 * Tionne was the Jedi scholar-in-residence at Luke Skywalker's different Jedi academies in the New Jedi Order.

Appearances

 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
 * Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
 * Junior Jedi Knights: Anakin's Quest