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 Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:46 pm
The Jedi Temple was the center of the Jedi Order from the conclusion of the Great Sith War to the Great Jedi Purge and during that time was home to its major training, bureaucratic and dormitory facilities.
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The building was a massive structure that stood over a kilometer high above the buildings of Galactic City, Coruscant. Built around an ancient Force nexus located in a natural mountain, the area surrounding the Temple was a long, broad promenade, the Processional Way, in an area where the Temple was largely unobstructed to sight. From the outside, the Jedi Temple appeared as a high-raised ziggurat building in a stepped design, with five spires built on top, one taller, Sacred Spire surrounded by four smaller ones. These spires symbolized a Jedi's climb to enlightenment.
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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:09 pm
Temple Features
The Temple itself was the home to the Jedi, where they lived for the first years of their Life. During their stay, they learned the ways of The Force and trained in the traditions of the Jedi Order. Classrooms for Younglings were located around the base of the Tower of First Knowledge , where students are assigned projects and essays on the history of the Order.
The Jedi Archives, staffed by Jocasta Nu during the final days of the Old Republic, were located in the quarter of the Temple crowned with the Tower of First Knowledge. It contained vast wells of Jedi lore and history. An ancient section of the Temple was later converted into a museum of Temple history.
The Temple also provided independent transport to Jedi who required it. A relatively recent addition to the Temple in the last decades of the Republic, the Jedi Temple Hangars house Delta-7 Aethersprite Interceptors, capable of transporting Jedi anywhere in the galaxy. During the Clone Wars, the Temple Hangars also contained Republic Gunships and Jedi Interceptors. Ships were housed in the Main Temple Garage where they could be prepared for travel. They were then moved into a preparation chamber where they could be raised into the hangars.
Around the central spire were gardens used to feed all the Jedi housed at the Temple. Located near the Tower of Reconciliation were the gardens overseen by Yoland Fee.
The rest of the inner Temple was cool with natural lighting that was filtered in through clerestories. The Temple was filled with dormitories for Padawans and Knights that were individually built to suit the different species of Jedi‘s needs. The most influential and respected masters had their own private offices and quarters located near the Temple‘s towers. These private quarters had their own computer and holoprojectors to access works of science, history and philosophy. There were many different facilities, including classrooms for Jedi Masters to train large groups of Younglings, and sparring rooms for Jedi to develop their skills with the lightsaber, as well as numerous gardens, fountains, and quiet alcoves and chambers to provide a meditative space. One of the most spectacular gardens was the Room of a Thousand Fountains, which acted as a huge greenhouse, with flowing waters and cascades. There was also an expansive menagerie beneath the Temple that was used to house hundreds of fauna, including Yoda's kybuck.
The meditative walkway, a cavernous hallway surrounding the base of the Temple was decorated with an arcade of stained-glass windows and statues relating the events of the Hyperspace Wars. It was also dotted with podiums holding the Jedi Code on tablets.
Plan of the TempleOther known features included the Jedi Medical Corps Infirmary, Sith containment cells, rotunda chapels, a holographic training rooms, Jedi Agricultural Corps Research Labs, communication centers , banquet halls, lightsaber crafting areas, and the Chamber of Conclave.
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