Post by Sabre on Oct 30, 2005 15:00:12 GMT
The Jedi Archives
The Jedi Temple Archives contained possibly the single largest source of information in the galaxy. Within the polished architecture of the Temple, incredible amounts of data were stored electronically and holographically. Jedi scholars and investigators used the carefully organized data to aid in their studies or their missions. Lining the main hall were bronze busts of some of the most revered and accomplished Jedi Masters, both living and dead.
Much of the Jedi Archives were once kept on the planet Ossus, an ancient world that some believe to be the birthplace of the revered order. Many of the most sacred and ancient texts were whisked away prior to Ossus' devastation by an explosive shockwave unleashed by the terrible Sith War. The Main Hall of the Jedi Archives was the largest single chamber of the Jedi Temple, and is nearly 2,500 years old. Most of the information stored within was in holobook format, an ancient self-contained technology requiring only small amounts of energy.
So complete were the Archives that even forbidden lore was stored within its chambers. The Archives contains the only known Sith Holocrons, information repositories of dark knowledge whose existence was revealed to only a few select Jedi Masters.
