Jedi Council/Legends
A Jedi Council was an organized body of Jedi, typically Masters, serving the Jedi Order as an administrative body that governed the Order's academies, temples, and organizations such as the Jedi Service Corps.
Overview
Councils of the Old Jedi Order
From the Jedi Order's founding, a council of Masters governed its members.[1] The earliest known form of Jedi Council, organized by the Jedi Order's founders Masters Rajivari and Garon Jard, took the shape of week-longs gatherings aimed at increasing the Order's wisdom and capacity to defend itself from the dark side.[2] During the early stages of the Old Sith Wars groups of Masters were stationed on Ossus, and later from the Jedi Temple on Coruscant.[3] As the earliest High Council ruled for the next several centuries alone on Coruscant, three other Councils were convened to oversee more specific parts of the Order. The Councils of First Knowledge, Reassignment, and Reconciliation each dealt with aspects too specific for the High Council to run properly on top of the broad scope of other things it oversaw.[4]
Jedi High Council
The High Council was the primary governing body of the Order, and was comprised of twelve Jedi Masters who discussed and contemplated all aspects of the Order. The Council was composed of five permanent members who accepted a lifetime commitment to it. In addition, four long-term members served until they chose to step down, and the limited-term members sat on the Council for specified terms. Led by the Master of the Order, the High Council dealt directly with the Office of the Supreme Chancellor.[4]
Council of Reassignment
Appearances
- Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Dark Lords of the Sith
- Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith (audio)
