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A '''Jedi Council''' was an organized body of [[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]], typically [[Jedi Master/Legends|Masters]], serving the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]] as an administrative body that governed the Order's [[Jedi academy|academies]], temples, and organizations such as the [[Jedi Service Corps/Legends|Jedi Service Corps]].

==Overview==
===Councils of the Old Jedi Order===
From the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order's]] founding, a council of [[Jedi Master/Legends|Masters]] governed its members.<ref>{{InsiderCite|88|Heritage of the Sith}}</ref> 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.<ref name="TOR Encyclopedia">''[[Star Wars: The Old Republic Encyclopedia]]''</ref> During the early stages of the [[Old Sith Wars]] groups of Masters were stationed on [[Ossus/Legends|Ossus]], and later from the [[Jedi Temple]] on [[Coruscant/Legends|Coruscant]].<ref>{{TORweb|url=holonet/galactic-history|text=Timeline 10: The Exar Kun War|int=Timeline 10: The Exar Kun War}}</ref> 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 [[Council of First Knowledge/Legends|First Knowledge]], [[Council of Reassignment/Legends|Reassignment]], and [[Council of Reconciliation/Legends|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.<ref name="TJP">[[The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force (real-life book)|''The Jedi Path: A Manual for Students of the Force'']]</ref>

====Jedi High Council====
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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/Legends|Master of the Order]], the High Council dealt directly with the [[Office of the Supreme Chancellor]].<ref name="TJP" />

====Council of Reassignment====
{{Main|Council of Reassignment/Legends}}

==Appearances==
*''[[Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi - Dark Lords of the Sith]]''
*''[[Tales of the Jedi: Dark Lords of the Sith (audio)]]''

==Notes and references==
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[[Category:Jedi Councils]]