While the warning came too late, a number of senior Jedi Masters and Knights escaped the oncoming attack by Revan's Sith Empire and helped Atris spirit a number of Jedi artifacts to Telos. Jedi Masters at the Dantooine Jedi EnclaveĪt the height of the Jedi Civil War in 3956 BBY, the Dantooine Jedi Enclave Council foresaw the destruction of the Enclave and organized an evacuation. without the knowledge of other Jedi, delving into forbidden knowledge of the Force's dark side in hopes of finding a way to defeat the Sith from within. Sith: The Essential Guide to the Force, a historical compendium created in 40 ABY, the Jedi Master and historian Atris also amassed a collection of Sith holocrons at the Academy around 3956 BBY. However, according to Jedi historian Tionne Solusar in Jedi vs. Throughout the Jedi Civil War, which Revan's Sith waged against the Jedi and the Galactic Republic from 3959 BBY to 3956 BBY, Jedi holocrons and other materials and relics of historical value had been secretly evacuated from Dantooine to Telos.
Telos was selected to host the Academy, partly in the hope that the Sith would not devastate the same world twice however, prior to the war it had served as a place where Jedi who had failed their training would continue to serve the galaxy as farmers and laborers. History Origins Ĭonstructed under strictest secrecy after Telos was bombarded from orbit by Darth Revan's Sith Empire in 3958 BBY, the Academy was intended to be a point of retreat for the Jedi Order should the Jedi Enclave on Dantooine ever fall. However, they were only accessible to Jedi. The training academy on Telos specialized in data collection and analysis at the time, and had input locks that were the envy of scholars. In 990 BBY, Telos was a Jedi world and a hub of information on which Jedi Consulars fulfilled their researching and teaching duties. Four black towers rose up around the mesa, arranged at equal distances from each other to form a perimeter. The Academy's entrance was located at the plateau's southern half. The mesa was black and squat, with its base wider than its top, the Polar Plateau, which was covered with snow. The chamber was circular, with seats resting upon yellow and red carpets and arranged at equal distances from each other around a gray rock pillar. In addition, it had storage rooms, a prison, and separate quarters for any on-site personnel, as well as a private meditation chamber for Atris, as well as a Jedi Council meeting chamber. The building held a hangar that was large enough to accommodate a light freighter. The Academy's mesa drew power from the Telosian shield network's power grid to generate a shield protecting itself. The Academy's interior was clad in blue-gray hues, and was similar in appearance to the water-distribution network of the Galactic Republic capital planet Coruscant. Also known as the Telos Polar Academy, the building was designed to be completely self-contained, having been built with every facility needed to maintain its self-sufficiency. Located within a mesa in the planet Telos IV's polar region that housed the abandoned Telos Polar Irrigation System, the Telosian Jedi Academy was retrofitted from the facility by Jedi Master Atris-founder of the Academy and Jedi historian of the Jedi Order. Once there, Surik met with Atris to discuss the past struggles between the Jedi Order and the Sith before leaving to gather other surviving Jedi Masters. When Atris had the ship brought to the Academy, Surik, accompanied by her companions, Kreia, Atton Rand, and Bao-Dur, followed a trail of evidence that pinpointed the Hawk 's location, thereby discovering the Academy. Among the collection was various materials of learning that had been saved from Dantooine's Jedi Enclave.įive years after the end of the Civil War, Meetra Surik, an exiled Jedi who had been fleeing the Sith, traveled to Telos' Citadel Station aboard the Ebon Hawk. The building also hosted numerous Sith holocrons that Atris had collected, along with other relics. Although the Academy never housed any students, it was inhabited by Atris and the Echani Handmaiden Sisters who served her. Hidden inside a mesa in the polar region of the planet Telos IV that housed the abandoned Telos Polar Irrigation System, the Jedi Academy was afforded secrecy and security. The Telosian Jedi Academy, also known as the Telos Polar Academy, was founded by the Jedi Master Atris during the Jedi Civil War, in the wake of Darth Revan's Sith Empire's attack on the planet Dantooine that left the Jedi Enclave there in ruins. " Yes, it bears the semblance of an academy… but where are all the students? Curious." ―Kreia comments on the Telosian Jedi Academy