The Jedi Temple Menagerie was an expansive chamber located within the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. It contained hundreds of different flora and fauna which were held for study by the ExplorCorps.

HistoryEdit

Built within the Temple, this large chamber was destroyed and rebuilt several times in the Temple's long history, seeing completion in 1,000 BBY under the Galactic Republic.^[1]

At the time of the Clone Wars, the chamber was used to hold a kybuck given to Grand Master Yoda by the Wookiees of Kashyyyk. Occasionally Yoda would use the beast as a mount in battle, as in the Battle of Coruscant.^[3] As the war drew to its conclussion, the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious was revealed to the High Council to late. Sidious, in his guise as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, ordered the Grand Army of the Republic to siege of the Temple and the execution of every Jedi present. Led by Darth Vader, the 501st Legion raided the Temple, ruining the ancient edifice. While a small Imperial force maintained occupation of the Temple, the menagerie was left abandoned and unused.^[2]

The Temple would survive for much of the Galactic Civil War leering over the surface of Coruscant for years. The structure was even re-inhabited briefly, as members of the new Jedi Order searched the destroyed complex for any information on the teachings of the old Order.^[4] The Temple would be utterly ruined during the Yuuzhan Vong War, which also saw the destruction of the menagerie.^[5]

When the Galactic Alliance reclaimed the world, Chief of State Cal Omas ordered the Reconstruction Authority to rebuild the Temple as a gift for the great sacrifices made by the reformed Order against the Yuuzhan Vong. While the structure was rebuilt using blueprints of the old building, it is unknown if the menagerie was reconstructed or replaced within the building.^[6]

SourcesEdit

•  Kybuck in the Databank (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)

Notes and referencesEdit