Tython / Legends Tython was a planet in the Tython system of the Deep Core that played a pivotal role in the histories of the Je ' daii Order and its successor , the Jedi Order . A verdant world that was incredibly rich in the Force , Tython was inhabited by an unknown species hundreds of thousands of years before the rise of the Galactic Empire , and it was visited by both the Gree and Kwa , two of the earliest species to have achieved interstellar travel . In 36 , 453 BBY , the great pyramid ships known as the Tho Yor brought pilgrims from over a dozen species from across the galaxy to Tython , where the pilgrims learned to harness the Force and established the Je ' daii Order , basing their philosophy of balance upon Tython ' s two moons Ashla and Bogan . The Je ' daii soon realized that Tython was unsafe for those who could not sense the Force , and as a result , the Tythan s spread out to settle the other worlds of the Tython system . In 25 , 805 BBY , after over ten thousand years of peace , Tython was the site of the final battle of the Despot War , and twelve years later , a vessel from the Infinite Empire of the Rakata species crashed on Tython ' s surface , sparking one of the intense Force storms that occurred whenever the balance of Tython was shifted between the light and dark sides of the Force . The Force Wars erupted not long afterwards , a devastating conflict fought between the followers of the light side and the followers of the dark side , and in the aftermath of the Force Wars , the victorious light - siders established the Jedi Order . The Jedi departed Tython for the distant world of Ossus , leaving Tython to become lost as the Deep Core erased the hyperlane s to the planet , and the savage Flesh Raider s evolved on the now - empty world . Description . A terrestrial world in the Tython system of the Deep Core , Tython was the fifth planet in orbit around the star Tythos , orbiting Tythos at a distance of less than 160 million kilometers , and the planet was incredibly rich with the Force . Tython possessed a breathable atmosphere and a temperate climate , and it featured a number of continents separated by oceans and seas . The planet was geographically varied , as Tython ' s continents were marked by plains , hills , mountains , and even canyons , and for much of the planet ' s history , Tython was a particularly verdant world . Tython was orbited by two moons : Ashla and Bogan , satellites that inspired the Je ' daii Order ' s philosophy of balance between the light and dark sides of the Force , and the Je ' daii maintained sentry drones in orbits thirty thousand kilometers above Tython ' s surface . Tython ' s environment was remarkably sensitive to the Force ; powerful disturbances in the Force , such the presence of an individual particularly strong in either the light or dark side of the Force , could cause immense Force storms and groundquakes that would ravage Tython ' s surface . However , by the year 1990 BBY , all hyperlanes to Tython had become unstable and forgotten , and the planet itself had been devastated — the planet was covered by a constant layer of storms , and its surface was the color of ash , with barren plains where immense forests had once stood . Tython was home to a large number of species of creatures whose shapes and forms were as varied as the planet ' s surface , such as screech lizard s and acid spider s . Tython ' s hook hawk s were birds that possessed hooked beaks and sharp talons , and hunted their prey by hypnotizing them with song and then attacking . Silik lizard s were rare but deadly silicon - based creatures that absorbed energy from sand itself . Six - limbed and the size of a Human adult , silik lizards featured a large number of spikes on their bodies and were known to charge opponents on their hind legs . The Rift was home to many strange and deadly creatures , many of which were unnamed and unknown . The saarl was a massive , purple - colored worm creature with a tooth - filled maw that opened like a three - petaled flower . Flame tygah s were eight - limbed reptilian creatures twice the size of a Human that were native to Tython ' s Strafe Plains ; a flame tygah ' s claws and tail dripped fire and its mouth blazed with heat . Blood spites were bat - like creatures that fed on warm blood and inhabited the Red Desert , though their existence was widely considered to be only a rumor by the Je ' daii . Ak tree s were common in Tython ' s forests during the time of the Je ' daii . Tython ' s Moon Channel was home to the tentacled gelfish as well as enormous sea serpents . The hoofed quadrupeds known as Guid s were native to the region around Kaleth , the Je ' daii Temple of Knowledge , and while they were not ordinarily aggressive , guids could attack their opponents with their powerful jaws and massive forelegs . Like the guid , the mammalian uxibeast s were also found in small groups on other worlds despite the fact that they were believed to have originated on Tython . Uxibeasts were ill - tempered herbivores that traveled in herds and were deceptively aggressive . The four - legged horranth were reptilian predators that hunted in large family groups and had enormous birth rates — their population was typically only constrained by a limited food supply . Manka cat s , feline predators from Alderaan , eventually found their way to Tython and thrived in the planet ' s vibrant ecosystem . History . Early history . Tens of thousands of years before 36 , 453 BBY , a species of enormous size constructed the Old City on the continent of Talss on Tython . The Gree , one of the earliest species to achieve interstellar travel , visited Tython early in galactic history , though the Old City was long abandoned even by that time . The Gree inhabited the Old City for a time , and there were rumors that the Gree constructed a hypergate — a technology used by the Gree to travel instantaneously between two points in space — in the depths of the Old City . The Gree eventually left Tython , and the next species to visit the planet was the aquatic Kwa . The Kwa linked Tython with their other worlds with an Infinity Gate , a technology similar to a hypergate , but thousands of years before the rise of the Je ' daii Order , the Kwa ' s encounter with the Rakata species led them to destroy all remaining Infinity Gates in order to prevent the Rakata from overrunning the galaxy . The few remaining Kwa on Tython eventually died out after destroying their Infinity Gate . In the year 36 , 453 BBY , the eight great pyramid ships known as the Tho Yor arrived at Tython , delivering Force - sensitive pilgrims from over a dozen worlds to the planet and causing an intense Force storm . The eight smaller ships met with the ninth and largest Tho Yor above a great pillar of stone that reached high into the sky on Tython , and then each of the eight departed in a different direction to a different location across Tython . The Tho Yor remained at their final destinations after depositing their passengers , and the pilgrims soon developed into a cohesive culture of Tythan s , realizing that the purpose of their gathering was for them to study the Force and harness its powers . Inspired by Tython ' s twin moons , the bright Ashla and dark Bogan , the Tythans came to understand the dual nature of the Force ' s light and dark sides , and they also realized that Tython itself would react to imbalance in the Force with powerful quakes and Force storms . With this knowledge , the Tythans formed the Je ' daii Order , naming themselves after the word for " mystic center " in the language of the Talid species ' s Order of Dai Bendu . The Je ' daii built nine great temples at the sites of the nine Tho Yor , some of which remained floating in the sky while others had landed in the oceans or on mountainsides . Padawan Kesh , the Je ' daii Academy , had been constructed at one of the Tho Yor by the year 36 , 019 BBY , when Nordia Gral was serving as the Temple ' s first Temple Master . By that time , the Je ' daii had completed temples at the other eight Tho Yor , and they also developed the tradition of a Great Journey , a two - year odyssey across Tython ' s surface to each of the nine temples that would be undertaken by Padawans once they became Je ' daii Journeyer s . For the first thousand years of the Je ' daii ' s time on Tython , the planet was frequently wracked by intense Force storms , as the Je ' daii had not yet learned how to restore balance to the planet and calm the storms through the Force . The Je ' daii also constructed cities across Tython ' s surface , though as the pilgrims ' second millennium on Tython came to an end , it became evident that those who were not Force - sensitive could not survive on the planet . The destruction of the city of Aurum inspired a second migration , where those Tythans who were not Je ' daii departed Tython in starships and settled the other worlds of the nine - planet Tython system . Force - sensitives born on the other planets , the Settled Worlds , were brought to Tython for training as Je ' daii , and the Tython system ' s way of life continued for over ten thousand years . However , resentment of the Je ' daii among the Settled Worlds eventually led to conflict . In 25 , 805 BBY , the Despot Queen Hadiya united the crime barons of her homeworld Shikaakwa and conquered the rest of the Settled Worlds . She then turned her attention to Tython , and her army invaded the planet in a final battle — a battle that saw the death of millions of Hadiya ' s troops and thousands of Je ' daii . Hadiya herself was slain by the Je ' daii Daegen Lok at the gates of Kaleth , bringing the Despot War to an end . Peace was shattered , however , circa 25 , 783 BBY , when a schism in the Order ' s belief system pitted those who favored the Ashla philosophy against those who adhered more to the Bogan schools of thought . Wielding katana , metal swords imbued with the Force , the Je ' daii were pitted in a bloody civil war known as the Force Wars . The Ashla philosophers called themselves the Jedi Order and were led by a High Council comprised of the greatest of their number . One of the High Councilors , the great Master Rajivari , was corrupted by the dark side of the Force and led a faction of dissidents in another savage attack against the Jedi he had helped to create . Rajivari ' s camp fortified itself at the Temple of Knowledge , called Kaleth by the Order . While the Bogan philosophers held off the Jedi for several weeks , Master Rajivari disappeared , leaving his disciples in disarray . Weakened and taking heavy casualties , Rajivari ' s followers were defeated and the Jedi Order ended the uprising . Abandonment . Initially , the Jedi believed their power was limited to Tython only , though this was later proven otherwise when a proactive group left Tython to liberate other worlds , becoming the Jedi Knights around 25 , 783 BBY . In the wake of the Force Wars , the victorious Jedi Order abandoned Tython in favor of Ossus , a lush planet on the edge of the Tion Cluster deep in the Outer Rim . Despite the Order ' s departure , Tython was absorbed into the Galactic Republic and was held throughout the Indecta , Kymoodon , and Pius Dea eras and beyond . Following the destruction of the Cron Cluster and the ensuing ruination of Ossus , the Jedi Order had relocated to Coruscant ; records of Tython ' s existence survived to this point , and notation of Sith experiments on the planet were made in the Archives of the Jedi Temple . Terrific beasts called terentateks , the product of alchemy , were loosed on Tython and were deemed monstrous abominations that posed as an affront to the Force by the Jedi High Council . Charging members of the Order to hunt down the creatures and execute them with extreme prejudice , the High Council initiated the Great Hunt , allowing any who wished to join in the purge to participate . Among other worlds , Tython was cleansed in 3994 BBY , ridding the ancient Jedi homeworld of the terentatek threat . Rediscovery . Soon after the Great Hunt ended , hyperlanes to the planet collapsed and the world was left abandoned for several centuries . Tython had not been forgotten , however ; new hyperlanes into the Deep Core were paved in 3651 BBY by Jedi Knight Satele Shan in the wake of the Sacking of Coruscant by the resurgent Sith Empire . Leading Jedi scout s to reclaim the world , Shan reestablished a Jedi presence on the world , making Tython the Order ' s fortress world during the Cold War between the Sith Empire and the Galactic Republic . In the same time period , a group of Twi ' lek Pilgrims landed on the world and established a small settlement near to the Jedi headquarters . Constructing their Temple near the ruins of Kaleth , the Jedi kept their distance from the illegal Twi ' lek settlement despite pleas from the Matriarch to assist in warding off Flesh Raider s . During the Cold War , Darth Angral of the Sith Empire destroyed the Republic agricultural world of Uphrades to issue a challenge to the former Padawan of Master Orgus Din . This Knight had come to be a thorn in the side of the Empire on several different occasions and had finally drawn Angral ' s wrath upon Tython . The Knight and their own apprentice , Kira Carsen , entered Angral ' s flagship the " Oppressor " and confronted Angral after disabling it . During the confrontation , the Sith Emperor possessed Carsen from afar and ordered Angral to finish off the Knight . Ultimately the Knight was able to defeat Angral while Carsen refused to be the Emperor ' s pawn and was able to shatter the mental link . The two Jedi were able to flee the " Oppressor " before it exploded , taking Angral ' s corpse with it . Upon their return to the surface of the planet , Grand Master Satele Shan bestowed the title , " Hero of Tython " on the Jedi Knight for services done for the Order . Shortly after the Hero ' s defense of Tython , a new war began between the Republic and the Sith Empire . In 3638 BBY , the Sith assaulted Tython and held the Jedi Temple for a short time . The assault was planned by the Dark Council member Darth Arkous and his subordinate , Lana Beniko . However Arkous was secretly a member of the Order of Revan , and the attack was merely a means for the Revanites to obtain Rakata n technology from the Jedi Archives . A simultaneous attack on Korriban was perpetrated by Arkous ' s secret ally , Colonel Rian Darok . Return to obscurity . However , sometime after the Galactic War , Tython ' s surface was severely devastated in a catastrophe , and the planet became saturated with dark side energy . During the New Sith Wars between the Republic and various Sith factions , the Shi ' ido Sith Lord Belia Darzu took control of Tython and built a large fortress on the planet . Darzu , who was skilled in the use of mechu - deru — the ability to transform the flesh of living beings into metal machines — had conducted experiments within the fortress , developing the ability to create technobeast s in the year 1250 BBY . Building an army of the technological horrors and recording her knowledge within her holocron , Darzu initiated the phase of the New Sith Wars known as the Sictis Wars . However , Darzu incurred the wrath of the Mecrosa Order in 1230 BBY , and the Mecrosa assassins killed Darzu on Tython . By the year 990 BBY , Tython had been long abandoned , as the hyperlanes to the planet had been lost . However , the Sith aspirant Hetton discovered navigational data on Tython , and he passed the charts to Darth Zannah , a Dark Lord of the Sith and the apprentice of Darth Bane . Bane traveled to Tython in order to investigate Darzu ' s fortress so that he could further his knowledge of holocrons , while his apprentice infiltrated the Archives of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant in search of information on the orbalisk creatures that Bane had been infected with . Bane took his " Infiltrator " - series long - range fighter " Mystic " to Tython and approached Darzu ' s fortress , destroying the fortress ' s defenses when they attacked his fighter . Bane then entered the fortress to find an army of dormant technobeasts , and the creatures attacked him after he retrieved Darzu ' s holocron . Bane destroyed all of the technobeasts and spent the next few days in meditation , studying the holocron in order to build his own . However , Zannah was discovered on Coruscant , and she was forced to flee to Tython with her cousin Darovit . The two were pursued by Jedi Masters Valenthyne Farfalla , Raskta Lsu , and Worror Dowmat , along with Jedi Knights Johun Othone and Sarro Xaj , and the five Jedi engaged the two Sith in a duel within Darzu ' s fortress . The duel ended with a Sith victory , though Bane was severely injured and Zannah was forced to take her master and Darovit to the planet Ambria for healing . In the years that followed , the Jedi Order established an academy on Tython ' s surface despite the strong dark side presence , and the facility served as a place for deeper immersion in the Force similar to the academy on Alpheridies . During the Clone Wars , the sectors of the Galactic Republic were assigned one of twenty oversectors , and were the operating theaters of the troops fighting the Confederacy of Independent Systems , and the Tython System was placed in Sector 5 . In the year following 19 BBY , which saw the deaths of the vast majority of the Jedi and the rise of the Empire , Emperor Palpatine brought the Tarkin Doctrine into effect , reorganizing the oversectors into political entities as well as military , giving each Imperial Grand Moff authority over an oversector each . Inhabitants . Tython was originally home to a species of immense size , as the Old City was built for individuals more than three times the size of a Human , though that species was long vanished by the time the Gree arrived . The Gree eventually departed Tython , and the Kwa species eventually came to Tython for some time before they died out on the planet after destroying Tython ' s Infinity Gate . The pilgrims brought to Tython by the Tho Yor were of great variety and of many different species from across the galaxy : they included Talid s , Humans , Selkath , Twi ' leks , Sith , Cathar , Wookiees , Zabrak , Noghri , Devaronians , Sullustans , Mirialans , Iktotchi , Krevaaki , Miraluka , and the species that would be later known as Koorivar . The Flesh Raider species evolved on Tython in the millennia after the departure of the Jedi , and they had developed a primitive and savage culture by the time of the Cold War . Locations . During the era of the Je ' daii , Tython had a number of cities and temples , and its surface was geographically varied . Mahara Kesh , the Je ' daii Temple of Healing , was located in Tython ' s Deep Ocean . The island continent of Masara was covered by forests and verdant plains , and Bodhi , the Je ' daii Temple of the Arts , was situated near the Edge Forest on Masara ' s southern coast , while the continent was bordered by the Thyrian Ocean on its northern coast . The continent of Thyr lay eight hundred kilometers to the north across the Thyrian Ocean , and Thyr featured rocky plains and the Stark Forests , forests with trees that sucked moisture from the air and stored it as water in large sacs on their branches . Thyr was also home to the Silent Desert , a desert with the unique property that all sound was soaked up by an unknown quality in the desert ' s sands . The Silent Desert also featured intense winds and a number of sand sculptures that some believed to be sentient . The Temple of Force Skills , Qigong Kesh , was located in an enormous cavern beneath the Silent Desert . The continent of Kato Zakar , which lay to the south of Thyr , was often called the Firelands in the Je ' daii era for its tumultuous terrain and the significant amount of volcanic activity that was common in the continent ' s heartlands , almost thirty - two hundred kilometers south of the northern coast . The Ice Giant Range , a mountain range that was the site of the Temple of Martial Arts Stav Kesh , was located almost five hundred kilometers inland from the northern coast , and the Strafe Plains lay between the Ice Giants and the coast . The Strafe Plains were a cold , windswept scrubland that was prone to frequent Force storms and scattered with magma - filled " swallow holes " and columns of razor - sharp silica . Kato Zakar ' s eastern reaches were covered by fungi forests , then swamps , and then sand dunes the farther one got to the continent ' s eastern coast , and the port city of Ban Landing was located on Kato Zakar ' s coastline at the sea known as the Moon Channel . Across the Moon Channel was Tython ' s largest continent Talss , also known as the Dark Continent . Talss was marked by the massive canyon known as the Rift — a geographic feature which was the site of frequent volcanic and seismic activity . The two continents were separated by a distance of a hundred kilometers , and the Moon Channel between them was the site of the seven Moon Islands , and Talss ' s western coast was home to a number of small ports . Six hundred kilometers east of the Rift was a mountain range split by the Chasm , and Anil Kesh , the Temple of Science , straddled the Chasm high in the mountains . and something within the Chasm ' s depths interfered with the senses of Force - users . To the south of the Rift and the mountains lay a wide , seemingly endless plain that lacked any plant growth over waist height , as the plain ' s intense wind strips any plants that grow taller from the soil . To the south of the plains , in the southern reaches of Talss , was the Red Desert . The Old City was located about eighty kilometers inward from the northern edges of the desert , half buried in the sands by the time of the Je ' daii . Vur Tepe , the Je ' daii Forge , was situated directly over an active volcano in a mountain range during the era of the Je ' daii , while Akar Kesh , the Temple of Balance , was situated at a towering pillar of stone — the site of the original landing of the Tho Yor . Six waterfalls cascaded from the top of the monolith , feeding into the series of lakes and rivers around the pillar ' s base . Kaleth , the Je ' daii Temple of Knowledge , was built over a Force nexus near the river and mountain range that would be known by the Jedi tens of thousands years later as the Tythos River and the Tythos Ridge . Following the Jedi Order ' s resettlement of the planet , a massive Temple was erected near the site of the ruined city - temple of Kaleth . The Temple served as a base for all Jedi operations on the planet for several years ; the Jedi also occupied a structure known as the Masters ' Retreat located in the Tythonian Gnarls , while the Twi ' lek Kalikori village was found on a ridge just above the Temple complex . Behind the scenes . First mentioned in the released in 1998 , Tython did not actually appear in any Star Wars material until the 2007 publication of " " . " Rule of Two " identified Tython as the birthplace of the Jedi Order according to legends . This was confirmed in the supplementary material preceding the 2011 release of the massively multiplayer online role - playing game , " " , in which the planet plays a prominent role in the early gaming experience for players who chose the path of the Jedi Consular or Jedi Knight . Later on in canon material , the first Jedi Temple , and possible Jedi birthplace , was later announced as Ahch - To in 2015 release of .