High Council Tower / Legends The High Council Tower was a tall spire that housed the meeting place of the Jedi High Council on Coruscant . Over the Council ' s history , the Tower has existed in many different incarnations . The most recognizable Tower was located atop the southwestern side of the Jedi Temple surrounding the Temple Spire . Fully rebuilt circa 1019 BBY , the Tower was abandoned in 19 BBY and later collapsed during the Galactic Civil War . An exact replica would be constructed for the New Jedi Order circa 35 ABY . History . Old Republic . Over the long history of the Jedi Order and their presence on Coruscant , the exact meeting place of the High Council has changed over the many millennia . When the Four Masters began building a temple around the sacred spire , the Order established a base of operations for the Council in a broad plaza . A narrow tower with a wide base , the Order used this Tower as a store house for Sith artifacts confiscated after the Great Sith War . During the Mandalorian Wars , the High Council was notified of a schismatic sect within the Order . Using this information , the High Council led an attack on the Draay Estate , ground zero for the heretic Jedi , leaving the Tower lightly defended . While the Council was attacking the estate Haazen , the mastermind behind the Covenant , ordered his agents within the Tower to take control of the Sith artifacts stored within . Killing fellow Jedi , the artifacts were secured by the Covenant Jedi ; however , Haazen was killed during the battle and the High Council returned to prevent the theft by the misguided Jedi at the Tower . Only a few years later the Council had moved to new Council Chamber , located at the base of a tall spire . In 3954 BBY the Sith Triumvirate revealed itself and began a Jedi Purge , forcing the Order to abandon this Council Tower indefinitely . With the reoccupation of Coruscant by the Order , they occupied the Temple as it expanded to greater heights . As of 3653 BBY the Council occupied one of four spires located atop the Temple Ziggurat . However , this tower would collapse during the resurgent Sith Empire ' s attack on the capital . It wasn ' t until the expansion of 1019 BBY that the Council and the Galactic Senate had raised enough money to reconstruct the Tower atop the Temple complex . The Tower would stand for nearly a millennium , with expansions and remodeling of the interior happening every once in a while . In 34 BBY a group of Yinchorri , hired by the mysterious Darth Sidious , led an attack on the Tower . Infiltrating the atrium of the Tower , the Yinchorri were repelled by the Jedi present in the Temple , causing little damage to the interior of the structure . Following the Invasion of Naboo in 32 BBY hangars were constructed in the Council towers , housing new personal starfighters for use by individual Jedi . At the outbreak of the Clone Wars the Tower served as the headquarters for the Order ' s war operations , with Jedi Command constantly updating the Office of the Supreme Chancellor and the High Council on Separatist movements . At the conclusion of the war , the elusive Dark Lord of the Sith , Darth Sidious , was discovered to be no other than Supreme Chancellor Palpatine of the Galactic Republic . Known only to the High Council , four of the greatest swords masters of the Order went to arrest the Sith and failed . Though the Temple was on high alert , the small number of fully trained Jedi there was no match for the overwhelming number of the 501st Legion of the Grand Army of the Republic . As was carried out , the Temple was purged of all its occupants . As the fighting was still going strong , the Council Tower was visited by a concerned Bail Organa , Galactic Senator of Alderaan . After being turned away by clone troopers stationed on the hangar landing platform , Organa watched in horror as Padawan Zett Jukassa was slaughtered by the troops . Following the disbanding of the Order , the Tower would stand in silence , its halls abandoned and its superstructure crumbling . Though illegal to enter and strictly guarded by Imperial Senate Sentinel s ex - Jedi Ferus Olin managed to force his way through a boarded - up breakfast room window and make it to the base of the Tower . Olin met Darth Vader here in the atrium and proceeded to duel the Sith Lord as they made their way to the Council Chambers . Olin managed to escape the Sith ' s wrath by dropping through a hole in the floor , landing in the map room several stories below . In 2 BBY , during the Sith assassin Starkiller ' s third mission to the Temple , the assassin entered into a chamber at the base of the Tower with a turbolift lobby . Taking the lift to the summit of the Tower he proceeded into the ruined chamber after cutting his way through countless Shadow Trooper s . The malfunctioning Jedi Trials program activated as Starkiller entered the room , using the Council Chamber ' s holoprojectors to create a simulacrum of dead Jedi named Kento Marek . Battling the simulated Jedi , Starkiller defeated the simulacrum and left the chamber in increased distress . Elements of the design for the High Council Tower were later incorporated into the Emperor ' s Tower on the Death Star II , though unlike the actual High Council Tower where it was only one of five spires of the Jedi Temple , the Emperor ' s Tower only had one spire , symbolic to how Palpatine was in total control of the Empire and didn ' t need to answer to a council . The Temple would survive for much of the Galactic Civil War , the Council Tower leering over the surface of Coruscant for years . The ancient edifice was even re - inhabited briefly , as members of the new Jedi Order searched the destroyed hall for any information on the teachings of the old Order . It wasn ' t until several years later that the five towers of the Temple collapsed , the Council Tower completely destroyed . The new Order would clear the rubble away and erect a small praxeum in its place on the roof of the Ziggurat ; though this too would be lost during the Yuuzhan Vong War . Reconstruction . Following the retaking of Coruscant by the Galactic Alliance , Chief of State Cal Omas donated a new Temple to the Order in recognition of the Jedi ' s efforts during the war . Using blueprints salvaged from the old Jedi Archives the Reconstruction Authority erected the new Temple to near - exact specifications ; though a new transparisteel pyramid concealed the restored Council Tower . In 43 ABY , Interim Grand Master Kenth Hamner reflected on this architectural choice and wondered why those who built the Temple couldn ' t stay with a design that had worked for centuries . Layout . The ancient Tower that housed the chambers of the High Council stood the test of time over the Order ' s long history , standing high Over Coruscant for nearly a century . The masonry of the spire was supported by a highly - tensile substance known as magnate , which aided in the support of the thin frame of the Tower . Also , the permem incorporated into the Council Chamber ’ s windows aided in maintaining a constant gravity balance , along with keeping the artificial air supply operational at such altitude . The turbolift that led to the Council Chamber was crafted by great Jedi architects , who incorporated Force - inspired , internal dynamics , which allowed for the different sizes and shapes of the Order ’ s members to ascend the narrow spire . Crowning each of the Temple spires were reception / transmission antennas which , along with a constant connection to the HoloNet , tapped into the cosmic energy fields of the galaxy itself in order to stay in contact with Jedi on far - flung planets . The central topmast of this unique array was a powerful multi - frequency eradicator / scrambler that when coupled with the eradicators incorporated into the Tower ’ s frame scrambled all communications in and out of the Temple . Communication bundles in the wall cavities fed data from these masts , through the columns within the Council Chamber , to the Operations Planning Center . Receiver vanes within the walls of the spire converted signals from hyperspace locations into real - space coordinates before displaying them on the holomap in the central pit of the Planning Center . From here , the location of Jedi stationed anywhere in the galaxy could be pinpointed , and disturbances in the Force or high concentrations of Force energy were displayed on the map by Jedi Command . The Operations Planning Center gave access to the three Contemplation Stations outside At the base of each Tower was a reception hall that allowed rooftop access to and from the Temple . Two large bronzium statues flanked the entrance ; their lightsabers crossed over the entry . The hall beyond was lined with statues of the great Jedi Masters of old , leading to a bridge that spanned the central shaft that ran up the Tower ; suspended in the shaft was a large stone statue of a Jedi . An ancient stairway wound around the shaft , leading up into the heights of the Tower , all the way to the High Council Chamber . Fifteen stories below the Council Chamber was a hangar equipped with garages below the floor and an aircraft control station in the ceiling . A retractable landing platform could be extended from the chamber ' s mouth out over the Temple Ziggurat for easy launches from the hangar . The room was staffed by mechanics and astromech droids , as well as clone personnel during the Clone Wars . The residences of the High Council members were also located in the Tower , providing them were more private accommodations and immediate access to the Council Chamber . Located above the atrium to the Tower , the chambers were typically small and hexagonal , with meditation cushions placed in the center of the room . Following the reconstruction of the Tower in 35 ABY , the Grand Master ' s offices were completed with a white larmalstone foyer . These offices were located below the Situation Room and above the quarters of the other Jedi Council members . Behind the scenes . An inconsistency exists in some appearances of the Tower , specifically the Council Chamber . In some shots an antechamber lies beyond the doors to the chamber ; which does not comply with the tower ' s cylindrical shape .