Jedi Temple Library The Jedi Temple Library was a vast collection of Jedi wisdom situated near the main floor of the Jedi Archives of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant . The library contained innumerable amounts of reading material collected from all corners of the galaxy . Containing holobooks , datastick s , and a variety of other modern and ancient storage devices , the library sported information that was restricted to only members of the Jedi High Council . Located in the First Knowledge quarter the majority of the library was accessible to all members of the Jedi Order . While the library was directly operated by the Librarian ' s Assembly , the Council of First Knowledge oversaw all operations of the databanks housed within . History . With the loss of the Great Library of Odan - Urr in 3996 BBY , the information that had been salvaged was transported to the ever growing Temple on Coruscant . While the original incarnation of the library was small and cramped , it was eventually moved into more spacious chambers as the Temple expanded around 2500 BBY . During one of the monthly organization days of 27 BBY , Chief Librarian Jocasta Nu ' s sorting was interrupted by Jedi Knight Obi - Wan Kenobi who was inquiring after a report he had requested regarding Granta Omega . Nu , irritated due to the interruption , agreed to do a fresh search if Kenobi would come back later in the day . After restoring the Library to its pristine form , Nu summoned Kenobi and connected the dots that he had missed ; Omega planned to bring the bacta market to a standstill . At the conclusion of the Clone Wars in 19 BBY , Darth Sidious , in his guise as Supreme Chancellor commenced with . Led by Darth Vader , the 501st Legion invaded the Temple , slaughtering all the Jedi and Temple employee s there . As the Jedi rushed to destroy their records to prevent them from falling to the Sith , Vader managed to secure the library and much of its contents . With the Temple abandoned and the library in the hands of the Sith , the chamber would be scoured by Armand Isard over the next decade . Shortly after the rise of the Galactic Empire , Gregar Typho of the Royal Naboo Security Forces infiltrated the library in search of a lead on the death of Galactic Senator Padmé Amidala . While cautiously navigating the debris - strewn floor , Typho detected bounty hunter Aurra Sing slinking through the Stacks . Startled by the sound of movement , Sing attacked Typho ; he was able to evade her , fleeing deeper into the library . Grabbing a datastick from a shelf , he shattered it on the floor , causing a small explosion . Distracted , Typho was able to render Sing unconscious using skills taught to him by Master Qui - Gon Jinn over a decade previous . Having the upper hand , Typho fled the Temple , having no more information than when he entered . The library lay largely untouched throughout the Galactic Civil War , vigilantly guarded by Imperial Senate Sentinel s and shadow troopers in constant wait for returning Jedi . As the Empire was crippled and the Alliance to Restore the Republic captured the capital , the New Jedi Order secured the Temple and began searching the destroyed halls for salvageable information . Jedi historian Tionne Solusar was able to restore parts of the Archives and library , adding information of recent history . Several years later , as Coruscant fell to the Yuuzhan Vong , the library was damaged beyond restoration . However , in preparation for disaster , Solusar had scanned the databanks , saving all the data to be kept safe in the space station called Shelter . As of 35 BBY , the Temple had been rebuilt by the Reconstruction Authority per the request of Galactic Alliance Chief of State Cal Omas . Using blueprints from Solusar had found in the Archives , the Temple was largely the same as it had been for centuries . The Temple Library had been completely restored and operational by the time of the Dark Nest Crisis . Layout . Consisting of eight halls , the Temple Library was circular with four primary halls , and four additional wings in between . Converging like the spokes of a wheel at a central rotunda , the halls were separated by study areas which consisted of several desks and computers . The outer hall of the library encircled the chamber , lined with a collection of datastick s and various other storage devices .