Jedi Temple Storage Level The Storage Level of the Jedi Temple was located below the Temple Proper and considered below " ground level " on Coruscant as it was lower than the rooftops of nearby buildings . Of simple design , the area was accessed by the various service corridors and turbolifts that ran throughout the Temple . History . Erected beneath the Temple Ziggurat , the Storage Level was destroyed and rebuilt several times in the Temple ' s long history , seeing completion in 1000 BBY under the Galactic Republic . Because of the size of the Jedi Order and the amount of beings it had to feed and cloth , the Order had to import many items into the Temple , including linens , foodstuffs , and supplies that needed to be stored out of the way in bulk . Visited infrequently by most Jedi , the Storage Level was utilized by the Temple employee s when moving supplies around . When the Republic was transformed into the Galactic Empire and the Order was disbanded , the Temple was laid by Darth Vader and the 501st Legion . Unoccupied , the Storage Level escaped the carnage but did not fall out of use . Scoured of any valuables , High Inquisitor Malorum spread rumor that the Storage Level was being used as an Imperial prison for captured Jedi in hopes that survivors of Order 66 would attempt a rescue . Upon hearing of the rumor , Jedi Knight Fy - Tor - Ana came out of hiding and traveled to Coruscant in order to investigate the Temple ruins . While she never was able to make it to the Temple , ex - Jedi Ferus Olin did enter the ancient edifice and was able to debunk the rumor ; in truth of Storage Level was being used to hold the lightsaber hilts of the fallen Jedi , including the weapon of Tru Veld . Reluctantly leaving the lightsabers , Olin fled the pursuit of stormtroopers guarding the trap by exiting through a rear doorway . The Temple sat in the hands of the Sith for several decades , guarded by the trusted Shadow Trooper s of the Empire . When Sidious and Vader were slain , the Empire lost balance and was eventually ousted from Coruscant . During the Yuuzhan Vong War Coruscant was devastated by terraforming , causing the Temple to crumble and reveal parts of the foundation . When the Galactic Alliance reclaimed the world , Chief of State Cal Omas , ordered the Reconstruction Authority to rebuild the ancient edifice as a gift for the great sacrifices made by the Order against the Yuuzhan Vong . In full use again , the Storage Level was mostly the same as it had been since the time of the Old Republic , with some hallways sealed off or built over . In 43 ABY , Chief Natasi Daala ordered the Temple sieged by Mandalorians led by Belok Rhal , trapping the Jedi within . Desperate for a way out of the besieged edifice and without power or water , the Masters sent Initiates into the Storage Level and other lower levels to search for any passage out ; or if they couldn ' t get out , a space that they could smuggle material in . Haste was encouraged as the Halls of Healing were running out of a tranquilizer used to contain a group of Jedi who had been crippled by an enigmatic madness . As High Council member Octa Ramis and her Padawan Seha Dorvald searched the lower levels , Ramis made a discovery in the Storage Level . Summoning Dorvald , the two bore witness to groups of rats flowing into the Temple , sent by Knight Leia Organa Solo with vials of medicine strapped to their backs . Layout and style . Unliike the public areas of the Temple , the Storage Level was built to service utilitarian needs and therefore lacked much of the elegant beauty of the rest of the structure . Comprised of bare parallel hallways lined with storage rooms of various sizes , the halls were large enough to allow service vehicles to move freely to and from the storage vaults and the lower level service hangars . Largely the same , the chambers contained rows of shelving upon which the basic items need by the Temple ' s occupants were stored , including linens , training equipment , old droids , and soap . One of the larger storerooms was used to house all of the herbs and vegetables needed to supply the refectories that could not be grown at the Temple itself . Connected to the second service tunnel on this level , it had a separate delivery system than the other storage rooms , connecting them with the refectory kitchens . Instead of using turbolifts , the Jedi serving in the kitchens would select an item from their datascreen , and the item they selected would be moved from its shelf by a droid and placed in a vertical lift . Small , and running on a compressed - air system , the selected item would be blown up the shaft and into a temporary zero - gravity immersion well , where the Jedi could grab it and use it in the kitchens .