Jedi Temple Map Room The Map Room of the Coruscant Jedi Temple was a large domed room within the High Council Tower used to access and project maps of galactic bodies from star systems to sector maps . History . Many Jedi were drawn to the Map Room in troubling times . Master Qui - Gon Jinn went to the Map Room to reflect on his decision to not take the young Obi - Wan Kenobi on as an apprentice . Grand Master Yoda came to Jinn and told him that Kenobi would make a good student , and that if Jinn refused to take him , the High Council might assign him someone regardless . In 30 BBY , Sheyf Tinté Vos of Kiffu and Kiffex addressed Masters Mace Windu , Saesee Tiin , Yarael Poof , and Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos from the holomap regarding a disturbance at a prison complex on Kiffex . Because of his Kiffar heritage , the representatives dispatched Jedi Vos to investigate this problem . Later it would be discovered by Master Windu and Caretaker Astaal Vilbum that the problem was Anzati wraiths attracted to the power of the Dark Jedi Volfe Karkko . Following the outbreak of the Clone Wars , Padawan Anakin Skywalker , particularly at times when his mind and spirit were troubled , would go into the chamber and , as a personal form of meditation , set a dozen maps to play simultaneously so that he could decipher the complex information of the galaxy ' s myriad star systems ; his master , Obi - Wan Kenobi , to whom the spectacle was a confusing blur , could not imagine why someone would find peace during such an exercise . After the Jedi Temple Apprentice Tournament of 20 BBY , Apprentice Whie Malreaux ventured up to the Map Room to seek solace . The previous user of the room had been studying the Battle of Brentaal IV , Malreaux set it to display the entire galaxy so that he could marvel at how the political contests of the time did not affect the bigger picture . When Master Maks Leem entered the room Malreaux revealed that he had already foreseen the conversation and knew that Master Yoda wished to see him in the Halls of Healing . At the close of the Clone Wars , the Dark Lord of the Sith Darth Sidious was revealed to the High Council too late . Sidious , in his guise as Supreme Chancellor Palpatine , ordered the Grand Army of the Republic to 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 Map Room was left abandoned and unused . While occupied , the spy Eve Yarrow entered the Temple ' s Map Room and entered information into the room ' s systems knowing that Darth Vader would find the information and use it against a small contingent of anti - Imperials that she had mustered together . Soon after she had hidden the information , ex - Jedi Ferus Olin found it under the file on the Bespin system and deleted the information . The Temple would survive for much of the Galactic Civil War , the Council Tower which contained the Map Room 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 . It wasn ' t until several years later that the five towers of the Temple collapsed , the Council Tower completely destroyed , by the aftershock caused by the disaster with the " Lusankya " . 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 . 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 Map Room was reconstructed or replaced within the High Council Tower . Layout and style . The Map Room of the Jedi Temple was a domed rotunda located several hundred meters above the main entrance of the High Council Tower . The ceiling was veiled in a soft fabric and was held up by the pillars lining the walls . Holoprojectors around the chamber created the three - dimensional maps that filled the room . A control panel on the wall allowed visiting Jedi to select a planet , system , or sector from the databanks and the room would instantly display the maps , rendering three - dimensional images that revolved through the empty space . A soft voice would detail planetary geography , languages spoken , traditions , cultures , religions , affiliations , and other details that Jedi would memorize before leaving on missions . Devoid of furniture , Jedi sat on the floor or stood as the stars and planets spiraled over head . Following the execution of Operation : Knightfall the chamber lay ruined ; though the holoprojector still functioned . Most of the walls were half destroyed , while the floor was pitted with blasterfire . A large gash in the broken floor gave one a view of the atrium several stories below . The ceiling , equally shattered , was opened up to the great empty shaft that ran from the Operations Planning Center downward . Ferus Olin dropped through a hole in the High Council Chamber several stories up and plummeted through the ceiling of the Map Room following a duel in the uppermost chamber of the tower .