Raid on the New Jedi Temple A Galactic Alliance - sanctioned raid on the Jedi Temple took place in 43 . 5 ABY . Several Jedi Knights had begun to fall prey to a Force psychosis , and the Alliance wanted the Jedi Order to turn over its affected Knights to government custody . When the Jedi continually refused to comply , Galactic Alliance Chief of State Natasi Daala ordered a group of Mandalorian commandos to attack the Jedi Temple on the galactic capital of Coruscant in retaliation . The Mandalorians feinted an attack on the Temple ' s Main Hall , but the brunt of their raid was directed on the Temple hangars and food warehouses . Jedi Master Kyp Durron led the Jedi defenses in the Temple ' s food - preparation level , while Jedi Knights Jaina Solo and Tyria Sarkin Tainer defended against commandos in the StealthX hangar , defeating them even though Tainer was knocked unconscious during the fight . When another group of Mandalorian commandos broke into the hangar area , Jedi Knight Raynar Thul assisted the apprentice Bandy Geffer in defeating the assailants . Although the raid was considered a failure and the Jedi suffered no casualties , the Mandalorians overran the hangars and food warehouses and successfully crippled the Temple ' s communications and coordination , and the Galactic Alliance subsequently blockaded the Temple . Not long afterward , Daala issued a Mandalorian siege of the Jedi Temple to try to force the Order to hand over the psychotic captives . Prelude . In 43 . 5 ABY , several Jedi Knights on the galactic capital planet Coruscant began to contract a Force psychosis that caused them to believe that everyone they knew had been replaced by impostors . The Galactic Federation of Free Alliances attempted to apprehend the affected Jedi due to the danger that they presented to the public , and the government decided to encase the psychotic Knights in carbonite . The Jedi Order objected , however , as they wanted to study the afflicted Jedi and the psychosis themselves , in hopes of finding a cure for the illness . The disagreement led to various confrontations between the government and the Jedi Order , as the Jedi began to undermine the Galactic Alliance ' s efforts to seize the psychotic Knights . The Order captured several of the afflicted Jedi and ferried them to safety in the Hapes Cluster , and even made their situation appear more sympathetic to the public by showing how Galactic Alliance Security forces were treating some of the carbonite - encased Jedi as prizes . Meanwhile , the Jedi became aware of a Sith tribe active in the galaxy and decided to prepare a StealthX fighter team to assist exiled Jedi Luke and Ben Skywalker in dealing with the Sith . In that same year , Jedi Master Cilghal captured the psychotic Jedi Knight Sothais Saar after he developed the illness while meeting with Wynn Dorvan , aide to Alliance Chief of State Natasi Daala . Daala sent Coruscant Security Force officers to request that the Order turn the psychotic Knights in to Alliance custody . When the Jedi refused , she decided to issue a raid on the Jedi Temple , recruiting a group of Mandalorian warriors for the task . The raid . Following Saar ' s capture , Cilghal quickly returned with him to the Jedi Temple , where Jedi Knight Jaina Solo was tasked with taking Saar offworld to the Transitory Mists to keep him safe from the government ' s persecution . Fellow Jedi Knight Tyria Sarkin Tainer helped prepare a shuttle for Solo ' s use , but , as a live news feed played on a wall - mounted monitor , Tainer suddenly noticed that the feed had looped . Solo recognized the loop as a sign of a potential imminent attack and contacted the Temple ' s communications center , ordering the Jedi there to warn interim Grand Master Kenth Hamner . Jedi throughout the Temple scrambled to ready themselves for an attack , preparing to counter flanking maneuvers in order to ensure minimum damage . The exterior doors on the Temple ' s hangars were immediately locked down , and a Jedi apprentice , Bandy Geffer , approached Solo and Tainer from the main starfighter hangar . As Solo told Geffer to stay with them , Mandalorian commandos launched an attack on the Temple ' s Main Hall that was , unbeknown to the Jedi , a feint . Solo was soon informed of the assault via comlink , and she began organizing the defense of the hangar area ; she ordered Geffer to find a hardwired intercom away from any exterior wall . The Mandalorians then began to use charges on the door to the StealthX hangar , and , as Solo and Tainer moved to defend against the intruders , they found that their comlinks were being jammed . Meanwhile , another group of Mandalorians launched an assault on the food warehouses , where Jedi Master Kyp Durron led the defense at the food - preparation level . The door to the StealthX hangar was quickly demolished by explosives , and four holes were also blown in the walls around the door . Five Mandalorian commandos entered through the openings and attacked Solo and Tainer . The first Mandalorian fired a series of mini rocket s toward the Jedi , but Solo and Tainer leapt into the air , dodging the rockets . As the commando prepared to fire again , Solo used the Force to move debris from the damaged hangar wall into the path of the second round of rockets , causing them to explode near the Mandalorians and knock three of the attackers off their feet . Tainer ordered Geffer to report the intrusion through the intercom while she and Solo continued to fight the Mandalorians . Another round of mini rockets forced Tainer to jump aside , but Solo charged straight past the weapons and into the midst of the assailants . As one commando charged Solo with a vibrosword , another fired a net at her . Solo used the Force to wrap the net around the Mandalorian with the vibrosword and toss the commando out one of the holes in the hangar wall — the commando who had fired the net was still attached to the net via a cord and was dragged outside as well . Tainer attacked one of the remaining commandos with her lightsaber , but the Mandalorian blocked it with a crushgaunt — the Jedi weapon could not cut through the Mandalorians ' " beskar " armor . Solo charged two more of the Mandalorians , but one of them activated a rocket pack to carry herself away from Solo ' s attack , so the Jedi engaged the other commando in combat . Tainer , meanwhile , found a hole in her opponent ' s armor and drove her lightsaber in ; but the commando who had earlier fired his net at Solo returned and punched Tainer in the jaw , knocking her unconscious . Suddenly , a second group of five Mandalorians blasted their way into another position in the hangars , moving toward the turbolifts that led up into the Temple . Geffer moved out from his post to defend against them , using the Force to propel a nearby desk at the assailants , but they destroyed it with mini rockets . As Geffer activated his lightsaber and prepared to make a stand , Jedi Knight Raynar Thul arrived on the scene and challenged the Mandalorians . While Solo continued fighting the four remaining Mandalorians from the first group , Thul grabbed a durasteel panel and used it to block the mini rockets fired on him by the second group of commandos . Thul leapt over the panel as it was demolished by the rockets and landed behind the attacking Mandalorians , grabbing hold of the arm of one and firing her mini rockets at two of her companions . Thul sustained shrapnel damage from the detonation of the rockets , but all five of his assailants were knocked to the ground . Still , one wrapped a line around Thul ' s ankle , tripping him and catching the Jedi ' s left arm in his crushgaunt . The commando broke Thul ' s arm , but Geffer came to his aid , using the Force to boost his speed as he attacked the Mandalorian who was holding Thul , causing him to lose his grip on Thul ' s arm . As Geffer engaged the commando in combat , Thul quickly knocked out another one of their assailants . The woman whose mini rockets he had fired earlier charged him with a vibroblade , but Thul landed three straight kicks to her jaw , knocking her out . He then turned to the commando who was battling Geffer and used the Force to lift him up and slam him into the ground until he finally fell unconscious . With the commandos incapacitated , Thul ordered Geffer to make him a sling for his broken arm and joined Solo , who had defeated the first group of Mandalorians and was carrying Tainer with her . Recognizing that the hangars had been made indefensible by the holes the Mandalorians had blown into the walls , the Jedi retreated up to the next level and locked down the lifts . Aftermath . The Mandalorians were defeated , and Hamner reported that Solo ' s early warning had allowed the Jedi to counter the attack successfully . Despite the Jedi ' s efforts — as well as the fact that no Jedi had died during the attack — the Mandalorians had dealt heavy damage throughout the Temple . Due to the amount of explosives and jamming equipment they had carried with them , the commandos had created numerous indefensible passages throughout the Temple , crippling its coordination as well as its communications . The Mandalorians had also retrieved their fallen comrades , so the Jedi remained unsure of the number of casualties that their assailants had suffered . Furthermore , the Galactic Alliance subsequently set up a blockade around the Jedi Temple , preventing anyone and anything from entering or leaving , and placing artillery at all known entrances to the Temple . After the raid , as Solo conversed with Durron , he revealed that the StealthX hangar was being watched too closely for the starfighters to fly out ; the Galactic Alliance had turbolaser emplacements waiting to open fire on any attempted escape . Durron also revealed that the government was calling for the Jedi ' s surrender , and that the Alliance had ordered the arrest of all of the Jedi who had been recognized during the attack , including Hamner , Solo , Tainer , Thul , Saar , and Durron himself . Although the blockade was soon loosened , tensions between the government and the Jedi continued to increase . Footage captured during the Mandalorian raid showed the buildup of StealthXs , and Alliance Admiral Nek Bwua ' tu feared that they might be intended for a strike at the government . Soon after the raid , in 44 ABY , Jedi Knight Turi Altamik contracted the psychosis and was captured by the Jedi Order following a manhunt in full view of the media . When the Jedi refused to turn her or Saar over , Daala ordered a Mandalorian siege of the Temple . Behind the scenes . The raid on the Jedi Temple first appeared in Aaron Allston ' s " " , the fourth installment in the nine - part " " series . The event later received mention in the fifth , sixth and seventh novels in the series , titled " " , " " , and " " , respectively . In 2012 , the raid was mentioned in the guidebook " The Essential Reader ' s Companion " , which included an illustration of the attack by the artist Chris Scalf .