Temple district The Temple district , also known as the Temple Precinct or Temple Court , was a series of city blocks on Coruscant jointly overseen by the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic until 19 BBY when the Declaration of a New Order dissolved the Order and the district was seized by the Galactic Empire . Established circa 5000 BBY when the Republic donated the sacred spire to the Order for their participation in the Great Hyperspace War , the early Jedi set up small facilities which eventually expanded over the centuries and was later known as the Jedi Temple . Following the district ' s total ruin during the Yuuzhan Vong War , it was reconstructed under the Galactic Alliance and home to the Jedi Temple once more . History . Following the Great Hyperspace War , the Galactic Republic granted the Jedi Order use of the sacred spire , a holy site for the local Coruscanti located to the north of the Senate District , for the construction of a great bastion from which they could repel the threats that would plague the Republic . However , much to the disappointment of the Galactic Senate , the Order simply established a small meditation enclave , unlike to the great fortresses on Ossus or Falang Minor . Yet once a group of Four Masters pioneered the construction of a Jedi academy on the planet , the area became more developed and began to take the shape seen across the city - planet . The area around the mountain was part of the ancient city built on the crust . To bring the area up to the crust , the builders of the Temple sunk giant pylons deep into the planet to support the kilometers tall bloc that would serve as platform for the Temple . Giant heaps of trash would accumulate around the pylons over the centuries as the area was abandoned for use by the Order . Buildings were erected on the platform resting atop the pylons , becoming occupied by citizens of Galactic City . At long last , the expanding area reached the top level where the Temple was to rest . For kilometers , the city blocs did not rise beyond that of Sacred Spire , ensuring that the Temple could be seen from great distances . The top of the bloc that encompassed the main portion of the Sacred Spire was landscaped and came to be known as the Temple Court , dotted with bronzium statues of great Jedi Masters . In 3653 BBY , the Temple suffered its first great tragedy . The resurgent Sith Empire emerged from hyperspace and began the onslaught that would come to be known as the Sacking of Coruscant . Greatly damaged and left abandoned , the Senate deemed reconstruction too expensive for a war time budget , forcing the Order to relocate to its homeworld , Tython . Eventually , the district and Temple came to be reoccupied no later than 1000 BBY and the Ruusan Reformation . While the Jedi Temple had finished expanding , the district was largely undeveloped below its " surface " , or the highest level . Below the Temple Court and in neighboring city blocs , the Order built training facilities and hangar bays that serviced the Temple . Additionally , a mooring tower was built to accommodate larger ships arriving at the Temple . Sublevel hangars were built for personal transports as well as for the delivery craft that supplied the Order ' s members with food that could not be grown at the Temple . Water and electricity were pumped through the district to the Temple and its other facilities by the Republic and all future governments , while back - up generators could sustain the complex for several weeks . The district would continue to service the Order and the local Coruscanti that occupied the areas not used by the Order . During the Clone Wars which began in 22 BBY , the Temple district saw more activity as the Grand Army of the Republic made use of some of the sublevel hangars . Additional facilities were built to support the influx of military supplies moving in and out of the Temple , including several turbolifts and new hangars . When the Supreme Chancellor of the Republic was revealed to be the Sith Lord Darth Sidious , the Order ' s leaders attempted to arrest him , but failed in the attempt . In order to wipe out the Order , Sidious sent the 501st Legion , under the command of Sith apprentice Darth Vader , to the Temple . Suffering damage wrought by Low Altitude Assault Transport s , the district was completely locked down and sealed by order of the first Galactic Empire ' s leader , Galactic Emperor Palpatine . Government buildings were occupied by clones , while the museum district was bombed . Many of the residents and business owners fled the fighting on fight , never to return to their properties . Promoting Imperial propaganda implementing the Order in a treasonous plot to overthrow the Republic , Moff Marcellin Wessel compiled a in which the public would be " informed " of the ways in which the Jedi planned to take the reins of liberty . Within , Moff Wessel described the execution of Jedi Whie Malreaux , who had been in the process of manipulating the minds of the district ' s citizens . Lying abandoned throughout the Galactic Civil War , the district would eventually fall into utter disrepair during the occupation of Coruscant by the Yuuzhan Vong . Several years later following the Galactic Alliance ' s retaking of the capitol , Chief of State Cal Omas donated a new Temple to the reformed Jedi Order in thanks for their sacrifices during the Yuuzhan Vong War . Built by the Reconstruction Authority , the Temple and district were meticulously restored to their state before the Galactic Empire dismantled the Order . In an attempt to demonstrate the alliance between the Senate , Order , and the Yuuzhan Vong , the Authority created several public areas around the Temple bloc . On the Temple ' s west side , that which contained the main entrance and the broad Processional Way , the Authority erected Fellowship Plaza as a way of connecting the Temple and the Galactic Justice Center which loomed two blocs away . Several kilometers to the north of the Temple was the Senate Building and the newly erected Unity Green and Liberation Lake occupied the nearby blocs . Additional security was added to the Temple bloc ' s outer walls which allowed evacuation routes into the neighboring blocs as well as into the skylanes that separated the kilometers - tall structures . In 43 ABY , Knight Jysella Horn , who was overcome with an enigmatic madness inflicting Knights at random , darted across the district having escaped the Jedi Archives . Leaving her pursuers behind her , Horn ' s fellow Jedi Yaqeel Saav ' etu and Bazel Warv attempted to stop her before she hurt the pedestrians who milled about shops and courtyards in the district . Unable to detain Horn , the ill Jedi was ultimately arrested by Coruscant Security Forces and frozen in carbonite per instruction from Chief of State Natasi Daala . Shortly after , Jedi Saav ' etu and Warv were walking from Fellowship Plaza when they contracted the same illness and had to be detained by Jedi Jaina Solo in a speeder garage . Hoping to avoid further arrests by the government , Jedi Leia Organa Solo devised a plan to evacuate the infected Jedi aboard FloatVan s docked in lower level hangars and transport them to the Jedi facility in the Transitory Mists . With the help of Jedi Avinoam Arelis and Jaden Korr , Solo was successful in getting the infected Jedi away from Coruscant , despite the interference by Mandalorians stationed at the Krabbis Inn under Fellowship Plaza . With the Order not cooperating with the Alliance , Chief Daala ordered the district ' s water and electrical supply to be turned off until the time when they wished to submit to her authority . Layout . The Temple district was a Coruscant administrative district jointly controlled by the galactic government and the Jedi Order . While the residents within the district answered to the laws laid down by the government , the Jedi had sovereign control of the Jedi Temple . Made up of several city blocs , the district could be split up into two distinct parts : the city block upon which the Temple rested and all the other public , private , and residential spaces that surrounded it . A busy region of the city , the Precinct was home to hundreds of private residential blocks , an entertainment district , a museum and education district , and commercial districts with shops and restaurants catering to the wealthy bureaucrats that lived in the area . First seeing development circa 5000 BBY , the area on the slopes of and around the Sacred spire would grow steadily upward until each bloc ' s roof reached " surface level " , creating a great flat plain around the Temple . Largely remaining low to the tops of the buildings roofs , later construction was largely done below the upper surface , with the exception of the mooring towers built near and around the Temple complex .