Right of Denial The Right of Denial was a Jedi tradition that allowed members of the Jedi Order to protest against a decision made by the Jedi Council , the Order ' s governing body . During the Clone Wars , the right was invoked by the Jedi instructors of the Almas Academy , a Jedi academy that was located on the planet Almas , after the Council attempted to conscript them to fight in the conflict . Description . The Right of Denial was a tradition followed by the Jedi Order that , when invoked , allowed a Jedi to protest against an order from the Jedi Council , the Order ' s governing body . The right was rarely used , and , by the time of the waning years of the Galactic Republic , entreating the Right of Denial was considered to be almost treasonous . Jedi who invoked the right had to hand in their lightsabers to the Order , as possessing such a weapon while still protesting a Council decision was a criminal offense . Additionally , the individuals were stripped of their legal authority , leaving them as Jedi in name only . Calling upon the Right of Denial was not regarded as a denouncement of the Jedi Order ; rather , it was only an act of contempt against the Jedi Council and not the Jedi Code , the guiding principles of the Order . History . During the Clone Wars , a galactic conflict that was fought between the Republic and the Confederacy of Independent Systems , the Jedi Council sent Jedi Master Darrus Jeht to the Almas Academy , a Jedi teaching facility located on the planet Almas in the Cularin system , to call up some of the Academy ' s staff to fight in the war . Later in the conflict , the Council sent Jeht back to the Academy to conscript the school ' s remaining Jedi Knights and Jedi Masters . However , Lanius Qel - Bertuk — the Almas Academy ' s headmaster — and the rest of the Academy ' s staff , including the Jedi artisan Felanil Baaks , protested and invoked the Right of Denial , handing in their lightsabers to Jeht . Jeht went to the Academy ' s infirmary and spoke with the Academy ' s Mistress of Lightsabers , Devan For ' deschel , who was recovering from surgery on her arm , and he informed her of the other instructors ' invocation of the right . For ' deschel was surprised by their decision and began considering whether to invoke the Right of Denial herself . Jeht subsequently departed Almas , and Qel - Bertuk ' s lightsaber was sent to Coruscant , the world on which the Jedi Council was based , as a protest . The implementation of the Right of Denial left the Almas Jedi without a right of representation on Coruscant and meant that the Republic no longer considered the Almas Academy to be an active Jedi academy . As a result , Jeht placed the Cularin system under martial law , in accordance with the terms of the Emergency Powers Act . In circa 21 BBY , the Jedi Knight Bardan Jusik resigned from the Jedi Order as a protest against the Jedi Council ' s sanctioning of the use of clone troopers , Human soldiers who were bred on the planet Kamino , in the war against the Confederacy , because he believed that the Jedi were treating the clones as slaves . However , Jusik later told the Jedi Knight Jaina Solo that when he left the Order , he had not invoked the Right of Denial and had instead ceased to be a Jedi . Behind the scenes . The Right of Denial was created by August and Cynthia Hahn and featured in " Marching Orders " , a short story that was published on Wizards . com in 2005 as a supplement to the " Living Force " roleplaying campaign . The right was later mentioned in the 2008 novel " " . Participants of the " Living Force " campaign roleplay as player - created characters , and " Marching Orders " gives Jedi player - characters the choice of leaving Almas with Jeht , or exercising the Right of Denial and remaining in the Cularin system . Those who choose to utilize the right send their lightsabers to Coruscant and are eventually given replacement lightsabers by Felanil Baaks .