Dai Bendu

The Dai Bendu, also known as the Bendu, were a religious group that were the precursors of the Jedi Order.Unlimited Power The first holocrons were attributed to the Dai Bendu. The symbol of Galactic Republic that adorned the starfighters of the Jedi Knights dated back to the Bendu monks' study of numerology, in which the number nine—symbolized by eight spokes joined to one disk—signified the benevolentStar Wars: Complete Vehicles presence of the Force in a united galaxy. In the galactic standard calendar, the fifth and final day of the week "Benduday" was named for the Bendu monks of the planet Coruscant.
They constructed a monastery in what became Kijimi City on the planet Kijimi around 965 BBY.According to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary, the Dai Bendu Monastery was constructed on Kijimi a thousand years prior to the planet's destruction depicted in Star Wars: Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker. As events of The Rise of Skywalker took place a year after the Starkiller Incident, as established by The Visual Dictionary, and because Star Wars: Galactic Atlas states that the Incident occurred in 34 ABY, the monastery was constructed around the time of 965 BBY. The existence of the temple prompted the Brotherhood of the Beatific Countenance to make a pilgrimage to Kijimi, inhabiting the Quarter of the Beatific. It was believed locally that Skordu had originally been invented by the Dai Bendu monks back when the city was still a religious stronghold.Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition
After the fall of the Republic and its replacement by the Galactic Empire in 19 BBY,Star Wars: Galactic Atlas the self-appointed Emperor Palpatine personalized the ancient icon of the Bendu by removing two spokes, thus creating the Imperial crest.
==Behind the scenes==
The Dai Bendu were first mentioned in the new Star Wars canon in the twenty-fifth issue of the De Agostini magazine Star Wars: Build the Millennium Falcon, published around June 24, 2015. In Star Wars Legends, the Dai Bendu are known as the Order of Dai Bendu and they were one of the predecessor organizations to the Je'daii Order alongside the Followers of Palawa and the Chatos Academy.Dawn of the Jedi: Force Storm 1
==Appearances==
*Star Wars Outlaws 
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*Poe Dameron: Free Fall 
*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition 
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*Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary
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*Star Wars Encyclopedia: The Comprehensive Guide to the Star Wars Galaxy
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==Notes and references==
Category:Force-based organizations