Holocron

**Holocrons** were information storage devices of the Sith and Jedi, varying in color and shape, although they were all polyhedral. They contained valuable information stored in holographic form, often with some sort of holographic artificial intelligence based off of the creator's. They could only be activated and powered through use of the Force.

## Description

Holocrons were polyhedral information storage devices that could generally be held in the palm of a humanoid hand, made from facets of crystalline material. Some's outer shells were transparent, allowing one to see their inner mechanisms, and most glowed if activated. While a holocron could be any shape, Jedi holocrons were usually cubes, dodecahedrons, or cuboctahedrons, and Sith holocrons were most noticeable by being pyramidal in shape, and in most occasions having a red glow.

Holocrons contained important knowledge from whomever their creator was—in the case of Jedi holocrons, specifically the holocrons kept in the Jedi Archives contained Jedi historical information, lightsaber combat techniques, as well as knowledge of Force powers. Sith holocrons contained information about Sith alchemy as well as information about the dark side of the Force.

All holocrons were outfitted with memory and sentient intelligence (SI) crystals: a highly-advanced piece of technology apparently gathered from the Tho Yor colony ships. The memory crystal contained all the information the holocron's creator wished to be kept, and the sentient intelligence crystal was imbued with their presence in the Force, which allowed the gatekeeper of the holocron to be almost identical to its creator, in terms of personality. These gatekeepers were unable to introduce new information beyond what was in the memory crystal.

## History

It was said that the first holocrons were used by early Jedi, created with the memory and sentient intelligence crystals found on the Tho Yor colony ships which brought Force-sensitives from around the galaxy to Tython. Many other holocrons came later on in history, including the large Codex of Tython, which was split into individual pieces, each with different information from different Jedi Masters in each piece.

At some point, when memory and SI crystals were able to be replicated, every Jedi was given their own holocron to put their teachings into for future generations, to be passed down through a lineage. While encouraged, this practice was not commonplace, and many Jedi never created their own holocrons. Chief Librarian Jocasta Nu, in her own holocron, believed that it was truly a tragedy that whatever unique knowledge and experiences these Jedi may have had was forever lost.

## Appearances

* "The Rite" (Mentioned only)
* *Secrets Revealed* Chapter I — *Trial and Sacrifice* (Mentioned only)
* *Secrets of Salekelahn*
* *Soul Searching* Ahsoka I — *Voices*
* *The Deep*
* *Burning Galaxies* I — *The First Signs of Storm* (Mentioned only)

## Sources

* *The Skywalker Saga Supplement*
* *Mysteries of the Force*

## Notes and references

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 *The Skywalker Saga Supplement*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Secrets of Salekelahn*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Secrets Revealed* Chapter I — *Trial and Sacrifice*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 *Mysteries of the Force*