<P> In the Star Wars prequel trilogy saga, the Jedi Temple is located on the capital planet of Coruscant . As the chief administrative headquarters, the Temple served the Order in three capacities: a monastery and library for the Jedi seeking enlightenment and to reflect on the will of the Force; an academy and training center for Jedi younglings and Padawans who endeavored to join the ranks of the Jedi Knights; and government, in which the Masters of the Jedi High Council guided the Order's direction . It was originally built atop an old "dark - side nexus" shrine during the birth of the Republic, so as to be symbolic to the Coruscant people that the tyrannical rule of the Sith was over . </P> <P> In Revenge of the Sith, the Jedi Temple is attacked by clone troopers of the 501st Legion, led by the newly christened Darth Vader, who butchered the Jedi within and set the Temple alight . After the fall of the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic, the Temple became the Palace of the Emperor and a location for his dark side artifacts . It would serve as Sidious' residence for over two decades until his death at the Battle of Endor in 4 ABY . The Temple is visible in the celebrations on Coruscant at the end of Return of the Jedi . After the destruction of the Sith, Luke Skywalker--the last of the Jedi--recovered fragments of a Force - sensitive tree that was once located at the heart of the Jedi Temple . </P> <P> Architects' Journal rated the temple third on its top - ten architecture of Star Wars list behind the second Death Star and Jabba the Hutt's palace on Tatooine, and ahead of Coruscant, the capital city of the Old Republic . The temple is described in the article as adapting "the robust typology of Mayan temples, with durasteel cladding specified for the external stone walls for improved defensive strength" and said to be a ziggurat that "is built above a Force - nexus and has ample room for training facilities, accommodation and the Jedi Archive ." The temple has five towers, the tallest is Tranquility Spire, that are stylistically similar to the minarets surrounding the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul . Star Wars Insider listed it as the one hundredth greatest thing about Star Wars in its one hundredth issue special . </P> <P> Not every "Dark Side" - user is a Sith; nor is every "Light Side" - user a Jedi . Within the Star Wars Expanded Universe, people of all species have demonstrated varying "force - sensitive" powers and abilities . These "force - wielders" are often depicted with little to no formal Jedi training in the Force and originating from primitive planets . </P>

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