Jedi temple (Tanalorr)

The Jedi temple on the planet Tanalorr was a temple operated by the Jedi Order, during the High Republic Era. The temple was supposed to be a bastion of the Order on the galactic frontier and was built in a place on the planet that was strong with the Force.

After Tanalorr was discovered by Jedi Master Santari Khri and Jedi Knight Dagan Gera on an uncharted trip through the Koboh Abyss, Gera petitioned to the Jedi High Council that he be allowed to train Jedi Initiates on Tanalorr at the Jedi Temple. This led to an analysis of the planet that had to be done in person by Oppo Rancisis, a member of the Jedi Council, because the nebula prevented communication through it. The Jedi intended to use the Temple to repel the threat of the enemies of peace who threatened the galactic frontier and the Galactic Republic, the marauders known as the Nihil.

The Temple and Tanalorr were later abandoned when the Nihil attacked Tanalorr during Rancisis' visit.

Centuries later, during the Imperial Era, the Jedi Knight Cal Kestis and the Nightsister Merrin dueled fallen Jedi Bode Akuna in the Jedi Temple and killed him. As a result of Kestis and Merrin's victory, the Temple would later be used by the Hidden Path, a secret network with the goal of protecting Force-sensitives from persecution by the Galactic Empire.

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