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The Jedi High Council (or Jedi Council) is a fictional institution from the Star Wars film series. The Jedi Council are the strongest members of the Jedi Order, and are elected to lead the Jedi.
History
The Jedi High Council was a group of twelve wise and powerful Jedi Masters elected to guide the Jedi Order, as well as serve as an advisory body for the Supreme Chancellor (a sage governance). The earliest known Jedi Council was around 3,965 years BBY[citation needed]. Conversations between Bastila Shan and Carth Onasi imply that there was a Jedi Council preceding the "Jedi Civil War era" council[citation needed].
The Council was made up of five lifetime members, four long-term members, and three limited-term members[citation needed]. This organizational structure had evolved from the earlier assemblies of Jedi Masters, and during the Great Hyperspace War, may have been nothing more than an "inner circle" within the assembly. The Council originally had no set meeting place, and met irregularly on planets such as Ossus, Alderaan, and Chandrila. With the relocation of the Order from Ossus to Coruscant, the Council was established on that world.
The Jedi Council alone chose promising Jedi to join them. No outside body attempted to appoint a member to the Council against its wishes, until the Revenge of the Sith, when Supreme Chancellor Palpatine appointed Anakin Skywalker to the Council.
Towards the end of the Clone Wars, the majority of the Jedi High Council (along with the other Jedi) were killed by Clone Troopers enacting Order 66 at the behest of the Supreme Chancellor who also killed Mace Windu (Star Wars Episode III). Members included Plo Koon, Kit Fisto, and Ki-Adi-Mundi. Shaak Ti survived the order, however died in the events of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. Shaak Ti later escaped the sarlacc pit and survived[citation needed]. (In the movie (Episode III), Shaak Ti died in a deleted scene, where she was murdered by General Grevious, however this is not considered canon). Obi-Wan Kenobi went into hiding on Tatooine only to be killed by Darth Vader nineteen years later. Four years after the Battle of Yavin (4 ABY), Yoda died in the Dagobah system at over 900 years old.
New Jedi Order
In novels set after the events of the film series, Luke Skywalker re-established the Jedi High Council as part of his New Jedi Order. The most notable difference between the format of the new council and the old is that only half of the council are made up of Jedi, while the other half consisted of politicians. Following the Yuuzhan Vong War, the Jedi withdrew their support from any one political entity and relocated to Ossus, where a full Jedi Council was re-established.
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