Jedi Order (ASWS)

"For over a thousand generations the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times. Before the Empire."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

The Jedi Order was an ancient monastic peacekeeping organization unified by its belief and observance of the Force, specifically the Light Side of the Force. The Jedi were the guardians of peace and justice in the Galactic Republic and became the most famous of the various groups that relied on the Force for their power in their time. Led by a series of Jedi Councils, the order grew over the millenna despite facing many trials, most often threats from the Sith.

Foundation
The Jedi Order was founded during a schism within the Order of the Jedi Bendu of the Ophuchi. Ten thousand years following the conclusion of the Unification War, many things began to change within the Jedi Bendu when a corrupt bureaucrat named Contispex was elected Supreme Chancellor of the Galactic Republic. He had his own beliefs about the past and wished to shape the Jedi Bendu Order into the order that he desired it to be. The Jedi Bendu challenged the legality of many of his actions, and he vowed to end the threat to his rule as Chancellor. Through a great deal of manipulation of the Jedi Bendu Council of Masters, he was able to place Zoz Appenkee into the seat of High Master of the Jedi Bendu. High Master Appenkee also agree with Contispex's views, hence his appointment.

Appenkee spent years amending the Jedi Bendu prayers and the history of the formation of the order, offering what he claimed to be evidence from worlds such as Ossus. Therefore, the Jedi Bendu followed him, believing themselves to have been wrong for so long. However, two Jedi Bendu Masters on the Council of Masters disagreed with and objected each step of the way. These Jedi Bendu were Zios Malachor and Adena Qel-Droma. They were able to convince one hundred fellow Jedi Bendu of what was happening and they formed a non-violent resistance movement.

Shortly thereafter, the order was renamed the Jedi Order. The Jedi began to fight back against the resistance movement, attempting to expel the non-believers from their order. The Supreme Chancellor resulted to somewhat violent means, attempting to forcibly arrest the one hundred loyalists for treason. Qel-Droma attempted to make a stand against him and his men, though she came to realize that the insurrection was pointless and would achieve nothing. Shortly thereafter, Malachor and many other of the loyal Jedi Bendu disappeared. Qel-Droma was kidnapped by the Supreme Chancellor’s men and put into a cryogenic sleep and sent out into the Unknown Regions.