Jedi Order VII (Jedi Renaissance)

The seventh iteration of the Jedi Order was organized in the wake of the defeat of the Sith at the Battle of Ruusan and initiated by the demands of the democratically-elected Supreme Chancellor Tarsus Valorum, the first non-Jedi Chancellor in four centuries. Calling for the demilitarization of the Order and the relinquishment of all Jedi-governed systems across the Republic, the Jedi Order reconvened a new High Council under the leadership of Fae Coven. Meeting in conclave with fellow Masters, Coven laid down new bylaws for the members of the Order, bringing them under the direct rule of the Council and banning adults and adolescents from entering the Order altogether. Focusing their doctrine on service and mediation, the High Council centralized completely on Coruscant, prohibiting Jedi from taking more than one student at a time and banning the opening of new academies without the express permission and oversight of the Council of First Knowledge. The Order remained small, yet strong, in the wake of the war; believing the Sith threat to be extinct, the Jedi began a purge of all Sith material and propaganda. Agents of the Order cleansed all public records of the Sith, rewriting histories and eliminating all memory of the ancient empires from the galactic consciousness in less than three generations. In short order, the Jedi were successful in rendering the Sith as stuff of myth and legend; even few within the Order spoke of the Sith, using their legacy to frighten younglings and encourage unification and compliance with the Jedi creed. Unbeknownst to the Order's members, the Sith had indeed survived the Battle of Ruusan and had evolved to the new reality of the galaxy; instead of vast hordes, the Sith legacy was continued by Darth Bane's Rule of Two. With a single Master to horde the ancient creed and a single apprentice to carry on the line, the Sith persisted in secret, two at a time, building upon a Grand Plan to restore their Order and wiped out the Jedi. This Grand Plan came to near fulfillment during the Clone Wars, a conflict orchestrated by the Sith Lord Darth Sidious and his apprentice Darth Tyranus. Forcing the Jedi Order to militarize once more, Sidious nearly destroyed the Republic and the Jedi from within, seducing the Jedi Knights far from their original path and polluting the Force to prevent the High Council from detecting the Sith threat right under their nose. Sidious was eventually slain in a vicious duel with Jedi Master Mace Windu, when he failed to correctly predict the shatterpoint of his protege Anakin Skywalker. With Sidious destroyed, the Sith were truly vanquished, though their near victory stirred the Jedi to action. Under the leadership of newly appointed Grand Master Tomac Moorcé, the High Council reorganized the Order to evoke a Balance philosophy in an attempt to end the schism between Jedi and Sith created seven millennia earlier. Reincorporating an understanding of the dark side into official Jedi doctrine, the High Council hoped to mend the divisions created long ago.