Taris Academy Council (Jedi Renaissance)

The Taris Academy Council was a satellite administrative body subservient to the Council of First Knowledge. A five member Council, these Jedi Masters were appointed to govern the Jedi Academy on the planet Taris, within the Taris system.

Organizations
The Taris Council was composed of seven members; the head instructors and the Academy Headmaster. Meeting polished, windowless chamber at the summit of the Academy's main tower, the Council met annually to discuss curriculum, teaching methods, and the training of Jedi Rangers. The members sat in a circle and consisted of the highest ranking member of their discipline within the Academy's staff, including the Master of Lightsabers, Master of Visions, Master of Wisdom, Master of Medicine, Master of Force Skills and the Master Ranger. The reasoning for their placement on the Council was to ensure that all of the Academy's disciplines were carefully reviewed by the Council during each session, and the Jedi they represented had a voice.

History
As one of the first Ranger Academies, the Taris facility was reconstructed to suit the needs of the Jedi who would come to live and operated within its walls. When the first Council convened, the governing body began sending Jedi out into the system to protect its interests and those of its inhabitants. As part of a new goal set by the High Council, the Academy's Headmaster served as the system's Watchman and personally advised the system's governments during times of peace and conflict. Overseeing the academy housed within the facility, the curriculum focused on crime control and urban warfare to better serve the residents of the ecumenopolis that was Taris.