Council of Judgment (Jedi Renaissance)

The Council of Judgment was a five-member judicial body within the Jedi Order dating back to the New Sith Wars, at least informally. Based within the Jedi Temple on Coruscant's detention center, the Council met within the Chamber of Judgment where the five masters would preside over a party which was determined in need of judgment. An auxiliary body of the Councils of Reassignment and Reconciliation, membership on the Council was informal and made up of two masters from each of the aforementioned Councils and the Warden of the Order, the Barsen'thor. As the Warden was responsible for all those detained or imprisoned by the Order, the judgment was enforced by the Barsen'thor once a verdict was reached by the Council.

Historically the Council of Judgment served a largely symbolic function and was used only in cases where strict formality was sought. In many cases however, especially during the time of the New Sith Wars and the Separatist Crisis which led into the Clone Wars, the Council was not convened in favor of one of the four primary Councils reserving judgment. This was especially true of the latter instance during which time the High Council almost exclusively made decisions in regards to the punishment to be doled out to the Order's members who violated the Jedi Code during the Clone Wars. Despite this fact, the Council of Judgment was called late in the war by the High Council during the trial of Padawan Ahskoa Tano. Despite precedence the High Council did not wait for the Barsen'thor, Tomac Moorcé, to return to Coruscant to preside over the trial; instead Grand Master Yoda and Mace Windu took charge of the disciplinary Council in hopes of appeasing the Republic by expelling Tano despite the lack of evidence proving her guilt on several counts of treason and sedition. Carrying out the trial, Tano was expelled from the Order days before her master, Anakin Skywalker returned from an investigation proving her innocence. Realizing the Council had erred, Master Windu attempted to reconcile with Tano but was unable to regain her trust. Days after Tano's departure from Coruscant, Barsen'thor Moorcé returned to the Temple incensed over the High Council's actions. Lambasting the members of the High Council after interrupting one of their meetings, Moorcé declared them fools for branding one of their own a traitor without conducting a proper investigation.

Following the Order's victory over the Sith at the close of the war, the Council of Judgment was convened to assess all of the Order's members and review their records. As each member was called before the body, members of the Council evaluated their state of being and their Balance within the Force. If determined to be within Balance, the Council proceeded to assign duties to Jedi as the Order rebuilt its ancient fortress worlds of Ossus and Tython. If out of Balance, a Jedi was dispatched to the Tythonian moon of Bogan for reflection on their dark side tendencies or to Ashla for self-examination of their own center. Following these initial trials, the Council was reorganized to serve as the Order's primary disciplinary body. Relocating to the Chamber of Judgment within the Service Corps Tower on Ossus, the Council was composed of the Barsen'thor and four masters from the Security Corps. In this capacity, the Council largely oversaw the placement of individuals brought into Jedi custody by agents serving in the field. Either Forceful or non-sensitive, if a captive was deemed to fall under the jurisdiction of the Order the Council would try them and issue a verdict in their case.