This Old Temple: New Jedi Order Reset Chapter 19, a star wars fanfic

THIS OLD TEMPLE: NEW JEDI ORDER RESET

by ardavenport

- - - Part 19

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"Recording. Recording.

"C-3PO speaking.

"Well, there is certainly a lot of celebrating going on. Apparently the Reconciliation Tribunal delivered a very favorable ruling for the Jedi and Master Luke. The Senate will continue to support us, at least for a time. And after that, I'm told that Master Luke is quite well situated to continue here.

"I do hope that is the case. With all the uproar that's happened around here recently I think that we could all do quite well with a bit of stability for a change. I might just be getting used to this place. The new plasma generators are online, so we're very well supplied with power. They've finally gotten rid of all the old damaged communications modes and put in some very nice computers and databanks, so things are running very smoothly now. Not that 7X-T0 and 7X-T1 were a problem at all, but they were often quite overwhelmed.

"Even the Archives are looking better. The new databanks are impressive; I quite approve. They still have quite a workload; Professor Bren wants to initiate some data retrieval missions. That sounds very interesting, but really they have such an enormous workload in the Archive, I wonder why they want to bring in more."

"3PO?"

"Oh! Master Luke. How may I help you?"

"Could you get the specs about these places for me?"

"Certainly, Master Luke. . . . . . . Turias Tem, Ossus, Dantooine, Migant, Yavin, Torimita. Um, these are whole planets and moons; there is a great deal of information about all of them. What do you need the information referenced to, so that I might narrow it down a bit?"

"Settlement. Can you have that for me by the end of the day? I'm going to another meeting right now."

"Uh, certainly, Master Luke."

"Thanks, 3PO"

". . . . . . Oh dear."

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BREN: "Professor Methian Albenes Bren; oh-one-eight dash six-four, post-Empire, Coruscant. The Jedi Temple . . . . . .

"Archives . . . . . .

"Also present are, Luke Skywalker, Ferus Olin, Ayzhur Ahmus, all acting members of the Jedi Council . . . . . .

"We're here to review the disposition of all the Jedi and Sith artifacts in the possession of the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Specifically, to decide on which ones we're going to lock up and which we're get rid of. And I never, ever thought I'd be a willing part with any irreplaceable artifacts, but after that little stunt those Initiates pulled. . . . I guess this isn't such a bad idea . . . . . .

"Let's do the easy stuff first. . . . . we're got lists here of all the non-Jedi artifacts that Timbo and Kahchek have tracked the origins for. For most of them there aren't any original owners, but we've identified the most likely archives and museums that would take them. A lot of people certainly gave the Jedi a lot of stuff. Looks like it piled up. I might point out that your friend, Han Solo, mentioned that he knows a few people who could get pretty good prices for some of this stuff."

SKYWALKER: "We're not selling anything."

BREN: "I know. I just thought I'd mention that. Seeing how looks like Solo's going to be your brother-in-law. Heh-heh. Anyway, we may be doing fine now, but after the New Republic's support ends, we're going to seriously have to think about how we're going to provision ourselves. Speaking as someone who had to hide out from the Empire for more than a few years, it always pays to think ahead about where your next meal is coming from."

OLIN: "You're not the only one who had to hide out from the Empire."

AHMUS: "One can get along with quite a bit less than you think."

BREN: "Oh, if living in the lower levels eating garbage is part of our back-up plan, I need to leave this outfit right now."

SKYWALKER: "That's not what he meant. Bren."

BREN: "Right. Keep this thing moving. . . . . Timbo and Kahchek recommend that we return them or donate them to the institutions they've identified. They'll keep working on the stuff we haven't identified yet. And Lando Calrissian thinks that a good presentation for some of the more important things we're giving away will do a lot for our 'image' in the galaxy after 20-years of Palpatine's poison holos about Jedi."

SKYWALKER: "We're keeping as little as possible. None of that stuff matters."

BREN: "All right, that's one 'aye' vote. I think it's a good idea too. Ferus? Ayzhur?"

OLIN: "Aye."

AHMUS: "Aye. But isn't this a little meaningless? Luke's vote is the only one that really matters."

SKYWALKER: "I'm not doing this alone, Ayzhur."

AHMUS: "Oh. . . . . . . . . that's . . . very sensible. I had not considered that. I apologize."

BREN: "Well. . . . .That's a first. I'm glad we're recording this. Back to business. . . . .Lando thinks that we should have someone official to present some of the more high profile items. Any takers. . . .?"

AHMUS: "I'm available."

BREN / SKYWALKER / OLIN: "No!"

OLIN: "I'll do it."

BREN: "Sorry, Ayzhur, but you're not always holo-ready."

AHMUS: "I am at peace with that."

BREN: "Yeah, right. Next. . . . . the lightsabers. We've got enough lightsabers to provision this Order for a long, long time. Plus we've been able to salvage enough crystals and parts, even from what the clones destroyed, to make quite a few more. They're not any harder to secure than any other weapons, and we've got IDs for all of them. We've been using them for training; some people have picked out their favorites, but - - -"

OLIN: "Jedi make their own lightsabers."

BREN: "We haven't gotten to that lesson yet."

SKYWALKER: "It's about time we got to it. Gather all the salvage parts and crystals. And all the sabers we've been using for practice - take them apart and put them in salvage piles. We'll make new practice sabers for the Initiates. The Padawans will find new crystals and make their own."

AHMUS: "I could help with that."

BREN: "What? You won't even touch a lightsaber."

AHMUS: "I think I could manage it. To take them apart."

OLIN: "Moving past your aversion?"

AHMUS: "I suppose it's about time."

BREN: "Well, I want to be there when you take apart Horn's daddy's lightsaber, since he's so overload about how Luke's father wasn't the only Jedi spawning when he wasn't supposed to be. Ha!"

SKYWALKER: "Bren."

BREN: "All right. I'll put a damper on the gloating. But even you think it'll be good for him."

SKYWALKER: ". . . . .Yeah."

BREN: "Next. . . . . the artifacts. This is a list of all the things that are specifically important to Jedi or Sith history. There's nobody else who's got a better claim on these things than we do. There's nothing significant about them as far as the Force goes. I think they're only here because nobody got around to throwing them out. And Palpatine saved everything. Sith were pretty acquisitive."

SKYWALKER: "We don't need them."

BREN: "Weeeeeellll, there is one thing. Kahchek hates to just throw things out. He's a curator. He preserves things. That's what he does. And he's got this idea that he's run past Lando. And he likes it."

SKYWALKER: "What?"

BREN: "Kahchek is thinking that. . . . .it might be a good idea. . . . . to let the public. . . .tour the Temple. Like they do with the Senate Complex. And that there's more than enough of this stuff to make some pretty good exhibits. And open the Archive."

OLIN: ". . . . . Tours? Like the Senate? The Jedi Temple?"

BREN: "Well. Yes. There's plenty of room for it. It's not like we're taking up all the room in this place. Especially if we're thinking of moving our advanced training somewhere else. And it could make the Temple self-sustaining. We're already a historic landmark and a public service like that would get us government support. Separate from any Jedi guardianship agreements with the Republic. If we're going to do that. The Temple here would have to be incorporated only as an affiliated educational entity to the Order. They'd be completely separate."

OLIN: "You've done a lot of research on this."

BREN: "No! Kahchek sprang this on me yesterday. With Lando. And Natra is already planning public tours of the gardens."

SKYWALKER: "We'll talk about this at another meeting. With Kalchek. And Lando."

BREN: "Fine with me. I'll talk to them and get back with you about a time."

AHMUS: "I think it's a wonderful idea."

BREN: "Please don't tell me . . . . .never mind.

"Next. The last item. And the most important. . . . . The holocrons."

AHMUS: "Is that why we're meeting in a sealed vault in the Archive?"

BREN: "Yes, Ayzhur. You know perfectly well that's what we're really here for. These damn holocrons."

SKYWALKER: "Is that the first one?"

BREN: "Yep. First up. . . . . . This pointy little guy took one look at me, turned his back and disappeared. Ferus at least got a polite 'hello' before it shut down. Here it is. Give it a shot. Master."

HOLOCRON-FWETMOR-SUM: "Greetings, Master Skywalker. The Force is strong with you. I would ask what you seek, but . . . . that can wait for a more private audience."

BREN: "Snotty little twit."

SKYWALKER: "I'm only seeking one thing. And I think you can answer. Why should I not destroy you? Destroy your holocron?"

BREN: "What?"

OLIN: "Luke?"

SKYWALKER: "Why should I not destroy your holocron?"

HOLOCRON-FWETMOR-SUM: "Why should you?"

SKYWALKER: "The Jedi Order was almost destroyed by the Sith. There aren't enough of us to keep your knowledge safe. There may not be for a long time. And we've already had some Initiates try to steal it."

HOLOCRON-FWETMOR-SUM: "Then. . . . . I should be destroyed. If you have wisdom enough to ask, then you know all you need. I know of the Sith. The Sith tried to access me. And. . . . any holocron touched by the Sith can not be trusted."

BREN: "Palpatine could booby-trap holocrons?"

OLIN: "I didn't think that was possible."

AHMUS: "The Sith did a lot of things that the Jedi didn't think were possible."

SKYWALKER: "We don't want to destroy you. Unless it's necessary."

HOLOCRON-FWETMOR-SUM: "You asked. You will."

BREN: "We can still download the basic data in this thing. It's pretty minimal, just names and dates and facts, nothing really connected to the Force. But it's something. If this thing releases it, that is."

HOLOCRON-FWETMOR-SUM: "I will. If Master Skywalker requests it."

SKYWALKER: "We'll do that later. All the holocrons will be destroyed together. The Jedi and the Sith ones."

HOLOCRON-FWETMOR-SUM: "Then. . . . . we will all be the same. Farewell."

BREN: "Destroying the holocrons. . . . Luke that's a bit extreme, don't you think?"

OLIN: "Do we want to lose this knowledge? Permanently?"

SKYWALKER: "It won't be lost. We know everything we need to know. And there are . . . . others we can ask."

BREN: ". . . . . . . . . . . . WHAT!!!"

AHMUS: "Bren, really. Calm yourself. It's only Master Yoda."

BREN: ". . . . . . . . . . . . ONLY MASTER YODA??!! Well, I suppose that dead Jedi Masters talk to you all the time! You're CRAZY! But it's not something I'm used to!"

OLIN: "I guess the Force is stronger with you than you thought, Bren."

SKYWALKER: "Bren, sit down. Please."

BREN: "All right. . . . . . . this just takes some getting used to. . . . . . just - - AAAAHHH!! There's more of them!"

OLIN: "Bren. . . . ."

BREN: "Oh, you two think this is funny, eh? You talk with these guys all the time."

AHMUS: "They don't talk to me."

BREN: "Yeah, but you don't care."

AHMUS: "That is true."

SKYWALKER: "Bren. . . . .please."

BREN: "All right. All right. Breathe. Nice and slow. Jedi calm. And all that."

SKYWALKER: "Bren, I want you to set up the data download for the holocrons. We're going to ask each one why we shouldn't destroy them, and if they can't give us a good reason we're going to destroy them."

BREN: "And then we're going to rely on dead Jedi for our collective memory."

AHMUS: "It is a unique solution. No initiate or Sith will be able to touch this archive. And Master Yoda at least has accessed all of these holocrons. When he was alive. He was the only Jedi Master to ever do it. Very neat."

BREN: "Luke did anybody ever tell you that asking a Jedi Master, dead or alive, is about the worst way to get a straight answer to anything?"

AHMUS: "Oh, and the holocrons are so much better?"

BREN: "Yeah. . . . . . well, you've got a point there. But there's thousands of these things. I don't know how long this is going to take us."

SKYWALKER: "It will take as long as it has to. We've already prioritized the ones that might be dangerous. We'll do those first. We can do the others later. But we'll do them all. And we're going to ask the same question of Sith holocrons, too."

BREN / AHMUS: "What?"

OLIN: "Luke, it's not safe to touch a Sith holocron. They. . . . .have their own motives. They only exist to lure people to the dark side. And they won't give up their data, anyway."

SKYWALKER: "I think they will."

BREN: ". . . . . . . . . . . . . .AAAHHHH!!!! I didn't need to see him, too!"

AHMUS: "Darth Vader could do it."

SKYWALKER: "He's not Darth Vader, Ayzhur. He's Anakin Skywalker."

AHMUS: "He knows as much as the Emperor did about the Sith holocrons. He's not just Anakin Skywalker. How strange that our spirits of wisdom embody both the light and the dark side."

BREN: ". . . . .All right! We'll do the Sith ones, too. But you can do the downloads for those; I don't want to go anywhere near them."

AHMUS: "It would be better for you if you joined us. We must all face our darkness."

BREN: "Yeah, that's easy for you to say. You're too crazy for the dark side. Oooooooh, look at all those holocrons. I need a break. A little time. A little quiet Jedi meditation to myself. Just to get used to this New Order."

SKYWALKER: "Sure, we can recess for now."

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