Post by Caitlin Windancer on Jun 11, 2011 20:11:17 GMT -5
The Lost City of the Jedi was a secret underground city on the moon, Yavin 4.
This settlement was built by the Jedi shortly after the Great Sith War, in order to help restore the moon's ecosystem following the defeat of Exar Kun.
Thousands of years ago, it was known that Yavin 4 was a cold and barren landscape until a group of Jedi Masters discovered that they could change the climate by creating a way to bring heat from the moon's core to the surface. This involved drilling deep shafts into Yavin 4 which were designed to release steam as well as heat into the atmosphere. This in turn led to the development of the Weather and Climate Command Center. Once established, the Center manipulated the moon's environmental conditions, which in turn, made the moon warmer and more tropical. Once this was done, the Jedi began seeding the continents thus allowing lush forests to grow on Yavin 4.
Upon the completion of this terraforming process, the Jedi began to make arrangements for an underground city which, in time, would become known as the Lost City of the Jedi. The settlement was created on the moon's fourth largest continent, and it was built deep underground, below the rainforest, in a huge underground cavern. Using deep shafts similar to the ones used to release the heat in the moon's core, they created tubular transports that allowed for travel between the underground city and Topworld—which was the name given to the surface. One method of entry was a round wall made of green marble which was located in the forest. Inside the underground cavern were numerous dome houses that housed Jedi Knights as well as various pieces of advanced equipment.
After its founding, droids took over the care-taking of the settlement. The facility consisted of travel tubes, computer cubes as well as droids of every possible design. This high degree of automation meant that the city was highly busy due to its droid occupants who were always modifying the computers, making new droids or repairing old ones and doing other maintenance duties such as working on the power generators, cleaning as well as maintaining the hundred domes that dominated the city. In time, the city became forgotten and was considered nothing but a legend in the centuries that followed its creation. Nonetheless, the city remained active and its droid occupants would, on occasion, journey to the surface of the moon and gather information which was used to update the history of the galaxy for the Lost City's Jedi Library.
Two of the most well known features of the Lost City were the Great Jedi Library and the Weather and Climate Command Center.
"This city is a sacred place, and no Imperial must ever set foot in it."
―DJ-88 to Luke Skywalker and Ken.
This settlement was built by the Jedi shortly after the Great Sith War, in order to help restore the moon's ecosystem following the defeat of Exar Kun.
Thousands of years ago, it was known that Yavin 4 was a cold and barren landscape until a group of Jedi Masters discovered that they could change the climate by creating a way to bring heat from the moon's core to the surface. This involved drilling deep shafts into Yavin 4 which were designed to release steam as well as heat into the atmosphere. This in turn led to the development of the Weather and Climate Command Center. Once established, the Center manipulated the moon's environmental conditions, which in turn, made the moon warmer and more tropical. Once this was done, the Jedi began seeding the continents thus allowing lush forests to grow on Yavin 4.
Upon the completion of this terraforming process, the Jedi began to make arrangements for an underground city which, in time, would become known as the Lost City of the Jedi. The settlement was created on the moon's fourth largest continent, and it was built deep underground, below the rainforest, in a huge underground cavern. Using deep shafts similar to the ones used to release the heat in the moon's core, they created tubular transports that allowed for travel between the underground city and Topworld—which was the name given to the surface. One method of entry was a round wall made of green marble which was located in the forest. Inside the underground cavern were numerous dome houses that housed Jedi Knights as well as various pieces of advanced equipment.
After its founding, droids took over the care-taking of the settlement. The facility consisted of travel tubes, computer cubes as well as droids of every possible design. This high degree of automation meant that the city was highly busy due to its droid occupants who were always modifying the computers, making new droids or repairing old ones and doing other maintenance duties such as working on the power generators, cleaning as well as maintaining the hundred domes that dominated the city. In time, the city became forgotten and was considered nothing but a legend in the centuries that followed its creation. Nonetheless, the city remained active and its droid occupants would, on occasion, journey to the surface of the moon and gather information which was used to update the history of the galaxy for the Lost City's Jedi Library.
Two of the most well known features of the Lost City were the Great Jedi Library and the Weather and Climate Command Center.
"This city is a sacred place, and no Imperial must ever set foot in it."
―DJ-88 to Luke Skywalker and Ken.
