File JC-N091FFC74 was a file claimed to be originated from the Jedi Temple Archives. Among its contents, it recorded a supposed conversation between Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, Ki-Adi-Mundi, and Mace Windu, in which the Jedi plot to make a deal with Confederacy of Independent Systems leader Count Dooku in order to seize control of the Galactic Republic from Chancellor Sheev Palpatine during in the Clone Wars.[1] In 19 BBY,[2] Bail Prestor Organa obtained this file, and doubted its veracity.[1]
Excerpt
| Attribution: File JC-G052F9B38[1] | |
| JEDI TEMPLE ARCHIVES
File JC-N091FFC74 (partial) MASTER KENOBI: If we continue this war, the Republic may not survive. The Supreme Chancellor means well, but his strategies have cost us victory time and again. MASTER YODA: What the Force shows us, he cannot see. The day we feared may have come. MASTER KI-ADI-MUNDI: We must not be hasty. Count Dooku was once one of us, and in his passion to cleanse the Republic of corruption, he became the Separatist enemy we now oppose. If we follow the same path he did— MASTER KENOBI: Count Dooku is not our enemy. The atrocities of General Grievous and the droid army are not his. My own master was trained by Dooku. I know he desires peace as much as we. MASTER WINDU: Then there truly is no choice. We must take control from the chancellor. We must command the clone armies ourselves as Master Sifo-Dyas intended. We must fortify the Republic and forge a treaty with Count Dooku that will allow both sides to disarm. We've trained our Knights for exactly this contingency. Even the youngest Padawan will obey. If we move quickly, with the clones in line, we can complete the operation in less than a day. MASTER KENOBI: When would we begin? MASTER YODA: Soon. It must be soon. | |
Behind the scenes
File JC-N091FFC74 appeared in the 2025 novel Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear, written by Alexander Freed as the first installment of the Star Wars: Reign of the Empire trilogy.[1]
Appearances
- Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear (and audiobook) (First appearance)
Notes and references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear
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Star Wars: Edge of the Abyss on Penguin Books' official United Kingdom website (backup link) establishes the events of Reign of the Empire: The Mask of Fear take place thirteen years before the events of Reign of the Empire: Edge of the Abyss. 
Rebecca Roanhorse (@rebeccaroanhorse) on Instagram (post): "Title and updated release date of my upcoming STAR WARS novel announced at SDCC. THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS takes place a year before Andor S1." (backup link) states that Edge of the Abyss takes place a year before the events of Andor Season 1, which are set in 5 BBY per the reasoning here. Therefore, the events of Edge of the Abyss must be set in 6 BBY, and the events of The Mask of Fear in 19 BBY.