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| - [Source] The Jedi beacon was a device housed within the Jedi Temple's central security station that served as a means of contact for all Jedi throughout the galaxy. Its typical purpose was to be programmed with a signal that could alert all Jedi to return home to Coruscant. In its simplest form, it consisted of a basic alert signal that was a steady pinging noise. There were also other components, which could send detailed text and holographic messages. During a youngling lesson at the Jedi temple, Caleb Dume wondered if it could also be programmed to warn Jedi away from Coruscant. Though some were shocked by this, Obi-Wan Kenobi agreed that there could be unexpected reasons why such a message would be necessary. As part of the attack on the Jedi Temple, Darth Vader activated the beacon to recall the Jedi to Coruscant. The idea behind this was to lure any Jedi who survived Order 66 to the Temple, unaware of the true circumstances, where they would be murdered by the troopers stationed there. Kenobi, however, altered the transmission to a holographic recording of himself to warn the Jedi away. At least one Jedi, Dume, received Kenobi's broadcast in hyperspace on the way back to Coruscant and was thus warned to not land on the planet.
- The Jedi Beacon was a state-of-the-art communications device used to connect all of the Jedi throughout the galaxy. The Jedi Council could program a mass signal broadcast, or a single message to one or multiple starships. It was housed at the base of the New Jedi Temple's Central Tower. In addition, each Jedi ship carried a small computer upgrade capable of using the beacon's encrypted channels to send messages to other Jedi in the field. Under constant guard, the Jedi Beacon was housed in the same facility that generated the power necessary to beam the transmissions into space. The facility, located at the base of the Central Tower, was a long room settled between the two amplification generators. It was dimly lit, mainly illuminated by the computers of the Jedi Beacon that glowed a holographic green. The Jedi Beacon operated on a series of heavily encrypted channels. The encryption was unique, using a holographic method of compiling data into a series of micro-glyphs. These glyphs were computer generated, and would be recycled across the network every 42 standard galactic days. The basic interpreter algorithms would compile any type of data, ranging from audio messages to datafeeds and holovids, into the series of hyper-fast, microscopic glyphs, which are then decompiled at the receiving end. Without the proper decoding device, the transmissions would appear to the naked eye as little more than static, and would often be misinterpreted by slicers as white noise parsed by the radiation created by stars. The archaeologist Kyle Senesca would be credited as helping to develop this sophisticated type of encryption. The Jedi Beacon was capable of reaching most of the known galaxy, by way of hidden relay nodes scattered throughout the galaxy. The destruction of a relay node would be fed back to the New Jedi Temple, so that the Jedi could rush to drop a new one in its place.
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