Rotj With Jedi Temple

He didn't destroy it because he killed the Jedi. Whats the point now?

why would he leave the temple standing!!!??

to not get a total uproar?

Why would there be an uproar?

The Jedi, if you all remember, are "bad guys" that tried to take over. Everyone is backing the Empire.

Even if people are simply afraid of The Emperor, nobody would speak up about the Jedi Temple being demolished.

I'm stumped as to why it's still there. The Jedi are an "extinct" people, barely anybody believes in them and what they stand for - so why is the Jedi Temple still there in plain viewing on Coruscant?

We have to assume it was converted into Palpatines Palace or something. It doesn't make sense considerring the Jedi were eradicated and people don't know much about them in the OT. They are almost mythical, and The Force is considerred trickery and nonsense. How the hell did people miss the Jedi Archives and Temple smack dab in the centre of Coruscants capital? This must mean everything inside it was destroyed and the building now houses something completely different, and people simply don't know that it was once the Jedi Temple.

I bet Palpatine turned it into a sewage processing plant just to be extra arrogant.

Actually, I think it was the Imperial Throne Room that he used before he had the DS II. It makes sense.

Yeah, I was guessing that. I mean Lucas said the Jedi Temple was designed to resemble Palpatines spire on the Death Star II. Would make sense.

He obviously couldn't find anywhere big enough to put his Oversized Spinning Chair Throne Of Hate.

I don't think Palpatine ever hated the Jedi really, he just wanted the temple so he could put his chairs in there.

why? because not everyone is against the Jedi. It would furthermore encourage people to stand against him since he is erasing the memories of when things were good: before the dark times, before the empire
and why should he even bother with destroying it

i beleive the line was something like this

"this is how democracy dies. in thunderous appluase." Something like that. 99% of everybody was with Palps. Except those very few that rebelled.

99% of the senators, not the people they represented

why did they not put mon mothma in ep 3?

cause it would throw off the focus of anakin's fall

Originally posted by yerssot
why? because not everyone is against the Jedi. It would furthermore encourage people to stand against him since he is erasing the memories of when things were good: before the dark times, before the empire
and why should he even bother with destroying it

I never said everyone was against the Jedi. The small minority are obviously the same people who form the seeds of the Rebel Alliance.

Damn I wish more was put into this in Episode III. They spend two movies talking about trade routes and leave out the IMPORTANT politics.

nope, but that's how I see it: it's not cause the senators applauded that the people they represent agree with that.

I think they'll include it on the DVD 😉

When the Empire came to power, the Jedi Temple was scoured of its inhabitants; the Jedi were routed and exterminated by Darth Vader and his ruthless 501st legion of clone troopers. Once the Temple was pacified, Palpatine raided its vast archives, stealing away with a horde of precious Jedi lore which he stored in secret repositories on such worlds as Wayland and Byss. The Jedi Temple still stood during his regime, but it was an empty husk of its former glory and a stark reminder of the consequences of rebellion against the Empire.

Bit of EU in there, but its from the Official Site's databank.