History
The Jedi High Council was a group of twelve wise and powerful Jedi Masters elected to guide the Jedi Order, as well as serve as an advisory body for the Supreme Chancellor (a sage governance). The earliest known Jedi Council was around 3,965 years BBY. Conversations between Bastila Shan and Carth Onasi imply that there was a Jedi Council preceding the "Jedi Civil War era" council.
The Council was made up of five lifetime members, four long-term members, and three limited-term members. This organizational structure had evolved from the earlier assemblies of Jedi Masters, and during the Great Hyperspace War, may have been nothing more than an "inner circle" within the assembly. The Council originally had no set meeting place, and met irregularly on planets such as Ossus, Alderaan, and Chandrila. With the relocation of the Order from Ossus to Coruscant, the Council was established on that world.
The Jedi Council alone chose promising Jedi to join them. No outside body attempted to appoint a member to the Council against its wishes, until Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, when Supreme Chancellor Palpatine appointed Anakin Skywalker to the Council.
Towards the end of the Clone Wars, the majority of the Jedi High Council (along with the other Jedi) were killed by Clone Troopers enacting Order 66 at the behest of the Supreme Chancellor who also killed Mace Windu (Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith). Members included Plo Koon, Kit Fisto, Agen Kolar, Saesee Tiin and Ki-Adi-Mundi. Shaak Ti survived the order, however died in the events of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. (In the movie Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith), Shaak Ti died in a deleted scene, where she was murdered by General Grievous, however this is not considered canon). Obi-Wan Kenobi went into hiding on Tatooine only to be killed by Darth Vader nineteen years later (Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope). Four years after the Battle of Yavin (4 ABY), Yoda died in the Dagobah system at 900 years old.
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