The Specter of the Past
A Holocron is a repository of all the knowledge a Jedi has learned. But it is more than just a repository of knowledge... as a Jedi places knowledge in a Holocron, he also places part of his Self - part of his very being - inside it, to aid users and to dispense knowledge as needed. A Holocron will contain only one Jedi's knowledge, and so the subjects in them vary considerably. One may see extensive coverage of a subject in one Holocron, and no mention of it in another. Holocrons were once used as a teaching device, but are now extremely rare. Only one, now in the care of Luke Skywalker, is known to have survived the Great Jedi Purge.
...Jedi Mitth'raw'nurida
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