Canonical:
Embora eu não saiba de nenhuma evidência de que os templos estejam intencionalmente localizados em pontos que são mais strongs na Força, é claro que a localização de um templo pode ter enormes consequências. O Templo Jedi em Coruscant foi construído no topo de um antigo santuário Sith, e este fato desempenhou um papel na queda da Ordem Jedi. Depois que Palpatine destruiu os Jedi e se tornou Imperador, ele transformou o templo de Coruscant em seu palácio real, e usou o santuário Sith como seu "covil":
The two of them [Sidious and his droid, 11-4D] were in Sidious’s lair, a small rock-walled enclosure beneath the deepest of the Palace’s several sublevels that had once been an ancient Sith shrine. That the Jedi had raised their Temple over the shrine had for a thousand years been one of the most closely guarded secrets of those Sith Lords who had perpetuated and implemented the revenge strategy of the Jedi Order’s founders. Even the most powerful of Dark Side Adepts believed that shrines of the sort existed only on Sith worlds remote from Coruscant, and even the most powerful of the Jedi believed that the power inherent in the shrine had been neutralized and successfully capped. In truth, that power had seeped upward and outward since its entombment, infiltrating the hallways and rooms above, and weakening the Jedi Order much as the Sith Masters themselves had secretly infiltrated the corridors of political power and toppled the Republic.
Save for Sidious, no sentient being in close to five thousand years had set foot in the shrine. The room’s excavation and restoration had been carried out by machines under the supervision of 11-4D. Even Vader was unaware of the shrine’s existence. But it was here that they would one day work together the way Sidious and Plagueis had to coax from the dark side its final secrets. ...Success would grant them the power to harness the full powers of the dark side, and allow them to rule for ten thousand years.
- Star Wars: Tarkin
O autor de Tarkin , James Luceno, continua:
Nota: De acordo com Wookieepedia (referenciando Unilateral Clone Wars Panel Liveblog ", um conceito mais vagamente descrito, mas similar, foi concebido por George Lucas e pelo criador de Clone Wars Dave Filoni para o programa de televisão Clone Wars. , mas a série foi cancelada antes de poder ser apresentada:The Jedi tried to cap the power of this shrine, but there's leakage. It’s not just Sidious; it's the power of history, it's the residue of what's left of the dark side there.
- James Luceno
The idea of the Jedi Temple being built atop ancient temples would have been explored in the television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, but the show was cancelled before such episodes could have been produced or released. Series director Dave Filoni and creator George Lucas decided that the Jedi Temple had been built over ruins from ancient worshippers of the Force, possibly including the Sith.
E no romance canônico Guerra nas Estrelas - Viagem ao Despertar da Força: A Arma de um Jedi , Luke encontra um Templo Jedi arruinado em Devaron, em um local onde a Força é bastante strong:
“This place is strong with the Force,” Ben Kenobi said in Luke’s head. “It was the will of the Force that guided you to this place. Here you will learn to open yourself to the Force, guiding its possibilities and obeying its commands. And passing its tests. May the Force be with you, Luke.”
“Ben!” Luke called, but the voice of his old teacher was silent.
Luke sat down on the rim of the fountain, in one of the long shadows the statues cast across the glen. He could feel the power around him — power and a sense of peace. This was the place the Force had shown him, and where it had brought him.
Não canônico:
Da seção "Nos bastidores" da página de Wookieepedia para "Santuário Sith" :
The concept of the Jedi Temple being built over a wellspring of dark side energy was previously introduced in the continuity of Star Wars Legends.
Esta frase está ligada, através de uma citação, à página Wookieepedia do romance Legends The New Jedi Order: Traidor :
"The dark side?"
"It's... it's too strong for me here. I warned you. I warned you what could happen..." She raised her hand once more, reaching for his leg; he took a hasty step back to avoid her touch, and she let her arm fall limp to the floor.
"You see..." she whispered, "...but you do not see. Jacen... why would the Jedi Council... build its Temple upon... a nexus of the dark side?"
- Star Wars: The New Jedi Order: Traitor
A idéia de que o Templo Jedi em Coruscant estava situado em um nexus da Força aparentemente é common em Legends (não canônicos) material , mas não estou ciente de nenhuma aparição do conceito além do Tarkin . Na moda típica de Wookie, a página "Force Nexus" afirma que a ideia de força nexus aparece em cada um dos filmes da trilogia, bem como O Império Contra-Ataca 1 , mas não diz onde ou de que forma a ideia aparece, e a página inteira contém apenas uma citação direta em linha - para o livro não-canônico A Nova Ordem Jedi: Linhas Inimigas II: Stand Rebelde .
1 É quase certo que a "aparência" do ESB seja a "caverna do lado escuro" em Dagobah