Editing New Jedi Order (section)

==='''Political tensions (43 ABY—)'''===

''"You're wrong! You have made your own Order vulnerable. The fate of the Jedi now rests with leaders who are weaker and less experienced than you. That decline will continue until the Order is locked in a hopeless struggle with its government and all but helpless. Then it will die again."''<br />'''―Koro Ziil'''

In the aftermath of the war, Natasi Daala rose to the position of Chief of State of the Alliance and fostered a widespread anti-Jedi sentiment. Tensions between the Jedi Order and Daala's government reached breaking point over the next two years until, in 43 ABY, Jedi Grand Master Luke Skywalker called all Jedi back to the Temple on Coruscant in response to a dispute between rogue Jedi Knight Seff Hellin and Daala's security forces. A short time later, Jedi Knight Valin Horn developed a mysterious psychosis which caused him to go on a violent rampage, though he was ultimately stopped by Skywalker. Daala soon had Skywalker arrested for dereliction of duty for failing to prevent Caedus' fall to the dark side and allowed him freedom only in exchange for having him exiled without means of interfering in the affairs of the Order. Skywalker's son, Ben Skywalker, joined him in his exile, and they embarked on a quest to discover the cause of Caedus' fall to the dark side.[54]<br />Following Skywalker's exile, Council member Kenth Hamner rose to the position of acting Grand Master, with his policies being more aimed at placating the power-hungry Daala than Skywalker's had been. Indeed, Hamner bowed to Chief Daala's demand that each Jedi be accompanied by a supervisor handpicked by her office while on active duty; though this order was ultimately overturned in the courts. While Hamner sought to appease Daala he also unofficially sanctioned Jaina Solo's creation of a covert Jedi group, known as Darkmeld, which actively worked to undermine Daala's efforts to take control of the Order.

Meanwhile, Horn was ordered to be encased in carbonite until a cure for the psychosis could be found, at which time he would face trial. Seff Hellin, suffering from the same illness, soon attempted to free Horn though he himself was apprehended by the members of Darkmeld who hoped to study his condition without the knowledge of Daala's government.[54] Jysella Horn later contracted the same illness and was captured by Galactic Alliance Security after escaping from the Jedi Temple and, like her brother, was frozen in carbonite. Natua Wan, a Falleen Jedi, succumbed to the mysterious illness at the Coruscant Livestock Exchange and Exhibition and after causing a panic by releasing all the animals, was stopped by Leia Organa Solo, Jaina Solo, and Radd Minker.

It was around this time that the Lost Tribe of Sith on Kesh felt Luke Skywalker in the Force after he came into contact with the Codex, and recognized him as the only one who could stop them on their quest to reinstate the Sith Empire. Upon learning of Skywalker from Ship, a Sith Meditation Sphere, they sent out an elite strike force to kill him.

After Jedi Knights Bazel Warv and Yaqeel Saav'etu came down with the psychosis, the Galactic Alliance once again attempted to get their hands on the mad Jedi. They failed when Master Cilghal refused to acknowledge a warrant that Daala obtained by manipulating the courts. While acting Grand Master Hamner was favorable to handing over the Jedi, the Council overruled him and decided to take their prisoners to Shedu Maad which was out of the galactic Alliance's reach. Jagged Fel and Jaina Solo then informed them that Daala had recruited Mandalorian Supercommandos to seize the Jedi and make it look like a group of freelancers trying to gain a bounty. The Mandalorians were defeated and the Jedi evacuated. During this time, a team of Jedi traveled with a large contingent of press to a secret Galactic Alliance Security blockhouse where the Horn siblings were being kept. There, they revealed the inequity of Daala's head judge of the Court of Jedi Affairs, Arabelle Lorteli, and also showed the disrespect with which the carbonite-encased Horn's were being treated by the Galactic Alliance. Shortly after, the Jedi managed to smuggle Saav'etu, Warv, Hellin, and Wan offworld to Shedu Maad.

Soon after, Luke Skywalker and his son were attacked by the Lost Tribe of the Sith's strike team at Sinkhole Station in the Maw. They defeated the Sith, allowing only one apprentice, Vestara Khai, to escape. During the battle Luke had put a blood trail on Khai so that they could track her, in hopes of following her back to her homeworld and finding the rest of the Sith.

After her humiliation, Daala retaliated by ordering a squad of Mandalorians to attack the Jedi Temple to stop the Jedi resistance. In the aftermath of the Mandalorians' defeat, several high-profile Jedi Masters and Knights had an arrest warrant issued in their names, such as Master Hamner. In 44 ABY, when a group of Jedi Masters led by Saba Sebatyne decided to take a more aggressive stance against Daala in opposition to Hamner's more lenient policy, the Council dismissed him. When Hamner opposed the launch of Stealth X starfighters to help the Skywalkers, which he viewed as treason against the Order and the Alliance, Sebatyne dueled and killed him, and despite reluctance from her guilt over having killed a fellow Master, Sebatyne accepted the position of Grand Master until Skywalker's return from exile.