"I am the information and speech engine of Kaleth. I control data storage, system logs and historical archives. I appear to be dying of extreme mechanical damage."


The Gatekeeper was a holographic user interface of the Chamber of Speech in the ruins of the temple-city of Kaleth on the planet Tython

Tython Planet

. An ancient relic of the Je'daii Order - the predecessors of the Jedi

Jedi Order Organization Galaxy-Wide Organizations

- the chamber stored knowledge and information about the planet's past and the Je'daii's history. After the planet was abandoned following the Force Wars

Force Wars (25793-25783BBY) Event Pre-Republic Era (before 25000BBY)

, the chamber fell into disuse, and the Gatekeeper shut down for over twenty thousand years.
The Chamber and the Gatekeeper were reactivated, however, around 3643 BBY by two

Tython Jedi Duo (Jedi Order) Organization Temporary Unions

Jedi Padawans

Jedi Padawan (Jedi Order) Organization Jedi Order

who had been sent

The Chamber of Speech Event Cold War (3653BBY - 3642BBY)

by Jedi Knight

Jedi Knight (Jedi Order) Organization Jedi Order

Do Zonn

Do Zonn (Zabrak) Character Minor Characters (TOR)

to investigate the ruins. Analyzing its systems, the Gatekeeper realized that the Chamber was undergoing a cascade failure and could not be repaired, so it offered to fulfill its duty and give the one who had awoken it any knowledge that the Gatekeeper could recover. Offered a choice between the story of Avamarivash

Avamarivash Character Minor Characters (TOR)

the Warrior-Poet and Maravada

Maravada Character Minor Characters (TOR)

the Silent, two leaders of the ancient Je'daii, the Padawans chose to save the history of the philosopher Maravada over the womanizing warrior Avamarivash. Transferring the data to a data crystal, the Gatekeeper said goodbye to the young Jedi just before its systems failed completely.