The Forest Array was a research array used jointly by the Jedi Order and Galactic Republic located deep inside the Basalt Forest on the Outer Rim planet Koboh. It was here that mysterious Koboh matter and the Koboh Abyss were studied by the Jedi.
The Forest Array once served as a research array for Jedi and Galactic Republic scientists studying the mysterious Koboh matter and the Koboh Abyss during the High Republic Era. They were drawn to the area due to their fascination with the Basalt Forest. After the fall of Jedi Knight Dagan Gera to the dark side of the Force, Master Santari Khri placed her friend in a bacta tank in the rehabilitation wing of the Forest Array, where he stayed in stasis until discovered by Jedi Knight Cal Kestis in 9 BBY.
The Forest Array had a central rotational apparatus in which an orb amplifier was situated. The complex subterranean mechanisms which rotated the above ground ionic beam to dispel Koboh dust could be activated by use of the Force on an above-ground lever. In addition, there were four auxiliary telescopes around the array which served as generators of highly-excited energy currents that mimicked interstellar ionic storms.
By 9 BBY, the Forest Array was mostly in ruin, and was occupied by the Galactic Empire, who knew little about the site. The mechanisms had not been moved in decades, and indigenous fauna had moved in, including the dangerous mogu. Errant Koboh dust had filled many of the surfaces, making travel difficult, and accumulations of Koboh matter into nearly impenetrable Koboh barriers had formed over several walkways.
The Forest Array was first revealed in a review of the video game Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, published by IGN.
- The Art of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
- Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia