At first, Jedi Master Sora Bulq was organized as their loose leader, but he was later revealed to be working for the Confederacy of Independent Systems. After that event, many of the Jedi returned to Republic service eventually, but others remained apart, exercising the Right of Denial. The Jedi Council allowed them to remain unmolested as long as they did not serve the CIS or fall to the dark side of the Force, but required many to hand in their lightsabers.