The Great Jedi Purge (Order 66)

Micah Wagman
Jul 25, 2017 · 1 min read

The Year 19 BBY was a dark time for the Jedi order. It was the year the Jedi were nearly annihilated, similar to that of the first Jedi purge following the Jedi Civil war. The purge was planned by Chancellor Palpantine, who revealed himself to be the dark lord of the Sith Darth Sidious. After realizing that the supreme chancellor was the Sith Lord, Mace Windu and three other Jedi went to arrest him. Their plan did not work however, Sidious quickly dealt with three of the Jedi who were to arrest him, leaving Windu to face him alone. After Windu seemed to have beaten Sidious, Anakin told Windu that Sidious was the only one who had the power to save his wife. Windu ignoring Anakin’s request went for the killing blow, however with intent on parrying Windu’s strike Anakin ended up cutting Windu’s hand, which then led to Sidious’s electrocuting Windu and killing him. All going according to plan, Sidious executed Order 66 which turned all Clone troopers to kill their Jedi Knight Escorts resulting in the near extinction of the Jedi. Only few survived the Jedi Purge, including Obi-wan Kenobi, and Master Yoda.

Micah Wagman

I am avid fan of Star Wars, a listener of mainly EDM, and I also enjoy long-boarding, as seen from my picture.

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