Editing Jedi Order (section)

===='''Last stand of the Jedi Order '''====

''In the name of the Galactic Senate of the Republic, you're under arrest, Chancellor.''<br />
''Are you threatening me, Master Jedi?''<br />
―Mace Windu and Palpatine

After the Battle of Coruscant, the Jedi learned from Anakin Skywalker that Palpatine was in fact Darth Sidious, the Dark Lord of the Sith, and had been responsible for the war to begin with. Mace Windu led a group of Jedi Masters to arrest Sidious, but Sidious managed to kill all four with the help of Anakin Skywalker, who fell to the dark side and became Darth Vader. This was later propagandized by Palpatine as an attempted coup by the Jedi and provided the reason for the start of the Great Jedi Purge in which most of the Jedi were killed.

Just after Order 66 was issued, telling all clones to kill their Jedi commanders, Darth Vader went to the Jedi Temple to kill the remaining Jedi situated there. Accompanied by the 501st Legion, Vader killed all of the Jedi, including the younglings, and changed the signal given off by the Temple's emergency beacon to tell Jedi to return to the Temple. Then, Sidious sent Vader to Mustafar to wipe out the last of the separatist leaders, then ordered him to send a deactivation signal to shut down the droid forces, ending the war. Order 66 claimed the lives of most of the remaining Jedi, including Council members Stass Allie, who was killed on Saleucami, Plo Koon, who was shot down over Cato Neimoidia, and Ki-Adi-Mundi, who died on Mygeeto. Aayla Secura and Barriss Offee were killed on Felucia, while Jedi Master Luminara Unduli was gunned down on Kashyyyk. The Clone Wars was over, and the Great Jedi Purge would soon reach its peak.

Jedi Masters Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi, two of the most notable survivors of Order 66, then embarked on a desperate attempt to destroy the Sith and save the Jedi Order. Obi-Wan went to fight Anakin while Yoda went after Darth Sidious. Anakin was defeated, losing much of his power after suffering grievous injuries, necessitating the majority of Anakin's body being kept in a mobile life support system to keep him alive. The battle between Yoda and Sidious moved into the Senate Rotunda; however, it ended in a stalemate: Yoda was forced to flee, as clone troopers were on the way. Palpatine declared himself Emperor of the Galactic Empire, and the Sith had risen to galactic dominance again.