Editing Jedi Order (section)

==='''Great Jedi Purge'''===

''The remaining Jedi will be hunted down and defeated. Any collaborators will suffer the same fate.''―Palpatine

Despite the fact that many of the most senior Jedi had been killed, many Jedi survived Order 66. Sidious, now the Emperor of the Galactic Empire, used Darth Vader and other agents of the Empire to hunt down and kill the remaining Jedi. Some decided to fight the Empire, such as Roan Shryne and those at the Conclave on Kessel. Some hid, like Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda. Many Jedi fell to Vader, Inquisitors, Emperor's Hands, and even bounty hunters.

A group of Jedi, led by Shadday Potkin, decided to try and lure Darth Vader to the spice mines of Kessel, where they planned to kill him. Potkin had learned of Vader's strange obsession with Obi-Wan Kenobi, and had spread rumors that Obi-Wan would be present. Vader, with the help of some stormtroopers, killed all the Jedi present, the last of which to die being Tsui Choi, Jastus Farr, and Roblio Darté.

Palpatine used the rumors of what had occurred at Kessel to cement the image of Vader as a symbol of the Empire to fear, and a further warning to all who stood in his way. The official report by Sate Pestage stated that some of the Jedi had killed each other in a power struggle and the others were executed for numerous crimes. 

The Jedi on Kessel were not the only ones to group together—a band of Jedi, led by Roan Shryne and Olee Starstone, arrived on Kashyyyk, and had been offered safe harbor from the Empire by the native Wookiees. Imperial forces, led by Darth Vader and Wilhuff Tarkin, arrived on the Mid Rim planet shortly thereafter—Vader was interested in hunting down and destroying the fugitive Jedi, while Tarkin was interested in enslaving the Wookiees for use in the construction of the first Death Star.

When the Imperials demanded that the Wookiees hand over the fugitive Jedi, the Wookiees refused, preferring to do battle with the vast Imperial presence on Kashyyyk. As more Imperial forces landed, the Wookiee warriors and the Jedi covered the evacuation of Kachirho, as countless Wookiees fled the Imperial troops, fleeing from enslavement. Sometime after the battle had begun, Darth Vader arrived at Kachirho, intending to hunt down the Jedi himself.

Vader found and engaged the Jedi, killing two and injuring a further three. Vader then engaged Roan Shryne in a duel, managing to fatally wound the Human male Jedi. As Shryne passed away, Victory-class Star Destroyers began to descend into the atmosphere, finishing the conquest of Kashyyyk. As a result, the Empire gained control of Kashyyyk, and gained thousands of Wookiee slaves for use on the Death Star.

In 18 BBY, Queen Apailana of Naboo felt that military action, as opposed to Naboo's traditional diplomatic action, was the only way to deal with the Empire. Apailana began harboring fugitive Jedi that were on the run from the Empire. The 501st Legion was sent to Theed to deal with the Queen and the Jedi. They drove TX-130T fighter tanks through the streets, and killed the Jedi as well as Apailana.

During the Purge in the same year, Vader raised a secret apprentice in a hope to overthrow Palpatine. In 3-2 BBY, the apprentice was sent to find and kill surviving Jedi such as Shaak Ti, Kota, Maris Brood, and Force-sensitives on Felucia.

In 1 BBY, Emperor's Hand Mara Jade discovered An'ya Kuro, also known as the Dark Woman, hiding on the planet Cophrigin V. Darth Vader arrived on the planet to kill Kuro personally. The Great Jedi Purge was over, and the Empire would, but still deal with another conflict, the Galactic Civil War.

The most prominent survivors of the Great Jedi Purge were Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Rahm Kota, A'Sharad Hett, Empatojayos Brand, K'Kruhk and Ood Bnar.

After the Purge, Jedi Masters Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda went into hiding for approximately 19 years before training Luke Skywalker, the son of Anakin Skywalker, in the ways of the Jedi. Skywalker later defeated his father and the Emperor, and eventually founded the New Jedi Order, which took a slightly different approach to Jedi training so not to make the same mistakes as the Old Jedi Order.