Order 66

[lordarmadel]

Do you think that the extermination of the Jedi was a necessary thing to do? Or was it a great evil that the Chancellor at that time commanded the Clone troops o do so?

I believe that the extermination of the Jedi was a necessary thing to do to re-establish the Balance in the Force and the world. I mean: an entire Jedi-academy against two Sith??? After the extermination was there back Balance: Yoda and Obi-Wan against Darth Vader and Darth Sidious.

[Darth Sidious]

Personally, ive always considered that the Jedi Purge was a necessary part of what had to happen... and if you look at it, possibly a major part of the jedi "one who will bring balance to the force" prophesy.

as you put it: 10,000 or so vs two, or two vs two.
It cant really be a coincidence that only two jedi survived it all. it all depends on your "point of view...", for example, the jedi and others would be far more likely to see it as a great evil and a failure, the sith would most likely see it as a triumph.

i try to look between the lines on this issue.

[sindo]

The elimination of the jedi was more than needed. They are weak. There emotions and compassion make them weak. According to the Sith Philosophies they had to be punished for their weakness. Do not allow your thoughts to betray you by making you feel sorry for the loss of their pathetic existance.

[Darth Sidious]

i dont feel in the least bit sorry for them.
they were arrogant and deserved exactly what happened in this instance

[sindo]

Yes I agree. But there is one shame about order 66 and that is that 2 jedi did not get exterminated.

[Darth Sidious]

Indeed that could be so Lord Sindo.

But I, for one prefer the thought of two Sith against two cowardly jedi in hiding, afraid to face us. Far, far more than thousands of jedi, with two of us in hiding

[sindo]

I agree it is good for the sith to not be hiding from the jedi any longer. We needed to show our true strength.

[sindo]

To oppose the point that two jedi Vs. two sithis agood thing I wonder if it would not be better to just kill off both remaining jedi. I think running unopposed by the jedi would have increased our chnces of victiry don't you?

[Darth Sidious]

Most definately. It was the so-called Jedi Skywalker who foiled our plans... if the purge had caught them all then that could never have happened

[sushi]

A shame they could not have just held more captive, to be exterminated by Sith blade, rather than imperial blaster. A more fitting end, to what, no matter your point of view, for so long were worthy opponents to us.

[sindo]

I believe that the only reason they were worthy opponents is because of their numbers. If there wasn't so many of the damn jedi vermon around they would have been eliminated sooner.

[Empress Palpatine]

The Force itself had declared their end. If you recall in Episode II, Mace admitted that their use of the Force had become diminished. Yoda decided to hide that fact so they could continue to hold onto poitical power. The Force itself had abandoned them especially in the area of perceptivity. They were so blind, they had no idea who the big Sith Lord was. Even some average person watching T.V. news on Coruscant would have guessed better.

The Jedi had become corrupted by power and their desire to manipulate to keep it. They thought they were the law. Remember when Mace almost had Palpatine cornered? He had originally told Anakin he was only going to arrest the chancellor, but then at the last minute decided to kill him. It was at that moment Anakin made the move that decided the ultimate outcome by slicing off Mace's hand. Palpatine then gave him a few bolts and sent him toasted out the window. Mace decided he was the law, an arrogant assumption. So, their arrogance was their undoing.

The Jedi were corrupt, and the republic had turned into an anarchic cesspool. Palpatine was a necessity, and I would bet the average galactic citizen was better off. Palpatine was strong enough to handle all that riff-raff in the galaxy. The citizenry seemed quite happy to have him in charge and did not seem to be too upset about order 66. I do not think the common people liked the Jedi that much.

[sindo]

I'm not sure that evry one was informed of order 66.

[Empress Palpatine]

One could see the smoke coming from the Jedi temple from a window of nearby buildings. It would have been on whatever news shows they had. No doubt the empire government would put its spin on things, saying how the Jedi were criminals and so on.

[Darth Sidious]

they did... "Theres been a Rebellion sir"
and... "The attempt on my life..."
and.. "And the Jedi rebellion has been foiled..."
I doubt very much that many people within the galaxy, except palpatine, anakin, and the clones knew specifically about Order 66.... Just that the jedi had tried to assume control of the republic.

[sindo]

Yeah, and have you noticed that no one was really broken up about the extermination of the jedi.

[saberdevon]

Well, can you blame them? ::Roaring evil laugh::

[sindo]

Absolutly not!


[Please dont post so many exclamations or similar. A lot of people would simply ignore anything you say for doing so as much as you appear to -Darth]

[Mrs. Darth Vader]

I think when Palpatine gave his speach about the attempted assianation he said enough that the people sided with Palpatine. Remember Padme says this is how democracy dies with thunderous applause. Obviously they cheered for Palpatine and his new empire. Ep.II Yoda says our enemies will multiply if informed of Jedi weakness. From my experance if people attack you when you are weak they hate you. If they stand by you when weak they like you.So since the Jedi could not admit to their weakness it ment their rule was by common fist not popularity. Palpatine wascheered, therefore popular.