Order 66


 * "Execute Order 66."
 * ―Darth Sidious to numerous clone commanders250px-End_Days.jpg
 * Order 66, also known as Clone Protocol 66, was one of a series of contingency orders that the clone troopers of the Grand Army of the Republic were trained to obey without hesitation. The order branded members of the Jedi Order as traitors to the Republic and called for their immediate execution without question or hesitation. The issuing of the order by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine marked the formal beginning of the Great Jedi Purge, and signified the rise of the Galactic Empire. It was chief among the atrocities that led to the Galactic Civil War.

Almost all of the Jedi were killed by Order 66, and most of the survivors were killed in the Great Jedi Purge that followed. The Jedi Order survived through acts of surviving Jedi, such as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda, teaching Luke Skywalker the ways of the Force.

Prelude to Order 66

 * "I sense a plot to destroy the Jedi. The dark side of the Force surrounds the Chancellor."
 * ―Mace Windu[src]|undefined

Order 66 could be found in the document entitled Contingency Orders for the Grand Army of the Republic: Order Initiation, Orders 1 through 150, GAR Document CO(CL) 56-95, a document containing a series of special contingency orders that covered any and all emergency situations, which the clones that comprised the GAR were prepared to execute, immediately and without question, and only in specific cases of extreme necessity. It was originally designed as fail-safe by Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas.[1] Some of these orders concerned contingencies any armed force could conceivably face. Many dealt with contingencies specifically involving the GAR Supreme Commander—in this case, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine—and the effect on the chain of command were he ever to become incapacitated or declared unfit to issue orders. In particular, Order 65 dealt with the detention and possible execution of the Supreme Chancellor by the Republic, further hiding the true intention of Order 66. Sufficiently buried among the other one hundred forty-nine orders so as to almost escape notice, Contingency Order 66 specifically dealt with the effect on the chain of command were issues to arise involving the Jedi.

Victims of Order 66:

-Cin Drallig

-Ki-Adi-Mundi

-Plo Koon

-Master Ferroda

-Jocast Nu

-Luminara Unduli

-Aayla Secura

-Barriss Offee

-Hundreds of other Jedi

Known Survivors:

-Obi-Wan Kenobi

-Yoda

-Shaak Ti

-Falon Grey

-Rahm Kota