Jedi Order

"For over a thousand generations the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the dark times. Before the Empire."

- Obi-Wan Kenobi

The Jedi Order was an ancient monastic peacekeeping organization unified by its belief in and observance of the Force, specifically the light side. The Jedi were guardians of peace and justice in the Galactic Republic for thousands of years before the Clone Wars. Led by the Jedi Council, the Order grew over the millennia, during which time it faced wars against their mortal enemy, the Sith, as well as the Mandalorians.

The Jedi became military leaders during the Clone Wars, a conflict engineered by Supreme Chancellor Palpatine&mdash;secretly the Sith Lord Darth Sidious&mdash;to destroy the Jedi. By the war's end, Palpatine transformed the Republic into the Galactic Empire and executed Order 66, a command given to all clone troopers to kill the Jedi as traitors. The Jedi Order collapsed, with only a few survivors escaping the Sith plot. At the end of the Galactic Civil War, only one known Jedi, Luke Skywalker, was alive in the galaxy.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
 * Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars film
 * Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope