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 Order was founded at least a thousand generations before the Battle of Yavin, and was strictly a peacekeeping organization throughout most of its history. During the Battle of Geonosis, however, the Jedi took control of the Republic army, and became military leaders to fight the Separatist Alliance in the Clone Wars. Unbeknownst to them, the conflict had been engineered in order to destroy them by Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, who was secretly the Sith Lord Darth Sidious. 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 Jedi, Luke Skywalker, was known to be alive in the galaxy.

Early History
The Jedi Order was created thousands of years before the Battle of Yavin when early Force sensitives decided to form an alliance together to preserve peace and justice throughout the galaxy, developing the Jedi Code along the way.

Republic Times
After defeating what they presumed was the last of the Sith a thousand years ago, the Republic and the Force was at peace and justice had been brought to the galaxy while the force was at balance.

At some point a Force User foresaw the future and created an ancient prophecy, reading that a powerful force user born by the Force itself will defeat the Sith and bring balance to the force.

32 years before the Battle of Yavin, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi were dispatched to deal with a trivial trade dispute between the planet Naboo and the Trade Federation. It was during this dispute that led events to Qui-Gon and his apprentice being attacked by a presumed Sith Lord, actually a Sith Apprentice called Darth Maul. It was also during this time that Qui-Gon discovered a boy stronger then any living being with the force who he believed was the chosen one of prophecy, Anakin Skywalker a slave from Tatooine. Darth Maul killed Qui-Gon in a Lightsaber duel on Naboo but was believed killed himself by Obi-Wan, who was given the status of Jedi Knight and took Anakin as his apprentice.

After Qui-Gon's death, his former Master Count Dooku decided to leave the Jedi Order and join the Sith as the new apprentice of Darth Sidious to replace Darth Maul who fell at Naboo. Sidious and Dooku killed Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas and Dooku used his identity to place an order for a Grand Army of the Republic. Over the next 10 years they plotted a war and using Dooku as face, created a Confederacy of Independent Systems that broke away from the Republic to create a dispute. Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi who was investigating the assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala stumbled across the Grand Army of the Republic and traced the bounty hunter Jango Fett back to Geonosis and the Separatists. The result lead to the Separatist Droid army engaging the Grand Army in a battle that lead to a galaxy wide conflict that became known as the Clone Wars.

Clone Wars
With the Republic now at war with the separatists for control over the Galaxy and neutral worlds now being used as battle grounds for control and power by both sides, the Jedi Knights were dispatched to lead the battle from the front as Generals in the army. In reality, the Clone War was apart of a bigger plan by the Sith to eliminate the Jedi.

The Dark Times
As the Clone Wars went on, The Dark Side grew stronger. Many Jedi would be killed and many would turn to the Dark Side, Most notably General Krell and Barriss Offee who used the conflict to divide the Jedi and make them more vulnerable.

The Jedi eventually, could not trust each other. When The Council leanred that Count Dooku was responsiblw for Creation of the Clone Army, Mace Windu noted that "Lies and Mistrust" surrounded them, both in the Temple and the Senate.

The Clone Wars ended when General Grevious slipped through Coruscant and kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine. Two Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker would lead a campaign to rescue the Chancellor and in the process, Kill Count Dooku.

Grevious however, managed to escape causing the Jedi to relunctantly allow the War to continue while they hunted the General. He was ultimately found on Utapau where Obi-Wan Kenobi fought and killed the General along with a Batallion of Clones led by Commander Cody.

Order 66
While the Jedi hunted General Grevious, they also became suspicious of the Chancellor's growing power. Palpatine appointed Jedi Knight, Anakin Skywalker to be his personal representative to the Council. They approved of his appointment but denied him the rank of the Jedi Master. Anakin, upset with this appointment, learned the real reason for his appointment, to spy on the Chancellor on behalf the Jedi Council. Anakin would begin to form a close bond with the Chancellor and began to become distrusting of his fellow Jedi. Ultimately, he began seeing visions of his wife dying at childbirth. The Chancellor took advantage of this and revealed his true Identity of Anakin and told him that the Dark Side could save his wife from death. Skywalker refused to accept the offer at first, and reported the news of the Jedi Council. Mace Windu however, told Anakin not to interfere and remain in the Council Chambers until he returned. Anakin was upset by this and rushed to the Chancellor's Aide.

Mace Windu, Saesee Tinn, Kit Fisto and Eeth Koth head for the Senate building to engage the Chancellor. When tye arrive, The Chancellor, pretends to know nothing about why the Jedi were there, the Jedi then tell him that he was under arrest. asking if he was being threatened, Windu tells him that the Senate will decide his fate, But he tells Windu that he is the Senate and Windu responds "Not Yet". The Chancellor ultimately calls the Jedi's actions "treason" and leaps out to fight them, killing three of the four Jedi almost instantly which allowed Mace Windu fight the Chancellor alone. Palpatine seems to have the upper hand and the fight is a close contest. but Windu manages to reclaim his strength, injuring Palpatine. Windu then bodly proclaims that he is under arrest. Both of the men try to plead for his help but Anakin feels that the Chancellor needed to stand trail. Anakin then lashes out in anger, cutting Windu's hand allowing the Chancellor to kill him.

Anakin is shocked at what he is done but then as Sidious speaks, he agrees to join the Dark Side, hoping to save his wife. Palpatine then declares that the Jed were enemies of the Republic and sends Anakin to kill the ones still in the Temple.

When the Clone Army was first created, Darth Sidious had his apprentice at the time. Count Dooku planted inhibitor chips in each clone, allowing them to obey him without question. Because of this, Sidious was able to take control of the Clones causing the Clones to turned on their Jedi Generals and kill them. Throughout the Galaxy, Thousands of Jedi are killed by the Obedient Clones who do not even think about their actions and what they have done.

Anakin (now an agent of Darth Sidious) leads a batallion to the Jedi Temple, where he and the clones proceed to kill all the Jedi that were in the temple. There, he is officially proclaimed Sidious' new apprentice.

In the Senate, the Jedi were branded Traitors and were accused of trying to overthrow the Republic. There, Palpatine declares the Creation of the First Galactic Empire.

Three Jedi managed to survive. Obi-Wan Kenobi, Master Yoda, and a young padawan named Kanan Jarrus who was told to escape by his master, Depa Billaba.

Obi-Wan and Yoda, who were rescued by Bail Organa, manage to return to the Temple, where Obi-Wan managed to recalibrate a coded message to warn any of the surviving Jedi to stay away from the Temple. They discover however, a massive slaughtering. Desperate for answers, Obi-Wan checks the Security recordings where he learns of Anakin's role in the Attack.

Yoda determines that they must destroy the Sith. Obi-Wan refuses to destroy Anakin and requests that he be sent to kill the Emperor but Yoda tells him that he is not strong enough to defeat him. Obi-Wan tells Yoda that Anakin is like a brother to him but Yoda tells him that the boy Kenobi trained, no longer exists.

Obi-Wan seeks Padmé Amidala and after she refuses to believe Obi-Wan's claims goes out to find Anakin. Obi-Wan stows aboard her ship, hiding in one of the compartments.hen she lands, she discovers that Obi-Wan was right and that Anakin has changed. Before she could try to reason with him, Obi-Wan emerges and Anakin force chokes her, thinking she led her to him so he could Kill him. Anakin then accuses Obi-Wan of trying to turn her against him but Obi-Wan says that his anger and lust for power have already done that and that he allowed the Dark Lord to twist his mind until he became the very thing he swore to destroy. Anakin tells Obi-Wan that he sees through the lies of the Jedi and eventually tells Kenobi that if he wasn't with Anakin, then, he was his enemy. Obi-Wan, realizes that Anakin has spoken in absolute and decides that he needed to stop them. Anakin then leaps at them and the two begin to fight.

Meanwhile, Yoda manages to break into the Senate Building and knocks out the Senate Guards. Yoda reveals himself and Palpatine is surprised that he survived and tells Yoda that his Arrogance Blinded him and strikes him down with Force Lightning. Yoda survives however and pushes Palpatine back. Palpatine tells Yoda that he will not be able to stop him and that his Apprentice would become more powerful than both of them. Yoda tells him that his faith in Anakin and the Dark Side was misplaced. The Two then engaged in a fight which leads them to the Senate Chambers where Palpatine uses the Force to knock the Senate seats down onto Yoda. Yoda falls and so does the Chancellor. Yoda would lose his lightsaver and is forced into exile.

On Mustafar, the intensity of the fight causes substantial damage to the mining facility causing it to sink to the lava. Anakin and Obi-Wan ultimately hover over the Lava. Obi-Wan then reflects on his failure while Anakin tells him that he should have known the Jedi were trying to take control of the Republic and that they were evil.

As the fight continues, Obi-Wan manages to jump over to hill, gaining an advantage over the fallen Jedi. Ignoring Obi-Wan's warning not to try and stop him, he leaps up causing Obi-Wan to cut off his Arms and Legs. Obi-Wan is deeply disturbed by what has happened pleads to Anakin, one last time.

Anakin barely survives the fight and is given a cybernetic support suit and after being told that he killed Padme. officially becoming Darth Vader.

Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Bail Organa all regroup on Polis Massa with an injured Padme, who is now dying despite being completely healthy. While dying, she manages to give birth to two Children, Luke and Leia and with her last breathe, tells Obi-Wan that she believes that there is still good him.

After going to Naboo to return Padme's body, Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Bail Organa decide that the Children shoudd be hidden so that the Sith could not sense their Presence. Bail Organa volunteers to take the Girl while Obi-Wan decides to take the child and watch over him while the Lars family would care for him.

Legacy
With only Obi-Wan Kenobi, now going under the guise Ben Kenobi in exile on Tatooine and Grand Master Yoda in exile on Dagobah left in existence, the future of the Jedi was very fragile. The two wise Masters however pinned their hopes on the son of the Jedi Order's chief destroyer Darth Vader; Luke Skywalker. A chance meeting gave Ben the opportunity to gift Luke his father's old lightsaber and introduce Luke to the Jedi and the Force. After his Aunt and Uncle are murdered by the Empire, Luke agrees to go with Ben to help the Rebel Alliance and becomes his Padawan. Ben is later killed in a lightsaber duel by Darth Vader but guides Luke to use the Force to destroy the Death Star.

Now alone, Luke began to train himself for 3 years until Ben appeared to Luke on the planet Hoth as a Force spirit instructing him to seek out Yoda on Dagobah for further training. Luke does so and is put through a series of tests both physical and mental by the Grand Master. Before he can complete his training however, Luke rushes off to Cloud City to confront Darth Vader who has set a trap for Luke by capturing his friends. As Luke battled Vader, the Dark Lord revealed to Luke that he was his father.

A year later, Luke returned to Dagobah to complete his training under Yoda but his skills over the year had quickly advanced and Yoda saw that Luke required no more training. Yoda confirmed that Vader was Luke's father and that his trial to become a Jedi Knight was to confront and defeat Vader. Yoda then died of old age and sickness and became one with the Force before telling Luke he is the last of the Jedi and to carry on the legacy. Ben appeared to Luke and briefly told him of his father's backstory before Luke confront both Vader and his master, the Emperor. Luke battled his father and defeated him before being attacked by Force Lightning by the Emperor. Seeing his son pain brought Anakin Skywalker back to the light side of the Force and he turned on his long time master, throwing him down a shaft to his death at the cost of his own life, fulfilling the ancient prophecy of The Chosen One. The Force was returned to balance with Luke tasked with passing on what he had learnt to others.