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"If a special session of Congress there is, easier for us to enter the Jedi Temple it will be."
―Yoda[1]

After the beginning of the Great Jedi Purge in 19 BBY, Jedi Masters Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi infiltrated the Jedi Temple, which had fallen to the 501st Legion during the execution of Order 66 and Operation: Knightfall on the Core Worlds planet Coruscant.

Prelude[]

Fall of Anakin Skywalker[]

"Every single Jedi, including your friend Obi-Wan Kenobi, is now an enemy of the Republic. […] We must move quickly, the Jedi are relentless. If they are not all destroyed, it will be civil war without end. First, I want you to go to the Jedi Temple. We will catch them off balance. Do what must be done, Lord Vader. Do not hesitate; show no mercy."
―Darth Sidious, to the newly-christened Darth Vader[1]

In the year 19 BBY,[3] the Grand Plan of the Sith to rule the galaxy and destroy the Jedi Order came to its long awaited fruition under the Sith Master Darth Sidious, who had controlled the Galactic Republic under his alter ego of Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine and the Confederacy of Independent Systems through his pawns, including his Sith apprentice Darth Tyranus.[1] After the Clone Wars between both factions raged for three years,[3] Palpatine had achieved great executive powers,[1] the Jedi Order's reputation was greatly damaged by the war,[4] and many Jedi had been killed in combat.[5] Additionally, the trust Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker had in the Jedi High Council was damaged over the course of the war. Tempted to the dark side by Sidious's manipulations,[6] the Sith Lord hoped to make Skywalker, who was believed to be the Order's Chosen One, into his new Sith apprentice when Tyranus was no longer needed.[1] In particular, Skywalker's trust was heavily damaged when the Council turned its back on his Padawan Ahsoka Tano, who was left to be tried under the Republic Center for Military Operations until Skywalker discovered the true culprit, Padawan Barriss Offee. However, the experience persuaded Tano to leave the Jedi Order,[7] leaving Skywalker to feel even more alone.[8]

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Choosing the dark side over the Jedi, the newly dubbed "Darth Vader" led the 501st Legion into the Jedi Temple to remove any and all Jedi found within.

During the Outer Rim Sieges, the Jedi were dispatched across the Outer Rim Territories[9] and elsewhere[1] to lead the Republic Military against the Separatists[9] in an effort to finally end the war,[10] but the move actually served to further separate the Order's members from each other. After Tyranus was killed by Skywalker in the Battle of Coruscant, Sidious moved to corrupt Skywalker to the dark side as he experienced nightmares of his secret wife, Senator Padmé Amidala, dying in childbirth. As Skywalker's friend and former mentor Obi-Wan Kenobi engaged[1] the current Separatist Head of State[10] General Grievous in the Battle of Utapau, Sidious revealed his identity as a Sith to Skywalker. Although Skywalker quickly informed Jedi Master Mace Windu of the truth, Sidious's claims of being able to save Amidala tempted Skywalker enough that he chose to intervene in Windu's arrest attempt, culminating in Skywalker choosing the Sith Lord over his fellow Jedi by turning his lightsaber against Windu. Horrified over what he had just done, Skywalker agreed to Sidious's offer to become a Sith under the name "Darth Vader" on the condition that he could save his wife.[1]

Told by Sidious that the Jedi were traitors and that the action would give him the power needed to save Amidala, Vader led thousands of clone troopers from[1] his personal unit, the elite 501st Legion,[11] into the Jedi Temple with the mission to wipe out all Jedi within, including the younglings.[1] Using his authority as Supreme Chancellor,[12] Sidious sent out[1] the secret Clone Protocol 66 to the entire Republic Military across the galaxy, activating the behavioral modification biochips hidden within every clone and turning them against the Jedi they had served under.[13] Vader and his forces were able to clear the entire Temple of opposition during Operation: Knightfall, targeting those who were children and adults alike, and light the building aflame.[1]

The survival of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda[]

Kenobi: "Have we had any contact from the Temple?"
Yoda: "Received a coded retreat message, we have."
Organa: "It requests all Jedi to return to the Temple. It says the war is over."
Kenobi: "Well then we must go back, if there are any stragglers they will fall into the trap and be killed."
Yoda: "Suggest dismantling the coded signal, do you?"
Kenobi: "Yes Master, there is too much at stake."
Yoda: "I agree, and a little more knowledge might light our way."
―Obi-Wan Kenobi, Bail Organa, and Yoda plan the mission[1]
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The burning Jedi Temple was made into a trap for all surviving Jedi through the recall beacon.

While there were scattered pockets of survivors from Order 66,[1] the galaxy was consumed by the death of countless Jedi who were fired upon by their own soldiers.[13] At Sidious's direction, Vader then left for the planet Mustafar to wipe out the Executive Separatist Council and bring an end to the Clone Wars once and for all, leaving behind the 501st to keep the Temple locked down. To root out any surviving Jedi,[1] the Temple's recall beacon[14] was also activated to spread a false message of hope,[2] requesting all Jedi to return to Coruscant as a way to lure any survivors back to the occupied building.[1] To further entrap survivors, some clones wore Jedi robes to make themselves look like Jedi and ambush any real Jedi who approached.[15]

Amongst the survivors was Kenobi, who escaped from the 212th Attack Battalion and met up with Grand Master Yoda and a Jedi sympathizer, Senator Bail Prestor Organa, on the Tantive III. Upon learning of recall message, Kenobi rallied his allies to return to Coruscant and shut down the beacon, with Yoda agreeing and noting it would allow them to learn more about their enemies. As Kenobi and Yoda entered Coruscant's orbit aboard the Tantive III, the starship received a message from Vice Chair Mas Amedda, who ordered Organa to attend a special session of Congress that Palpatine would be having. While Organa initially assumed it could be a trap, Kenobi realized that Palpatine would need the Galactic Senate intact to control the galaxy, and Yoda explained the sudden session only aided in their mission, as it turned attention away from the Temple. During that special session, Palpatine claimed to the Senate that the Jedi had tried to overthrow the Republic and transformed the Republic into the Galactic Empire, which was meet with cheers by most of the Senate.[1] With the public desperate for peace after the Clone Wars,[16] the Empire was accepted by many[17] across the galaxy.[18]

Infiltration[]

"This is Master Obi-Wan Kenobi. I regret to report that both our Jedi Order and the Republic have fallen, with the dark shadow of the Empire rising to take their place. This message is a warning and a reminder for any surviving Jedi: trust in the Force. Do not return to the Temple. That time has passed, and our future is uncertain. Avoid Coruscant. Avoid detection. Be secret... but be strong. We will each be challenged: our trust, our faith, our friendships. But we must persevere and, in time, I believe a new hope will emerge. May the Force be with you always."
―Obi-Wan Kenobi's new message[2]
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Yoda throws his lightsaber into the chest of a clone trooper during the break in.

Arriving outside the still-smoking Jedi Temple,[1] Kenobi, who was saddened by the sight of the smoke,[15] and Yoda fought their way into the building through the 501st.[1] Kenobi was also distressed by the sight of the clones wearing Jedi robes as a trap.[15] Once inside, they were met with the aftermath of the attack Vader and the 501st had carried out,[1] which horrified Kenobi more than the smoke and clones had.[15] Recognizing lightsaber burns on the body of a Padawan but unaware of Skywalker's fall into darkness, the two were left to ponder who had lead the attack,[1] although Kenobi did ponder if a Sith Lord was responsible. Thanks to their knowledge of the Temple's layout, Kenobi and Yoda were able to easily avoid the clones inside the building. With Yoda keeping watch,[15] Kenobi made his way to reprogram the Jedi beacon. Yoda also learned of Skywalker's fall from the security recordings.[1] Kenobi's work was inspired by a question once asked of him by the youngling Caleb Dume, who had asked whether the beacon could be configured to order Jedi away from the Temple instead of to it.[14]

Kenobi's new message warned of the rising Empire and requested survivors to stay away from the Temple, promising them that a new hope would emerge despite the darkness facing the galaxy.[2] Having since become the Padawan to Jedi Master Depa Billaba, who fell during Order 66 to give him time to escape,[12] Dume himself was lured to Coruscant by the fake message. Eager to return to the Temple on the belief that the Jedi Masters had created a plan, he stole the smuggler Janus Kasmir's ship the Kasmiri, which was quickly reported stolen to the Empire, from the planet Kaller and traveled through hyperspace to reach the Coruscant system. At the exact same time as when Kenobi sent the new message, Dume was about to come out of hyperspace. Suddenly receiving Kenobi's message just before he was surrounded by Aggressive ReConnaissance-170 starfighters,[2] Dume escaped the ensuing ambush back to Kaller.[19]

Kept in the hands of other surviving Jedi, Kenobi's message of hope survived for years to come.[20] After sending out his new message, which both assumed the clones would not find for some time, Kenobi ignored Yoda's objections to check the security records, leaving him horrified upon learning of his friend's fall to the dark side. Although he demanded to be sent after Sidious on the belief that he would be unable to confront Skywalker, with whom Kenobi shared a brother-like bond, Kenobi ultimately agreed to go after his former friend when Yoda noted he was not powerful enough to battle the Sith Master. With their respective missions clear, both Jedi left the Temple, with Yoda leaving to confront Sidious in the Galactic Senate Building while Kenobi, after Yoda noted he knew what lead to follow to find the newly-christened Vader, met with Amidala at her apartment.[1]

Aftermath[]

"When the Empire took control of the galaxy, the Temple on Coruscant became their new Imperial Palace."
Luke Skywalker[21]
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The Jedi Temple was turned into Emperor Palpatine's personal palace after Order 66 and the rise of the Empire.

Kenobi and Yoda's attempts to dethrone the Sith just as their reign began ended in failure. Yoda was defeated by Sidious and fled into exile, while Kenobi, sneaking aboard Amidala's J-type Naboo star skiff after she refused to give him her husband's location, arrived on Mustafar and dueled Vader, who lashed out in anger at Amidala on the fear she had brought Kenobi to the planet to kill him.[1] Although he assumed his former friend died[22] after leaving him to burn by the planet's lava flows, Vader survived and was reconstructed, relying on a suit of life-support armor due to his injuries.[1] Shortly afterward, Vader and Sidious stood in the shadows of the Jedi Temple to watch a celebration of the Jedi Order's eradication on the building's steps.[23] The Temple was then turned into the Emperor's personal palace.[24]

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