By Chris Snellgrove
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In Revenge of the SithWe have seen how the sneaky command of order 66 of Palpatine brought the soldiers to clones throughout the galaxy to kill as many Jedi as possible, with Dark Vador leading the charge to kill the one who survived. For this reason, Vader and Palpatine are generally considered to be the only reason why these emblematic peacekeepers were Never chased and killed. However, the speed with which the senators of the Republic throw their support behind their self -proclaimed emperor reveals something surprising: order 66 was probably not necessary because the Jedi are secretly hated As much around the galaxy.
Order 66 and the Jedi
Naturally, the fans connect order 66 and the Jedi genocide together because of the assembly of scenes in which we see the clones betray and kill their superior officers sensitive to force. However, to understand my theory, you should rather focus on the scene in which Palpatine settles as an emperor with an enthusiastic crowd of elected officials. Padme notes that “this is how Liberty dies … with thunderous applause”.
It is probably the best line of prequelles, but most fans have never thought about what this scene revealed on the Galactic Senate and most of its members. Palpatine did not have to deceive all these people individually to support his fascist program … Instead, they readily accompanied him. And when the new emperor has described to be betrayed and mutilated by these space wizards, most of the gathered senators did not even flash.
Therefore, consider this: if Palpatine has never made order 66, would the Jedi really lasted much longer? It seems that the feeling against them has been growing for a very long time. Long enough to undo the good will they had accumulated after 25,000 years to keep this galaxy far, far safe. It really seems that all these individual planets would have started to kill Jedi by themselves for too long, and although the process would have taken more time, the end result is not different from Palpatine and the imperial purge of Vader.
In addition, if you doubt that the senators could have done a job as good as order 66 to kill the Jedi, consider this: as for any other representative republic, these elected officials are supposed to ostensibly represent the will of their collective people. Thus, each senator who accompanies the history of Palpatine of Jedi betrayal and the subsequent need for purge actually represents his entire planet. And if there was that Many whole planets in the Galaxy Baying for Jedi Blood, it is fair to conclude that the days of these mystics were indeed counted.
Obviously, this theory is not supposed to harm the meaning of order 66. If it is not for the command of Palpatine, then countless Jedi all around the galaxy would always be alive. However, it should be remembered how much the average senator seemed to hate these users of force and spoke for their planets when the explicit support for a Jedi genocide. Since we have to conclude that Palpatine simply accelerated this process and it was only a matter of time before galactic residents hunt and kill the Jedi on their own will.
