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Great Jedi Purge
The Extermination of the Jedi Order
--
referred to in-universe as
Order 66
,
Operation: Knightfall
and
The Great Jedi Purge
--is a fictional historical event in the
Star Wars
space opera
series created by
George Lucas
. It is a major plot element in the 2005 film
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
, and is referenced in the
Star Wars expanded universe
. In the film, the
Jedi
are
systematically eliminated
by the Clone Army, on the order of the
Sith Lord
Darth Sidious
.
Obi-Wan Kenobi
and
Yoda
are among a handful of known surviving Jedi. The first person to be issued this order was
Clone Commander Cody
(who until then was under the command of Jedi General Kenobi).
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