Editing Jedi (section)

====Prequel trilogy====
{{main|Star Wars prequel trilogy}}

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The prequel trilogy depicts the Jedi in their peak of power, headquartered at the [[#Jedi Temple|Jedi Temple]] on [[Coruscant]], and dealing with the rising presence of the dark side of the Force and the return of the Sith. In ''[[Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace|Episode I: The Phantom Menace]]'' (1999), Jedi Master [[Qui-Gon Jinn]] ([[Liam Neeson]]) discovers nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker ([[Jake Lloyd]]), whom he believes to be the "'''Chosen One'''" of a Jedi prophecy, destined to bring balance to the Force.{{efn|[[Claudia Gray]]'s novel ''Master & Apprentice'' explains that this is due in part to his apparently being [[Miraculous births|born of a virgin]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Pearson |first=Ben |title='Star Wars': The Chosen One Prophecy Has Finally Been Revealed |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-chosen-one-prophecy/ |website=/Film |access-date=17 April 2019 |date=16 April 2019 |archive-date=17 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417030050/https://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-chosen-one-prophecy/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}} At the end of ''The Phantom Menace'', following Qui-Gon's death at the hands of [[Darth Maul]], Anakin is paired with his apprentice, the young Obi-Wan Kenobi ([[Ewan McGregor]]), who promises to train him.

The sequel, ''[[Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones|Episode II: Attack of the Clones]]'', establishes that the Jedi forswear attachments, being in the same category of possession and striving to cultivate compassion, unconditional love instead. As revealed in the ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Clone Wars]]'' series,<ref name="star wars the clone wars" /> the Jedi believed romantic feelings are natural and as such, they did not prohibit them, but for a Jedi Knight, it was essential to make the right choice for the Order and not neglect their Jedi duties in the favor of their beloved, even if that would mean the end of the relationship. This proves problematic when Anakin, now a young adult ([[Hayden Christensen]]), falls in love with [[Padmé Amidala]] ([[Natalie Portman]]). The [[Clone Wars (Star Wars)|Clone Wars]], first spoken of in the original 1977 film, begin with hundreds of Jedi participating in the battle of [[Geonosis]], before escalating into a galactic war with the Jedi as generals of the newly formed Clone Army.

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In ''[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith|Episode III: Revenge of the Sith]]'', [[Yoda]] confides to [[Mace Windu]] ([[Samuel L. Jackson]]) that the prophecy of [[The Chosen One (trope)|the Chosen One]] could have been misread. [[Palpatine|Sheev Palpatine]] ([[Ian McDiarmid]]), who is revealed to be Darth Sidious, manipulates Anakin's attachment for Padmé and distrust and resentment of the Jedi in order to turn him to the dark side and become his Sith apprentice, Darth Vader. Betraying the Jedi and becoming a Sith, Vader begins helping Sidious to hunt down and [[Genocide|exterminate]] the Jedi during the events of ''Revenge of the Sith''; Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda, and [[Ahsoka Tano]] are among a handful of Jedi that avoided the initial purge.<ref name="star wars 3">{{cite AV media|people=Lucas, George (Director)|title=[[Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith]]|publisher=[[20th Century Fox]]|date=19 May 2005}}</ref>

As revealed in ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'',<ref name="star wars the clone wars">{{cite episode|title=The Rise of Clovis|series=[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]|network=Super RTL|date=22 February 2014|season=6|number=6}}</ref> each [[clone trooper]] was implanted with a chip that Palpatine would activate with the verbal command '''Order 66'''. This resulted in the clones being forcibly brainwashed into viewing their Jedi generals as traitors to the Republic and subsequently [[Summary execution|summarily executing]] them. Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker led the 501st Legion to carry out "Operation Knightfall" against the Jedi Temple, burning and slaughtering all Jedi within, including Temple-Defender Shaak Ti. Sidious deceived the people of the Republic that the Jedi were corrupted warmongers responsible for prolonging the Clone Wars, labeling them criminals with bounties placed on them. Darth Vader continued to hunt and kill nearly every surviving Jedi during the early years of the Empire, in what became known as the '''Great Jedi Purge'''.