Jedi Order

The Jedi Order were a noble order of peacekeepers united by their ability to use the Force. They were the guardians of peace and justice in the Galactic Republic for a thousand years until they were wiped out by the nefarious plot of the Sith Lord Darth Sidious.

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Due to a plot by the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, who at the time was Supreme Chancellor of the Republic, the Jedi Order was all but annihilated in a galaxy-wide genocide.