Many fans wondered how belief in the Jedi died out between the prequel and sequel trilogies. In Star Wars Legends canon, Darth Vader is the answer, not just hunting the surviving Jedi, but humiliating them in order to make their reputation seem like a lie.
With the rise of the Empire in the Star Wars universe, Darth Vader took to the galaxy to extinguish the last remnants of the Jedi, with his darkest kill showing exactly why the Jedi were forgotten by the time the events of Star Wars: A New Hope took place.
In the two-part minisieries Star Wars - Purge: The Tyrant’s Fist by Alexander Freed, Marco Castiello, and Andrea Chella, Darth Vader and his troops are hunting a Jedi named Cho’na Bene who is fueling the fire of rebellion on the planet Vaklin. The Emperor gave Vader specific instructions to not only hunt down and kill this Jedi, but to also turn the people of Vaklin away from the Jedi’s teachings and the idea of rebellion as Vaklin is a valuable planet the Empire cannot afford to lose.
Darth Vader made people lose faith in the idea of the Jedi while systematically eliminating every Jedi Knight he came across. While implementing this same plan over and over again across the galaxy, people who have mostly only heard stories of the Jedi’s greatness doubted that notion and even started to doubt that a great colony of Jedi warriors existed at all given how pathetic Darth Vader is making them and the memory of them look now.
Darth Vader’s plan to make everyone across the galaxy lose faith in the Jedi worked to perfection, with this storyline being a perfect example as to how he pulled it off. While this story takes place in Star Wars Legends and has been wiped from Star Wars continuity, it still perfectly explains how people like Han Solo have no memory or faith in the Jedi so soon after they were dismantled by the Empire.
Darth Vader’s darkest kill shows why the Jedi are forgotten by the time Star Wars: A New Hope takes place as he not only killed the remaining Jedi who were scattered across the galaxy after Order 66, but also killed the memory of Star Wars’ greatest warriors. Share Share Tweet Email 0 Comment Doctor Strange's Replacement Is the Wrong Choice Related Topics About The Author Spencer Connolly Spencer Connolly is a reader, writer, and lover of all things comics.