Anakin Skywalker was to blame for the demise of the Jedi Order

He constantly placed himself in harms with reckless acts, such as diving out of a moving speeder on Coruscant or throwing himself of cliffs during he clone wars. Still, although he was reckless, Anakin was a good Jedi, he fought bravely for the republic and believed in achieving piece. His downfall though, was his inability to let go of personal attachments, first towards his mother then later and ultimately, his feelings for Padmé. It was these feelings that lead to Anakin converting to the dark side of the force. The first real evidence of this that we see is one Tatooine, when he murders a whole tribe of Tusken Raiders, including the innocent women and children, after he discovers that his mother is dead. As master Yoda says, "Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering. " This quote perfectly sums up Anakins career as a Jedi. In Revenge of the Sith he begins to fear for Padmé's life, which leads to him becoming angry that he can not prevent it, and begin to hate himself for it. This hate is then projected onto the Jedi council when they do not make him a Jedi Master. Finally the hate culminates in him virtually killing Padmé himself and condemning himself to suffer for the rest of his life. This path that Anakin follows inevitably leads to his conversion to the dark side of the force and the subsequent destruction of the Jedi Order. When Palpatine is able to convince Anakin to kill Dooku about The Invisible Hand we later learn that this is where he decides to sway Anakin to the dark side. Had Anakin listened to his training and not gone against the way of the Jedi, and not killed an unarmed opponent, then perhaps Palpatine would not have seen Anakin as a potential pupil. Without Anakin to aide him, Palpatine may not have been able to overthrow the Jedi the way in which he did. He may not have invited Anakin to the opera the evening that he told him about the powers of the Sith and he would not have made it clear to Anakin that he was the sith that they were searching for. If it wasn't for this then Palpatine may not have had a reason to execute order 66 and wipe out the Jedi or perhaps he could have been stopped before he was able to. Regardless, we can blame Anakin for allowing him this opportunity and therefore the blame of the demise of the Jedi must also fall to Anakin. Even more obvious then the role Anakin played as pawn for Palpatine to finally swing his plan into action was the fact that he actually saves Palpatine from Mace Windu. If Anakin had not been so desperate to save Padmé from the death that he had foreseen in his vision then Mace Windu would have defeated Palpatine on Coruscant and the Republic and the Jedi Order would have continued. Instead, Anakin disarms Windu, allowing Palpatine to throw him to his death. Anakin Skywalker is clearly responsible for saving the life of Palpatine. If Palpatine had of died then there would have been no Order 66. So the blame for the tragic actions of order 66 and the subsequent wipe out of the majority of the Jedi must be placed on Anakin. Over to you Con. p. s. sorry it took so long, I've been watching way too much of the Olympics. p. p. s. that keyboard art is absolutely fantastic! SOURCES: . http://starwars.wikia.com...;http://starwars.wikia.com...http://www.youtube.com...;(the youtibe video that i can't get to go to the bottom)