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

No problem! I've been watching the Olympics to. Its amazing the. Power of these people. some of them almost seem supernatural they are so strong and skilled. p.p.s. that keyboard art is absolutely fantastic! - I know right? I love the one with the Big storm trooper... Lets do it shall we? I want to thank my opponent for this wonderful debate!Some of the voters may wonder, How am I going to possible argue this! The first time I read this debate topic that was my first thought. Then about 5 seconds later I saw there are so many ways that this can be Well debated. Let us start! I will be quoting parts of information from the link [1] below and commenting on them.Plagueis[2] and Sidious, both exceptionally skilled and powerful in the the Force, were able to conceal the darkness within them from even the most powerful members of the Jedi Order for decades. Sidious' ability to present himself as an honest politician, and simultaneously living as a Sith Lord in secret, allowed him to manipulate many important figures and events that contributed to the blockade of Naboo by the Trade Federation. Sidious like his master was a master at putting on a costume and manipulating every key onto his side.Galactic Senate voted to elect him as Supreme Chancellor. With the Republic's chief executive branch under Palpatine's control, the first phase of the Sith Grand Plan was realized while the Jedi remained in the dark about his true identity. Palpatines rise to power did just fall in to place. He had a plan that he and his master had plotted for a long time and with there master manipulative power they Began the Grand Scheme to Destroy not just the republic but the Jedi the Sith hated so much.As Chancellor of the Republic and Dark Lord of the Sith, Palpatine orchestrated the outbreak of the Clone Wars Another example of how the Dark Lord of the Sith can manipulate anything he really wants (For the most part) Palpatine revealed his identity as Darth Sidious to the Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker. All proceeded according to plan when Skywalker informed Jedi Master Mace Windu of Palpatine's duplicity Anakin was a pawn in the Grand scheme of Palpatines plan. He used Anakin in his "Plan" Finally! Palpatines plan has all fell into place! Its come down to the wire! The moment palpatine has been waiting for!http://youtu.be...[3] As seen in this video!As we see in this video Windu comes to "Arrest" Palpatine. Note Windu has no right to "arrest" the Chancellor on the Word of only one person. Anyhow Windu decides he will "arrest" Palpatine. At the end of the battle palpatine is very weak with TWO full Jedi there with the ability to arrest him. But windu decides to go AGAINST the Jedi code and kill palpatine. At this point both Anakins Evil side and good side are telling him you have to stop windu! His good side telling him he must stop Windu from breaking the code. His bad side telling him he doesn't want padme to die! If windu had arrested palpatine there was lightsabers force lightning marks! His very face was proof enough! But windu decided to kill him. Anakin was USED in a roll of telling the Jedi about palpatines secret. After windu had failed to KILL palpatine, Palpatine Declared Treason on the Jedi council and Executed Order 66. It was Palpatines plan that lead to the destruction of the Jedi order And windu and Anakin were just Pawns. If you say Anakin destroyed the Jedi Order, You must say Windu destroyed the Jedi Order. Windu executed the Arrest that lead to the declared treason of the Jedi Order, playing a equal if not bigger role in the destruction of the Jedi order then Anakin did. But Neither Windu or Anakin destroyed the Jedi Order. It was palpatine's Ingenious plotted plan.....I will now respond to some Key thing Pro has brought out"When Palpatine is able to convince Anakin to kill Dooku about TheInvisible Hand we later learn that this is where he decides to sway Anakin tothe dark side. Had Anakin listened to his training and not gone against the wayof the Jedi, and not killed an unarmed opponent, then perhaps Palpatine would nothave seen Anakin as a potential pupil. Without Anakin to aide him, Palpatinemay not have been able to overthrow the Jedi the way in which he did. He maynot have invited Anakin to the opera the evening that he told him about the powersof the Sith and he would not have made it clear to Anakin that he was the siththat they were searching for." What my Opponent his claimed here is that Anakin was a good Jedi and didn't kill dooku Palpatine wouldn't of noticed and his plan wouldn't of gone the way it did. Anakin was as you said merely a Pawn. Palpatine had noticed Anakins power Way before the Invisible hand. And he decided to use anakin way before the invisible hand. What he did on the invisible hand was just ONE of the key parts in turning Anakin into his apprentice. Now lets just say anakin was never born never existed. Was that going to stop palpatines plan all together?Do you think palpatine would of just wentWell a Ultra powerful young Jedi with family issues hasn't come along yet... Darn.. I guess I will just have to stop my plan....No. Palpatine could of used MANY MANY MANY MANY other people in the roll anakin played. But he wanted anakin to play that specific roll because I wanted a powerful apprentice. Do you think Anakin was the only one capable of stopping windu from KILLING palpatine and out right breaking the JEDI CODE. "Even more obvious then the role Anakin played as pawn for Palpatine tofinally swing his plan into action was the fact that he actually savesPalpatine from Mace Windu. If Anakin had not been so desperate to save Padméfrom the death that he had foreseen in his vision then Mace Windu would havedefeated Palpatine on Coruscant and the Republic and the Jedi Order would havecontinued. Instead, Anakin disarms Windu, allowing Palpatine to throw him tohis death. Anakin Skywalker is clearly responsible for saving the life ofPalpatine. If Palpatine had of died then there would have been no Order 66. Sothe blame for the tragic actions of order 66 and the subsequent wipe out of themajority of the Jedi must be placed on Anakin" Some fans may see this quote as a break in my case. So I will discuss it.I will break the quote above into small sections."Even more obvious then the role Anakin played as pawn for Palpatine tofinally swing his plan into action was the fact that he actually savesPalpatine from Mace Windu. - Yes Anakin saved Mace windu from breaking the Jedi Code. And palpatine took advantage. Here Anakin was doing his duty to stop Windu from breaking the code. So you could blame the guy that made the code..... Also Palpatine used Anakin as a pawn. He could of used other Jedi or even none Jedi to save him from windu. Also, There is no proof of this. But it is possible palpatine let windu defeat him in such a way to turn anakin to the dark side to become his apprentice. Who is to say the Dark lord of the sith couldn't of easily defeated windu if he wanted to? If Anakin had not been so desperate to save Padméfrom the death that he had foreseen in his vision then Mace Windu would havedefeated Palpatine on Coruscant and the Republic and the Jedi Order would havecontinued. Instead, Anakin disarms Windu, allowing Palpatine to throw him tohis death. Anakin acted partly the way he did to stop windu from breaking the code. He disarmed windu to stop him from breaking the Jedi code and killing palpatine. And palpatine did not need anakin to do that for him. Palpatine just wanted anakin to so he would turn to the darkside. Palpatine could of used a lot of people to save him."Sothe blame for the tragic actions of order 66 and the subsequent wipe out of themajority of the Jedi must be placed on Anakin" Actually what gave palpatine the right to order 66 was windus arrest.[1] http://starwars.wikia.com... [2]http://starwars.wikia.com... [3] http://youtu.be... Over to you con!