Operation: Knightfall

Operation: Knightfall, also known as the attack on the Jedi Temple, was one of the last military engagements in the Clone Wars that took place in the year 19 BBY, around the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, the home of the Jedi Order. Following a duel between Jedi Master Mace Windu and Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, who had been revealed as Sith Lord Darth Sidious, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker turned to the dark side of the Force and joined the Sith. Becoming a Sith apprentice to the Dark Lord of the Sith, Skywalker was given the name "Darth Vader" by his Sith Master and ordered to lead his clone troopers of the 501st Legion in a direct assault on the Temple.
While thousands of Jedi were purged across the galaxy as a result of Order 66, the new Sith Lord and his legion invaded and occupied the Temple. However, Vader’s close friend Padawan Jarik Shan, Initiate Katooni, ARC trooper Boil, and Shan’s astromech droid R5-S7 managed to escape from the massacre onboard a shuttle. During the siege, Senator and Viceroy Bail Organa of Alderaan traveled to the Temple but was turned away at blaster point by Clone Commander CC-1119 "Appo." Before leaving, he witnessed Appo's soldiers gun down Zett Jukassa when the Padawan attempted to escape. Prisoner Barriss Offee was taken by the clones to see Sidious so he and Vader could turn her into their first Grand Inquisitor. In the aftermath of the attack, which saw the murder of numerous Jedi, including Jedi younglings at Vader's hands, the Sith attempted to lure the survivors into a trap via a beacon signaling all Jedi to return to the Temple. However, their plan was thwarted by the efforts of Grand Master Yoda and Vader and Shan’s Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, who reprogrammed the beacon and sent a message to warn all Jedi to stay away from Coruscant.
With the fall of the Jedi Temple and the near annihilation of the entire Jedi Order, Sidious issued the proclamation of the New Order, dissolving the Galactic Republic and replacing it with a new regime—the Galactic Empire, ruled by himself as Galactic Emperor. Coruscant continued to serve as Sidious' capital planet throughout the Imperial Era, during which he claimed the Jedi Temple as his private residence and renamed it the Imperial Palace.
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