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.

## **Appearances**

* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 3: Revenge of the Sith* — "Chapter 10: A Sith Lord Rises" (first appearance)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 3: Revenge of the Sith* — "Chapter 11: Operation Knightfall"
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 3: Revenge of the Sith* — "Chapter 12: The Aftermath" (flashback only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 3: Revenge of the Sith* — "Chapter 14: Heartbroken" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 3: Revenge of the Sith* — "Chapter 15: Confronting the Sith" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 3: Revenge of the Sith* — "Chapter 18: A New Hope" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 4: A Jedi in Exile* — "Chapter 6: A Proper Reunion" (indirect mention only)
* *Forces of Destiny* — "Living with Family and Friends" (flashback only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 4: A Jedi in Exile* — "Chapter 10: Nightmares" (dream to Jarik Shan)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 4: A Jedi in Exile* — "Chapter 33: Dangerous Dragons" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 4: A Jedi in Exile* — "Chapter 40: A Mandalorian's Rage" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 4: A Jedi in Exile* — "Chapter 57: The Wedding" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 4: A Jedi in Exile* — "Chapter 61: The Apprentice Lives" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 4: A Jedi in Exile* — "Chapter 63: The Truth" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 4: A Jedi in Exile* — "Chapter 65: The Lost Commanders" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 4: A Jedi in Exile* — "Chapter 66: Remembering the Past" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 4: A Jedi in Exile* — "Chapter 77: Blood Sisters" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 4: A Jedi in Exile* — "Chapter 84: A Princess on Lothal" (indirect mention only)
* *Sun and Moon* — "Unexpected Encounter" (dream to Jarik Shan)
* *Sun and Moon* — "The Matron" (mentioned only)
* *Sun and Moon* — "Unpleasant Memories" (flashback only)
* *Sun and Moon* — "The Pyramid" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 2: Tension on Naboo" (mentioned only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 6: The Reawakening" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 26: Lowest Point" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 28: Action at Coruscant" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 38: The Nightsisters" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 41: Ghosts of Geonosis Pt 1" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 50: Through Imperial Eyes" (mentioned only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 57: Next Move" (indirect mention only)
* *Legacy of Jarik Shan - Volume 5: Rebirth* — "Chapter 74: Taking a Gamble" (indirect mention only)
* *Galactic Civil War* — "Chapter 5: The Smuggler's Den" (indirect mention only)
* *Galactic Civil War* — "Chapter 9: Prison Break" (mentioned only)

### **Non-canon appearances**

* *The Legend of Reylea - Volume 1: The Avatar and the Force* — "Chapter 4: A Leaf in the Wind" (dream to Caran)