2237. The split of Jedi Order and the establishment of Blood Samurai (Part 1)
"Olegar... I have never heard of this name." Mace-Windu frowned.
"The contact person at the Rebel Alliance said that this person should have nothing to do with the Galactic Empire, but his relationship with Duchy of Dawn is a bit complicated. It doesn't seem like a friend, but he is not an enemy either... and Moreover, this time, this person named Olegar came here at the request of Tang Xiao, and it is said that he hopes you can help," said Ji-Adi-Mundi.
"Tang Xiao..." Mace-Windu frowned in thought, and his expression became extremely gloomy.
Before fallen to the Dark Side, Ji-Adi-Master Mundi was one of the highly respected masters of Jedi Order. He was once a member of Jedi Council, and he was also very popular. Moreover, after fallen to the Dark Side, he had also been in self-imposed confinement to fight against the erosion of Dark Side.
Therefore, although Ji-Adi-Master Mundi is already fallen to the Dark Side, he is not crazy or extreme. Coupled with his already extremely high popularity, among Blood Samurai, he has become the second most popular person after Master Windu.
And because Ji-Adi-Mundi also has contacts with many political personnel in Galactic Republic and Galactic Empire, he is also the person in Blood Samurai who is mainly responsible for contacting Rebel Alliance.
Yes, Blood Samurai and Rebel Alliance also have certain connections, but this is only part of it. Between Blood Samurai and Rebel Alliance, it is more because they have a common enemy that they come together.
In essence, Blood Samurai and Rebel Alliance cannot be discussed together. There is actually someone else who really has a deep connection with Blood Samurai.
Blood Samurai (Blood Order) was originally Jedi Knight, part of Jedi Order.
Before the Clone Wars outbreak ten years ago, then-Chancellor of the Galactic Republic Sheev-Palpatine had always wanted to create a more professional and powerful army, but Republic Senate had always blocked this. Because the Parliament believes that creating an offensive army goes against the purpose of Rusan Reforms a thousand years ago.
Sheev-Palpatine can only do the next best thing and want to get emergency ruling power. At that time, Separatist Movement was intensifying under the leadership of Count Dooku, and had gradually become out of control, and Obi-Wan-Kenobi sneaked into Geonosis, discovered that Count Dooku was signing contracts with Trade Federation, Dawn Star Planet, InterGalactic Banking Clan, etc. Mega-corporations was signing contracts with major forces and launching wars.
At that time, the war was imminent and was about to break out almost the next day. Only then did Republic Senate agree to hand over the emergency ruling power to Sheev-Palpatine, so that he could bypass parliament and issue decisions directly when dealing with some issues related to the war.
So the first order given by Sheev-Palpatine after bypassing the parliament was to withdraw from "Military Creation Act" and establish Grand Army of the Republic.
According to Military Creation Act, Jedi Order will become the commander of this army. And all troops above the corps level must have at least one Jedi Knight present to command when they attack. When conducting military operations, Jedi Master's status in the army is equivalent to that of a general.
This regulation seemed understandable at the time, because after the existence of the Clone Army was exposed, everyone discovered that the founding of this army was signed by Jedi Master Seve Dias. Therefore, within the Galactic Republic generally believes that Jedi Order established this army, so it is natural for Jedi Order to lead this army now.
After Grand Army of the Republic was established, Chancellor of the Republic Sheev-Palpatine became the nominal top leader of this army, but most of the time he handed over command to Jedi Order. It is this behavior that Sheev-Palpatine won a lot of applause in the parliament. Many people think that this is his magnanimous behavior of not being greedy for power and taking the initiative to decentralize power.
However, no one knew at that time that the destruction of Jedi Order started with the acquisition of command rights of Grand Army of the Republic.
During the war, in order to maintain the peace and unity of Galactic Republic, Jedi Knight sacrificed their lives and blood and fought on the front line. Because of their heroic fighting, Galactic Republic won victory again and again. For this reason, a large number of Jedi Knight died heroically in the war.
But what they got was not flowers and applause, but more and more criticism. Because war cannot always win, so every time it fails, the one who is blamed is always Jedi Knight - because you can't always blame those Clone Trooper who were created for war, right?
And since Jedi Knight was present in almost all battles, the damage caused by the war was also counted on Jedi Order. Cities were destroyed, civilians were affected, and planets were starved... Although Jedi Order had tried its best to prevent all of this from happening, manpower was ultimately limited, and the war that swept across the entire galaxy was far beyond what Jedi Order, who had only about less than 20,000 people at that time, could bear.
Jedi Knight, at this time, became synonymous with war. They have lost their former identity as arbiters and their status is no longer aloof. They began to go deep into politics, the military, and inevitably, the economy. So they began to touch the core interests of some classes, such as the noble and wealthy families of Core Worlds.
Jedi Order's reputation also plummeted. Ironically, the more victorious they were on the battlefield, the worse their reputation became.
The person who signed the signature to establish this army was Jedi Master Seve Dias. This was a hurdle that Jedi Order could not get around. It was this incident that gave Jedi Order the reputation of starting a war. Coupled with their frontline command, all war-related crimes were pinned on Jedi Order.
To make matters worse, as Clone Wars gradually deepens, the war becomes more and more uncontrollable. In order to ensure victory in the war, the Orbital Bombardment plan began to be put on the table. On many battlefields, without Orbital Bombardment, it is almost impossible to defeat the battle robots that are almost everywhere in the city.
But Orbital Bombardment is clearly banned as an anti-civilized and anti-social behavior. Because the endless Orbital Bombardment will only turn habitable planets into ruins one after another. If this continues, where will there be room for life in this galaxy?
Even though relatively developed atmosphere modification technology is now available, the natural location of the planet accounts for 99% of the reason why a habitable planet is a habitable planet. If a planet is slightly closer or farther away from the star, it is not inherently habitable. No matter how it is modified, the upper limit will only be barely habitable.
Therefore, Orbital Bombardment has become a big deal, and Jedi Order is naturally firmly opposed to it. But at this time, Sheev-Palpatine issued a decree allowing Grand Army of the Republic to carry out Orbital Bombardment, but the prerequisite was that it must be signed by Jedi Knight Commander.
On the surface, this is a decision that fully respects Jedi Order, but in fact, it pushes Jedi Order to the edge of the knife!
And Jedi Order, it was at this time that it began to split.