The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge.

2237. The Split of the Jedi Order and the Founding of the Blood Order (Part )

"Oreja... never heard of that name." Mace Windu frowned.

"The contact person from the rebel army said that this person should have nothing to do with the Galactic Empire, but the relationship between him and the Principality of Dawn is somewhat complicated. He doesn't seem to be a friend, but he is not an enemy either... Moreover, this time, this person named Orega came here at the request of Tang Xiao, and he is said to want your help." said Ki-Adi-Mundi.

"Tang Xiao..." Mace Windu frowned and thought, his expression became extremely gloomy.

Before he fell to the dark side, Master Ki-Adi-Mundi was one of the most respected masters of the Jedi Order, a member of the Jedi Council, and had a good relationship with people. After he fell to the dark side, he also locked himself up to fight against the erosion of the dark side.

Therefore, although Master Ki-Adi-Mundi has fallen to the dark side, he is neither crazy nor extreme. Coupled with his already high reputation, he has become the second most important figure in the Blood Warriors after Master Windu.

And because Ki-Adi-Mundi also has contacts with many political figures in the Galactic Republic and the Galactic Empire, he is also the person in the Blood Knights who is mainly responsible for liaison with the rebels.

Yes, the Blood Warriors have some connections with the rebels, but that is only part of the story. The Blood Warriors and the rebels came together because they had a common enemy.

In essence, the Blood Warriors and the Rebellion Army could not get along. The one who really had a deep relationship with the Blood Warriors was actually someone else.

The Blood Order was originally a group of Jedi Knights within the Jedi Order.

Before the outbreak of the Clone Wars ten years ago, the then-Chairman of the Galactic Republic, Sheev Palpatine, had always wanted to create a more professional and powerful army, but the Republic Congress had always blocked this because the Congress believed that creating an offensive army was contrary to the purpose of the Rusan Reform a thousand years ago.

Sheev Palpatine had to settle for the next best thing and wanted to get emergency ruling power. At that time, the separatist movement was intensifying under the leadership of Count Dooku, and it was gradually out of control. Obi-Wan Kenobi sneaked into the planet Geonosis and found that Count Dooku was signing contracts and launching wars with super companies and major forces such as the Trade Federation, Dawn, and the Interstellar Banking Association.

At that time, the war was imminent and was about to break out the next day. The Republic Congress then agreed to give Sheev Palpatine emergency power of decision, allowing him to bypass the parliament and make decisions directly when dealing with issues related to the war.

So the first order that Sheev Palpatine issued after bypassing the parliament was to withdraw the Military Creation Act and establish the Grand Army of the Republic.

According to the Military Creation Act, the Jedi Order will be the commander of this army. And all troops above the legion level must have at least one Jedi Knight on the scene to command when they attack. When conducting military operations, the status of the Jedi Master in the army is equivalent to that of a general. This provision seemed to be justifiable at the time, because after the existence of the clone army was exposed, everyone found that the signature of the creation of this army was Jedi Master Sefer Dias. Therefore, it is generally believed within the Galactic Republic that this army was established by the Jedi Order, so it is natural for the Jedi Order to lead this army now.

After the establishment of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Speaker of the Republic, Sheev Palpatine, became the nominal supreme leader of the army, but most of the time he handed over the command to the Jedi Order. It was this behavior that won Sheev Palpatine a lot of applause in the parliament. Many people believed that this was his generous act of not being greedy for power and actively delegating power.

However, no one knew at that time that the destruction of the Jedi Order began with the command of the Grand Republic Army.

During the war, the Jedi Knights fought on the front lines to maintain the peace and unity of the Galactic Republic, and their heroic fighting brought the Galactic Republic victory after victory. For this reason, a large number of Jedi Knights also died heroically in the war.

But what they got was not flowers and applause, but more and more criticism. Because war cannot always be won, so every time there is a failure, it is always the Jedi Knights who are condemned - because you can't blame the clone soldiers who were created for war, right?

And because Jedi Knights were present in almost all the battles, the damage caused by the war was also counted on the Jedi Order. There were cities destroyed, civilians affected, planetary famines... Although the Jedi Order had done its best to avoid all of this, manpower was limited after all. The war that swept across the entire galaxy was far beyond the ability of the Jedi Order, which had less than 20,000 people at the time, to bear.

Jedi Knights, at this time, became synonymous with war. They lost their former status as arbitrators and their status was no longer transcendent. They began to delve into politics, the military, and inevitably, the economy. So they began to touch the core interests of some classes, such as the aristocrats in the core circle.

The reputation of the Jedi Order plummeted as a result. Ironically, the more victories they won on the battlefield, the worse their reputation became.

The one who signed the agreement to establish this army was Jedi Master Cypher Dias, and this was a hurdle that the Jedi Order could not get around. It was this incident that gave the Jedi Order the bad reputation of starting a war. Coupled with their front-line command, all the blame for the war was pinned on the Jedi Order.

What's worse is that as the Clone Wars progressed, the war became increasingly uncontrollable. In order to ensure victory in the war, orbital bombardment was put on the table. In many battlefields, it was almost impossible to defeat the battle robots that were almost everywhere in the city without orbital bombardment.

  However, orbital bombardment is explicitly prohibited as an anti-civilization and anti-social behavior. This is because 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 we now have advanced atmospheric modification technology, the natural location of a planet accounts for 99% of the factors that make it habitable. If a planet is slightly closer or farther from its star, it is not naturally habitable, and no matter how much it is modified, it can only be barely habitable.

Therefore, orbital bombing became a taboo, and the Jedi Knights were naturally firmly opposed. But at this time, Sheev Palpatine issued a decree allowing the Grand Republic Army to conduct orbital bombing, but the prerequisite was that it had to be signed by the Jedi Knight Commander.

  On the surface, this seems to be a decision that fully respects the Jedi Order, but in fact, it puts the Jedi Order on the edge of a knife!

It was at this time that the Jedi Order began to split. (End of this chapter)