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2238. The Split of the Jedi Order and the Founding of the Blood Order (Part )

It was the orbital bombardment that caused the Jedi Order to split.

  Some of the Jedi Knights began to believe that war is about using any possible means, and that in order to win the war, one should use any means necessary. Since orbital bombardment can bring victory, then it should be used without hesitation! As for the future, let's talk about it later!

Another group of Jedi Knights adhere to the creed of the Jedi Order, believing that even in war, civilization and humanity should not be abandoned, because once you abandon these, the final outcome can only be mutual destruction. If a battle reaches a point where civilians must be massacred, orbital bombing must be carried out, and planets must be destroyed in order to win, then the battle has actually failed.

  And most importantly, if the Jedi Knights, who claim to be the guardians of the galaxy, begin to abuse orbital bombardment as a means of warfare, then what are the Jedi Knights? Are they still the guardians of the galaxy? What is the difference between such Jedi Knights and Sith Knights?

There was a very heated debate between the two groups of Jedi Knights, neither of whom could convince the other. At that time, there was also a split in the highest level of the Jedi Order.

Mace Windu, the second-in-command of the Jedi Order, was attacked by the Angel of Death during the battle on Harun Kal, and his favorite disciple Depa Billaba also fell to the dark side. As a result, under the attack of Depa Billaba and the Angel of Death, Mace Windu was seriously injured, and his spine was cut off by Depa Billaba's sword, which directly paralyzed him.

Although Mace Windu survived after rescue, his temperament changed drastically and his views on war also changed.

And Mace Windu is the one who supports that the war should be won by any means necessary.

With his support, and the fact that Master Yoda had mostly faded out of the spotlight and rarely made direct decisions, especially after he was injured by the Angel of Death in the battle of Rendili and spent some time recovering from his injuries, there was no force within the Jedi Order that could stop these extreme Jedi Knights.

  So from that time on, led by Mace Windu, this group of extreme Jedi Knights began to use "blood debt pays with blood" as their slogan. They meant that they wanted those who started the war and caused the killing to pay with blood, and they would pay for it at any cost!

Later, the first Jedi to sign the orbital bombardment order was one of these people.

From this point on, the Jedi Order was essentially split into two parts, but at least at that time, the two factions still stood together.

  What really split the Jedi Order into two was the information they learned from the Angel of Death that the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, who had been hiding deep, was none other than the Speaker of the Republic, Sheev Palpatine himself!

After confirming this, the anger and hatred in the hearts of the Jedi Knights led by Mace Windu reached their peak. They believed that it was Darth Sidious who deceived all of them, so he should be held responsible for the sacrifice of countless Jedi Knights, countless soldiers, and countless civilians!

Blood Warriors were called that from then on, and the Jedi Order began to lose control.

Mace Windu believed that they could no longer defeat Darth Sidious head-on, so he led the Second System Army to attack the neutral system alliance in the Mandalore region. His original plan was to occupy the Mandalore region as a base, use the Second System Army as the foundation, become a separatist warlord, and then slowly confront Darth Sidious.

His military action also took away many extreme Jedi Knights, and this was seen as a split within the Jedi Order.

Master Yoda, with his still-injured body, forcibly tried to assassinate Sheev Palpatine, perhaps because he felt desperate due to the loss of control and division of the Jedi Order.

However, this time the split of the Jedi Order did not end well for both sides. Mace Windu led the Blood Knights and the main fleet of the Second Galaxy Army to attack the Mandalore Star Region, but encountered Severance Tann. In the end, Tann divided them and defeated the main fleet. Part of the remnant army returned to the Galactic Republic, and Mace Windu could only lead the other part of the remnant army to hide and survive.

After Master Yoda disappeared, the Jedi Order, led by Master Shaak-Ti, began an emergency evacuation. Although many young apprentices were sent away, they were eventually betrayed and massacred by Anakin Skywalker who fell to the dark side. With the issuance of Order 66, the Jedi Order suffered heavy casualties.

Many of these Jedi Knights were stranded outside, but then they gradually gathered together and formed a new Jedi Order.

Thus, the once glorious Jedi Order was finally destroyed, and the remnants were divided into two parts - the Blood Order and the New Jedi Order.

Most of the Jedi Knights of the Blood Knights fell into the dark side due to anger and hatred. Almost everyone thought they were dead, but they survived very strongly.

In order to get support, the Blood Warriors began to secretly contact some anti-Galactic Empire forces under the mediation of Ki-Adi-Mundi. He packaged himself as a powerful mercenary in order to gain support.

That is, in this process, at the beginning, some planets that had revolted wanted to seek the help of the Blood Warriors, and then these planets joined the rebels' unified command of the "leader". So from this time on, the Blood Warriors inevitably got in touch with the rebels.

  However, the Blood Warriors have close ties with the remnant separatist forces!

Most of the planets that had previously joined the Confederation of Independent Systems were non-human races. Even if they surrendered, they still received various forms of discrimination and exploitation in the Galactic Empire and could not see a future. Therefore, these forces began to actively seek military assistance so that they could resist the Galactic Empire and restore the separatist forces.

As a result, the Blood Warriors were short of money, and the remnant separatist forces were short of weapons. The two sides hit it off and began to cooperate secretly.

Therefore, in the past few years, the Blood Warriors have often been secretly supporting the resistance movements on those planets. This actually coincides with the actions of the rebels, except that the Blood Warriors' style of action is more extreme.

  The Blood Warriors will use assassination, kidnapping, extortion, and even terrorist attacks to achieve their goals. Wherever they appear, brutal killings are often followed!

Therefore, the situation between Mace Windu and the "leader" of the Rebellion is such that although both sides have the same enemy and the same goal, they are wary of each other and are not the same kind of people at all.

Therefore, now, the news received from the contact person of the rebels, saying that a man named Orega was entrusted by Tang Xiao to come to find him, made Mace Windu feel very vigilant.

He began to wonder if he had been exposed.

Moreover, there is still a large amount of blood debt to be settled between him and the Angel of Death Tang Xiao! Tang Xiao, in Mace Windu's hunting list, ranks second only to Darth Sidious! (End of this chapter)