Shortly before the events of Order 66, a few members of the Jedi order were able to sense
a great disturbance in the force, and foresee the shocking events moments before they took
place.
Depa Billaba, who was the master of Kanan Jarrus, Jaro Tapal, who was Cal Kestis’
master and Grand Master Yoda were able to sense the impending destruction of the Jedi
before their Clone Troopers turned on them.
Even some non-Jedi like Maul and Ahsoka Tano were able to sense Order 66 before it happened.
So why were these force users able to feel a great disturbance in the force, while many
others were not?
I’m going to break down some incredibly interesting theories for why these force users
could sense Order 66, while the other Jedi could not.
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As Order 66 was initiated by Palpatine, 5 force users, from both the light side and
the dark side were able to feel the great purge that was about to take place.
These force users were: Grandmaster Yoda, Depa Billaba, Ahsoka Tano and Maul.
So how were they able to pull this off?
Starting with Grand Master Yoda, it’s likely that his extremely strong connection to the
force was what gave him the ability to detect Order 66 before it happened.
He was probably the most powerful living force user at the time, matched only by the power
of Palpatine himself.
As the Grand Master of the Jedi Order, he was easily the most in tune with the force
of any other member and made sure that he was not clouded by the fog of war, like many
of the other Jedi were.
Despite leading the Jedi Order into the Clone Wars and appointing the Jedi knights as generals
in the Grand Army of the Republic, Master Yoda always worried that he was making the
wrong decision.
As the war went on, he slowly came to realise that the end of the Republic was near and
that the Jedi order that he knew was coming to end.
On top of this, we also know that the Clone Troopers of the Republic had no hatred or
anger towards the Jedi order whatsoever up until the point that Order 66 was called by
Chancellor Palpatine.
Because we also know that there was a hidden sith Shrine placed below the Jedi temple from
the Tarkin Novel, which was discovered by Ahsoka Tano in an unfinished episode of the
Clone Wars, only the Jedi who were the most deeply connected with the force were able
to overcome the dark fog in the force created by this shrine, and sense the turn of the
Clones.
Even though Yoda was weakened by the Sith shrine and by Palpatine, he was still powerful
enough to foresee the betrayal of Commander Gree.
Finally, the reason that he was able to sense that Commander Gree was about to execute him
is because Gree was extremely conflicted in the moment, and was unsure about executing
the Order.
We see throughout the Clone wars that Gree developed a much stronger conscience than
many of the other Clones.
Master Yoda could likely sense this conflict inside of him as he was approaching him from
behind.
Now moving onto Depa Billaba, her case is similar, but with some major difference.
Depa Billaba was gunned down by her Clone Commander, Commander Grey, on the planet Kaller,
as she defended her Padawan, Caleb Dume, allowing him to escape.
Before she was killed however, she received a vision in the force of her Clone Troopers
turning on her.
As Depa Billaba received the force vision, she was able to grab her apprentice’s hand
and transfer the vision to him, allowing Caleb Dume to witness the events of order 66 take
place across the galaxy.
Wow, that must have been chilling for him to see.
This vision ultimately saved Caleb Dume, who went on to become Kanan Jarrus, allowing him
to train Ezra Bridger some years later.
There are a few reasons that Bilaba received this vision.
The first and most direct is that she happened to be mediating deep into the force at the
time of order 66, giving her an extremely strong connection with her surroundings.
Because of this mediation, her awareness and Jedi foresight were incredibly strong, allowing
her to predict incoming blaster fire from her Clone commander, giving her time to defend
Kanan.
The other reason for her being able to predict this event is because she did not allow herself
to be clouded by the lightside of the force and the arrogance of the Jedi Order.
She was very similar to Qui-Gon Jinn in her view on the force, leading her to leave the
council shortly before Order 66.
Her different views on the force allowed her to sense the upcoming end of the Jedi Order,
while many of the others who were blinded by the war could not.
Next is Jaro Tapal, the Master of Kal Kestis from Jedi Fallen Order.
He is a bit more mysterious.
We know that he was one of the less patient Jedi generals of the Republic, and that he
valued a strong connection to the force more than fighting with his lightsaber.
His deep connection to the force and his refusal to be blinded by the Clone Wars probably helped
him to be able to sense the great disturbance.
Other than that, we don’t really have much information about why Jaro Tapal was able
to sense Order 66, while many other Jedi couldn’t.
I’m hoping this is expanded on much further in the Jedi Fallen Order sequel which was
recently confirmed by EA games.
But let me know down below how you think Jaro Tapal was able to sense the Order.
Was it his deep connection to the force or could it be because Lasat force users were
naturally stronger than others, similar to how those of Yoda’s species are?
As for Ahsoka, the reason that she was able to sense Order 66 and the dark deeds her master,
Anakin Skywalker, was because of her incredibly strong bond with him and the fact that she
had already disconnected from the Jedi Order.
Ahsoka clearly saw the flaws of the Jedi order during her time in the underworld of Coruscant
and of course her framing and exile from the Jedi Order.
Ahsoka’s disconnection from the arrogant teachings of the Jedi Order, mixed with her
strong connection to her master allowed her to gain a clear insight on exactly what was
going on, including the events of Order 66.
The connection obviously went both ways, with Anakin having a strong attachment to his apprentice,
probably contributing a lot to her being able to sense the fight in Palpatine’s office.
Ahsoka was also very deeply connected with the light side of the force at this point,
because she was saved by the Daughter of Mortis after being killed there.
Many people think that Ahsoka has the spirit of the daughter within her, but we’ll have
to wait for either the Mandalorian Season 2 or the Rebels sequel to find out if that
theory is true.
It’s also possible that because Ahsoka was the one to discover the hidden Sith Shrine
in the unfinished Clone Wars episode, she was aware of the dark side presence that was
clouding the foresight of the Jedi.
With this knowledge, she may have been able to overcome Palpatine’s usage of the Sith
Shrine when she sensed Anakin’s distress.
For Darth Maul, his ability to sense the beginning of Order 66 and the fight in Palpatine’s
office was probably because of his extremely strong hatred for Darth Sidious and how he
was a cast aside as a simple puppet for his plans to create the empire.
We know that darth Maul hated Sidious even more than he hated the Jedi order by the time
of Order 66, so it makes a lot of sense that someone with such a strong connection to the
event would be able to sense it.
Obviously, the Sith weren’t clouded at all by the Clone Wars because Darth Sidious was
the one who created it and was playing both sides of it.
Its unclear just how much of Sidious’ grand plan Maul knew about, but he certainly would
have been able to put the pieces together after he was freed by Ahsoka and found about
the Clone Troopers turning on her inside of the Republic cruiser.
Maul’s complete hatred for Sidious and the fact that he had moved further into the darkside
than almost any other time probably allowed him to become aware of his former master’s
plans only moments before they were carried out.
So those are some very awesome theories about why the three Jedi and 2 other force users
were able to sense Order 66 before it took place.
I’m sure quite a few of the other Jedi who we don’t yet know about were able to sense
the order too, but we’ll just have to wait and find out.
We’ll probably also get more information about Jaro Tapal and why he was able to sense
the Order before it happened.
Thanks so much for watching, remember to comment down below who your favourite surviving Jedi
was and yes you can even include Ahsoka.
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