The Grand Inquisitor was the highest ranking member of the Inquisitorious and the one most
feared by Jedi Survivors of Order 66 in hiding across the Galaxy.
His very presence carried a cold chill with it and his name sent chills down the spines
of those Jedi.
But he wasn’t the worst thing they had to worry about.
That would be Darth Vader.
So how did the Grand Inquisitor slaughter so many Jedi across the Galaxy, despite being
nowhere as powerful as Vader?
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In the dark days immediately following Order 66, Darth Vader himself was sent to wipe out
any Jedi who survived the initial betrayal of the Clone Troopers.
Vader was of course very successful in this mission, but eventually Palpatine pulled him
away from this duty to help in other important aspects of ruling the new Empire.
As a result, Vader was gifted an Order of Force sensitive warriors, who had the sole
task of hunting down and killing Jedi survivors wherever they lurked.
This was the Order of the Inquisitorious.
Palpatine had been planning for this long before the end of the Clone Wars, and was
actually able to turn the Grand Inquisitor the Dark Side before they ended.
Palpatine swayed him after the Trial of Barriss Offe, where she tried to frame Ahsoka Tano
for attacking the Jedi temple.
The Grand Inquisitor is actually the temple guard seen on the left here in this image,
and after hearing Barriss’ speec about how the Jedi had lost their way, he agreed and
became angered.
He was so disilusioned with the Order’s participation in the war, but also by how
they treated Ahsoka Tano after she was accused of being behind the attack.
Ultimately, this led Palpatine to swoop in and lead him to the darkness…
Now that the Grand Inquisitor was turned, he was ready for the day of ORder 66.
On that day, he entered the Temple in his usual Temple guard uniform, and when Anakin
marched in with the 501st, he actually helped the new Sith Lord.
The Grand Inquisitor ignited his yellow blade and turned on his own temple guard brothers,
helping Anakin to wipe every Jedi the temple out.
This is actually why you don’t see any Temple Guards in Revenge of the Sith when Anakin
arrives, the Grand Inquisitor had already slaughtered them, awaiting Vader’s arrival.
On that day alone, the Grand Inquisitor honestly may have racked up a killcount of over 100.
Chilling stuff
Now another reason that the Grand Inquisitor was able to kill so many Jedi in the early
days of the Empire was because of the huge resources that Palpatine and Vader put into
the inquisitor program.
They had informants all across the Galaxy outposts almost everywhere.
On top of this, the Grand Inquisitor had a similar sort of status to Vader within the
imperial military.
When he entered the room, he often outranked even the most respected Moffs and Commanders,
simply because he was a force user who answered directly to Vader.
Because of this, he could simply pull garrisons of stormtroopers away from other Imperials
to use in hunting Jedi, as well as shifting around resources how he saw fit.
**If the Grand Inquisitor wanted to lock down and entire city and Execute Order 37 in Order
to find a Jedi hiding out there, he had the authority to do so, as he was acting on behalf
of Darth Vader.**
On top of all of this, at the time he ascended to the position of Grand Inquisitor, most
of the Jedi who survived didn’t do so through their skill or force power.
Most of them survived through pure luck.
Now because the Grand Inquisitor was a member of the Jedi Order for so many years, he had
a deep understanding of how much Jedi thought and were trained.
Obviously because he witnessed it all for his own eyes.
With this knowledge, the Grand Inquisitor returned the Jedi temple shortly after Order
66 with one singular goal.
To learn as much about Lightsaber styles, forms and techniques as possible.
He knew that he would be facing many Jedi survivors, so what better way to defeat them,
than to learn how they fought precisely.
Once he arrived at the temple, a sense of hatred washed over him, because during his
time as a Jedi, the Librarian Jocasta Nu never let him access the archives, deeming him unworthy.
Now that he was finally able to view the hidden content, the Grand Inquisitor poured tirelessly
over every scroll, datapad and file he could find about Lightsaber combat, learning all
of its intricacies.
He then moved on to learning about the various Jedi Masters and Battle masters, studying
which Lightsaber form each of them used.
In doing this, he realized something very strange about the Order.
Most Masters by the time of the Clone Wars favored Form Four lightsaber combat, also
known as the way of the Hawkbat.
This was strange because it was literally known as the “Agression Form”, being extremely
offensive fast paced.
This again confirmed his beliefs that the Jedi really had lost their way by the time
of the Clone Wars, just as Barriss had demonstrated.
Using this knowledge he perfected Ataru for himself and learned how to specifically counter
it.
This meant that when he found a Jedi in hiding, they would likely use this form, and he would
be ready to destroy them.
In addition to this though, the Grand Inquisitor did something much darker.
He became so well versed in the 7 Lightsaber forms that he could tell which one was being
used, just by watching a Jedi move.
And not only that, but he could pinpoint the exact Master who taught the form to their
Apprentice.
A prime example of this comes in Star Wars Rebels, when the Grand Inquisitor confronts
Kanan Jarrus, and correctly identifies that he is using Form 3 Lightsaber combat.
Not only that, but he is even able to determine who taught him that style, which was his Master
Depa Bilaba.
An extremely impressive skill.
Now another reason the Grand Inquisitor had such an easy time killing Jedi was his unique
Inquisitor LIghtsaber.
This saber had several deadly functions which made it much scarier to face for a Jedi.
First it was double bladed, which the Grand Inquisitor was extremely proficient at using
because of his time wielding a Yellow lightsaber pike as a Jedi guard.
Second, this saber could spin at incredibly high speeds, making it nearly impossible block.
Third, it could be split into two, allowing him to dual wield.
Fourth, it allowed him to fly away like a helicopter if needed…
Now that last one is very controversial, so tell me down below what you think of the saber
copters from REbels…
Just don’t get too heated down there.
Another crucial part of his Jedi killing strategy was to lay traps across the galaxy to lure
in unsuspecting Jedi.
The most obvious and honestly very creepy one of these was the use of Luminara Unduli’s
dead body to lure Kanan and Ezra right to him.
Instead of being killed by her Clone Troopers like most of the other Jedi during ORder 66,
Luminara was for some reason captured and taken hostage at the Galaxy’s most horrid
prison, the Spire on Stygeon Prime.
Shortly after taking her hostage, footage of her capture was taken and broadcasted across
the holonet, hoping to lure in prospective Jedi…
She was soon after Executed, and kept inside a weird coffin at the prison.
Now on top of all this, the Grand Inquisitor himself began to train other former Jedi to
help him in his task of wiping the light of the jedi out of the Galaxy.
He worked with them and sent them on various missions, making his job easier as time went
on.
If he couldn’t make it to a remote location in the Outer Rim, he would simply send the
Seventh Sister of the Fifth Brother out to hunt them down for him…
In addition to this, the Grand Inquisitor was given access to a legion of Purge Troopers
to help him in his missions across the Galaxy.
The incredibly interesting thing about these Purge Troopers was that most of them were
actually Clone Troopers left over from the Grand Army of the Republic.
These Purge troopers still had their inhibitor chips working after the initial order which
led to an absolutely insane situation.
One Jedi Padawan who survived the Purge managed to mind trick these Clones into believing
the Inquisitors will still Jedi, which actually caused them execute Order 66 for a second
time.
This led to the death of the Tenth Brother Prosset Dibs…
But other than this minor screw up from the Purge Troopers, they served as formidable
reinforcements for the Grand Inquisitor’s killing sprees on the Jedi survivors of the
Galaxy.
Just one more of the tools in the Grand Inquisitor’s belt which allowed to wreak so much havoc.
Now to top all of this off, there was one final dark reason that the Grand Inquisitor
was so effective in his task.
This was that he had no other option.
If he even failed slightly in bringing a Jedi down, he would be severely punished by Darth
Vader…
And if you remember his line from Star Wars Rebels “there are things far more frightening
than death”, you’ll realize that this has probably happened to him before…
A chilling and dark reminder of the life the Grand Inquisitor is now stuck in.
So that is how the Grand Inquisitor managed to kill so Many Jedi, especially in his early
days in the role…
Let me know if you think he could ever be redeemed for actions, considering he was kinda
lured to the Dark side by Palpatine.
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