Order 66 (LOTF)

"The time has come. Execute Order 66."

- Palpatine to clone commanders

Order 66 was an event at the end of the Clone Wars in which the clones of the Grand Army of the Republic turned against their Jedi commanders and terminated them, bringing about the destruction of the Jedi Order. The event was triggered by Clone Protocol 66, an order implanted into the clones by the Sith Lords and Kaminoan scientists who created the clone army. The protocol caused clone troopers to violently lash out at the Jedi and view them as threats, and was controlled by a bio-chip implanted into the clones during their creation; the chip could control the behavior of the clones and ensure total obedience. The conspiracy, led by Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine&mdash;secretly Darth Sidious&mdash;and Count Dooku, went into action the same night that Ganner Slarwalker and Dylan Antiunknown returned to Coruscant.

In the final days of the Clone Wars, after having revealed himself to the Jedi as the Dark Lord of the Sith, Palpatine issued Order 66. The clone troopers across the galaxy turned on the Jedi and began killing them, with numerous Jedi perishing on battlefields on many different worlds. Meanwhile, fallen Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, who had become the Sith Lord Darth Vader, marched on the Jedi Temple with a group of clones and killed the Jedi within it. When Ganner tried to intervene, he was intercepted by his brother, Cade Slarwalker, who had been hired by Dylan to kill him. Unaware that they were being followed by Hans Novastar and Ranulph Darkhitch, the pair formed a plan to fake Ganner's death to please Dylan. The ruse worked too well; Dylan believed it, but so did Hans and Ranulph, who kidnapped Cade the same night.

The next morning, Dylan enlisted the help of one of his best mercenaries, Praxon, to help him rescue Cade. They quickly breached the apartment and secured Cade, but in the chaotic fighting, Praxon was shot in the eye. As they escaped, Dylan praised both Cade and Praxon and promised to secure medical care for the latter. Afterwards, Ganner pressed onwards to Korriban where he fought Darth Ruin in possession of Xux's body.