How did Anakin justify killing Younglings?

The Younglings Reminded Anakin of How Different He Was
Those negative emotions also power the dark side, meaning Anakin likely felt stronger as he killed the younglings. That, in turn, reinforced his belief that only the dark side could save Padmé.

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Did Anakin feel bad about killing younglings?

Anakin didn't enjoy killing the younglings. He was visibly upset throughout the entire thing.

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Did Vader ever regret killing Younglings?

The added risk Darth Vader takes in allowing children to live in a situation where he could have killed them proves that he regrets killing Younglings and will avoid harming any more children for the rest of his days, though intense intimidation is a dark strategy to avoid repeating his Youngling massacre.

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Did any younglings survive Anakin?

In Star Wars canon, there are currently only four younglings that are known to have survived the infamous Order 66 and Darth Vader's slaughter, while in Legends, there are 20 known survivors.

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How many younglings did Anakin kill?

The short answer is that Anakin killed at least 18 Jedis. This minimum count includes four Jedi Padawans, three Jedi Masters, and eleven younglings. The in-between answer includes a group of twenty younglings, putting the total at 27.

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How Anakin Justified Killing Jedi Younglings - Star Wars Explained

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Did Padmé know Anakin killed Younglings?

It's not shown, but it is clearly insinuated that Anakin killed the younglings. This is confirmed later in the movie when Obi-Wan informs Padme that Anakin killed them. Both are torn apart with hurt and confusion, trying to make sense of something so terrible. How could Anakin do such a thing?

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Why did Anakin's eyes turn yellow?

Ultimately, Anakin's yellow eyes serve as a visual representation of his descent to evil, a cue for audiences to pick up on while watching the film.

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Did Zatt survive Order 66?

Zatt was a Nautolan male Jedi Padawan and a survivor of Order 66.

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What is the order 666 in Star Wars?

Order 66, also known as Clone Protocol 66, or simply "the Order," was a top-secret order identifying all Jedi as traitors to the Galactic Republic and, therefore, subject to summary execution by the Grand Army of the Republic.

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How did Bode survive Order 66?

Rise of the Galactic Empire

Bode used his skills as a spy that he learnt working for Republic Intelligence to evade the Jedi Purge when Darth Sidious executed Order 66 and reorganized the Republic into the Galactic Empire.

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What if a child hugged Darth Vader?

As we know, Vader was killing children before he even got his suit on, but those were Jedi younglings and so future potential threats. Vader doesn't kill right and left just to be “evil.” A random kid hugging him would presumably be brushed rather brusquely aside, but that would be all.

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Who did Darth Vader hate?

Darth Vader hated Obi-Wan Kenobi because he hated himself. This started when he thought that Kenobi was the one that poisoned Padmé into turning against Anakin when he turned to the dark side. But the truth was that Anakin was merely projecting his own self-hatred toward Obi-Wan.

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Did Anakin ever regret killing Padme?

Did Anakin regret choking Padme? Oh yeah. He pushed the memories out of his mind for a couple of decades. But after he faced his son, Luke, in Empire Strikes Back, it was all he could think about.

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Did Vader regret killing Padme?

Yes, his entire character since then was a self loathing tragic monster who has little reason to care about anything. Betraying Mace Windu instantly made him regret his act of impulse, Padme's death and rejection of his actions later on made it stick.

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Why was Anakin always so angry?

The choice to leave his mother at a young age continues to haunt Anakin throughout his life. He is plagued by nightmares of her and visions of her fate. When he eventually saves her from a group of Tuskens on Tatooine, his blind anger at her dying state consumes him.

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Did any clones resist Order 66?

Clones That Disobeyed Order 66 | Fandom. Some clones disobeyed the infamous order than decimated the Jedi order, and refused to execute it. SOME of these Clones include; Captain Rex: Captain Rex, as most know removed his chip that would later be the way that Palpatine would execute order 66.

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What is order 67?

Order 67 was an order requiring clone troopers to dance. During the Battle of Utapau, Darth Sidious accidentally issued Order 67 when he meant to use Order 66. Just after the order was executed, Cody and his troops began dancing. However, Sidious browsed a manual and executed Order 66.

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Who betrayed the Jedi Order 66?

Unsure what to do and feeling he could never be forgiven for what he had done, as well as desperate to save his wife, Padmé Amidala, from the possibility of a presaged demise, Skywalker betrayed the Jedi and and was "knighted" by Sidious as his new apprentice, Darth Vader, Lord of the Sith.

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Is Rey the only Jedi left?

By the end of The Rise of Skywalker, Rey had become the last known Jedi of the Skywalker Saga. With all that being said, Rey was not left as the last remaining Force-sensitive character.

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Why didn t Plo Koon survive Order 66?

In the final days of the Clone Wars, Plo led a starfighter squadron against Separatist forces on Cato Neimoidia. When Supreme Chancellor Palpatine issued Order 66, Plo's clone wingmen blasted his fighter out of the sky, killing him instantly.

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How many Jedi are left after Order 66?

With 10,000 space monks hanging around, it's pretty damn impressive that shortly after the fall of the Republic, Order 66, and Vader's Jedi hunts, there were only around 50 confirmed Jedi left according to current canon stories. That means that Order 66 and Vader were 99 percent effective at wiping out the Jedi.

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Why does KYLO ren not have a Darth name?

Even though Kylo Ren uses a red lightsaber, harnesses the dark side of the Force, and wears a cape, he is not a Sith. Because of that, he can never hold the title of Darth. Instead, he was just a chaotic mess of the dark side (until he eventually found his way back to the light).

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Why didn t kylo ren have Sith eyes?

Really, the yellow eyes of the Sith show the physical toll the dark side issues on its 'host' if you can call it so. It represents the dark power within them, the unchecked and even unbalanced rage swirling through their body. Kylo Ren was never fully immersed in the dark side, as was evident throughout the movie.

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Why did Dooku not have Sith eyes?

Of course, Sidious didn't tell Dooku the full plan, so that didn't work out too well for him. Regardless, Dooku's eyes weren't yellow because he wasn't motivated by anger. He was merely a practical dark side user, so he does not have the usual Sith eye color.

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