What was Order 44?

Order 44 was the brother to Order 66 in theory. Once ordered, the Stormtrooper commanders were to kill their commanders. Only once was this order put into effect and it was aimed at all Grand Admirals. It backfired when it was ordered because it sent the Galactic Empire spiraling even closer to defeat.

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What is Order 77 Star Wars?

Order 77 was the brother of Order 66 and Order 44 in theory. Once ordered, the Stormtrooper commanders were to kill their Inquisitors. The order also effected in order to steal, burn and rob places throughout the galaxy.

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Was there a Mormon Extermination Order?

Old Settler mobs and Mormon paramilitary units roamed the countryside. When the Mormons attacked a duly authorized militia under the belief it was an anti-Mormon mob, Missouri's governor, Lilburn Boggs, ordered the Saints expelled from the state, or “exterminated,” if necessary.

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How many Mormons were killed in Missouri?

Again, the answer is nuanced. The Extermination Order was issued on Oct. 27, and three days later, 17 church members — 15 men and two boys — were killed by 240 militiamen/vigilantes at Haun's Mill in Caldwell County. The church members were holed up in a blacksmith's shop.

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When was the Mormon Extermination Order in Missouri rescinded?

"Kit" Bond, who as Missouri governor in 1976 rescinded the 1838 "extermination order," authorizing the expulsion of Mormons from the state, has been honored by the Mormon History Association for his action 34 years ago.

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Why is Missouri important to Mormons?

In 1831, Joseph Smith told LDS Church members that Independence, Missouri, was to be the gathering spot for the church. There were many Mormons in Missouri and it served as one of the headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the 1830s.

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Where did the Mormons go after being forced out of Missouri?

His executive order calls for the expulsion or extermination of all Mormons from the state. Three days later, a raiding party massacres church members, including children, at Haun's Mill, The Mormon community leaves Missouri for Illinois.

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Did Missouri apologize to the Mormons?

Expressing on behalf of all Missourians our deep regret for the injustice and undue suffering which was caused by the 1838 order, I hereby rescind Executive Order Number 44, dated October 27, 1838, issued by Governor Lilburn W. Boggs.

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What was the biggest Mormon massacre?

The Mountain Meadows Massacre (September 7–11, 1857) was a series of attacks during the Utah War that resulted in the mass murder of at least 120 members of the Baker–Fancher emigrant wagon train.

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Why were Mormons kicked out of Ohio?

Some of them even joined forces with Mormon-haters to harass the faithful Saints. The apostates were so mean-spirited that they forced the steadfast members of the Church in Ohio to flee to Missouri in order to escape persecution.

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Have any Mormon missionaries been killed?

Fourteen of them died from accidents, and only three from murders. The LDS missionaries who died often were killed in supposedly safe places and not by attacks. For example, 10 of them died in automobile accidents, and eight of them died in the United States.

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Who was the ex Mormon serial killer?

Ervil Morrell LeBaron (February 22, 1925 – August 15, 1981) was the leader of a polygamous Mormon fundamentalist group who ordered the killings of many of his opponents, using the religious doctrine of blood atonement to justify the murders.

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What is the Mormon religion called?

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), also called Mormonism, church that traces its origins to a religion founded by Joseph Smith in the United States in 1830.

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How many Sith survived Order 66?

The Sith, an order of users of the dark side of the Force, was formed by fallen members of the Jedi Order after a war called the Hundred-Year Darkness. Eventually, after many wars, the Jedi defeated and seemingly destroyed the Sith in the final, decisive conflict. However, one Sith Lord survived: Darth Bane.

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What was Palpatine's Order 66?

Order 66 is a secretive command instituted by Emperor Palpatine that labeled all members of the Jedi Order traitors to the Empire and marked them for death. As fans know, the gradual rise of Sheev Palpatine was a secretive plot by the Sith. Over the years, the Galactic Republic established the creation of a clone army.

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Did the Jedi know Order 66 existed?

In Legends, the Jedi knew about Order 66. They just didn't know it could be used in the way it was. It was billed to be used for taking down dark Jedi or rogues. Even before the biochip thing, the clones were flash trained with the expanded meaning of the order, which the Jedi were unaware of.

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How many LDS missionaries are killed each year?

The church does not share its statistics on missionary deaths, but independent counts since the 1980s indicate the rate hovers between three and six a year. The safety of Mormon missionaries spread across 405 missions worldwide does not come by luck or accident.

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How many LDS missionaries have been killed?

Russell Ballard "indicated that of the 447,969 missionaries who have served since the days of Joseph Smith, only 525—about one-tenth of 1 percent—have lost their lives through accident, illness, or other causes while serving.

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Did the Mormon Battalion fight any battles?

The only "battle" they fought was near the San Pedro River in present-day Arizona against a sizable number of wild cattle. The Battalion reached this area in December 1846, and their presence aroused curiosity among these animals.

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Where do Mormons think the Garden of Eden is?

Joseph Smith Jr., the founder of Mormonism and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, believed and taught that the Garden of Eden was located in or near Independence, Missouri, and that Adam and Eve ultimately came to reside in Daviess County some 70 miles away.

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Why did the Mormons move west?

The Mormons, under the leadership of Brigham Young, decided to start a new community away from other white Americans due to the hostility and persecution they had faced in the East. Three times they had been chased out of communities in Ohio, Missouri and Illinois, all states in the USA.

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Why did people not like the Mormons?

Non-Mormons resented the economic competition the settlers brought; the rise in land costs; and the possibility that Mormons, voting as a bloc, would take control of local government. Missourians had the additional concern that Joseph Smith had declared their state the site of a "New Jerusalem" for his flock.

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How many wives did Joseph Smith have?

Mormon Church Admits Founder Joseph Smith Had Up To 40 Wives : The Two-Way The Church of Latter-day Saints never denied polygamy was part of its history.

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Is the Garden of Eden in Missouri?

Contemporaries of Smith stated that he taught that the Garden of Eden was located in the vicinity of Independence, Missouri, and that after Adam and Eve were banished from the garden, they went to Adam-ondi-Ahman.

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