Star Wars: 10 Exact Moments We Knew These Characters Were Doomed
9. Almost Everyone Who Didn't Turn Up In The OG Trilogy After Order 66 Happens - Revenge Of The Sith
Though it was undoubtedly awesome to finally see a world simply overflowing with the galaxy's protectors over the course of George Lucas' Prequel Trilogy, the daunting realisation that an unquestionably depressing purge would be on its way always acted as a subtle shadow in an otherwise vibrant Jedi landscape.
Simply put, if the Jedi Order wasn't "all but extinct", as Ben Kenobi put in in A New Hope, by the time of the Original Trilogy, then some rather substantial plot holes would've likely made their presence known before long.
So, whether fans liked it or not, a whole host of Jedi faces we'd come to appreciate and admire over those first two Prequel features were doomed to bite the dust from the second Anakin Skywalker helped Palpatine overcome Mace Windu (more on that later!) and set the stage for Order 66 to become an excruciating reality.
Just like that, the likes of Ki-Adi-Mundi, Plo Koon, Aayla Secura and many more were drastically outnumbered and wiped out by the Clones who had been fighting beside them for years.
We knew it all had to end at some point, but that still didn't make it any easier to swallow this devastating pill.