Disney Star Wars Takes Anakin's Jedi Slaughter Further Than Lucas Dared
Warning! SPOILERS for Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 5 ahead.
Revisitations of Order 66 aren’t uncommon in the Star Wars franchise, but Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 5 proved that Lucasfilm’s work under Disney has gone much further in detailing Anakin’s (Hayden Christensen) horrific actions. Despite Emperor Palpatine intending Order 66 to kill all Jedi as deemed enemies of the Republic, various Star Wars TV shows have revealed some Force users were spared. In revealing another survivor, though, Disney’s Obi-Wan Kenobi goes further than George Lucas’ prequel trilogy ever went in exploring how cruel Anakin’s slaughter of the younglings at the Jedi Temple truly was in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.
Obi-Wan Kenobi isn’t the first Disney Star Wars series to introduce a survivor of the younglings’ slaughter, as both The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett already revealed that Grogu was saved from the Jedi Temple massacre. Still, being a series set 10 years after the events of Revenge of the Sith, it shows how the Inquisitors look not only for all Jedi who managed to escape, but also for generally Force-sensitive people with no affiliation to the Jedi Order. While Anakin’s killing of the younglings marked for many viewers the moment he fully committed to the dark side, Obi-Wan Kenobi paints an even more horrific scenario, letting Reva (Moses Ingram), a survivor of Anakin’s horrific actions, reluctantly tell her story.
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