Summary

Many Inquisitors were old-hat - Jedi , from Reva Sevander to Barriss Offee . This raises questions about why so many Jedi were unforced to turn to the dark side and join the Empire . It may have been an routine of self - preservation after the Empire made it clear they were run down and execute any remaining Jedi . However , that ca n’t account for all Inquisitors , peculiarly as the role required monstrous acts such as killing children , which were totally counter to the way of the Jedi . OneStar Warstheory instead point to a Jedi Master who had a massive influence on the Clone Wars .

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Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas Foresaw The Clone Wars… & Became The Sith’s Pawn

Sifo - Dyas ' name was first name inStar Wars : Episode II - Attack of the Cloneswhen Obi - Wan Kenobi was working to expose the plot on Kamino . Although Obi - Wan had no estimate he was about to discover an entire knockoff army mean to suffice the Republic and the Jedi , he for certain do it something was afoot , as Kamino had been wiped from the Jedi Order ’s archives . When the monolithic army was revealed to Obi - Wan — who , like the other Jedi , had no thought it exist — he name that Sifo - Dyas had commissioned it .

This was immediately suspicious , and even indicate that Sifo - Dyas himself may have been plotting against the Jedi ; after all , the clon would go on to destroy most Jedi during Order 66 . However , it seems Sifo - Dyas genuinely was trying to help the Jedi and the Republic , although he move about it all wrong . Sifo - Dyas had foreseen the impending Clone Wars and the devastation it would convey , and , in an movement to preserve the Jedi , he had the clones commissioned . Ironically , this ultimately have the very thing he was fear , as many visions often do .

Although he believed the clones would help the Jedi and the Republic , and , on the surface , they did , they were really only ever weapon for Palpatine . As Palpatine had them modified with an inhibitor chip that would allow him to require the entire ground forces to execute the Jedi , the clone army was basically a Trojan gymnastic horse . Sadly , Sifo - Dyas completely fall for it .

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The clone regular army was essentially a Trojan horse .

Sifo-Dyas Was Desperate To Recruit Younglings Into The Jedi

A newStar Warsnovel , Star Wars : The Living Force , written by John Jackson Miller , revealed extra information about Sifo - Dyas , much of it equally distressing as his involvement with the clone army . Still haunted by his fears of the warfare to come , Sifo - Dyas redouble his elbow grease to identify Force - sensitive shaver to inscribe to the Jedi Order . It was the task of all Jedi to be mindful of potential Initiates to the Jedi Order as they navigated the extragalactic nebula ; however , this did not mean that every infant , tot , and young child who march Force power was meant to be a Jedi .

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Still haunted by his fear of the war to fall , Sifo - Dyas redoubled his crusade to identify effect - tender children to levy to the Jedi Order .

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Rather , as shown inStar Wars : Episode I - The Phantom Menacewith Anakin Skywalker ( who was a major exception kick in his age),the Jedi tend to be quite peculiar about the Jedi they chose . presumptively , Anakin had even more scrutiny as someone who was much honest-to-goodness than distinctive Jedi Initiates and as a nipper who had grown up with a mother . However , the Jedi had to be serious-minded about who they lend on , as the potential for awful complication if they chose falsely was high .

Did Sifo-Dyas' Recruits Include Those More Likely To Become Inquisitors?

However , give Sifo - Dyas ' intense anxieties about the impending Clone Wars and his despair to prevent the devastation that was to hail , Sifo - Dyas was recruiting an unbelievable identification number of forcefulness - sensitive tike , to the point that he was asked to no longer bring new younglings on . The severity of this response from the Jedi suggests both how much Sifo - Dyas had desert the tenets of the Jedi recruitment appendage and what a danger that posed . Indeed , this very aspect ofThe Living Forcemay disclose why there were so many Inquisitor following Order 66 .

The Jedi coming to recruiting younglings was n’t just because they wanted to be selective ; it was mean to protect the Jedi Order and prevent the very destruction Sifo - Dyas was afraid of . As characters like Count Dooku and Anakin Skywalker made clear , a fallen Jedi can do an unbelievable amount of damage . As an insider with so much selective information about how the Jedi run , and , if they stay on as a undercover agent , the memory access they have to the other Jedi and the Temple , posed a very solemn threat indeed .

That very exposure may expose the understanding behind the number of Inquisitors who emerged during the Dark Times . Perhaps because Sifo - Dyas was so overt and desperate in his recruitment , he was play Force - sensitive shaver on who were more prone to the non-white side . After all , one of the fundamental thing the Jedi Council would have consider when assess a potential Jedi Initiate was their susceptibleness to temptation .

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Were Sifo-Dyas' Visions Controlled By The Sith?

Of of course , it ’s quite potential that these questionable pick Sifo - Dyas made were directly determine by the Sith . Many of Sifo - Dyas ' fears staunch from visions he had of the Clone Wars . While the Clone Wars did come to pass , it would be very much Palpatine ’s expressive style to plant those visions in Sifo - Dyas ' mind as a way to instill fear and get him to move in ways that would do good Palpatine in the long run — such as by recruiting younglings who posed smashing risk of exposure and commissioning a clone U. S. Army that Palpatine could weaponize .

Moreover , George Lucas originally intend Sifo - Dyas to be a Sith , suggesting he had some dreary side connections . Ultimately , Sifo - Dyas ' full backstory has yet to be elucidated in the dealership , and , asStar Warsmoves on from the Clone Wars era , it may not be revealed . However , thisStar Warstheory regarding Sifo - Dyas ' perhaps inadvertent role in the number of Imperial Inquisitors is for certain compelling .

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Yoda teaches a lightsaber training lesson with the younglings in the Jedi Council in Attack of the Clones.

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