Why did Palpatine want the younglings dead?

When Clone Wars introduced Project Harvester, though – a Palpatine-organised effort to capture and recruit young Force-sensitives to become dark side agents – questions naturally arose as to why he killed the younglings when he had the power to potentially convert them into an assortment of loyal Imperial agents.

What did Younglings learn?

Between the ages of four and eight, younglings acquired the basic skills of lightsaber combat using low-powered training sabers to practice the deflection of blaster shots fired by training droids.

What age are younglings?

Youngling clans Jedi younglings were divided into ten clans consisting of approximately twenty students. Among these groups was Bear Clan, a class of younglings between the ages of four and eight.

Why did Anakin Skywalker kill the younglings?

Anakin Skywalker’s descent into the Dark Side of the Force reached its pinnacle in Star Wars : Revenge of the Sith, when he murdered the younglings at the Jedi Temple on Coruscant. Many have questioned why Skywalker slaughtered literal children, especially when they posed no immediate threat to the Empire, and could be converted to the Dark Side.

What happened to Darth Vader when the younglings died?

The canonical comic Star Wars: Darth Vader #7 made it clear that the younglings’ deaths caused him grief, self-loathing, hatred and pain, fueling his descent even further into the Dark Side.

Did Palpatine order Vader to kill younglings in Revenge of the Sith?

Even knowing his destiny in the Star Wars canon, it was hard to imagine that Palpatine’s order for the newly christened Darth Vader to kill every Jedi in the Jedi Temple would actually include the slaughter of Younglings in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith .

Was Anakin Skywalker’s transition to the Dark Side seamless?

The descent of the man formerly known as Anakin Skywalker into darkness may have seemed too abrupt for many Star Wars fans, but the latest issues of two separate comics reveal that what might have appeared to be a seamless transition to the Dark Side was anything but for the recent Sith recruit.