After the call for Order 66 was delivered at the end of the Clone Wars, and Anakin Skywalker was transformed into Darth Vader, his first mission with his 501st Clone Troopers was to eliminate a rogue Jedi on the remote desert world of Valkin. Whale there, he worked with an imperial security bureau agent, named Oniye Namada, who proved to be very effective in carrying out the Dark Lord’s wishes and did something absolutely incredible… So lets find out how she saved Darth Vader from the Wrath of his master, Sidious.
This is part two of the Anakin and 501st After Order 66 series, so if you haven’t seen Part 1, check the pinned comment below as this story won’t make much sense.
So the story begins with a recount of events by Major Oniye Namada, a Major in the ISB. Major Namada notes that ever since Valkin’s recolonization by a man named Trivak Ninegun, the planet has been a very crucial recruiting ground for the Jedi Order. Oniye goes on to sasy that you can ask 10 different people around the planet and they’ll each give you ten different reasons for why the Jedi are so Popular here.
Major Namada goes on to say that many people here prefer to shove their Children to the Jedi cultists, rather than force them to live in this blackwater world, and is saddened that handing children to cultists is their best chance for a decent life. After Emperor Palpatine declared his New Order, Jedi rebel Cho’na Bene led a massive insurgency on the planet, and is currently attempting to liberate them from Palpatine’s iron fist… that was until Darth Vader arrived.
Following this, Major Namada strolls into the centre of the main town, backed by her Clone Troopers, and warns the citizens that there’s no need to panic and that everyone should stay calm, and follow instructions.
Oniye then walks over to a local in the centre of the town ans asks who the person is that is carved into stone sitting atop the centrepiece of the village. The villager is frightened to death by the Imperial Security Bureau officer’s menacing presence, and she simply can’t answer the question.
The Man running the sweet rolls stall from the last issue then runs up to Oniye and angrily tells her to stop scaring away his customers, but she says “Just a simple question”.
The frightened citizen then speaks up and nervously tells Major Namada “I think… he was a war hero.”
Once she hears this, Major Namada simply smiles, knowing that she cannot allow such a large symbol of hope to remain standing in the centre of the town. Knowing this, she simply says “close enough”, before ordering her Clone Gunnery team to brutally open fire, and destroy the historical monument. A definite war Crime under the Yavin Code and Galactic Accords, which the Empire would actually still be signed onto, as this is Vader’s first mission after Order 66. Destroying historical monuments is a clear war crime under these convetions.
Only seconds after ordering the destruction, her Clone Troopers fire their cannons on the statue, blasting into millions of rocky fragment, destroying the sacred statues of Jedi Master Prokreisha, who stopped the rust plague and fought on Malastare, Jedi Knight To-La who ended the thousand-year war of flowering knives, Jedi Knight Ken Reo who brought Law and Order to the Null sectors and finally, an unknown master to came to Valkin to die.
This is the start of something much, much darker. Vader has Ordered Major Namada to destroy every single site and location that has even the remotest connection to the Jedi Order.
After this, Major Namada declares to the people of the village that by the Order of Lord Vader himself, this plaza… which is now empty… will serve as the brand new site of an imperial education centre. Not only is the empire destroying sacred sits to build imperial reeducation camps, but they are now strongly encouraging that all of the children of valkin enroll in this reducation centre… or face… reduced opportunities… Yeah the Imperials are clamping down hard.
The residents of the village are absolutely shocked and terrified by this, but there is just nothing they can do. Following this, Vader then ordered a complete Purge of anyone who dissented or protested against the IMperial education centre.
Oniye Nama then reports to Vader that the citizen purge went very well, and she kept executions to as few as possible to send the right message, but she warns Vader than even after all of this destruction, the people will still remain loyal to the jedi.