Some background articles and information on the topic of the Jedi Purge and questions how everyone forgot about the Jedi so quickly:
The Great Jedi Purge : wookieepedia page
Jedi Purge survivors (a list of) : wookieepedia page
Jedi Purge victims (a list of) : wookieepedia page
20 Years to Forget : article at Star Wars Canon
How Will the Star Wars Galaxy Forget the Jedi Again? : article at CBR
Star Wars: Why Does No One Remember the Jedi in The Mandalorian? : article at IGN
The Mandalorian: Why don’t our characters know about the Force? : article at Dork Side Of The Force
How Did The Jedi Become Just A Myth In ‘The Force Awakens’ : article at SlashFilm
Ignorance in the Star Wars Galaxy : 2014 OT•com thread
Do you think the average citizen of the Star Wars galaxy would even be aware of the Force? : 2012 OT•com thread
Vader being seduced by the power of the Dark Side has its own category: ‘The Fall of Anakin Skywalker to the Dark Side’, in the ‘Prequel Trilogy’ section of An Index Thread for Beyond the Original Trilogy (click on the ‘Expand’ button below to view):
An Index Thread for Beyond the Original Trilogy…
The Fall of Anakin Skywalker to the Dark Side / Vader being seduced by the power of the Dark Side…
• “You don’t know the power of the dark side! I must obey my master” (2005 thread)• Anakin’s fall - did it really need three films or could it have been done in one? (2005 thread; pre-ROTS)
• For those who are familiar with it, what do you think of the fan script of “Fall of the Republic”? (2023 thread)
• Interesting Hypothesis of the Prequels Story from the Mid 90’s (2005 thread; John L Flynn’s ‘Fall Of The Republic’ fan-script)
^ John L Flynn’s ‘fan-lore’ script: 1983’s Fall of the Republic & 1994’s Looking Back to the Future of Star Wars & his other works
• How did you imagine The Star Wars Prequels before they came out? (2011 thread)
• Fall to the Dark Side? (2007 thread)
• One of the flaws with Anakin turning to the darkside… (2009 thread)
• Anakin’s fall to the Dark Side (2011 thread)
• Anakin’s official history (2015 thread)
• Help: looking for… ideas on fixing Anakin’s fall to the darkside (2019 thread)
• Anakin Skywalker’s turn to the dark side; your alternatives? (2021 thread)
• How would you restructure Anakin’s turn to the dark side in the Prequels? (2022 thread)
The Turn: A History of the Evolution of Anakin’s Downfall - from ‘The Secret History Of Star Wars’, by Michael Kaminski (zombie84)
^ Pages 202-207 of the “Making of Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith” book, by JW Rinzler, also chronicles the late re-writing & re-editing.
Some background videos on the topic of Jedi who lived past the Prequel Trilogy’s Order 66 and subsequent Jedi Purge:
‘EVERY Single Jedi That Survived Order 66 (All 114 Survivors) [2023 CANON & LEGENDS]’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmSQg9GVLOI - a 62 minute video from The Stupendous Wave
‘EVERY SINGLE Jedi That Survived Order 66! (2024 Updated)’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQaG190wtmI - a 16 minute video from Red Five
‘EVERY SINGLE Imperial Inquisitor Explained!’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWGOIRNclpE - a 15 minute video from Red Five
‘Why The Jedi Were Hated After Order 66 [Legends]’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrfrdzRvIvQ - an 11 minute video from The Lore Master
‘Did too many Jedi survive Order 66?’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBEFRA0a5fc - an 8 minute video from EckhartsLadder
‘Are There too many Order 66 Survivors?’
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmcWLbbxEUE - an 8 minute video from The Stupendous Wave
(with George Lucas shooting down Dave Filoni wanting to have Plo Koon to have somehow survived Order 66)