But they were few and far between, and the Jedi inability to understand emotions meant they struggled to figure out who they could really trust. There were still those who trusted the Jedi, of course - notably the Wookiees, who helped Yoda survive Order 66. The Clone Wars were presented as a grand conspiracy, with the Jedi as the ones responsible for them after all, the Separatists had been led by Count Dooku, a former Jedi. He portrayed the Jedi as traitors to the Republic, and the people believed him. Palpatine orchestrated Order 66, and subsequently told the galaxy the Jedi had attempted to overthrow the senate. All this means the galaxy was primed to believe the worst about the Jedi.
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