They marched on the temple and cut down any Jedi in their path, including younglings. Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi frequently led the legion to many victories over the Seperatist Army.Īs Anakin Skywalker fell to the dark side, and Chancellor Palpatine executed Order 66, the newly annointed Sith Lord Darth Vader led the 501st Legion in Operation Knightfall, the destruction of the Jedi and their temple.
They participated in many battles of the Clones Wars including the Battle for Geonosis and the Battle for Coruscant. The 501st was initially a clone battlion made up of the clones of Jango Fett.
