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Why didn't Darth Sidious have Darth Tyranus lead Order 66 in the Jedi Temple, since Palpatine knew that Dooku ordered the clones? Darth Tyranus is one of the best swordsman in the galaxy and he is a powerful sith lord, so why did Palpatine wait for Vader to lead Order 66 in the Jedi Temple? Why did Sidious choose Vader to lead Order 66 in the Jedi Temple?

EDIT: I already change the question to be more clear and accurate.

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    Vader didn't destroy the Jedi. Order 66 did. And Order 66 wasn't set up until the end of the Clone Wars, which needed a figurehead Sith enemy to keep the Jedi off Sidious' trail -- Dooku. –  Apr 25 '17 at 15:44
  • Vader also destroy the Jedi only in the Jedi temple. And why did Sidious decides to give Vader and his troops the Order 66 in action – The Witch King of Angmar Apr 25 '17 at 15:52
  • Palpatine was smart and patient waiting for the right moment. This could happen even now, on our planet if a senator is smart enough. – Magno C Apr 25 '17 at 15:54
  • I gotta admit, I don't really understand what you're asking. Why did Sidious do XYZ? Because he thought it would be effective to further his goals. Why else? – Ellesedil Apr 25 '17 at 15:54
  • @anakindchosenone05192005 Vader had some guards, but most of the clones were already embedded in the Republic and Jedi army. So for them it was as simple as turning around and shooting the guy with a lightsaber. And Vader did kill Jedi in the temple, but there weren't nearly as many there as there were out in the field fighting the false war Sidious made. –  Apr 25 '17 at 15:57
  • My question is simple,Why Sidious waited for Vader to destroy the Jedi?Why he did;nt have it for Tyranus or Maul instead. Imagine that in ROTS scene marching at the temple , Instead of Darth Vader with his troops marching, Darth Maul or Darth Tyranus were replaced to Darth Vader. – The Witch King of Angmar Apr 25 '17 at 15:57
  • @anakindchosenone05192005 The troops were still in development during Maul's time. And if Sidious had had Dooku besiege the Jedi with the clone army instead of going through the whole Clone Wars creation ordeal, the Jedi wouldn't have been caught by surprise -- which is one of the few ways to kill Jedi, barring a snipe from a thousand miles away! –  Apr 25 '17 at 16:09
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    Because both Darth Tyranus and Darth Maul were dead? Yes, even Darth Maul, by the time Revenge of the Sith was made. – Essen Apr 25 '17 at 16:24
  • @anakindchosenone05192005 I honestly can't, because "what if" questions aren't accepted. I like that you're curious about it, but I feel like going through the movies again with this discussion in mind will answer a lot of your questions. –  Apr 25 '17 at 16:25
  • Terriblefan, at least I'm curious which makes me smarter – The Witch King of Angmar Apr 25 '17 at 17:29
  • Yes, but Darth Maul returned in The Clone Wars. – user35971 Sep 27 '17 at 21:17
  • @TheWitchKingofAngmar actually that has been expanded on. In The newer Darth Vader comic series (Darth Lord of the Sith), Sidious sent Vader on various tasks to further his transition. This included hunting down some remaining Jedi. – Darth Locke Feb 04 '19 at 16:01
  • @Ellesedil, yes but if you truly wanted to understand a character, you need to do more than just generalize, you need to understand not just that they have goals, but that they have goals to "what ends" and "how" they do it, tells us a bit more about whom they really are. – Darth Locke Feb 04 '19 at 16:03

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Sidious had the opportunity to replace his previous apprentices with a young, extremely powerful apprentice (Vader) by the time he was ready to issue Order 66.

Darth Maul was defeated by Obi-Wan on Naboo (and lost his position as Sidious' apprentice) before the clone army was ready, so Order 66 could not be issued while Maul was Sidious' apprentice.

Maul was replaced with Tyranus, who in his position of leadership in the Confederacy of Independent States helped foment the Clone Wars -- a conflict that was necessary to distract and set up the Jedi for mass execution by the clones. Since Order 66 was mainly carried out by the clones anyway (the attack on the Jedi Temple was only one of many simultaneous attacks on the Jedi), it didn't make much difference whether Tyranus or Vader led the attack; it would have been theoretically possible for Sidious to have Tyranus lead the attack on the Jedi Temple if Tyranus was still Sidious' apprentice by that time. However, Sidious knew he could seduce Anakin to the dark side and was able to get rid of the aging Tyranus by the time he was ready to issue Order 66.

Sidious was always looking for a more powerful apprentice -- it's the same reason why he later wanted to replace the injured and aging Vader with his son, Luke.

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The main reason was that Count Dooku was the leader of the Separitists. To have him lead clones into the temple would make no sense. He had to die so Anakin could become Vader. Dooku's usefullness was at an end.

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Sidious had been planning this for quite some time. Plagueis conceived Anakin directly from the force in an attempt to replace Sidious, which is why he murdered his master in his sleep. Sidious had been out to figure out who the vergence in the force was and claim that person as his own apprentice. This is all pretty standard stuff in the expanded novelizations and graphic novels. What I don't think Sidious planned on was Darth Vader getting himself crippled. One constant theme in 'The Rise of Darth Vader' and in the Darth Vader graphic novels was in how disappointed Sidious was in his new apprentice and how weak, comparatively, Vader had become. Anakin Skywalker was a true force bad-ass. Darth Vader was creepy and scary but was not nearly as powerful as he once was. Please don't ask me for quotes or page numbers. This is my recollection.

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