the inquisitors were an organization of force-sensitive warriors in the service of the galactic empire prior to the events of "a new hope", where it is implied that they all became defunct, as darth vader and darth sidious were the only known force-wielders at that time. most of them were former jedi, who had lost their faith in the jedi order and succumbed to the dark side, during or shortly after the clone wars. they were all recruited into the empire and trained by darth vader, who tasked them with hunting down other survivors of the jedi purge, as well as other force-sensitive individuals, mostly children, to prevent them from becoming future jedi. among the known inquisitors were: