Supreme Chancellor Palpatine wiped out the Jedi. Before he did so, the Jedi were figures of whom many people had heard, but with whom few had ever interacted. To most, they were a tiny and aloof band of warriors and peacekeepers, not people one interacted with on a daily basis.
After the purge, those few who had formerly had the most opportunity to interact with the Jedi, the people engaged in the work of galactic governance, worked directly for the man responsible for wiping out those same Jedi. Some dismissed the Jedi as a dangerous cult that had almost overthrown the ga­ lactic government. Some figured the best way to sur­ vive in the growing Galactic Empire was to forget the Jedi had ever existed. Some refused either of these paths, only to vanish quietly as they drew the atten­ tion of the Imperial Security Bureau. Many beings in the rest of the galaxy had never even seen a Jedi or experienced the Force. For them, it was all too easy to believe the Force was a hoax, and the Jedi were gone.
Now, the Galactic Empire works tirelessly to stamp out the last rumors and legends of the Jedi’s exis­ tence.

Pride: Pride can be a powerful emotion, and can push a character to impressive feats of personal accomplishment. He strives to be the best and to take pleasure in his skills.
Arrogance: Pride, among all emotions, is perhaps the easiest to fall to a darker form. Arrogance mirrors pride, but satisfaction in one’s accomplishments is replaced with contempt for others’ failings. It is not enough to succeed; the character also expects all others to fail.