The Contingency Orders for the Grand Army of the Republic: Order Initiation, Orders 1 Through 150 was a compilation of contingency orders, that were to be carried out under different circumstances by the Grand Army of the Republic.

Known orders were as follows:

• Order 4: "In the event of the Supreme Commander (Chancellor) being incapacitated, overall GAR command shall fall to the vice chair of the Senate until a successor is appointed or alternative authority identified as outlined in Section 6 (iv)."^[1]
• Order 5: "In the event of the Supreme Commander (Chancellor) being declared unfit to issue orders, as defined in Section 6 (ii), the Chief of the Defense Staff shall assume GAR command and form a strategic cell of senior officers (see page 1173, para 4) until a successor is appointed or alternative authority identified."^[1]
• Order 37: Capture of a single wanted individual through the mass arrest and threatened execution of a civilian population. Follow-up directives include scenarios for body disposal of civilian casualties and suppression of communications.
• Order 65: "In the event of either (i) a majority in the Senate declaring the Supreme Commander (Chancellor) to be unfit to issue orders, or (ii) the Security Council declaring him or her to be unfit to issue orders, and an authenticated order being received by the GAR, commanders shall be authorized to detain the Supreme Commander, with lethal force if necessary, and command of the GAR shall fall to the acting Chancellor until a successor is appointed or alternative authority identified as outlined in Section 6 (iv)."^[1]
• Order 66: "In the event of Jedi officers acting against the interests of the Republic, and after receiving specific orders verified as coming directly from the Supreme Commander (Chancellor), GAR commanders will remove those officers by lethal force, and command of the GAR will revert to the Supreme Commander (Chancellor) until a new command structure is established."^[1]

In addition to the known orders, Darth Vader had suspected there was also a contingency order in place to eliminate him should the need arise, and confirmed his suspicions when upon questioning clone commander Vill, the trooper hesitated to answer. Vader then murdered Vill, to cover up his discovery of the order.^[2]

Non-Canon

• Order 6: Throwing away communicator as fast as possible.^[3]
• Order 64: In the Clone Wars advertisement, after killing Durge, one of the clones wonders whether they are up to Order 64 or 65.
• Order 67: "In the event of Jedi Officers acting against the interests of the Republic, after the issuance of Order Sixty Six, and after receiving specific orders verified as coming directly from the Supreme Commander (Chancellor), specified GAR officers are to remain with their Jedi Officer and report back to Republic Intelligence for as long as deemed necessary. These GAR officers will be granted immunity for all casualties and crimes against the Republic in maintaining their cover."

Appearances

• Star Wars: Battlefront II
• Republic Commando: True Colors
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith junior novel
• Tag & Bink Were Here
• The Last of the Jedi: The Desperate Mission
• The Last of the Jedi: Return of the Dark Side
• The Last of the Jedi: Reckoning
• Star Wars: Dark Times 4: The Path to Nowhere, Part 4 (Mentioned only)
• Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron

Non-canon appearances

• LEGO Star Wars: The Video Game
• LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
• A clone trooper always obeys orders

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