Star Wars: 10 Things That STILL Don’t Make Sense
Why do folks have such short memories when it comes to the Jedi?
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00:00 From arguably one of the most important personalities in the galaxy weirdly going missing during
00:05 a key spell in the Skywalker saga, to the fact that many people within this sprawling
00:09 galaxy appear to have particularly short memories.
00:13 These are those Star Wars moments and scenarios that fans are still struggling to understand
00:17 after all this time.
00:19 Gareth here from What Culture Star Wars and here are 10 Things That Still Don't Make
00:23 Sense In Star Wars.
00:24 10.
00:25 What in the hell was Ahsoka Tano up to during the original trilogy?
00:29 In the ball rolling with a puzzling reality that simply could not be avoided due to the
00:33 character only being introduced to the Skywalker saga decades after the original trilogy first
00:38 blast off into theatres, the whereabouts of one Ahsoka Tano throughout said galactic civil
00:43 war has been a question buried within the minds of many for some time.
00:47 Since it became clear that the former Jedi wasn't actually killed off by her former
00:51 master whilst duelling within the Sith temple on Malachor in Rebels, instead being saved
00:56 from that fate by Ezra Bridger's World Between Worlds intervention, many wondered why Tano
01:01 would have simply sat by and watched the galaxy rip itself apart throughout episodes four
01:05 to six.
01:06 It has been suggested that Tano was actually residing on Malachor during the galactic civil
01:10 war, embarking on a spiritual journey of sorts as she figured out a way to find a missing
01:15 Ezra.
01:16 But it's safe to say many will be looking for some concrete answers within the upcoming
01:20 Ahsoka series, as to what she was actually up to in the time before joining forces with
01:24 Sabine Wren to search for the Ghost Crew member.
01:27 9.
01:28 Nobody Has a Clue Who Luke Skywalker Is
01:30 The folks within this galaxy far, far away aren't exactly boasting the strongest memories,
01:35 it must be said.
01:36 Now sure, to assume that just about every single soul living and breathing throughout
01:40 the aforementioned galactic civil war would have laid eyes on or even just heard of the
01:44 iconic Jedi who helped topple the Empire would be a bit foolish.
01:47 The galaxy is a pretty huge, huge place after all, but the fact that folks as close to the
01:51 fight as the likes of Cara Dune didn't even seem to be aware of who in the hell the New
01:55 Republic hero Luke Skywalker was, upon him meeting the Mando gang in season 2 makes for
02:00 a rather baffling situation.
02:03 Even if Dune hadn't crossed paths with the iconic Jedi before, there is a strong chance
02:06 his face, or at the very least his physical description, would have been floated around
02:10 by the folks he was once fighting with just a few short years before.
02:14 And the fact Luke is praised as some sort of Jedi celebrity by the time of The Force
02:18 Awakens only makes the team's uncertainty over who in the hell he was at this point
02:22 even more bizarre.
02:24 8.
02:25 How Did Leia End Up With A New Dress On Endor?
02:28 Princess Leia Organa finds herself eventually sporting an earthy-looking dress in the wake
02:32 of being taken in by wickets W. Warwick and co. in Return of the Jedi.
02:36 And while many found themselves questioning how the Leading Light managed to come into
02:39 possession of said clothing after rocking up to the forest moon in camo gear, that part
02:44 of the mystery was actually solved thanks to Star Wars Force of Destiny's Ewok Escape,
02:49 an episode that explained that the dress was a gift for Leia's assistance in saving some
02:53 Ewoks from a bunch of Stormtroopers.
02:55 The part that still hasn't been fully detailed, however, is how in the heck the fuzzy little
02:59 rascals came into having possession of said dress in the first place.
03:03 There is one disturbing fan theory that suggests the Ewoks, as seen in their initial hostility
03:07 towards Luke and Han, could have actually just eaten another woman and taken her dress
03:11 as a horrific prize.
03:13 But it's still not been 100% confirmed in canon if this was how said clothing was freakishly
03:17 obtained.
03:18 Let's hope not, eh?
03:19 7.
03:20 How Did Jar Jar Binks Become a Senator?
03:22 After spending pretty much the entirety of his screen time bumbling through The Phantom
03:25 Menace, it's safe to say that seeing Jar Jar Binks don a set of robes and strut into
03:30 the Galactic Senate caught just about everybody off guard in Attack of the Clones.
03:34 Admittedly, rewarding the slapstick fool with a cushy Gungan roll for his less-than-competent
03:39 displays during the battle against the Trade Federation's droid army on Naboo made a
03:42 bit of sense.
03:43 But having him act as the Gungan's ambassador to Thede, before eventually stepping into
03:48 the high-pressure position of Naboo's associate planetary representative whenever Padme Amidala
03:52 wasn't available, was a pretty difficult pill to swallow for those who had last seen
03:56 Jar Jar make a meal out of, well, something as simple as a meal in Episode 1.
04:00 Sure enough, it didn't take all that much effort to manipulate the eternally clumsy
04:04 and dangerously innocent politician into suggesting the Senate give emergency powers to Chancellor
04:09 Palpatine in order to forge a grand army of the Republic in Attack of the Clones.
04:13 Beg in the question why so many ignorantly allowed the likes of Palpatine to humour him
04:17 into this highly influential spot in the first place.
04:21 6.
04:22 How Could the Jedi Be Forgotten About So Damn Quickly?
04:24 The fact that figures such as Han Solo refer to the Jedi way as little more than a hokey
04:29 religion during his early appearances in A New Hope just doesn't seem to add up upon
04:33 assessing the timeline.
04:35 Going 20 years on from Order 66, all but obliterating the Jedi from existence, the fact many were
04:40 so quick to forget about this particular aspect of the massive war between a Jedi-boasting
04:44 Republic and the Separatists that ultimately birthed the Galactic Empire never really made
04:49 sense, with the eventual likes of the Rebels and Obi-Wan Kenobi series both suggesting
04:53 that many a Jedi did still find a way to pop up and cause a fuss on occasion over the years.
04:58 Sure, the Emperor definitely went out of his way to bury and destroy any remnants of the
05:02 religion, which does partially explain why some corners of the galaxy either opted to
05:06 ignore the Jedi or simply had their brains washed into thinking they were little more
05:10 than a myth.
05:11 But when folks like Han Solo specifically, who was revealed to have actually been a member
05:15 of the Imperial Navy earlier in his life, and must have surely come across the odd Jedi
05:19 straggler, act as if the existence of the one-time force-wielding heroes is laughable,
05:24 this particular opinion/reaction feels increasingly odd.
05:28 5.
05:29 Why Didn't General Grievous Just Blast Kenobi to Smithereens?
05:32 Many quite rightly were all too happy to discard all logic when it came to one particularly
05:36 strange tactical choice from one of the galaxy's most cunning generals during Revenge of the
05:41 Sith.
05:42 That's because, had General Grievous done the intelligent thing during his showdown
05:44 with Obi-Wan Kenobi on Utapau, there's a solid chance fans would have been gifted with
05:48 a bit of an anticlimactic response to Ewan McGregor's immortal utterance of "Hello
05:53 there".
05:54 In reality, though, what was stopping Grievous from simply lowering one of his bionic arms
05:57 and commanding the room full of droids to open fire on the stubborn Jedi Master?
06:01 His own ego?
06:02 Yeah, perhaps.
06:03 But a strategic bastard like this cyborg likely should have realised that his odds of claiming
06:07 another lightsaber for his collection would have been greater had he opted to instead
06:11 allow his army to do his dirty work for him.
06:13 Maybe Grievous simply felt his robot allies, no matter their superior numbers, weren't
06:17 capable of besting a Jedi of Kenobi's talents.
06:20 But it does feel like the general missed a bit of a trick in not at least testing Obi-Wan's
06:24 deflecting capabilities against a few hundred blasters.
06:27 4.
06:28 Why Did Nobody Use Force Speed More Often?
06:31 While there are a ton of force abilities out there in the Legends and canon universe that
06:35 weren't actually fully explored within the live-action Skywalker saga on the big screen,
06:39 one undoubtedly useful and rare talent was actually given a run-out during the Phantom
06:44 Menace's opening stages, only to pretty much completely disappear from there on out.
06:49 I'm talking about that moment Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn utilised good ol' Force
06:53 Speed to get out of Droideka Dodge on a Trade Federation ship.
06:57 But far from opening the door for the Jedi to faunt this massively useful talent from
07:01 there on out in the prequels in particular, the ability seems to go oddly missing shortly
07:05 after.
07:06 Mace Windu would tease the use of Force Speed a touch during the animated Clone Wars series
07:10 Battle of Dantooine, and once again boast a slight increase in speed during his duel
07:14 with Palpatine, with the odd other Jedi being able to dodge particularly rapidly within
07:18 the animated sphere too.
07:20 But outside of these few quick beats, was the power kept mostly secret from those learning
07:24 to wield the power of the Force on the big screen?
07:27 You know, it may have just come in handy when trying to evade mind-controlled clone troopers,
07:31 just a thought.
07:32 3.
07:33 How Obi-Wan Kenobi aged so damn quickly
07:35 One of the key happenings fans were hoping to see addressed over the course of Disney+'s
07:39 recent Obi-Wan Kenobi series came in the form of what in the holy hell happened to the titular
07:44 Jedi Master to make him go from luscious brunette, lock-boasting space stud to white-haired wizard
07:49 in just under two decades.
07:51 Instead of shedding some light on how the Jedi who appeared to be in his mid-thirties
07:54 during Revenge of the Sith ended up resembling a dude edging towards his late sixties in
07:59 A New Hope, the series reached its conclusion, for now at least, with Kenobi still boasting
08:03 a mane without even a flicker of grey.
08:06 Some have been quick to suggest that Ben's swift ageing may come about due to the character
08:10 eventually being on the receiving end of a life-draining Force power, similarly to how
08:14 Palpatine wound up resembling a battered vegetable after having his own Force lightning deflected
08:19 onto him in Revenge of the Sith.
08:21 Still said grey hair-creating trauma makes itself known, however, this rapid ageing will
08:25 continue to be filed in the Strange Star Wars Mystery category.
08:29 2.
08:30 Anakin Returning as Hayden Christensen via Force Ghost
08:32 It ain't nother case of George Lucas attempting to sell fans on an odd scenario that just
08:36 about nobody honestly bought, or has any intention of buying, some years later.
08:40 The reveal of Hayden Christensen's version of Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader being swapped
08:45 into the again-tinkered-with original trilogy in the 2004 DVD re-release of Return of the
08:49 Jedi inspired an understandable amount of confusion.
08:53 Far from quickly offering a wise and logical response, though, Lucas claimed in the film's
08:57 DVD commentary that "the idea was that your inner person would go back to where we
09:01 left it off when it turned to the dark side".
09:03 But this retcon pretty much negates the powerful beat that had seen Vader redeem himself, and
09:07 seemingly wander back towards the light side of the Force in the moments before Sebastian
09:11 Shaw's version of the character's demise in his son's arms.
09:15 In truth, Christensen being thrown into the original trilogy mix was likely little more
09:19 than a way of connecting the OG flicks and the prequels, whether it made any actual sense
09:23 or not.
09:24 1.
09:25 How Did Anakin Not Clock His Wife Was Pregnant With Twins?
09:28 While at a glance expecting someone to be aware of the fact their partner is carrying
09:31 not only one but two babies within them - when the mother herself seemingly isn't even
09:36 privy to the knowledge of housing a set of twins - may seem a bit odd, Anakin Skywalker
09:41 wasn't any old average Joe, was he?
09:43 After all, it's demonstrated time and time again that Force users possess the ability
09:46 to sense the lives of others from halfway across the galaxy.
09:50 Seen in Palpatine sensing his new apprentice is in danger from Coruscant, when Lord Vader
09:54 is battling with his one-time master on Mustafar.
09:57 So would it have been too much of a stretch for Anakin to clock the fact that his beloved
10:00 Padme was actually set to give birth to a couple of little Skywalkers when she was literally
10:04 stood right in front of him?
10:06 Vader even went on record to admit that he could feel that Amidala was alive before her
10:10 untimely end.
10:11 So why couldn't he feel the two lifeforms within her too?
10:15 And the fact Yoda and Obi-Wan were also unable to sense there were two babies on board, until
10:19 being told moments before their birth, seems to suggest this lot weren't as connected
10:24 to the living force as they thought.
10:26 And that's our list!
10:27 Know of any other things that still don't make sense in Star Wars?
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10:45 I've been Gareth from What Culture Star Wars, thank you as always for clicking on
10:48 this fantastic video today.
10:50 Hopefully I'll see your faces very very soon but in the meantime, may the force be
10:54 with you and I'll see you soon.
10:55 Bye!
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