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00:00Number 10, Palpatine and Yoda Get Nuts, The Prequel Trilogy
00:04Throughout their time acting as two of the original trilogy's most powerful and mysterious entities,
00:09Emperor Palpatine and Yoda often displayed just how proficient they were in the ways of the Force.
00:14What fans did not get to witness, however, is how well they were able to wield the trusted go-to weapon of many a Jedi and Sith.
00:21But that all changed over the course of George Lucas' prequel trilogy,
00:24and simply put, not a soul alive was ready for the frankly absurd visuals heading their way.
00:29Not only were the little green legend and the possessor of unlimited power a pair of dab hands with a laser sword,
00:35the two suddenly transformed from a set of senile space wizards into full-blown Force-sensitive studs.
00:41Yoda's first on-screen duel in particular instantly became yet another one of the more divisive elements the prequels had to offer,
00:47with some lapping up the audacious acrobatics on show,
00:50while others felt that the Jedi Master's silly lightsaber gymnastics took a bit of the mystique away from a cherished figure.
00:56Either way, you'd be lying if you said your jaw didn't drop even for only a brief moment,
01:00the first time these masterful Titans pulled out their swords.
01:04Number 9, The Return of the Skywalker, The Mandalorian
01:07At a time when trying to execute a genuinely stunning surprise on the small or big screen has never been more difficult,
01:14the fact Jon Favreau and the gang were able to keep The Mandalorian's Season 2 finale shocker completely under wraps was seriously impressive.
01:21Heading into the closing stages of Chapter 16, Mando and the gang look to be in some serious trouble
01:26as the dark troopers closed in on their position, but then a rather familiar X-Wing suddenly lands on the cruiser.
01:33One of the most emotionally charged dispatching of droid sequences to ever grace the galaxy far, far away later,
01:38the all-but-confirmed return of none other than Luke Bloody Skywalker himself
01:42was finally made official thanks to some digital wizardry and a returning Mark Hamill.
01:46With the episode itself dropping in the thick of the global pandemic, fans the world over found themselves passionately connecting online
01:53over just how damn taken aback they all were about the comeback of a character no one honestly saw coming.
01:58And for a few moments there, one of the most difficult periods in modern history was entirely forgotten
02:03as fans lost their minds over this heartwarming return of the Jedi.
02:08Number 8, Everybody Dies, Rogue One, A Star Wars Story
02:11There was actually a time there when the likes of Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor
02:15may have made it out of arguably the greatest Star Wars feature of the last decade in one piece.
02:20This was largely down to the fact that the likes of Gareth Edwards and co.
02:23weren't convinced Disney and Lucasfilm would ever sanction such a dark and deadly conclusion to a Star Wars story.
02:29But as anyone who sat through the entirely unanticipated bittersweet conclusion of Rogue One can attest to,
02:34the team did ultimately get their morbid wish in the end.
02:37And the ultimate sacrifice was dramatically made late in the day by everyone in the titular crew
02:42in order to successfully get the Rebels hands on those all-important Death Star plans.
02:46After investing so heavily in the likes of Jyn, Cassian, K2SO and the rest of the makeshift unit
02:51over the course of their routinely gripping quest to find the key to taking out the Empire's new superweapon,
02:56the sight of our central heroes all shockingly biting the dust,
02:59after finally succeeding is about as bold a conclusion as you'll ever witness in such a big budget epic.
03:05However, it was unquestionably the right call and helped cement this Star Wars story as one of the absolute finest.
03:11Number 7, Leia Flies in Space, Episode 8, The Last Jedi
03:14Stepping into slightly more controversial waters now,
03:18and to a floating sequel trilogy visual that almost instantly divided the Star Wars fandom.
03:23I am of course talking about the sight of General Leia Organa herself being blasted out of her cruiser,
03:28only to suddenly and rather surreally shoot herself across space via the Force.
03:32This acted as the first real-time fans had witnessed Leia wield the mysterious power on the big screen,
03:37and to say it left them with their jaws dangling off the floor would be a bit of an understatement.
03:41Some applauded such a daring and rousing reveal of Leia's hinted at but never really cinematically explored Force sensitivity,
03:47whereas others were quick to blast the Leia pop-in's development as another silly and absurd sequence
03:52to add to an already divisive Episode 8.
03:55Whether you were an instant fan of the icon's emotional Force-assisted attempts to survive,
03:58or struggle to sit through Leia's bizarre spaceflight without rolling your eyes,
04:02both sides can all agree that the legend soaring through the stars was about as extraordinary as it gets.
04:08Number 6, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, Episode 3, Revenge of the Sith
04:13Now you can't exactly blame what was left of Anakin Skywalker being a little bit upset about the tragic revelation sent his way
04:19late in the Revenge of the Sith day.
04:21But that still didn't change the fact that many were left wondering what in the holy hell they were witnessing
04:26when the first few moments of a newly suited Darth Vader arrived on the prequel's scene.
04:30Staggering off the operating table on the back of being informed that he was apparently responsible for the death of his beloved Padme Amidala,
04:37the stuff of memes, before memes were even really a thing, was hilariously born.
04:41And yoooooooh, heard across the galaxy and in theatres all over the world, was the absolute worst kind of hammy and melodramatic,
04:48reducing what could have honestly been the truly heartbreaking point of seemingly no return for the Dark Lord
04:53to one of the most laughable beats in Star Wars history.
04:57Number 5, Rey is a Palpatine, Episode 9, The Rise of Skywalker
05:01Look, there were more than a few moments over the course of whatever J.J. Abrams was trying to achieve with The Rise of Skywalker
05:07that led to those watching on scratching their heads at the madness unfolding before them.
05:11But the utterly strange development that easily sits head and shoulders above the rest,
05:14that were all found in the nostalgia fest that is Episode 9, undoubtedly comes in the form of the reveal
05:19that Rey wasn't actually a nobody, folks.
05:22She was a walk-in-talkin' Palpatine.
05:24Something that had ranked as one of the more outlandish and ludicrous fan theories to tumble out of The Force Awakens
05:29soon became a deeply unexpected and downright peculiar piece of canon.
05:33In reality, though, this felt like little more than an attempt to wrong-foot and cheaply stun
05:37those wanting to see how the Skywalker saga would come to its long-awaited end.
05:41It did precisely that, it must be said.
05:43However, this WTF reveal unfortunately also shrunk the galaxy far, far away a little bit more
05:48and killed off the idea of one not needing to be related to a famous family to make a difference.
05:54Number 4, Boba's Book Becomes Mandalorian Season 2.5, The Book of Boba Fett
05:58Fans who'd waited a lifetime to finally witness the galaxy's most badass bounty hunter
06:03be given the spotlight he always deserved were understandably a little excited
06:07as the Book of Boba Fett wandered onto Disney Plus in late 2021.
06:11After a bit of a slow start, though, it's safe to say those giddy Boba fanatics
06:15were left feeling a little underwhelmed by the book they were watching come to life.
06:19And then, in a twist fans perhaps should have seen coming given Fett's reintroduction came during The Mandalorian,
06:24the star of that other, much more celebrated show suddenly decided to drop by and pretty much steal the clones.
06:30Mando's surprising appearance alone was enough to leave fans suddenly punching the air in unanticipated glee.
06:35But perhaps the bigger WTF development was the fact that Din Djarin, Grogu, Luke Skywalker
06:40and Ahsoka Tano's inclusion in the series acted as the Book of Boba Fett's unquestionable highlights.
06:45Simply put, the arrival of Mando and the gang was a joyous surprise, for sure,
06:49but it also served as evidence that this particular book likely would have gone down better as another Mandalorian tale
06:54rather than a supposed Boba story that wasn't really interesting enough to warrant its own show.
07:00Number 3, Kino Can't Swim, Andor.
07:02Andy Serkis' completely unforeseen appearance as part of Rogue One prequel series and or in general
07:08was enough to cause many a Star Wars fan to utter the words that inspired this very list aloud.
07:13However, it was one particular line his instantly captivating Kino Loy uttered during the One Way Out episode
07:18that delivered the franchise one of its most heartbreakingly shocking moments to date.
07:22After already providing the series with one hell of a final Never More Than 12 line in the prior entry,
07:27if you know, you know, the figure once seen as an inmate who simply wanted to get through his time in prison
07:32ultimately grows into the fiery leader of the Rebellion that battles their way to freedom.
07:36But in a deeply moving and entirely startling turn of events,
07:40after inspiring Cassian and his fellow workers to freedom,
07:43the final step to securing his escape is suddenly one too far for Kino.
07:47With the waves of inmates all jostling to dive out of the jail and into the water surrounding it down below,
07:52Serkis' delivery of the fateful phrase,
07:54I can't swim as he realises he only came this far to come this far was simply devastating.
08:00Kino may still have a part to play in Season 2 however,
08:03with it being unclear as to what exactly happened next for this unfortunate Loy.
08:08Number 2, Darth Maul survives the Clone Wars
08:11And one of the reasons fans are right to hold out hope for the aforementioned Kino's survival
08:15can be found in this very entry.
08:17After seemingly being decisively cut down by Obi-Wan Kenobi in the wake of taking out his master,
08:22on Naboo, those who felt they'd sadly seen the last of one of the coolest Sith Lords in the galaxy,
08:26were treated to a rather stunning comeback in the Clone Wars animated series.
08:30Driven mad in the wake of that aforementioned bisecting,
08:33Maul is shockingly discovered by his own brother, Savage Opress,
08:3610 years on from that Kenobi clash during Season 4.
08:39And the one-time apprentice of Darth Sidious is now seen sporting a particularly creepy mechanical spider-like body
08:45on the back of his sheer hatred remarkably keeping him alive.
08:48The animalistic creature that Maul had become in his exile soon had his mind repaired by Mother Talzin on Dathomir however,
08:54and this paved the way for a far more driven and enraged version of the Force-sensitive icon
08:59than fans had ever seen before on their screens.
09:02As he set his sights on revenge against his mortal enemy,
09:05Kenobi!
09:07Number 1, Somehow, Leia Always Knew
09:10What?
09:11Episode 6, Return of the Jedi
09:12Over the course of the first two original trilogy episodes,
09:16Luke Skywalker and Han Solo both appeared to be acting as two potential loves for Leia Organa,
09:21with the princess sharing a smooch with the two leading lads at various points in A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back.
09:27But in a rather uncomfortable swerve that just about no one expected to become a Star Wars reality back in 1983,
09:33Leia was ultimately revealed to have been Luke's twin sister the entire time.
09:37And making matters that little more icky,
09:39Leia then responded to this apparent surprise revelation with the words of,
09:43Somehow, I've always known in Return of the Jedi.
09:46That's right, when locking lips with the Jedi in training on Hoth,
09:49and also laying a smacker on his cheek when trying to escape the Death Star,
09:52Leia apparently had a feeling that the person she was getting particularly close to was her twin bro all along.
09:58Admittedly, the familial twist itself clearly wasn't a part of the OG trilogy plan from the get-go,
10:03but that still didn't change the fact that its eventual execution provided the galaxy far, far away,
10:07with a shocking piece of dialogue that only grows increasingly more awkward with each subsequent viewing.
10:13And that's our list, no of any other massive WTF Star Wars moments that we've missed?
10:17Then please lay them on us down below and do not forget to like, share, and click on that subscribe button while you're at it.
10:22Also, if you like this sort of WTF madness, then go and head on over to whatculture.com
10:26and find some more fantastic articles just like the one this video you're watching right this second is based on.
10:30I've been Gareth from World Culture Star Wars, may the force be with you,
10:33hopefully I'll see your faces very, very soon, but in the meantime, just be good to yourself.
10:37Bye-bye!
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