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Those precise moments you realised the Force was not strong enough with these Star Wars characters.
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00:00From certain characters needing to be dispatched in order to set up the flicks we know and love
00:04later down the road, to eerie callbacks subtly suggesting that a much-adored personality's time
00:10is up, these Star Wars faces were all clearly done for from these precise moments on.
00:15Gareth here from WhatCultureStarWars and here are 10 exact moments we knew these Star Wars
00:19characters were doomed. Number 10, Luke catches up with an old friend called Biggs, a new hope.
00:25War is a cruel and merciless mistress, and make no mistake about it, from the second we stumble
00:30upon the Rebel Alliance and their conflict with the Big Bad Empire, our heroes find themselves
00:35thrown right into the thick of this frequently harsh reality. And in order to get over just how
00:39high the stakes are in this galaxy-altering battle for the future of their universe, Lucas and the
00:44gang opted to add a rather genius but eventually devastating callback to simpler times, when Luke
00:49Skywalker bumps into his old pal Biggs Darklighter as the pair both prepare to take on Darth Vader and
00:55his stormtrooper cronies on the Death Star. As the pair reminisce and Biggs bigs up the future Jedi's
01:00supreme pilot skills, Darklighter's comments on wanting to hear about all of Luke's stories when he
01:05gets back pretty much acts as the verbal nail in his own coffin. Sure enough, in the heat of battle,
01:10Biggs is blasted to smithereens by none other than Luke's own pappy, acting as yet another significant
01:16blow to the young farm boy. Breaks your damn heart.
01:19Number 9. Almost everyone who didn't turn up in the OG trilogy after Order 66 happens,
01:25Revenge of the Sith. Though it was undoubtedly awesome to finally see a world simply overflowing
01:30with the galaxy's protectors over the course of George Lucas' prequel trilogy, the daunting
01:35realization that an unquestionably depressing purge would be on its way always acted as a subtle shadow
01:41in an otherwise vibrant Jedi landscape. Simply put, if the Jedi Order wasn't all but extinct,
01:46as Ben Kenobi put it in A New Hope, by the time of the original trilogy, then some rather
01:51substantial plot holes would have likely made their presence known before long.
01:55So whether fans liked it or not, a whole host of Jedi faces we come to appreciate and admire
02:00over those first two prequel features were doomed to bite the dust from the second Anakin
02:04Skywalker helped Palpatine overcome Mace Windu. But more on that later. And set the stage for
02:10Order 66 to become an excruciating reality. Just like that, the likes of Kiari Mundi, Plo Koon,
02:16and Aayla Secura, and many, many more were all wiped out by clones. We knew it all had to end at
02:21some point, but that still didn't make it any easier to swallow this devastating pill.
02:27Number 8. Shmi Skywalker Gets Abducted. Attack of the Clones.
02:31Keeping with the fallen Jedi who helped kickstart a seismic shift in both the galaxy and the balance
02:36of the Force, the moment that pretty much ignited Anakin Skywalker's steady fall into darkness in the
02:42first place, could be spotted coming a mile away from the second this defiant Jedi Padawan opted
02:47to go looking for his mama on Tatooine. Clearly still possessing a strong bond with his single
02:52parent, even experiencing dreams of her suffering from afar. Those first few premonitions of Shmi's
02:57pain acted as the unnerving earliest hint at the grim fate that was always destined to grip the future
03:02Darth Vader's loving mother. A wild goose chase on the desert planet ensued in Attack of the Clones,
03:08only to present the deeply tormented Jedi with a scenario involving his mama being abducted by
03:13Tusken Raiders a month before he landed. At that point, seen as a hugely hostile group,
03:18to expect Shmi to survive that long being held captive by the Raiders was sadly unrealistic,
03:23and her dying breaths to her little Annie were always necessary in nudging this troubled lad down
03:28the dark path we all knew he was heading down. Number 7. Obi-Wan's love is introduced,
03:34The Clone Wars. In another instance of a vital character being introduced in a project set before
03:39the events fans had already seen come to pass in the likes of Revenge of the Sith and the
03:43subsequent features that would ultimately unfold. The arrival of Satine Kryze in The Clone Wars was
03:48always destined to be a bittersweet one. While it was a captivating development to see the world of
03:52Mandalore ruled by the Duchess determined to move the people of her planet on from their largely violent
03:57ways of the past, the powerful figure who also acted as the unexpected love interest of a certain
04:02Obi-Wan Kenobi was pretty much doomed from the second it became clear that she and Kenobi had
04:07a romantic past of sorts. Simply put, Satine isn't mentioned in the slightest in the time following
04:12on from The Clone Wars, so fans were rather morbidly anticipating her demise from the get-go.
04:17And in the end, it was none other than Kenobi's great adversary Maul who dealt the fatal blow,
04:22murdering Satine in front of him as he was helpless to save her.
04:25Number 6. A nervous young Boba watches his father on the battlefield. Attack of the Clones
04:31George Lucas' decision to introduce us to the Fett who had set the stage for Boba did admittedly feel a
04:37little shoehorned at first, but not more than that A New Hope special edition scene. But said origin story
04:42of the coolest bounty hunter in this galactic series would ultimately provide Boba with a tragic
04:47foundation on which the rest of his captivating journey was built upon throughout The Clone Wars,
04:52original trilogy and subsequent live-action Disney Plus series.
04:56Said tragic event could be seen coming from the minute the jubilant young son of Jango
05:00started cheering on the violence and carnage he was witnessing going down within the Geonosian
05:04Petronaki arena, however. You don't bring a youngster along for the evidently perilous ride if you're not
05:09intending to scar him for life, right? As expected, it wasn't too long before Jango, fresh off of showing off
05:15his slick pistol skills in dispatching some Jedi under Reek, well and truly met his Mace Windu match,
05:20having his head taken off by the masterful Jedi in front of his kid's very eyes. Dick move Windu!
05:26Number 5, Leia calling out to Ben harkens back to Luke's passing, the rise of Skywalker.
05:33While it was admittedly one of the more divisive Star Wars passings, the sight of Luke Skywalker
05:37finally becoming one with the Force after projecting himself across the galaxy in an attempt to reconcile
05:42with former student Kylo Ren, while simultaneously aiding the future of the Jedi in Rey, was one that
05:48had a lasting and profound effect on the grand finale of the Skywalker saga. One film on from The Last Jedi,
05:54Red was once again tasked with duking it out with Palpatine's grandkid, yet the fallen Jedi was once
06:00again stopped in his tracks by a Force-sensitive relative, this time in the form of his mama,
06:05General Leia Organa. Acting as another life-draining projection of sorts from across the galaxy,
06:10it was evident from the second that Leia hobbled away to contact her son that this was to be the
06:15final act for the legendary figure. The tragic real-life passing of Carrie Fisher also left many
06:20sensing that the series would give the iconic face a fitting send-off at some point in the
06:24saga ender too, and in acting as the catalyst that would bring Ben back towards the light,
06:29Leia's final action felt as meaningful as it did gut-wrenching.
06:33Number 4. Obi-Wan is compromised as Dooku is disarmed. Revenge of the Sith.
06:39The knowledge of Darth Vader's eventual rise always brought with it the inevitable end of the
06:43former Jedi master known as Count Dooku. However, it wasn't precisely clear when his time at Darth Sidious'
06:49side would come to an end coming into the final prequel entry. That was until Obi-Wan Kenobi found
06:54himself sidelined in the midst of his rematch alongside Anakin Skywalker with the dastardly
06:59Sith. From the moment the Jedi master was buried underneath a platform, leaving only the easily
07:04manipulated Anakin to duke it out with Dooku, all signs pointed to the highly emotional Force user
07:10losing control and getting some much-needed revenge on the tyrannical Darth Tyrannus.
07:15One do it later, Skywalker had successfully decapitated the one-time Jedi in front of his soon-to-be
07:21master. But had Obi-Wan still been conscious, you have to imagine Dooku would have likely lived to see
07:26the inside of a prison cell instead. Number 3. Han Solo meets his son face-to-face, The Force Awakens.
07:32While many would confess to being wholly shocked at the most devastating development to come out of
07:37the first sequel flick, that and the fact that Luke Skywalker didn't even get the chance to utter a
07:41single word. In truth, eagle-eyed fans could very much feel this demise a-coming. With much of The
07:46Force Awakens taking inspiration from another beloved Star Wars tale in A New Hope, it felt
07:51somewhat appropriate that the wise old mentor of this flick would fall in a similar fashion to that
07:56of Ben Kenobi in that fourth episode. Upon stepping out to come face-to-face with his fallen Jedi son,
08:02Kylo Ren, the eerie similarities to that aforementioned Vader-Kenobi showdown were glaring for many.
08:08Add into that the late inclusion of the rest of the heroic gang arriving on the scene to watch the
08:12pair's interaction from afar, and Han Solo's end was all but confirmed. Helpless to save the iconic
08:18smuggler as he is impaled by his lad, Rey, like Luke before her, is forced to take the next steps on
08:23her journey without her newfound mentor. Hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
08:28Number 2. Mace Windu tells Anakin Skywalker to stay out of it. Revenge of the Sith.
08:33A great many of the beats that ultimately led to the apparent Chosen One heading into the dark side of
08:37things could have likely been avoided had Anakin Skywalker been supported or just trusted a little
08:42more at numerous points throughout his gradual fall. And while Obi-Wan getting knocked out of
08:47the action and leaving Anakin to be manipulated by Sidious earlier on in the Revenge of the Sith
08:51film couldn't really be helped, the way Mace Windu went about ordering Skywalker to keep from
08:56interfering with his arrest of Palpatine was both avoidable and in the end, deeply foolish.
09:01It was during this verbal back and forth that it became clear that Anakin's faith in the Jedi was
09:05at an all-time low, and Windu's rejecting of Anakin's help due to the confusion he sensed
09:10within him likely didn't help his cause either. Then, upon inevitably disobeying said order and
09:15witnessing Windu suddenly decide that Sidious must be killed instead of put on trial. After all,
09:19he's too dangerous to be kept alive. That loss of faith in the Jedi would finally nudge Anakin over
09:24the edge, as he betrayed the purple-bladed Jedi Master and set the Great Jedi Purge in motion.
09:29Number 1. The Laser Gates Split The Fight The Phantom Menace
09:33The jaw-dropping Duel of the Fate still sits as one of the most masterful and skillfully crafted
09:39climaxes the series has to offer. Highlighting the sheer size and power of the opposition now
09:44standing in their way, both Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi find themselves pushed to their limit
09:49by the dual-bladed Sith Darth Maul early on. And with the pair already struggling to best this seemingly
09:54indomitable Sith as a unit, the introduction of some frustrating laser gates in the thick of the
09:59drama acted as a rather unnerving hint at what was to come. Qui-Gon had already struggled to see
10:04off Maul on his own whilst colliding with the mysterious Darksider on Tatooine. So despite it
10:09acting as one of the most savage and soul-crushing acts of the entire saga, his impaling at the hands
10:14of Maul as a helpless Obi-Wan watched on felt depressingly inevitable from the second those
10:19dastardly gates appeared. In the end, Maul's defiance would get the better of him as Kenobi eventually
10:23dealt a seemingly fatal blow to Avengers Master's death, but the fate-sealing damage had already
10:29been done. And that's our list of any other exact moments we knew Star Wars characters were doomed!
10:34Let us know all about them in the comment section right down below and do not forget to like,
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10:46like the one this video you're watching right now is based on. I've been Gareth from WhatCulture
10:50Star Wars, may the Force be with you, and hopefully I'll see you very, very soon. Bye-bye!
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