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Why do folks have such short memories when it comes to the Jedi?
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00:00From arguably one of the most important personalities in the galaxy weirdly going missing during a key spell in the Skywalker saga,
00:07to the fact that many people within this sprawling galaxy appear to have particularly short memories.
00:13These are those Star Wars moments and scenarios that fans are still struggling to understand after all this time.
00:19Gareth here from WhatCultureStarWars and here are 10 things that still don't make sense in Star Wars.
00:24Number 10. What in the hell was Ahsoka Tano up to during the original trilogy?
00:28Getting the ball rolling with a puzzling reality that simply could not be avoided
00:32due to the character only being introduced to the Skywalker saga decades after the original trilogy first blast off into theatres,
00:39the whereabouts of one Ahsoka Tano throughout said galactic civil war
00:43has been a question buried within the minds of many for some time.
00:47Since it became clear that the former Jedi wasn't actually killed off by her former master
00:51whilst dueling within the Sith Temple on Malachor in Rebels,
00:54instead being saved from that fate by Ezra Bridger's world-between-world intervention,
01:00many wondered why Tano would have simply sat by and watched the galaxy rip itself apart throughout episodes 4 to 6.
01:06It has been suggested that Tano was actually residing on Malachor during the galactic civil war,
01:11embarking on a spiritual journey of sorts as she figured out a way to find a missing Ezra.
01:16But it's safe to say many will be looking for some concrete answers within the upcoming Ahsoka series,
01:21as to what she was actually up to in the time before joining forces with Sabine Wren to search for the Ghost Crew member.
01:27Number 9. Nobody has a clue who Luke Skywalker is.
01:30The folks within this galaxy far, far away aren't exactly boasting the strongest memories, it must be said.
01:36Now sure, to assume that just about every single soul living and breathing throughout the aforementioned galactic civil war
01:41would have laid eyes on or even just heard of the iconic Jedi who helped topple the Empire would be a bit foolish.
01:47The galaxy is a pretty huge, huge place after all.
01:50But the fact that folks as close to the fight as the likes of Kara Dune didn't even seem to be aware of who in the hell the New Republic hero Luke Skywalker was,
01:57upon him meeting the Mando gang in Season 2 makes for a rather baffling situation.
02:02Even if Dune hadn't crossed paths with the iconic Jedi before,
02:05there is a strong chance his face, or at the very least his physical description,
02:09would have been floated around by the folks he was once fighting with just a few short years before.
02:13And the fact Luke is praised as some sort of Jedi celebrity by the time of The Force Awakens
02:19only makes the team's uncertainty over who in the hell he was at this point even more bizarre.
02:24Number 8. How did Leia end up with a new dress on Endor?
02:27Princess Leia Organa finds herself eventually sporting an earthy-looking dress
02:31in the wake of being taken in by wickets W. Warwick and co. in Return of the Jedi.
02:36And while many found themselves questioning how the leading light managed to come into possession of said clothing
02:40after rocking up to the forest moon in camo gear, that part of the mystery was actually solved
02:45thanks to Star Wars Force of Destiny's Ewok Escape,
02:48an episode that explained that the dress was a gift for Leia's assistance in saving some Ewoks from a bunch of stormtroopers.
02:55The part that still hasn't been fully detailed, however,
02:57is how in the heck the fuzzy little rascals came into having possession of said dress in the first place.
03:02There is one disturbing fan theory that suggests the Ewoks, as seen in their initial hostility towards Luke and Han,
03:08could have actually just eaten another woman and taken her dress as a horrific prize.
03:13But it's still not been 100% confirmed in canon if this was how said clothing was freakishly obtained.
03:18Let's hope not, eh?
03:19Number 7. How did Jar Jar Binks become a senator?
03:22After spending pretty much the entirety of his screen time bumbling through The Phantom Menace,
03:26it's safe to say that seeing Jar Jar Binks don't a set of robes and strut into the Galactic Senate
03:31caught just about everybody off guard in Attack of the Clones.
03:34Admittedly, rewarding the slapstick fool with a cushy Gungan role for his less-than-competent displays
03:39during the battle against the Trade Federation's droid army on Naboo made a bit of sense.
03:43But having him act as the Gungan's ambassador to Thede,
03:46before eventually stepping into the high-pressure position of Naboo's associate planetary representative
03:51whenever Padme Amidala wasn't available,
03:53was a pretty difficult pill to swallow for those who had last seen Jar Jar make a meal out of,
03:58well, something as simple as a meal in Episode 1.
04:00Sure enough, it didn't take all that much effort to manipulate the eternally clumsy and dangerously innocent politician
04:05into suggesting the Senate give emergency powers to Chancellor Palpatine
04:09in order to forge a grand army of the Republic in Attack of the Clones,
04:13begging the question why so many ignorantly allowed the likes of Palpatine to humor him
04:18into this highly influential spot in the first place.
04:21Number 6. How could the Jedi be forgotten about so damn quickly?
04:24The fact that figures such as Han Solo referred to the Jedi Way
04:27as little more than a hokey religion during his early appearances in A New Hope
04:31just doesn't seem to add up upon assessing the timeline.
04:34Some 20 years on from Order 66 all but obliterating the Jedi from existence,
04:39the fact many were so quick to forget about this particular aspect of the massive war
04:43between a Jedi-boasting Republic and the Separatists
04:46that ultimately birthed the Galactic Empire never really made sense,
04:50with the eventual likes of the Rebels and Obi-Wan Kenobi series
04:52both suggesting that many a Jedi did still find a way to pop up and cause a fuss on occasion over the years.
04:58Sure, the Emperor definitely went out of his way to bury and destroy any remnants of the religion,
05:03which does partially explain why some corners of the galaxy either opted to ignore the Jedi
05:07or simply had their brains washed into thinking they were little more than a myth.
05:11But when folks like Han Solo specifically,
05:13who was revealed to have actually been a member of the Imperial Navy earlier in his life,
05:17and must have surely come across the odd Jedi straggler,
05:20act as if the existence of the one-time Force-wielding heroes is laughable,
05:24this particular opinion slash reaction feels increasingly odd.
05:275. Why didn't General Grievous just blast Kenobi to smithereens?
05:31Many, quite rightly, were all too happy to discard all logic
05:34when it came to one particularly strange tactical choice
05:37from one of the galaxy's most cunning generals during Revenge of the Sith.
05:41That's because, had General Grievous done the intelligent thing
05:44during his showdown with Obi-Wan Kenobi on Utapau,
05:46there's a solid chance fans would have been gifted
05:48with a bit of an anticlimactic response to Ewan McGregor's immortal utterance of
05:52hello there.
05:53In reality, though, what was stopping Grievous from simply lowering one of his bionic arms
05:57and commanding the room full of droids to open fire on the stubborn Jedi Master?
06:01His own ego? Yeah, perhaps.
06:03But a strategic bastard like this cyborg likely should have realised
06:06that his odds of claiming another lightsaber for his collection
06:09would have been greater had he opted to instead allow his army to do his dirty work for him.
06:13Maybe Grievous simply felt his robot allies, no matter their superior numbers,
06:17weren't capable of besting a Jedi of Kenobi's talents.
06:20But it does feel like the General missed a bit of a trick
06:22in not at least testing Obi-Wan's deflecting capabilities against a few hundred blasters.
06:27Number 4. Why did nobody use Force Speed more often?
06:30While there are a ton of Force abilities out there in the Legends and Canon universe
06:34that weren't actually fully explored within the live-action Skywalker saga on the big screen,
06:39one undoubtedly useful and rare talent was actually given a run-out
06:43during the Phantom Menace's opening stages, only to pretty much completely disappear from there on out.
06:49I'm talking about that moment Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn utilised good old Force Speed
06:53to get out of Droideka Dodge on a Trade Federation ship.
06:57But far from opening the door for the Jedi to thwart this massively useful talent from there on out
07:02in the prequels in particular, the ability seems to go oddly missing shortly after.
07:06Mace Windu would tease the use of Force Speed a touch during the animated Clone Wars series Battle of Dantooine,
07:11and once again boasts a slight increase in speed during his duel with Palpatine,
07:15with the odd other Jedi being able to dodge particularly rapidly within the animated sphere too.
07:20But outside of these few quick beats, was the power kept mostly secret from those learning to wield the power of the Force on the big screen?
07:26You know, it may have just come in handy when trying to evade mind-controlled clone troopers, just a thought.
07:31Number 3. How Obi-Wan Kenobi aged so damn quickly.
07:35One of the key happenings fans were hoping to see addressed over the course of Disney Plus' recent Obi-Wan Kenobi series
07:40came in the form of what in the holy hell happened to the titular Jedi Master
07:44to make him go from luscious brunette Locke boasting space stud to white-haired wizard in just under two decades.
07:51Instead of shedding some light on how the Jedi, who appeared to be in his mid-30s during Revenge of the Sith,
07:56ended up resembling a dude edging towards his late 60s in A New Hope,
08:00the series reached its conclusion, for now at least, with Kenobi still boasting a mane without even a flicker of grey.
08:05Some have been quick to suggest that Ben's swift ageing may come about
08:09due to the character eventually being on the receiving end of a life-draining Force power,
08:13similarly to how Palpatine wound up resembling a battered vegetable
08:16after having his own Force lightning deflected onto him in Revenge of the Sith.
08:20Until said grey hair creating trauma makes itself known, however,
08:24this rapid ageing will continue to be filed in the strange Star Wars mystery category.
08:29Number 2. Anakin returning as Hayden Christensen via Force Ghost
08:32In another case of George Lucas attempting to sell fans on an odd scenario
08:36that just about nobody honestly bought, or has any intention of buying, some years later,
08:40the reveal of Hayden Christensen's version of Anakin Skywalker slash Darth Vader
08:44being swapped into the again-tinkered-with original trilogy in the 2004 DVD re-release of Return of the Jedi
08:50inspired an understandable amount of confusion.
08:52Far from quickly offering a wise and logical response, though,
08:55Lucas claimed in the film's DVD commentary that
08:58the idea was that your inner person would go back to where we left it off when it turned to the dark side.
09:03But this retcon pretty much negates the powerful beat that had seen Vader redeem himself
09:07and seemingly wander back towards the light side of the Force
09:10in the moments before Sebastian Shaw's version of the character's demise in his son's arms.
09:15In truth, Christensen being thrown into the original trilogy mix
09:18was likely little more than a way of connecting the OG flicks and the prequels,
09:22whether it made any actual sense or not.
09:24Number 1. How did Anakin not clock his wife was pregnant with twins?
09:27While at a glance expecting someone to be aware of the fact
09:30their partner is carrying not only one but two babies within them,
09:34when the mother herself seemingly isn't even privy to the knowledge of housing a set of twins,
09:38may seem a bit odd, Anakin Skywalker wasn't any old average Joe, was he?
09:42After all, it's demonstrated time and time again that Force users possess the ability
09:46to sense the lives of others from halfway across the galaxy.
09:50Seen in Palpatine sensing his new apprentice is in danger from Coruscant
09:53when Lord Vader is battling with his one-time master on Mustafar.
09:57So would it have been too much of a stretch for Anakin to clock the fact that his beloved Padme
10:01was actually set to give birth to a couple of little Skywalkers
10:03when she was literally stood right in front of him?
10:06Vader even went on record to admit that he could feel that Amidala was alive
10:10before her untimely end.
10:11So why couldn't he feel the two lifeforms within her too?
10:14And the fact Yoda and Obi-Wan were also unable to sense there were two babies on board,
10:19until being told moments before their birth,
10:21seems to suggest this lot weren't as connected to the living force as they thought.
10:26And that's our list.
10:27Know of any other things that still don't make sense in Star Wars?
10:29Let us know all about them in the comments section right down below,
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10:43I would know because I wrote it.
10:46I've been Gareth from WhatCulture Star Wars.
10:47Thank you as always for clicking on this fantastic video today.
10:50Hopefully I'll see your faces very, very soon.
10:52But in the meantime, may the force be with you,
10:54and I'll see you soon.
10:55Bye-bye.
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