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00:00From long clamored for comebacks being made legit, to fans having anything but a bad feeling about
00:05a character's force abilities, these compelling theories turned out to be 100% on the money later
00:12down the road. The always fantasizing Gareth here from WhatCultureStarWars and here are 10
00:17Star Wars fan theories that became fact. 10. Qui-Gon Returns In Force Ghost Form
00:23He may have only been around on the live action scene for just one rather divisive prequel outing,
00:28but that still didn't stop Liam Neeson's maverick Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn from making one hell of
00:33an impression on this corner of the galaxy. And while Neeson was seemingly all too happy to return
00:38to George Lucas' world in a vocal capacity, in the likes of the animated Clone Wars series,
00:43fans were still holding out hope that they may one day see Obi-Wan Kenobi's Master return to the
00:48live action stage. With news of said eventual Ben finally being gifted his own titular spin-off series
00:53on Disney+, then, came a reigniting of said hope as fans pitched numerous potential scenarios that
00:59could result in Jinn showing up, and perhaps as more than just a voiceover cameo. Sure enough,
01:04in the closing stages of the first season and after spending much of the show trying to reach
01:08out to his fallen master, Neeson's Qui-Gon made himself known to Kenobi, only this time via Force
01:14Ghost. And in something of a meta-utterance, his stating that it took you long enough was an opinion
01:19likely shared by many of those watching at home. 9. Finn is Force-Sensitive
01:23Early on, it seemed to be written in the stars that Finn would play a hugely significant role
01:28in the fate of the galaxy by the time the sequel trilogy came to a close. And while that ultimately
01:33turned out to be disappointingly not the case, with the one-time Stormtrooper often being sidelined
01:38in favour of more Reylo-Force bonding, fans still refused to accept that the Force wasn't strong
01:43with this particularly underserved hero. As it goes, Finn's proficiency with a lightsaber in Episode 7
01:49and abundance of feelings in The Rise of Skywalker all eventually paved the way for the revelation
01:54that he was actually Force-Sensitive all along, as reportedly confirmed by those films' director
01:59J.J. Abrams at a fan Q&A. Now sure, it still doesn't erase the fact that John Boyega was,
02:04as the actor himself would state, pushed to the side on the back of his first showing in the sequels,
02:08but it at least added a slightly satisfying detail to Finn's overall character that seemed to pay off
02:13hopeful fan theories that had been prevalent throughout the ill-fated trilogy.
02:178. Palpatine Created Snoke
02:19Fans had often been left pondering how the villainous entity that was Supreme Leader Snoke
02:24came into being in the first place, with his origins not being explicitly stated throughout
02:28his first two showings in The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi. So with a whole lot of downtime to dream
02:33up the scenario that gave birth to this menacing but eventually hilariously dispatched Force user,
02:37some fans ended up landing on a theory involving none other than an anything-but-dead Darth Sidious
02:43being the mind behind Snoke's creation before Episode IX's release. As hinted at in a legend story
02:49focusing on Darth Plagueis, Sidious' former master, the two Dark Side baddies conduct the grand experiment,
02:56involving the duo combining Sith alchemy and the Dark Side, as they successfully influence
03:01midichlorians in a bid to produce life. This along with the knowledge of Palpatine being known to have
03:06his own observatories across the galaxy, made his revelation of I created Snoke in Rise of Skywalker
03:12very much a fan theory come to life, with Snoke actually being a strandcast forged in a lab by
03:18Sidious. 7. Kylo Ren Abandoned Snoke
03:21Sticking with the one-time Supreme Leader and to a sudden end that many most definitely did not see
03:26coming in The Last Jedi's runtime, however you can always count on a few pockets of the Star Wars
03:31fandom sensing a disturbance in the Force a mile off. And that was again the case when it came
03:36to Kylo Ren's turning on his one-time master here. As far back as October 2017, a few months
03:42before Episode VIII's release, Mike Zero, a known Star Wars theorist, appeared to have figured out
03:47what the future held for the former Ben Solo and Strandcast. In his own words when discussing the
03:51film's trailer shots showing Ren offering his hand to what appears to be Rey, Kylo Ren lands on
03:56Crait. He burns down the Resistance base from within and saves his own mother, Leia. At that point,
04:02he has already abandoned his master, Supreme Leader Snoke. Sure, not everything that tumbled out of
04:06Zero's mouth came to pass in the end, but Ren's turning on Snoke before landing on Crait was about
04:11as accurate a fan theory as they come. 6. A Familiar Stormtrooper
04:15Star Wars fans have a funny old habit of latching onto characters that initially appear to be little
04:20more than side players in the eyes of those forging the big-screen tales pumped into theatres.
04:25And that was again the case when it came to another unexpectedly awesome presence in Disney's The Force
04:29Awakens sequel starter, with an all-round badass traitor shouting Stormtrooper,
04:34quickly becoming a standout for many. So much so that fans took to affectionately naming the
04:39baton-flourishing troop TR-8R, get it? And despite it later being made known that his official name
04:44was actually FN-2199 with his nickname being Nines, the prevailing theory of this trooper and Finn
04:50actually having known each other quite well before the latter's eventual defection would actually turn
04:55out to be genuine canon in the end. As it goes, the two Stormtroopers actually went through training
05:00together and even became close chums within the same squad, as confirmed in the novel before The
05:05Awakening. This very much adds further depth to that instantly memeable outcry, with 9-slash-TR-8
05:11Art feeling entirely betrayed by his one-time Bud by the time they come to blows outside of
05:16Maz Kanata's castle.
05:185. Rosario Dawson Would Make For The Best Live-Action Ahsoka
05:22Trying to figure out who should bring one of the most beloved characters ever to make their way
05:26into the animated section of this galaxy far, far away to the party was a pretty unenviable task when
05:31it came time to give Ahsoka Tano the live-action treatment. Sure, given the actor who brilliantly
05:36breathed life into the one-time Jedi in the likes of The Clone Wars and Rebels animated shows in
05:41Ashley Eckstein, a chance to strut her stuff in the likes of The Mandalorian would have been a
05:45satisfying development for many. But the prevailing theory was that if Eckstein wasn't the live-action
05:50choice, then one Rosario Dawson would most definitely fit the bill instead.
05:55In a truly bizarre turn of events, word of fans angling to see Dawson in the role of Tano,
06:00coupled with a piece of fan art depicting her as the beloved character, eventually made its way
06:04to Dave Filoni before he'd even begun work on The Mandalorian. And sure enough, when the time came
06:09to throw the character into the Mando mix, when Filoni was asked by Jon Favreau who he would have
06:13play her, his answer of, well, Rosario Dawson's top of my list, set a fan fiction ball well and
06:19truly rolling.
06:20Number 4. Princess Leia is strong with the Force
06:22From the minute it was made known that Leia Organa was the other that Yoda was referencing
06:26during the Empire Strikes Back, fans have been clamoring to see the princess turned general
06:31show off her true Force potential on the big screen. And while Leia did seem to hint at having
06:35some Force sensitivity in her ability to sense her brother Luke, it wasn't until The Last Jedi
06:40where her real Force capabilities were highlighted for all to see. After being blasted out of her
06:45cruiser in Episode 8, Leia is able to survive the perilous scenario by moving herself through
06:50space via the Force, confirming that she was very much able to hone her hinted at and often
06:55theorized abilities over the years. It may have taken a whopping 30 years to finally come to fruition
07:00in an actual Star Wars live-action epic, but Leia was undoubtedly a masterful Jedi in her
07:05own right by the time of The Last Jedi. After completing her training under the guidance of her brother
07:09post-return of the Jedi.
07:113. Darth Maul Survived
07:13The Phantom Menace's primary antagonist in Darth Maul became the subject of many a fan
07:18theory when it pertained to a much-wanted return post-prequel death. Many of said theories consisted
07:23of folks believing that Maul could channel his anger and fury, combined with the dark side
07:28of the Force, to stave off what appeared to be a rather definitive conclusion, on the back
07:32of being chopped in two by Obi-Wan Kenobi. And by the time the Clone Wars opted to bring back
07:36the all-round fan-favorite Dathomirian, George Lucas appeared to have definitely been keeping
07:40up with fans' love and the theories centered around the character's fate, with his fierce hatred of
07:45Kenobi being a key factor in Maul clinging onto life in the years following on from his Naboo bisecting.
07:51In making up for the cutting down of an instant hit of a personality seemingly far too soon for most,
07:56Lucas and co were eventually able to forge arguably one of the most complex and gripping character arcs the
08:02Star Wars universe had played host to yet.
08:042. Boba Fett Survived
08:06And speaking of those Star Wars characters too damn beloved to be killed off for realsies,
08:10it was seemingly only ever a matter of time before Lucasfilm went back on a death that was almost
08:15immediately rejected by all who took in Return of the Jedi for the very first time. Many even quickly
08:20took to suggesting that C-3PO's explanation of it taking 1,000 years to be digested by the Sarlacc meant that
08:26Fett could have realistically found a way to escape before being killed.
08:30Boba Fett remarkably surviving his Sarlacc pit demise in said episode 6 was of course eventually revealed in
08:36the expanded universe tales, on the back of the bounty hunter's comedic end receiving an understandable amount of backlash.
08:42But Disney's acquiring of Lucasfilm and subsequent decanonizing of the legend's tales threw Fett's fate up into the air once again
08:49before he slammed straight into the side of a cruiser.
08:51Yet a few years on from said purchase, Boba finally made a grand return to the live-action galaxy far far away in The Mandalorian,
08:59with his very own book of Boba Fett even finally bringing said initial fan theory to life on the small screen,
09:04as he flamethrowed his way out of the beast's belly in that Disney Plus spin-off.
09:081. Rey is a Palpatine
09:10The overriding theory that left most fans squabbling in their car rides home from their first viewing of The Force Awakens
09:16centered around who in the hell Daisy Ridley's Force-sensitive Rey was related to in this galaxy far far away.
09:23And while the generally accepted theories tended to revolve around Rey being either a Skywalker or a Solo,
09:28there were still a few folks subscribing to a rather out-there notion that the sequel's central protagonist may actually have some far more insidious roots.
09:37Haha!
09:38Said fans were under the impression early on that Rey was related to none other than Emperor Palpatine himself,
09:43with The Force Awakens novelization hinting at her being lured towards the dark side in her first battle with Kylo Ren,
09:49being interpreted by some as Sidious trying to pull his granddaughter towards the dark.
09:54Far from being a completely unimaginable throwaway theory, however,
09:58J.J. Abrams would ultimately follow through on said direction, revealing that Rey was actually the daughter of Palpatine's Strang-Cast son.
10:05But because this galaxy must always have a Skywalker present apparently,
10:09Rey eventually opts to discard her last name in favor of Luke and Leia's family moniker in the closing stages of Episode 9.
10:15Which went down an absolute treat with everybody, didn't it?
10:18And that's our list!
10:19Know of any other Star Wars fan theories that became fact?
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