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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 he has
04:02already abandoned his master, Supreme Leader Snoke. Sure, not everything that tumbled out of Zero's
04:07mouth came to pass in the end, but Ren's turning on Snoke before landing on Crait was about as accurate
04:12a fan theory as they come. 6. A Familiar Stormtrooper
04:15Star Wars fans have a funny ol' 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.
04:24And that was again the case when it came to another unexpectedly awesome presence in Disney's The
04:29Force Awakens sequel starter, with an all-round badass traitor shouting Stormtrooper, quickly
04:34becoming a standout for many. So much so that fans took to affectionately naming the baton-flourishing
04:40troop TR-8R, get it? And despite it later being made known that his official name was actually FN-2199,
04:46with his nickname being Nines, the prevailing theory of this trooper and Finn actually having known each
04:51other quite well before the latter's eventual defection would actually turn out to be genuine
04:56canon in the end. As it goes, the two Stormtroopers actually went through training together and even
05:01became close chums within the same squad, as confirmed in the novel before The Awakening.
05:06This very much adds further depth to that instantly memeable outcry, with 9-slash-TR-8 Art feeling
05:12entirely betrayed by his one-time Bud by the time they come to blows outside of Mascanata'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
05:25way into the animated section of this galaxy far, far away to the party was a pretty unenviable
05:31task when it came time to give Ahsoka Tano the live-action treatment.
05:35Sure, given the actor who brilliantly breathed life into the one-time Jedi in the likes of
05:39The Clone Wars and Rebels animated shows in Ashley Eckstein, a chance to strut her stuff in the likes
05:44of The Mandalorian would have been a satisfying development for many. But the prevailing theory
05:48was that if Eckstein wasn't the live-action choice, then one Rosario Dawson would most
05:53definitely fit the bill instead. In a truly bizarre turn of events, word of fans angling
05:58to see Dawson in the role of Tano, coupled with a piece of fan art depicting her as the
06:02beloved character, eventually made its way to Dave Filoni before he'd even began work on
06:07The Mandalorian. And sure enough, when the time came to throw the character into the Mando mix,
06:11when Filoni was asked by Jon Favreau who he would have play her, his answer of well Rosario
06:15Dawson's top of my list set a fan-fiction ball well and truly 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 had been clamouring 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 and 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
06:55theorised 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 own right
07:05by the time of The Last Jedi after completing her training under the guidance of her brother
07:09post-return of the Jedi. Number 3. Darth Maul Survived
07:13The Phantom Menace's primary antagonist in Darth Maul became the subject of many a fan theory when
07:18it pertained to a much-wanted return post-prequel death. Many of said theories consisted of folks
07:23believing that Maul could channel his anger and fury combined with the dark side of the Force to
07:28stave off what appeared to be a rather definitive conclusion on the back of being chopped in two by
07:33Obi-Wan Kenobi. And by the time the Clone Wars opted to bring back the all-round fan favourite
07:37Dathomirian, George Lucas appeared to have definitely been keeping up with fans' love
07:41and the theories centred around the character's fate, with his fierce hatred of Kenobi being a
07:47key factor in Maul clinging onto life in the years following on from his Naboo bisecting.
07:52In making up for the cutting down of an instant hit of a personality seemingly far too soon for most,
07:57Lucas and co were eventually able to forge arguably one of the most complex and gripping character arcs,
08:02the Star Wars universe had played host to yet.
08:052. Boba Fett Survived
08:07And speaking of those Star Wars characters too damn beloved to be killed off for realsies,
08:11it was seemingly only ever a matter of time before Lucasfilm went back on a death that
08:15was almost immediately rejected by all who took in Return of the Jedi for the very first time.
08:20Many even quickly took to suggesting that C-3PO's explanation of it taking 1000 years to be
08:25digested by the Sarlacc, meant that Fett could have realistically found a way to escape before being
08:30killed. Boba Fett remarkably surviving his Sarlacc pit demise in said episode 6 was of course
08:36eventually revealed in the expanded universe tales, on the back of the bounty hunter's comedic
08:41end receiving an understandable amount of backlash. But Disney's acquiring of Lucasfilm
08:45and subsequent decanonising of the legends tales threw Fett's fate up into the air once again before
08:50he slammed straight into the side of a cruiser. Yet a few years on from said purchase, Boba finally
08:55made a grand return to the live-action galaxy far far away in The Mandalorian, with his very own
09:00book of Boba Fett even finally bringing said initial fan theory to life on the small screen,
09:05as he flamethrowed his way out of the beast's belly in that Disney Plus spin-off.
09:091. Rey is a Palpatine
09:11The overriding theory that left most fans squabbling in their car rides home from their first viewing of
09:16The Force Awakens, centred around who in the hell Daisy Ridley's Force-sensitive Rey was related to in
09:21this galaxy far far away. And while the generally accepted theories tended to revolve around Rey
09:27being either a Skywalker or a Solo, there were still a few folks subscribing to a rather out there
09:32notion that the sequel's central protagonist may actually have some far more insidious roots.
09:39Said fans were under the impression early on that Rey was related to none other than Emperor
09:43Palpatine himself. With The Force Awakens novelisation hinting at her being lured towards
09:47the dark side in her first battle with Kylo Ren, being interpreted by some as Sidious trying to
09:52pull his granddaughter towards the deck. Far from being a completely unimaginable throwaway theory
09:58however, J.J. Abrams would ultimately follow through on said direction, revealing that Rey was
10:03actually the daughter of Palpatine's strangcast son. But because this galaxy must always have a
10:08Skywalker present apparently, Rey eventually opts to discard her last name in favour of Luke and Leia's
10:13family moniker in the closing stages of Episode 9, which went down an absolute treat with everybody
10:19didn't it? And that's our list, know of any other Star Wars fan theories that became fact? Let us know
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