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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 despatched 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
00:54and his Stormtrooper cronies on the Death Star. As the pair reminisce and Biggs bigs up the future
01:00Jedi's supreme pilot skills, Darklighter's comments on wanting to hear about all of Luke's stories when
01:05he gets 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.
01:27Though it was undoubtedly awesome to finally see a world simply overflowing with the galaxy's
01:31protectors over the course of George Lucas' prequel trilogy, the daunting realization that
01:36an unquestionably depressing purge would be on its way always acted as a subtle shadow in an
01:41otherwise vibrant Jedi landscape. Simply put, if the Jedi Order wasn't all but extinct, as Ben Kenobi put it in
01:48a new hope, by the time of the original trilogy, then some rather substantial plot holes would have
01:52likely made their presence known before long. So whether fans liked it or not, a whole host of
01:57Jedi faces we come to appreciate and admire over those first two prequel features were doomed to
02:02bite the dust from the second Anakin Skywalker helped Palpatine overcome Mace Windu, but more on
02:08that later, and set the stage for Order 66 to become an excruciating reality. Just like that, the likes of
02:14Ki-Adi Mundi, Plo Koon, and Aayla Secura, and many, many more were all wiped out by clones.
02:20We knew it all had to end at some point, but that still didn't make it any easier to swallow this
02:25devastating pill.
02:27Number 8. Shmi Skywalker Gets Abducted
02:29Attack of the Clones
02:30Keeping 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 to
02:47go looking for his mama on Tatooine. Clearly still possessing a strong bond with his single parent,
02:52even experiencing dreams of her suffering from afar. Those first few premonitions of Shmi's pain acted as
02:58the unnerving earliest hint at the grim fate that was always destined to grip the future Darth Vader's
03:03loving 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 Tusken
03:13Raiders a month before he landed. At that point, seen as a hugely hostile group, to expect Shmi to
03:19survive that long being held captive by the Raiders was sadly unrealistic, and her dying breaths to her
03:25little Annie were always necessary in nudging this troubled lad down the dark path we all knew he was
03:30dead and down. Number 7, Obi-Wan's love is introduced, The Clone Wars. In another instance of a vital
03:36character being introduced in a project set before the events fans had already seen come to pass in
03:41the likes of Revenge of the Sith and the subsequent features that would ultimately unfold. The arrival
03:46of Satine Kryze in The Clone Wars was always destined to be a bittersweet one. While it was a captivating
03:51development to see the world of Mandalore ruled by the Duchess determined to move the people of her
03:56planet on from their largely violent ways of the past, the powerful figure who also acted as the
04:00unexpected love interest of a certain Obi-Wan Kenobi was pretty much doomed from the second it became
04:06clear that she and Kenobi had a romantic past of sorts. Simply put, Satine isn't mentioned in the
04:11slightest in the time following on from The Clone Wars, so fans were rather morbidly anticipating her
04:16demise from the get-go. And in the end, it was none other than Kenobi's great adversary Maul who dealt the
04:21fatal blow, murdering Satine in front of him as he was helpless to save her.
04:26Number 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
04:37a little shoehorned at first, but not more than that A New Hope special edition scene.
04:41But said origin story of the coolest bounty hunter in this galactic series would ultimately provide Boba
04:47with a tragic foundation on which the rest of his captivating journey was built upon throughout
04:51The Clone Wars, Original Trilogy, and subsequent live-action Disney Plus series.
04:56Said tragic event could be seen coming from the minute the jubilant young son of Django
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
05:09you're not intending to scar him for life, right? As expected, it wasn't too long before Django,
05:13fresh off of showing off his slick pistol skills in dispatching some Jedi under Reek,
05:19well and truly met his Mace Windu match, having his head taken off by the masterful Jedi in front
05:23of his kid's very eyes. Dick move, Windu!
05:27Number 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,
05:48was one that had a lasting and profound effect on the grand finale of the Skywalker saga.
05:53One film on from The Last Jedi, Ren was once again tasked with duking it out with Palpatine's
05:57grandkid, yet the fallen Jedi was once again stopped in his tracks by a Force-sensitive relative,
06:03this time in the form of his mama, General Leia Organa. Acting as another life-draining projection
06:08of sorts from across the galaxy, it was evident from the second that Leia hobbled away to contact
06:13her son, that this was to be the final act for the legendary figure. The tragic real-life passing
06:18of Carrie Fisher also left many sensing that the series would give the iconic face a fitting send-off
06:23at some point in the saga Ender too, and in acting as the catalyst that would bring Ben back towards
06:29the light, Leia'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
06:38The knowledge of Darth Vader's eventual rise always brought with it the inevitable end of
06:43the former Jedi Master known as Count Dooku. However, it wasn't precisely clear when his
06:48time at Darth Sidious' side would come to an end coming into the final prequel entry. That was
06:53until Obi-Wan Kenobi found himself sidelined in the midst of his rematch alongside Anakin Skywalker
06:58with the dastardly Sith. From the moment the Jedi Master was buried underneath a platform,
07:03leaving only the easily manipulated Anakin to duke it out with Dooku, all signs pointed to the
07:08highly emotional Force user losing control and getting some much-needed revenge on the
07:13tyrannical Darth Tyrannus. One do it later, Skywalker had successfully decapitated the one-time Jedi in
07:20front of his soon-to-be master, but had Obi-Wan still been conscious, you have to imagine Dooku would
07:25have likely lived to see the inside of a prison cell instead.
07:28Number 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
07:37of the first sequel flick, that and the fact that Luke Skywalker didn't even get the chance to utter
07:41a single word. In truth, eagle-eyed fans could very much feel this demise a-coming. With much of
07:46The Force 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
07:56that of Ben Kenobi in that fourth episode. Upon stepping out to come face-to-face with his fallen
08:01Jedi son, Kylo Ren, the eerie similarities to that aforementioned Vader-Kenobi showdown were glaring for
08:07many. Add into that the late inclusion of the rest of the heroic gang arriving on the scene to watch
08:12the pair'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
08:32A 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 the
08:47action 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
09:05was at an all-time low, and Windu's rejecting of Anakin's help due to the confusion he sensed within
09:10him likely didn't help his cause either. Then, upon inevitably disobeying said order and witnessing
09:15Windu suddenly decide that Sidious must be killed instead of put on trial, after all he's too
09:20dangerous to be kept alive. That loss of faith in the Jedi would finally nudge Anakin over the edge,
09:25as he betrayed the purple-bladed Jedi Master and set the great Jedi Purge in motion.
09:30Number 1. The Laser Gate Split The Fight The Phantom Menace
09:34The jaw-dropping duel of the fates 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 by the
09:49dual-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
09:59the drama 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 avenge his master's death. But the fate-sealing damage had already been
10:29done. And that's our list of any other exact moments we knew Star Wars characters were
10:33doomed! Let us know all about them in the comment section right down below, and do not forget to
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