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"BuT WhY DiDn'T ObI-wAn uSe fOrCe DaSh tO sAvE QuI-gOn?!" Well, here's why!
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00:00Sometimes all it takes is picking up a comic book or other piece of non-screen media,
00:06or even just thinking a little bit longer about the issue in question,
00:09to discover that certain incongruent Star Wars moments are actually, well, anything but.
00:15So after already looking at some other plot holes that really aren't right here in the first version of this video that we did,
00:22strap in and get ready to learn why everything from a lack of force speed,
00:26to a certain Mandalorian not being aware of the legendary Jedi actually makes all the sense in the world.
00:34Because I am Gareth, this is WhatCultureStarWars, and here are 8 more Star Wars plot holes that really aren't.
00:418. Why Don't Jedi Use Force Dash More Often
00:44While it may not have ever been seen during the original trilogy,
00:48George Lucas eventually revealed during the prequels that Jedi were actually capable of sprinting at frankly incredible speed.
00:56Well, he did once anyway.
00:58After Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi Force dashed their way out of trouble early on in Episode 1, The Phantom Menace,
01:04the super useful ability was actually not really seen on the big screen ever again.
01:09Though Mace Windu would use it in the Star Wars Clone Wars animated micro-series.
01:15How could we forget?
01:16But it sure would have come in handy when Kenobi was trying to catch up to his Jedi Master during their duel with Darth Maul, right?
01:22In reality, the reason we never saw this particular version of a Force Dash again was probably because it didn't look all that great on screen.
01:30But said Duel of the Fate plot hole actually does have a rather logical explanation within the universe.
01:36You see, according to a number of sources away from the films, including Mike Chen's Brotherhood novel,
01:42using Force Dash drains the user's energy for a short period of time.
01:47Meaning that if Kenobi did opt to use it to catch up to Jinn in the scene,
01:51he likely wouldn't have been much use to anyone and could have actually been a bit of a liability.
01:55So he just wisely chose not to.
01:58No plot holes here, Bivy.
02:00Now I've got a quick question for you.
02:01What is your favorite Force power in Star Wars?
02:05And which do you want to see more of in the galaxy far, far away?
02:08You let me know in the comments section right down below.
02:11Number 7, how did Darth Vader not recognize his own protocol droid?
02:16While there were some out there that felt that the prequel revelation of young Anakin Skywalker
02:21actually being 3PO's maker all along was a rather fascinating development,
02:26others thought that the detail just made Darth Vader's lack of reaction to the droid
02:30during the original trilogy seem a bit odd in hindsight.
02:33But though Vader may never properly acknowledge his creation and the gift he ultimately gave
02:38to his beloved Padme Amidala on their wedding day in those movies,
02:42this plot hole of sorts was actually addressed in an expanded universe comic.
02:47Said Star Wars Tales number 6 shows Vader briefly getting his hands on his old droid
02:52after he was blown to pieces on Cloud City in Episode 5, The Empire Strikes Back.
02:57Here, before the pair ultimately end up in a scene together in that picture,
03:01Vader remembers his childhood for a bit, his mother, repairing 3PO at his home on Tatooine,
03:07and even takes a moment to touch the droid's head against his own mask.
03:11He was lovely.
03:12He then go on to order his men to give 3PO to Chewbacca,
03:16secretly showing there was still a bit of Annie knocking around in that largely mechanical body right here.
03:22So Vader did recognize his old droid, you see, in Legends canon at least,
03:27just not in a moment that made it onto the big screen.
03:29So now you know.
03:30Number 6, how did Rey fly the Millennium Falcon?
03:33Making its long-awaited return to the galaxy far, far away during the opening half-hour of Episode 7,
03:40The Force Awakens,
03:41the likes of Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Lando Calrissian
03:44were nowhere to be seen when the Millennium Falcon took flight here.
03:48Instead, it was newcomer Rey who was sat in the cockpit,
03:52with Finn on turret duties as the pair fought off some First Order TIE Fighters.
03:56But this pulsating sequence across the Jakku sands did leave a number of fans
04:00questioning how a person who'd never left that planet learned to fly such a rapid spacecraft.
04:06Well, as it turns out, Rey actually used her scavenger skills to acquire some rather useful equipment.
04:11Said equipment, according to the Rey Survival Guide book by Jason Fry,
04:16was none other than a Y-Wing computer display,
04:19with Rey eventually using this to run flight simulations and sharpen her piloting skills to pass the time.
04:25Now, it would have been nice to see this referenced in the film, sure,
04:28but at least the aforementioned guide was able to explain why she was so damn comfortable
04:32sitting in the driver's seat of the Falcon, despite never having left Jakku.
04:37No plot holes to see here, folks, just a ton of practice and ingenuity.
04:40So move along.
04:41Number 5. Nobody mentioning Ahsoka Tano in the prequels.
04:45Back when the prequels first arrived in theatres all those years ago,
04:50Anakin Skywalker's apprentice hadn't even made her debut in the galaxy far, far away.
04:55Today, though, Ahsoka Tano is seen as one of the most popular and compelling characters in all of Star Wars.
05:01But with the Torgruta Force user evidently being present throughout the Clone Wars,
05:07and being so important to Skywalker as a character,
05:11to many the fact no one ever mentioned her in the prequels felt like a noticeable plot hole in hindsight.
05:16The real-life reason for her not being acknowledged is obviously the fact that she was only introduced
05:21long after those films had been released.
05:23However, as Star Wars The Clone Wars unfolded,
05:26the animated series was able to finally offer an in-universe explanation for the Jedi Order,
05:32strangely never talking about Tano, and the character being absent during Episode 3 in particular.
05:38In the series, the former Padawan of Anakin Skywalker left the Order,
05:41after being wrongly accused of bombing the Jedi Temple, expelled from the Order,
05:46and then given the chance to return once her name had been cleared.
05:50But the damage was done.
05:51She'd lost faith in the Jedi.
05:53And you can definitely see why no one would want to bring up such an awkward moment in the aftermath.
05:58Though she would reconnect with her old master just before the events of Episode 3,
06:03she'd then spend much of that Revenge of the Sith period fighting on Mandalore,
06:07and eventually experienced the executing of Order 66 while aboard the Tribunal's Star Destroyer.
06:14In other words, The Clone Wars show successfully filled in what was once a Tano prequel plot hole.
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06:33Number 4.
06:33How did Din Djarin not know about the Jedi?
06:36The Jedi were present within this galaxy far, far away for thousands of generations.
06:42They played a vital role in the Clone Wars,
06:44leading clones into battle against the Separatist forces,
06:48and eventually being turned on by said troopers.
06:51You know what I mean.
06:52The icon that is Luke Skywalker, a Jedi,
06:54would ultimately help bring down the Empire during the Galactic Civil War.
06:58And it's all that which made the fact that Din Djarin didn't know what a Jedi was
07:03during the Mandalorian series seem a little odd to some Star Wars fans.
07:08Despite being rescued by a member of Death Watch during a battle in those aforementioned Clone Wars as a child,
07:14Mando didn't have a clue what a rock-floating peacekeeper was.
07:18But the more you think about it, the more it actually makes sense.
07:21On top of the Empire doing everything they could to erase the Jedi Order post Order 66,
07:26the fact Djarin was raised by the Children of the Watch on Concordia
07:31explains why he wasn't aware of the Force users.
07:34It was eventually revealed that this clan was tucked away from the rest of the galaxy,
07:39with Djarin not even knowing that other Mandalorians could take their helmets off, for crying out loud.
07:44So with that in mind, Mando also being unaware of the Mandalorian's sworn enemy definitely checks out.
07:50It was also shown all the way back in 1977's Star Wars that the Jedi and the Force weren't exactly things
07:57that were seen every day across the galaxy, almost two decades after the Clone Wars.
08:02Han Solo didn't even believe in the latter.
08:05Djarin was just one of many who had never stumbled across a space wizard before.
08:10Number 3. Ki-Ari Mundi's appearance in the Acolyte didn't make sense
08:14Now it's safe to say that the return of one Jedi Master in the latest Disney Plus live-action Star Wars series
08:20did not go unnoticed, and we're not talking about the pointy-eared icon.
08:26The arrival of Ki-Adi Mundi in Episode 4, Day in the Acolyte,
08:30left some fans scratching their own not-quite-as-long heads, however,
08:34with many suggesting that his mere presence was a plot hole.
08:38In their minds, the Jedi Master's age was retconned here,
08:42as the figure who died not long after Order 66 was first executed
08:46wouldn't have even been born based on what fans knew of the character.
08:50At the time of Episode 1, The Phantom Menace, it was said that Ki-Ari Mundi was about 60 years old,
08:56so with the Acolyte being set 100 years before that movie, well, you can see the problem.
09:01But this apparent plot hole is ignoring the fact that said age was only ever made official in the Legends continuity,
09:08his birthday being 93 BBY in the Expanded Universe.
09:12In the new canon, though, Ki-Adi Mundi's age has never been specified, folks.
09:16And it's not that tough to accept that this Jedi Master was just one of the many Jedi Council members
09:21who were hundreds of years old by the time of the prequels,
09:24like Yoda, Yaddle, Yarrow Poof, and Oppo Rancisus.
09:29I love those names.
09:30Number 2. How did Snoke not sense that Kylo Ren was about to kill him?
09:34Unquestionably one of the most shocking moments to go down in the sequel trilogy.
09:40The death of Supreme Leader Snoke during Episode 8, The Last Jedi,
09:44had many fans pulling a face similar to the one he did during that throne room scene.
09:50And many of said viewers immediately questioned how Kylo Ren was able to pull a fast one on his master here,
09:55without the former having the slightest inkling he was about to join Maul in the bisected villain club,
10:01and not actually kill Rey.
10:03But that's not entirely the truth.
10:05Snoke was very much aware of and sensed Ren's intentions in this moment as Rey was positioned between them,
10:13that he was on the verge of striking down his true enemy.
10:17That much is clear in the scene itself.
10:19However, despite sensing all this,
10:21what he failed to realize in this moment was that his own senses and visions had betrayed him,
10:26and Ren was actually about to cut down Snoke, not Rey.
10:30So Snoke was actually somewhat in the know.
10:33He just didn't clock that he was being fooled by his apprentice and was said true enemy until it was way too late.
10:40Number one, why didn't R2-D2 tell Luke Skywalker about his father?
10:44C-3PO had a decent excuse for never explaining what had gone down during the Clone Wars to young Luke Skywalker in the original trilogy.
10:53He had his memory wipe the poor droid.
10:55R2-D2, on the other hand, wheel, leg, I don't know, didn't go through that procedure,
11:01and his memory was still entirely intact in episodes 4 to 6.
11:05So what was stopping R2 from explaining to Anakin Skywalker's son that his father was, you know, Darth Vader?
11:11Well, this plot hole actually has a quite tragic answer if you really think about it.
11:16The iconic astromech obviously remains by Anakin's side throughout much of the Clone Wars.
11:21Skywalker and Padme Amidala exchange droids as gifts at their wedding, remember?
11:26And he even rocks up to Mustafar with a newly christened Darth Vader towards the end of Episode 3, Revenge of the Sith.
11:33But R2-D2 never actually sees or hears his own master being called Vader.
11:39He was also told to stay with the ship on that fiery planet.
11:42So when he then rolled off it with Obi-Wan Kenobi, it was probably safe to assume that his master, Skywalker, had been killed.
11:50And even if R2 did see Skywalker argue and force choke Padme in the moments before Kenobi began dueling with the Chosen One,
11:58as shown in the movie's now non-canon novelization,
12:01and possibly put two and two together and realized that Skywalker had actually become Vader,
12:06the droid keeping his mouth shut about the whole ordeal also makes a lot of sense.
12:11Would you really blame him for not wanting to relive such a traumatic series of events?
12:15Conversely, maybe this little scamp just enjoyed carrying around the galaxy's biggest secret and just keeping it to himself.
12:21Wouldn't put it past him.
12:22That's likely why he didn't pipe up when Kenobi was telling lies to Anakin's son then,
12:27and why he never bothered to drop this important information before Skywalker finally learned the truth in Episode 5, The Empire Strikes Back.
12:34This loyal droid seemingly either didn't know a thing about Anakin's survival and new life as Vader,
12:40understandably didn't want to talk about the horrible things he'd seen,
12:43or just didn't feel it was really his place to tell Luke about his daddy.
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