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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
00:04missing during a key spell in the Skywalker saga, to the fact that many people within
00:09this sprawling galaxy appear to have particularly short memories. These are those Star Wars moments
00:14and scenarios that fans are still struggling to understand after all this time. Gareth here from
00:20WhatCultureStarWars 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 due to the
00:33character only being introduced to the Skywalker saga decades after the original trilogy first
00:38blast off into theatres, the whereabouts of one Ahsoka Tano throughout said galactic civil war
00:43has been a question buried within the minds of many for some time. Since it became clear that
00:48the former Jedi wasn't actually killed off by her former master whilst dueling within the Sith Temple
00:53on Malachor in Rebels, instead being saved from that fate by Ezra Bridger's world between
00:58worlds intervention, many wondered why Tano would have simply sat by and watched the galaxy
01:03rip itself apart throughout episodes 4 to 6. It has been suggested that Tano was actually
01:08residing on Malachor during the galactic civil war, embarking on a spiritual journey of sorts
01:13as she figured out a way to find a missing Ezra. But it's safe to say many will be looking
01:17for some
01:18concrete answers within the upcoming Ahsoka series as to what she was actually up to in the time before
01:23joining forces with Sabine Wren to search for the Ghost Crew member.
01:279. 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
01:40galactic civil war would have laid eyes on or even just heard of the iconic Jedi who helped topple the
01:45Empire would be a bit foolish. The galaxy is a pretty huge huge place after all. But the fact that
01:50folks as close to
01:51the fight as the likes of Cara Dune didn't even seem to be aware of who in the hell the
01:55New
01:55Republic hero Luke Skywalker was, upon him meeting the Mando gang in season 2 makes for a rather
02:01baffling situation. Even if Dune hadn't crossed past with the iconic Jedi before, there is a strong
02:06chance his face, or at the very least his physical description, would have been floated around by the
02:10folks he was once fighting with just a few short years before. And the fact Luke is praised as some
02:16sort of Jedi celebrity by the time of The Force Awakens only makes the team's uncertainty over who in the
02:21hell he was at this point even more bizarre.
02:248. How did Leia end up with a new dress on Endor?
02:27Princess Leia Organa finds herself eventually sporting an earthy looking dress in the wake of
02:32being taken in by wickets W. Warwick and co. in Return of the Jedi. And while many found themselves
02:37questioning how the leading light managed to come into possession of said clothing after rocking up to
02:41the forest moon in camo gear, that part of the mystery was actually solved thanks to Star Wars Force
02:47of Destiny's Ewok Escape, an episode that explained that the dress was a gift for Leia's assistance in
02:52saving some Ewoks from a bunch of stormtroopers. The part that still hasn't been fully detailed
02:57however is how in the heck the fuzzy little rascals came into having possession of said dress in the
03:02first place. There is one disturbing fan theory that suggests the Ewoks as seen in their initial
03:06hostility towards Luke and Han could have actually just eaten another woman and taken her dress as a
03:11horrific prize. But it's still not been 100% confirmed in canon if this was how said clothing
03:16was freakishly obtained. Let's hope not, eh?
03:197. 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 a set of robes and strut into the Galactic Senate
03:31caught just about everybody off guard in Attack of the Clones. Admittedly rewarding the slapstick fool
03:36with a cushy Gungan role for his less than competent displays during the battle against the Trade
03:40Federation's droid army on Naboo made a bit of sense. But having him act as the Gungan's ambassador
03:46to Thede, before eventually stepping into the high-pressure position of Naboo's associate planetary
03:50representative whenever Padme Amidala wasn't available, was a pretty difficult pill to swallow
03:55for those who had last seen Jar Jar make a meal out of, well, something as simple as a meal
03:59in Episode
03:591. Sure enough, it didn't take all that much effort to manipulate the eternally clumsy and
04:04dangerously innocent politician into 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. Begging the question why so
04:14many ignorantly allowed the likes of Palpatine to humour him into this highly influential spot in
04:20the first place. 6. How could the Jedi be forgotten about so damn quickly?
04:24The fact that figures such as Han Solo refer to the Jedi way as little more than a hokey
04:29religion during his early appearances in A New Hope just doesn't seem to add up upon assessing the
04:34timeline. Some 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 between a
04:44Jedi-boasting Republic and the Separatists that ultimately birthed the Galactic Empire never really
04:49made sense, with the eventual likes of the Rebels and Obi-Wan Kenobi series both suggesting that many
04:54a Jedi did still find a way to pop up and cause a fuss on occasion over the years. Sure,
04:58the Emperor
04:59definitely went out of his way to bury and destroy any remnants of the religion, which does partially
05:04explain why some corners of the galaxy either opted to ignore the Jedi or simply had their brains
05:09washed into thinking they were little more than a myth. But when folks like Han Solo specifically,
05:13who was revealed to have actually been a member of the Imperial Navy earlier in his life and must have
05:17surely come across the odd Jedi straggler, act as if the existence of the one-time force-wielding heroes
05:23is laughable, this particular opinion slash reaction feels increasingly harder.
05:275. Why didn't General Grievous just blast Kenobi to smithereens?
05:31Many quite rightly were all too happy to discard all logic when it came to one particularly strange
05:36tactical choice from one of the galaxy's most cunning generals during Revenge of the Sith.
05:41That's because had General Grievous done the intelligent thing during his showdown with Obi-Wan
05:45Kenobi on Utapau, there's a solid chance fans would have been gifted with a bit of an anticlimactic
05:49response to Ewan McGregor's immortal utterance of hello there. In reality though, what was stopping
05:54Grievous from simply lowering one of his bionic arms and commanding the room full of droids to
05:59open fire on the stubborn Jedi master? His own ego? Yeah, perhaps. But a strategic bastard like
06:04this cyborg likely should have realised that 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, weren't capable of
06:18besting a Jedi of Kenobi's talents. But it does feel like the General missed a bit of a trick in
06:22not at least testing Obi-Wan's deflecting capabilities against a few hundred blasters.
06:274. 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 during the Phantom Menace's
06:44opening 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 ol' force speed
06:53to get out of droideka dodge on a Trade Federation ship. But far from opening the door for the Jedi
06:59to form this massively useful talent from there on out in the prequels in particular,
07:03the ability seems to go oddly missing shortly after. Mace Windu would tease the use of force
07:08speed a touch during the animated Clone Wars series Battle of Dantooine, and once again boast
07:12a slight increase in speed during his duel with Palpatine, with the odd other Jedi being able
07:17to dodge particularly rapidly within the animated sphere too. But outside of these few quick beats,
07:22was 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,
07:30just a thought.
07:313. 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
07:39Obi-Wan Kenobi series came 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
07:49under two decades. Instead of shedding some light on how the Jedi, who appeared to be in his mid-30s
07:54during Revenge of the Sith, ended 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
08:04flicker of grey. Some have been quick to suggest that Ben's swift aging may come about due to the
08:09character eventually being on the receiving end of a life-draining force power, similarly to how
08:14Palpatine wound up resembling a battered vegetable after having his own force lightning deflected onto
08:19him in Revenge of the Sith. Until said grey hair creating trauma makes itself known, however,
08:24this rapid aging will continue to be filed in the strange Star Wars mystery category.
08:282. Anakin returning as Hayden Christensen via Force Ghost In another case of George Lucas attempting
08:34to sell fans on an odd scenario that just about nobody honestly bought, or has any intention of
08:39buying some years later, the reveal of Hayden Christensen's version of Anakin Skywalker slash
08:43Darth Vader being swapped into the again-tinkered-with original trilogy in the 2004 DVD re-release of
08:49Return of the Jedi inspired an understandable amount of confusion. Far from quickly offering a
08:54wise and logical response though, Lucas claimed in the film's DVD commentary that the idea was that
08:59your 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 and seemingly
09:08wander back towards the light side of the Force in the moments before Sebastian Shaw's version of
09:12the character's demise in his son's arms. In truth, Christensen being thrown into the original trilogy
09:17mix was likely little more than a way of connecting the OG flicks and the prequels,
09:21whether it made any actual sense or not.
09:241. How did Anakin not clock his wife was pregnant with twins?
09:27While at a glance expecting someone to be aware of the fact their partner is carrying not only one
09:32but two babies within them, when the mother herself seemingly isn't even privy to the knowledge of
09:37housing a set of twins, may 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 to sense the
09:47lives of others from halfway across the galaxy. Seen in Palpatine sensing his new
09:51apprentice is in danger from Coruscant when Lord Vader is battling with his one-time master on
09:56Mustafar. So would it have been too much of a stretch for Anakin to clock the fact that his beloved
10:00Padme was actually set to give birth to a couple of little skywalkers when she was literally stood
10:05right in front of him? Vader even went on record to admit that he could feel that Amidala was alive
10:10before her untimely end, so why couldn't he feel the two lifeforms within her too? And the fact
10:15Yoda and Obi-Wan were also unable to sense there were two babies on board, until being told moments
10:20before their birth seems to suggest this lot weren't as connected to the living force as they thought.
10:25And that's our list, know of any other things that still don't make sense in Star Wars? Let us know
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10:52very soon. But in the meantime, may the force be with you and I'll see you soon. Bye bye!
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