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00:00With so many great characters to explore, so much lore to unravel, and so many weird variations of
00:06droids to catalogue, there simply isn't room for everything to take centre stage in Star Wars.
00:12And so, while you can't have missed the destruction of the Death Stars, or Anakin's
00:16transformation into Darth Vader, you might not have noticed these incredibly subtle moments
00:21that actually turned out to be very, very, very important. Also, just so you know,
00:26this list will only be focusing on theatrically released Star Wars films,
00:30although they may tie into the TV output on occasion.
00:34So, with that in mind, I'm Gareth from WhatCultureStarWars, and here are 10 huge Star Wars
00:39moments that happened in the background.
00:41Number 10, C-3PO Gagged, Star Wars Episode 6 Return of the Jedi
00:45In Return of the Jedi, there's a very famous scene where a disguised Princess Leia revives Han Solo
00:52from Carbonite, and delivers the whole Someone Who Loves Your line.
00:56It's a nice bit of cinema, but there's just one thing wrong with it.
01:00After the two romantic Rebels reunite, the all-too-familiar laugh of Jabba the Hutt rings out.
01:05It turns out that he and his cronies have been watching the whole thing, including C-3PO,
01:10which is all very creepy.
01:123PO had been given to Jabba as a gift by Luke Skywalker,
01:16which was all part of the Jedi's plan to infiltrate the Crime Lord's palace.
01:20However, could he not have warned Han and Leia that they were being spied on?
01:23That seems like something he would probably do, right?
01:26Well, if you look closely at when Jabba and co. come out of hiding, again, very creepy,
01:30you'll see exactly why the protocol droid was silent.
01:34One of the Hutt's posse is holding their hand over 3PO's mouth,
01:38stopping him from giving the game away.
01:40This could mean that our gold-plated friend did try and warn his comrades,
01:44but was cut off before he could do so.
01:46Either way, it's just nice to know that 3PO isn't that much of a coward.
01:50Number 9. The Tracking Droid Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace
01:54When fleeing Naboo in The Phantom Menace,
01:57Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Queen Amidala, and the rest of their gang
02:00all end up on the desert planet of Tatooine.
02:03Here, they come across a young boy named Anakin,
02:06who just so happens to be the prophesied child
02:08who will one day bring balance to the Force.
02:11What are their chances, eh?
02:12They're not the only interlopers on little Annie's homeworld, though.
02:15The good guys are being hunted down by about one-third of Darth Maul's entire screen time.
02:21The horned Sith lands on the barren world,
02:23and dispatches a group of tracking droids to find his prey.
02:27The audience is left to assume that they were successful,
02:29as they never actually see the robots at work.
02:32Or do they?
02:33After Anakin wins his freedom in a pod race,
02:36Qui-Gon is seen talking to his former owner, Watto.
02:39And in the background of this shot, you can very much see one of Maul's droids.
02:43This is a neat little detail that really didn't have to be included in the scene.
02:48But it does a great job of tying the Tatooine portion of the film together.
02:52Now, what is your favorite prequel moment?
02:54Is it that aforementioned pod race fun?
02:56Or something else?
02:58Let me know in the comments section below.
03:00Number 8, IG-88 gets scrapped.
03:03Star Wars Episode 5, The Empire Strikes Back.
03:06One of the many things that the main canon Star Wars movies offered just a slight glimpse at,
03:11was the shady world of bounty hunting.
03:13Outside of the FETs, the lives of the galaxy's lone ragers weren't really picked up on.
03:18It would fall to the expanded universe to tell those tales.
03:22As for the films, the most bounty hunters seen in one place are the group assembled by
03:26Darth Vader aboard his Super Star Destroyer in The Empire Strikes Back.
03:30Boba Fett is there, as his fan favorite, Bossk.
03:33And a tall, slender robot is also standing next to the fabled Mandalorian.
03:38This is IG-88, one of many murderous IG units created with the sole purpose of killing.
03:44This one actually meets a rather sticky end, however, as its broken body can be seen in
03:49the junkyards of Cloud City later in the movie.
03:52Yep, that's the broken bot right there.
03:55Number 7, Kanan Jarrus' Voice, Star Wars Episode 9, The Rise of Skywalker.
04:00Episode 7-9 not only gave Disney a chance to rake in that sweet, sweet Star Wars dollar,
04:05but it also offered the opportunity to sneak in references to all the stuff that had come
04:10out since the House of Mouse took control of Lucasfilm in 2012.
04:14This included Star Wars Rebels, an animated show set between the fall of the Republic and
04:19the events of A New Hope.
04:21Rebels not only provided fans with more context as to what went down before the original films,
04:26but it also introduced plenty of new characters for people to fawn over.
04:30One of them was Kanan Jarrus, who was portrayed by Freddie Prinze Jr.
04:34A Padawan who survived Order 66, Jarrus eventually learns to embrace his force-sensitive ways after
04:40years of repressing them.
04:42He becomes one of the heroes of the Rebels' story, before sacrificing himself to save his
04:47friends.
04:47I'm still not over it.
04:49But Jarrus actually turns up in the sequel trilogy, although not in the way you'd think.
04:54During Rey's final battle with Palpatine in Rise of Skywalker, Jarrus is one of the many
04:59Jedi voices who encourages her during this climactic fight.
05:02Number 6, Red 5 Down, Rogue One, A Star Wars Story
05:06Rogue One, A Star Wars Story did a fantastic job explaining how the Rebel Alliance got their
05:12hands on the original Death Star plans.
05:14In Gareth Edwards' excellent one-off movie, fans got to know a little bit more about the
05:19various squadrons of fighter pilots that would later serve in the Rebellion's fiercest space
05:23battles.
05:24One of them is Red Squadron, which would play a key role in the assault on both Death Stars.
05:30In Rogue One, they get involved in the film's climactic battle on the planet Scarif.
05:34During the skirmish, one of the members of the squad is blown up and killed, though.
05:38This unlucky fella's call sign was Red 5, which should sound familiar to any self-respecting
05:43Star Wars fan.
05:45Red 5 is the position that none other than Luke Skywalker himself would take up when he
05:49joined the Alliance fleet.
05:51This character's death in Rogue One opened the door for Skywalker to join, which in turn
05:56may have saved the entire galaxy.
05:59Number 5, The Debut of Aura Sing, Star Wars Episode I, The Phantom Menace
06:03You can't take anything for granted in Star Wars, because even the most minor of characters
06:08might one day end up playing a huge role in the saga.
06:12One actual example of this happens during the Boonta Eve classic pod race in Star Wars Episode
06:171, The Phantom Menace.
06:18As Anakin, Sir Boba, and all the rest of your favourites whiz through the canyons, a female-looking
06:23figure with pale white skin and dark red hair can be seen watching them from above.
06:29This is the very first time Star Wars fans are introduced to Aura Sing.
06:33Sing is a very powerful bounty hunter with some elements of force sensitivity.
06:37She's also one of the folks who trains Boba Fett in the ways of combat, eventually joining
06:42him on a failed mission to assassinate Mace Windu, you know, after he decapitated his
06:47daddy.
06:48Sing turns up all over the place in the Star Wars mythos, even getting a mention in Solo,
06:52and this blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo was the catalyst for all of it.
06:56Number 4, Black Saber, Rogue One, A Star Wars Story
06:59Back to Rogue One now and its tense finale on Scarif.
07:04Jyn Erso and her crew have discovered that this is where the plans for the Death Star are
07:08being kept.
07:09They go off on a mission to retrieve the data, which goes really well for them and definitely
07:13doesn't end with everyone getting killed.
07:16Obviously there's more than just one set of plans on Scarif, there's a whole building
07:20there full of the Empire's deepest and darkest secrets.
07:23While scanning the archives, Erso reads out a bunch of different file names, and one of
07:28them is Black Saber, which isn't the only time this concept has been mentioned in Star
07:32Wars.
07:33Black Saber is surely referring to the Dark Saber, a powerful ancient lightsaber that
07:38was first introduced in the Clone Wars animated show.
07:41It is most prominently featured in The Mandalorian, serving as one of the main MacGuffins of the
07:46second season.
07:47This line from Rogue One proves that the Empire had knowledge of the Saber very early on, which
07:52would explain how it eventually fell into the hands of Moff Gideon.
07:56Number 3, The Spielberg-Lucas Shared Universe
07:58In The Phantom Menace, during one of the many scintillating galactic senate scenes, Queen
08:04Amidala calls for a vote of no confidence in Chancellor Valorum.
08:07This moment sets in motion the chain of events that leads to Palpatine becoming Chancellor.
08:12Then it's the emergency powers, Order 66, the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise, etc, etc.
08:19But as the various alien representatives react to Amidala's words, you can spot a group of
08:25extraterrestrials that look very much like, well, THE extraterrestrial.
08:29Combine this with a scene from that Spielberg movie where the main character seems to recognize
08:34a kid dressed up as Yoda, and it's conspiracy theory time, baby.
08:38This little detail surely proves that E.T. and Star Wars take place within the same shared
08:43universe.
08:44Or maybe this was just George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, who are good friends in real life,
08:49making little cute references to each other's work.
08:51But where's the fun in that, eh?
08:53Number 2, Admiral Ackbar's Death, Star Wars Episode VIII, The Last Jedi.
08:58When The Force Awakens hit cinemas like a freight train in December 2015, Star Wars fans were
09:03delighted to see several obscure characters from the original trilogy make their triumphant
09:08return.
09:09One of them was everyone's favorite trap-warning Mon Calamari, Admiral Ackbar.
09:14Ackbar most famously appeared in Return of the Jedi, of course, leading the charge against
09:18the second Death Star.
09:19In Force Awakens, he was shown to have joined General Leia's resistance, proving once again
09:24to be a valuable asset.
09:26And then he just died.
09:28At the very start of the next movie, The Last Jedi, Ackbar is one of the characters killed
09:33when TIE Fighters attack Leia's cruiser.
09:35There's no fanfare, no last words, nothing.
09:38That's simply the end of The Good Admiral.
09:41Ackbar's throwaway death got a lot of people very upset.
09:44And understandably.
09:45Should Ackbar's death have been given more time?
09:47Who's to say, but at least his legacy will never die thanks to three little words.
09:53And number one, The Ice Cream Maker, Star Wars Episode 5, The Empire Strikes Back.
09:58For those in the know, there are few Star Wars characters funnier than Wilro Hood.
10:03Hood appears very, very briefly in The Empire Strikes Back as a citizen of the floating city
10:08above Bespin.
10:09As Lando Calrissian and Leia are running through the city corridors as it is evacuated, this
10:15guy in an orange jumpsuit passes in front of them.
10:17And what is he carrying under his left arm?
10:20An ice cream maker, of course.
10:22It was surely never intended this way, but Hood developed a massive cult following thanks
10:26to his frantic efforts to rescue his favourite frozen treat.
10:30What a guy, eh?
10:31But as with everything in Star Wars, there's actually more to this guy than meets the eye.
10:36Thanks to the expanded universe, aka the legends part of this galaxy far, far away, it was eventually
10:42revealed that Hood was a gas miner working for a rebellion sympathetic company on Cloud
10:46City.
10:47The ice cream maker was actually a hard drive full of data on the corporation's clients.
10:52Hood was destroying it so it wouldn't fall into the wrong hands.
10:56So, after all this time and mockery, it turns out that our boy was actually a massive hero
11:01all along.
11:02And that's our list.
11:03Know of any other huge Star Wars moments that happened in the background?
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11:21I've been Gareth from WhatCulture Star Wars, may the force be with you as always.
11:25Thanks for watching today and hopefully we'll see you soon.
11:28Bye bye!
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