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00:00Due to a video game series never producing another chapter, certain legend stories not
00:05being continued, or even newer Star Wars stories seemingly moving in a different direction
00:11going forward, all of these tantalizing Star Wars cliffhangers will now likely, well, never
00:18be resolved.
00:18And that's a damn shame too, as the answers had the potential to be quite fascinating.
00:23But there were simply other tales to be told, people, and it seems like this collection
00:27of events will now be left dangling off the edge of a cliff for eternity.
00:31So I'm Gareth, this is WhatCultureStarWars, and here are 9 Star Wars cliffhangers we'll
00:36never get the answer to.
00:38Number 9.
00:38Arla Fett, Boba's long-lost aunt, has her memory wiped and then just disappears.
00:44Introduced during the Jango Fett open seasons comic book written by Hayden Blackman, Arla
00:49Fett, the older sister of Jango, was actually once assumed dead after Death Watch attacked
00:54her family home on Concord Dawn during the Mandalorian Civil War.
00:58However, it was later revealed that she was captured by and ultimately became an assassin
01:02for Death Watch, before being arrested and thrown into a mental institute on Coruscant.
01:08She'd stayed there for years and was heavily sedated to stop her from killing herself because
01:12of the guilt she felt over working with the group who had killed her family, but was eventually
01:17freed by Jedi-turned-Mandalorian Barden Jusik in the Republic Commando novels.
01:22In the end, Jusik would wipe a tormented Arla's memory, and that was all Karen Travis wrote,
01:28ending this Fett story on a bit of a cliffhanger, really.
01:31With Travis never getting to officially conclude the Republic Commando series after she backed
01:36away from the project due to continuity changes made in the Clone Wars animated series, Arla's
01:41fate was left largely up in the air, and while those desperately wanting to learn what officially
01:46happened to Arla next were at least given a few interesting bullet points from Travis that
01:51explained where she roughly thought the characters were going, Arla would have married Jusik and
01:55forgotten she was ever Arla Fett after her memory wipe, that still doesn't technically count as an
02:00official conclusion to her story.
02:02Now, Star Wars has shown a willingness to incorporate elements from the Legends continuity more and
02:07more of late, but the chances of Boba Fett's auntie showing up, meeting her nephew, and then
02:12explaining where she'd been in the new canon after all these years, still feels slim at best,
02:18especially after the flop that was the book of Boba Fett.
02:21Number 8.
02:22Who is Revan in the new canon?
02:24Though fans haven't technically seen the legendary Darth Revan on screen since Disney bought Lucasfilm
02:30in 2012, his name has very much been mentioned. But the cliffhanger of precisely when this Old
02:37Republic icon will go from being little more than the name of a Sith Trooper Legion, or the name
02:42mumbled by cultists to actually showing up in the new canon, is still one that shows no signs of being
02:49resolved. Though fans did come very close to seeing Revan appear in Star Wars The Clone Wars during the
02:55Ghosts of Mortis episode, that scene was ultimately scrapped in the end. However, with the Old
03:00Republic era being present on Disney's latest Star Wars timeline last year, fans will definitely be
03:06hoping that the long wait for a project set in this much-loved period within the Legends continuity
03:11will come to an end in the not-too-distant future. At time of recording, though, the planned
03:17possibly canon remake of the classic Knights of the Old Republic video game doesn't seem like it'll be
03:23clearing up this Revan mystery any time soon, due to that game going through some development
03:28troubles. And there sadly aren't any other New Old Republic stories currently in the works either,
03:33so an answer to precisely who Revan was or what this era really looked like in the new canon will
03:39probably remain unanswered for some time yet, if not forever. Which part of the Legends continuity do
03:45you want to see introduced in the new canon, folks? You let me know in the comments section down below.
03:49Number 7. Sev's fate in Republic Commando
03:52Elite clone commando, Sev is a character fans of the Star Wars Republic Commando video game know
03:59all too well. During that game's last mission on Kashyyyk, the rest of Delta Squad hear that the
04:05sniper is under heavy attack. But before they can get to their comrade and ensure he's safe from harm,
04:10the squad are ordered to evacuate, leaving behind poor Sev. And while Sev would eventually go on to
04:16appear in Star Wars The Clone Wars Witches of the Mist episode, fans never actually learned whether
04:22he survived that fateful fight on Kashyyyk or not, with Sev simply being reported as missing in action
04:28from that point on in Legends continuity. And the Clone Wars episode was set before all this.
04:32The Delta Squad members' one-time training sergeant, Waylon Vau, did attempt to find Sev on the planet,
04:38but to no avail. The sequel game was also reportedly planned at one point,
04:43with one version of it involving Sev playing a big part in starting up the rebellion. But that never
04:48came into being, and the new canon just doesn't seem all that interested in the fate of this brave
04:53soldier. It appears the answer to this agonizing cliffhanger will remain missing alongside Sev then.
04:59Number 6. Is Cad Bane actually dead?
05:01After making a hell of a name for himself in the animated section of this galaxy far, far away,
05:07ruthless bounty hunter Cad Bane finally made his live-action debut in The Book of Boba Fett.
05:14Said live-action run was ultimately short-lived, however, as the sharpshooting Duras time in the
05:20Star Wars franchise reached its end thanks to his old apprentice and the pointy end of Fett's
05:25Derfie stick. Or maybe not. The fact Bane's suit is still seen beeping and flashing before the scene
05:31ends in that final episode in the series has left many believing this is a sign that he may not
05:36be
05:37dead after all. But with this cliffhanger coming at the end of a show which received mixed reviews
05:42and probably won't be followed up with a season 2 in the coming years, it is highly unlikely that
05:48Bane's arc will continue in another chapter of this particular book. If he did indeed survive,
05:53I mean, there's a chance he could show up in another New Republic era show away from The Book
05:58of Boba Fett and face off with Tamora Morrison one more time. However, it's far more likely that
06:04Disney will just draw a line under the somewhat disappointing Mandalorian spin-off and Bane's
06:09story with Fett, and simply continue using the blue badass in animated projects set before he was
06:15stabbed if they really want to bring him back. In other words, the truth behind those blinking lights
06:19will probably remain a mystery, folks.
06:21Number 5. What was George Lucas' specific plan for Maul and Talon in his sequel trilogy?
06:28Before Disney unleashed their version of a sequel trilogy into the world,
06:32George Lucas had his own ideas for another collection of movies set after the original
06:36Star Wars trilogy, and it was within this plan that something of a fascinating cliffhanger emerged.
06:42You see, according to Paul Duncan's Star Wars Archives 1999-2005 reference book,
06:48Lucas planned to have both an older Darth Maul and Darth Talon, famously created as the villain of
06:54the Star Wars Legacy Legends comic series, appear as the key villains in the films.
07:00But while it was explained in that same book that, in Lucas' version of the sequels,
07:05Maul would have become the godfather of crime in the universe after the Empire fell,
07:10and Leia and Luke would have been trying to rebuild the Republic and restart the Jedi,
07:13respectively. It wasn't really specifically stated how Talon and Maul's story would have fully
07:19unfolded on screen. Lucas did refer to Talon as the new Darth Vader and most of the action was with
07:26her, but that's about it and no other details about the Twi'lek's arc in the films. Her relationship
07:31with Maul or encounters with the main heroes were mentioned by the main man himself.
07:35Though it is worth noting that Lucasfilm's story group member Pablo Hidalgo would actually add that
07:41there were seemingly plans to have Talon corrupt Han Solo and Leia Organa's son at one point.
07:46Again, though, we didn't hear it from Lucas. But with George now happily enjoying retirement,
07:51the official answers to this intriguing sequel-pitch cliffhanger of Lucas' own making
07:56will almost certainly remain locked inside of that mind forevermore.
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08:11Number 4. Jabba the Hutt's son is rescued and we hardly ever see him again.
08:15Along with introducing the world to the eventual Clone Wars legend that is Ahsoka Tano,
08:212008's Star Wars The Clone Wars movie also brought with it the arrival of an unexpected son.
08:27It turned out that none other than Jabba the Hutt himself had a baby boy by the name of Rotter,
08:32with this little slug being kidnapped and later rescued during the poorly received animated picture.
08:38And while you'd think something as interesting as one of the most recognizable foes in the galaxy
08:43far, far away having a child would be mentioned again in the future, Rotter mostly just disappears
08:48after this movie. Now sure, he'd make a brief appearance in the subsequent series during the
08:53Sphere of Influence episode, and it was noted in Legends continuity that Jabba actually sent
08:58him into hiding to protect him from the Shadow Collective. But it's never actually explained what
09:02became of the son of the crime lord in the years that followed the Clone Wars in the new canon.
09:08Did he unfortunately perish before the time of Jabba's death in Episode 6 Return of the Jedi?
09:13Is he still knocking about in the galaxy far, far away at the time of the Book of Boba Fett?
09:17Who knows, eh? But one thing is clear, this is a mystery-slash-clip-hanger that Disney just do
09:22not seem all that bothered about answering. What, with it now been a whopping 14 years since
09:27Rotter's last unmemorable on-screen appearance? It's safe to assume at this point that Rotter's
09:32unfinished story will probably stay that way then. Oh, and speaking of missing relatives...
09:36Number 3. What happened to Corky Kreese?
09:40Debuting in the Academy episode during Star Wars The Clone Wars' third season, Corky Kreese was the
09:45apparent nephew of Duchess of Mandalore, Satine Kreese. The young man who looked to follow in
09:51his aunt's footsteps as a future leader, then would not show up again until Season 5's The Lawless
09:57episode, where Corky, along with Bo-Katan Kreese, would attempt to save his aunt from Maul's Shadow
10:03Collective. However, they ultimately weren't able to keep Satine from being killed by Maul. It was all
10:08very sad. Corky, along with his cadet pals, were able to get away from Maul and his super
10:13commandos, though, seemingly setting him up for another appearance in the galaxy far, far away,
10:18further down the line. But as of recording, the figure who many have theorized is actually the
10:24secret son of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Satine Kreese has still not reappeared in the Star Wars universe.
10:29Boo. Bo-Katan's comments of being the last of her line in the Mandalorian episode The Heiress
10:35suggests that Corky will not be popping up in a New Republic-era show in the coming years.
10:40However, it's still unclear how his story ends after the cliffhanger of him managing to evade
10:45the threat of Maul on his homeworld. And with each passing, Corky-less year since his last
10:51appearance in 2013, it's increasingly feeling like fans will never see or hear from this
10:56important member of House Kreese again.
10:592. What Happened to Vader After He Was Captured by Starkiller
11:03Alongside the Knights of the Old Republic and Republic Commando, The Force Unleashed video
11:08games remain some of the most beloved ever to be played by fans of this galaxy far, far away.
11:13But it's also a series that ends on one hell of a cliffhanger, one that is still yet to be
11:19fully resolved many moons since the second installment's release, and now almost certainly
11:24never will. The Force Unleashed 2 contains two different conclusions, depending on which side of
11:29the force you choose to walk on, of course. Should the player opt for the dark side ending,
11:34they will attempt to kill Darth Vader as Starkiller, only to then be killed themselves by a clone of,
11:39well, themselves. That ending isn't considered part of the Legends continuity, however.
11:44The light side ending, though? Well, that was, and it involved Vader instead being captured by
11:49Starkiller and the Rebel Alliance. He would then be transported to Dantooine, but little did Starkiller
11:55and Juno know that Boba Fett was actually following closely behind. It did seem as though a third
12:01Force Unleashed game would provide some answers to that wonderful cliffhanger ending, but the game
12:06was soon cancelled when Disney bought Lucasfilm and shut down LucasArts. Again, boo. Though the
12:12Force Unleashed project lead, W. Hayden Blackman, would actually later explain that one idea he had for
12:18the third game would have seen Fett shoot down Starkiller and Juno's ship, before Starkiller and Vader
12:24were then forced to team up to survive, fans still never technically got to see an official
12:29answer to this cliffhanger come to life, and they will now forever just have to imagine how that
12:34final game would have played out.
12:361. So much of the Acolyte
12:38Without doubt one of the most memorable pair of cliffhangers to pop up in a TV series in quite
12:44some time, the latest Disney Plus live-action Star Wars series, The Acolyte, dropped two gigantic
12:50Master bombshells in its final episode. Before the arrival of everyone's favourite little
12:55green legend, Master Yoda, the being that would later go on to guide the eventual Emperor himself
13:01would rear their head for the very first time in live-action, Darth Plagueis.
13:07Those cameos alone were enough to get folks rather excited about what a potential Season 2 of the
13:13somewhat divisive show could bring to the Star Wars party, but those enthralling appearances and so many of the
13:19other cliffhangers chucked out during the last episode of this first season, including what on earth
13:24happens to Osha, May and the Stranger going forward, will now be a collection of mysteries that will never
13:30be answered. The Acolyte was ultimately cancelled due to poor viewership, despite some intriguing
13:36storyline developments and mesmerising characters. So unless Disney are convinced to revive the
13:42Scrapped Show by those out there who enjoyed this first live-action look at the High Republic era,
13:47expect all of the aforementioned plot threads to permanently stay hanging off the edge of a cliff.
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