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00:00When it comes to a franchise as impossibly gargantuan as Star Wars, it's only inevitable
00:05that mistakes are going to abound, and with the series fanbase being as passionate as they are,
00:12they're of course gonna love pointing them out. And while Star Wars certainly has its fair share
00:17of honest-to-god mistakes, from the iconic Stormtrooper head bump to more basic continuity
00:22errors and lore inconsistencies, what at first appears to be a mistake isn't always the case.
00:28Sometimes, supposed mistakes are actually completely intentional on the part of George
00:32Lucas, other directors, and various cast and crew members working on the movies.
00:37So buckle in folks and get that hyperdrive calculating. I'm Ewan from WhatCultureStarWars,
00:41and here are 10 Star Wars movie mistakes that were totally intentional.
00:45Number 10. Jango Fett Hits His Head. Star Wars Episode 2, Attack of the Clones.
00:52Let's kick things off with a bit of a softball entry. In Star Wars Episode 2, Attack of the Clones,
00:57when Jango Fett pleads Obi-Wan Kenobi and boards his ship Slave One, look closely,
01:02and you can see the ship's door smack him in the head as he enters.
01:05Was the Ciccais de Muir Morrison simply clumsily hitting his head in an on-set prop? Of course not.
01:11It was an intentional gaffe included in the film by director George Lucas as a nod to the infamous
01:16Stormtrooper mistake from 1977 Star Wars. In the original movie, a Stormtrooper memorably hits
01:22their head when entering a control room, a mistake that George Lucas and his army of editors
01:27seemingly missed during production. The mistake took on a life of its own in the years and decades
01:31that followed, as it became widely known among even casual Star Wars fans, enough that Lucas
01:36evidently decided to pay tongue-in-cheek homage to it in Attack of the Clones.
01:40If you're still somehow not convinced the mistake was deliberate, look closely at Jango Fett
01:45during the Battle of Geonosis later in the film, and you'll see a small dent in the top
01:49of his helmet.
01:50Number 9. Luke's Force Kick Star Wars Episode 6, Return the Jedi
01:55Here's a supposed mistake that a lot of Star Wars fans love to point out. When Luke Skywalker
02:01helps rescue Leia from Jabba the Hutt, he kicks one of Jabba's goons in the face, or rather
02:06doesn't. Look nod so closely, and you'll see that Luke's foot doesn't connect with the
02:10blaster-wielding enemy's face. It's not even close.
02:13And while it's reasonable to assume that this is simply a case of poor fight choreography
02:17or awkward camera placement, that's actually not it at all.
02:21Storyboards for the sequence reveal that it was always meant to look like this, with Luke
02:24using what's now semi-jokingly called a Force Kick to knock the soldier out. The staging
02:29is inelegant, and it absolutely looks wrong, but aside from the weapon in the minion's
02:34hand being different in the final film, it was seemingly executed precisely as intended.
02:39Hilariously, even Mark Hamill himself recently tweeted about the shot, dubbing it his quote
02:43WIDELY CELEBRATED, PERFECTLY EXECUTED FORCE KICK.
02:468. GREEDO LIVES – STAR WARS EPISODE 4 – A NEW HOPE
02:52Everybody knows that bounty hunter Greedo is killed by Han Solo early on in A New Hope,
02:57but over the years, many fans have pointed out a supposed continuity error that implies
03:02that Greedo miraculously survived. Roughly two minutes after his death, a character looking
03:07almost exactly like Greedo can be seen wandering around Mos Eisley, prompting conspiracy theories
03:13that his race, the Rodians, possess a secret regenerative ability. But the answer is so
03:18much more simple than that. This is just another Rodian walking around Mos Eisley.
03:23Sure, it's a tad suspect that he's wearing the exact same outfit as Greedo, but remember
03:28that when we first meet Jabba the Hutt, he's surrounded by three Rodians who are also wearing
03:33the same get-up. Clearly they're all just shopping at the exact same place and they're too stubborn
03:38to change. Star Wars lore keeper Pablo Hidalgo straight up confirmed it himself.
03:42Quote, those of the Rodians aren't Greedo, but clearly Rodians aren't that creative or
03:47individualistic when it comes to wardrobe. Costume production notes indicate that there
03:51were three Rodians in the cantina all dressed the same. Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina establishes
03:56that one of them was named Dooku. Furthermore, in Return of the Jedi, we see another Rodian with
04:00the same duds, only this guy is named Beedo. 7. Watto Shouldn't Be Able To Fly
04:07Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace Some have noted that junk dealer Watto
04:13from The Phantom Menace shouldn't physically be able to fly due to his relatively light-looking
04:18wings being incapable of lifting his portly body off the ground. And according to the film's
04:23animation director Rob Coleman, this was actually something that was discussed during production,
04:27but following some first-hand research, it was decided that there was in fact no mistake at all.
04:32Coleman said that, quote, Watto proved a different challenge because of his design. He's got that
04:37huge belly. I remember some people at ILM, Industrial Light and Magic, saying because of his wing ratio,
04:43he'd never fly. I happened to be watching one of the science and nature channels and there's a
04:46documentary on bumblebees and a scientist said, quote, actually the wing to body ratio is quite
04:51confusing because technically they shouldn't be able to fly. I went back in and said, the bumblebee has wings
04:56that are too small, so Wano's got wings that are too small. And by the way, his belly's filled with
05:01helium. Better yet, the common assertion that bees break the laws of physics by flying, absolute voodoo.
05:07Number 6 Parsecs as a Measurement of Time Star Wars Episode 4 A New Hope
05:141977's Star Wars introduced one of the more famously quibbled about moments in the entire franchise when Han
05:19boasted that the Millennium Falcon was, quote, the ship that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs.
05:25Except anyone who knows their parsecs knows that a parsec isn't a measurement of time, but of
05:30distance, in turn ensuring that Han's claim is totally nonsensical. While it's most often suggested
05:36that George Lucas simply screwed up, or rather lazily used an obscure measurement he figured
05:41nobody would take notice of, a draft of the original Star Wars script obliterates any doubt that the
05:46American Graffiti director knew precisely what he was doing. Immediately after Ford says his famous
05:52one-liner, the script follows up with, quote, Ben reacts to Solo's stupid attempt to impress them
05:57with obvious misinformation. And even in the final film itself, just look at Obi-Wan's face after Han
06:02brings up Parsecs. He looks at him as if to say, that's bad for crap, mate.
06:07Number 5 The Confused Mon Calamari Star Wars Episode 6 Return of the Jedi
06:12In Episode 6, literally a second before Admiral Ackbar says his iconic,
06:17It's a trap line, keep your eye on the Mon Calamari standing up on the left hand side of the
06:22screen.
06:23Somewhat hilariously, they appear to be a bit confused about the location of the monitor they're
06:27supposed to be looking at. At first they walk over to the far left side of the frame, then upon
06:32realising their error, suddenly turn around to face the other way. While in practical terms you can
06:37certainly argue that the actor portraying this particular Mon Calamari was either poorly directed
06:42or struggled to see what they were doing while wearing the costume, there is a persuasive enough
06:47in-universe explanation. After all, the Mon Calamari's eyes are positioned on the sides of their
06:52head, limiting their field of binocular vision and forcing them to turn their head to see objects
06:57nearby. Either that, or they just left something in the other room and had to go get it. I do
07:01that all
07:02the time. Number 4 Padme's Magic Button Star Wars Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith
07:08Almost immediately following Attack of the Clone's release, a fleet of fans readily pointed out an
07:13admittedly pretty funny mistake about the movie. When Padme presses the exact same button twice on
07:18her space yacht to perform two separate functions, sending a message back to the Jedi on Coruscant and
07:23then showing a map on their distance from Geonosis, it doesn't really make much sense.
07:27While in this case it was absolutely a mistake, George Lucas evidently heard the criticism loud and
07:32clear, and so decided to have a little bit of fun with predictive fans by
07:36the way, intentionally repeating the same mistake again in Episode 3, now with his tongue poking
07:41firmly through his cheek. When Padme begins her journey to Mustafar, she again presses the exact
07:46same button to take off, now suggesting the damn thing has three independent functions, ensuring it
07:51makes even less sense than before. Oh George, you sneaky little rascal. Number 3
07:56Bombs Dropping in Space
07:58Star Wars Episode 8 The Last Jedi
08:01The Magic Xylophone Moment of Star Wars Discourse
08:04Remember when people complained about bombs dropping in space in The Last Jedi? The argument
08:08of these geniuses at work is that because there isn't gravity in space, they shouldn't fall to the
08:13targets below. To that I counter with who cares, but the question was paid thought during Episode 8's
08:19production, with Last Jedi's visual effects supervisor Ben Morris taking the time to explain
08:24why the scene makes sense in universe. Quote, we did all go, how do bombs drop in space? And we
08:30sat there for ages, and then Ryan said, they're maglev bombs, it's Star Wars, let's not worry,
08:35let's move on. If you imagine that all of these bombs are actually projected out of that bomber, and
08:39they're traveling in space, there's no reason on earth why they wouldn't continue on down and hit the
08:44dreadnought. So we suddenly had the solution. And beyond that, when we see Page fall down inside the ship,
08:49it's made abundantly clear that the ship has its own artificial gravity, and thereby reasonable to
08:54assume that the bombs are also influenced by it. 2. Sebulba's Disappearing Act
09:00Star Wars Episode 1 The Phantom Menace
09:03During the Phantom Menace's unforgettable pod racing sequence, it's been noted that there is a VFX
09:08mistake when Anakin is being closely pursued by his main rival Sebulba near the end of the race.
09:13During the shot where Sebulba's pod is tailing Anakin in the background, he's not visible in his pod's
09:18cockpit and all, though it reappears in the next shot as if by magic.
09:22Even if you ignore the sensible-ish explanation that Sebulba simply ducked his head down underneath
09:28the dashboard for a second, visual effects supervisor John Knoll actually confirmed that
09:32this wasn't really a mistake on the movie's DVD commentary. Knoll said, quote, I figured we could
09:37get away with it, confirming that the VFX team deliberately decided not to bother rendering Sebulba
09:42in the shot because, on side of the most attentive fan keen to pour over every last frame of the
09:47movie,
09:47it would go unnoticed by about 99.7% of viewers and say the VFX artist the hassle of rendering
09:53another
09:54character. 1. All that anachronistic dialogue
09:58Every Star Wars Movie Not that this has ever really
10:03been on my radar, but there are words and turns of phrases that have jarred with a lot of Star
10:08Wars
10:08fans because of how earthly they sound. For instance, in Empire, Han says see you in hell,
10:14a distinctly Earth-bound human saying if there ever was one, and in Attack of the Clones,
10:18Dex says to Obi-Wan, that depends on how big your… pocketbook is.
10:23There are countless other examples of Earthspeak creeping into the franchise in a distinct way,
10:29but Pablo Hidalgo comes to the rescue once again, revealing that this has always been an intentional
10:33stylistic choice to filter the actual verbiage of Star Wars through a translator for our viewing
10:39pleasure. In a series of tweets he said that quote, passing word origins in Star Wars is a tangled ball
10:45not worth unravelling, and the best anti-preserving conceit is that the whole thing's been translated
10:50for our terrestrial benefit. You can try to create rules, but in the end, vibes win out. Yes they do,
10:56Pablo. Yes they do. And regardless of that, Harrison Ford saying then I'll see you in hell hits
11:02way harder than having him say something like, I'll see you in the void. It's just way cooler to say
11:07hell. And those were 10 Star Wars Movie Mistakes that were totally intentional. Did any of these
11:12ones surprise you? Let us know down in the comments below. Just remember, no disintegrations, yeah?
11:17And give us a like if you enjoyed the video, and also subscribe so you don't miss the upload going
11:20forward. Either way, I've been Ewan, this has been WhatCulture Star Wars, and I'll catch you next time.
11:25Bye!
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