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00:00Hopefully, the latest version of this enlightening list can shed some much-needed light on everything
00:05from a lack of certain Sith characteristics to exactly what happened to specific characters
00:11in between movies. This galaxy can sometimes be a bit of a confusing place, folks, but your days
00:17of being baffled by the following questions are about to come to an end. Because I am Gareth here
00:23from WhatCultureStarWars and here are 8 even more Star Wars questions that always confused you.
00:298. Where did Poe go after that crash? Not too long after meeting Finn during the
00:35opening stages of The Force Awakens, Resistance pilot Poe Dameron teamed up with the defecting
00:40Stormtrooper, with the two making their great escape from a First Order Star Destroyer and
00:45heading for Jakku. Only before they could land on the desert planet, their TIE fighter was blasted
00:51out of the sky. And it was in this moment when fans assumed either Poe had been ejected from the
00:56falling ship or shockingly died within the film's opening act. Bummer. Poe was ultimately revealed
01:03to have survived the crash, of course, meeting back up with his pal and BB-8 at the Resistance base
01:08later on in Episode 7. But that reunion still didn't give fans the answer to where in the hell he'd
01:14been
01:15in the time since that Jakku crash landing. Those only came when sitting down to read Alan Dean Foster's
01:21novelization of The Force Awakens. Instead of being ejected from the falling aircraft like Finn,
01:26Poe actually remained in the cockpit until the ship hit the ground. He was then thrust from the
01:31ship, leaving only his jacket behind. After being knocked out from the impact, he woke up to find he
01:37was on his own. But he'd then bump into a Blurina scavenger named Naka'Eat, with Poe then helping him
01:43take down some thieves and earning himself a ride back to the Resistance from one of Eid's mates.
01:49So you have Naka'Eat to thank for Starkiller Base eventually being blown to bits.
01:53Number 7. How did Captain Phasma get off Starkiller Base?
01:57Captain Phasma looked to have perished on Starkiller Base towards the end of Episode 7.
02:02After all, the First Order Chrome Dome had been dumped in the base's trash compactor by Finn,
02:07Han Solo, and Chewbacca after lowering the superweapon's shield. So it was only natural to assume
02:13she was very much doomed when said base was royally blown to smithereens by Poe, Dameron and co. in
02:18The Force Awakens. But Phasma was suddenly back throwing down with Finn one film later,
02:24with it only being revealed in a 2015 comic miniseries known as Star Wars Captain Phasma
02:29exactly how she escaped certain death. Said Resistance bombing of the base actually blew a
02:34hole in the trash compactor, and Phasma then proceeded to frame fellow officer Saul Rivers for
02:39the fateful shield-lowering act. She then hopped in a TIE fighter before the whole place went kaboom.
02:45Not stopping there, though. Phasma then made it her mission to track down Rivas after he also
02:50escaped, killing him and successfully covering her tracks in the process.
02:54While the flicks may not have showcased quite how ruthless this First Order captain could really be
02:59on her day, this comic book definitely highlighted how far she was willing to go to survive.
03:04Number 6. How did Palpatine choose Anakin's Sith name? While George Lucas may have landed on the
03:10name Darth Vader after taking the Dutch word for father and opting for a word that wasn't that far
03:15away from dark, it's never really explained on screen why Darth Sidious randomly decided to
03:20use this iconic title when renaming the Chosen One in Revenge of the Sith. Other than it sounding both
03:26ridiculously cool and utterly terrifying as far as new Sith handles go. But that random pause you see
03:32during episode 3, when Big Bad palps his moments away from giving Anakin Skywalker the name of Vader
03:38actually contained the answers you've been searching for. In fact, according to the film's novelization,
03:44written by Matthew Stover, Sidious actually took a brief moment to ask the dark side of the Force
03:49to guide him in the naming of his new apprentice. And after receiving an answer dark as the gap between
03:55galaxies, Skywalker was soon given the moniker of Vader before being sent to wipe out some younglings
04:01in the Jedi Temple. This particular novelization may technically fall into the legend's stories,
04:06but were there being no other canon explanation behind why Sidious took one look at his new
04:10apprentice and thought, ah yes, dark father? This creepy Force chat is as close to a definitive answer
04:16as Star Wars fans are probably ever gonna get.
04:18Number 5. What happened to Sabe?
04:21Remember when Keira Knightley suddenly popped up in The Phantom Menace? Revealing that her character of
04:25Sabe had actually been playing Queen Padme Amidala's decoy all along, and then she just suddenly
04:31disappeared from the on-screen Skywalker saga altogether. Well, it turns out that this loyal
04:36Amidala handmaiden actually continued to serve her queen throughout the remainder of her time leading
04:41Naboo, even freeing some slaves on Tatooine for Padme. She then ended up leading an investigation into
04:48Amidala's mysterious death after Revenge of the Sith alongside a bunch of Naboo loyalists known as the
04:53Amidala's. But wait, there's more. During the Star Wars Darth Vader Marvel comic series,
04:59a now-rebel Sabe and Darth Vader himself end up crossing paths sometime after the Empire strikes
05:05back, with the fallen Jedi also seeking answers about his secret late wife's demise.
05:10The Dark Lord of the Sith bizarrely even teamed up with his dear Padme's lookalike for a spell,
05:15and Sabe actually figured out exactly who was hiding under that helmet before choosing to stick with
05:20Vader due to her belief that there was still some good in him. A lot of good that did her
05:25in the
05:25end. After eventually demanding Sabe to choose either power or suffering, with that first option
05:30pretty much meaning she joined the dark side, Amidala's loyal handmaiden opts for the latter,
05:35and is shockingly thrown into the ocean. So that's what happened to Sabe.
05:394. Why Did Qui-Gon Not Survive His Wounds?
05:43With Disney Plus' latest live-action Star Wars series Ahsoka unleashing yet another sudden
05:48stabbed-to-the-stomach moment that doesn't result in a major character being undoubtedly killed,
05:53fans will no doubt be quick to once again point at the sign which reads,
05:57Why Didn't Qui-Gon Jinn Survive His Phantom Menace Wounds?
06:00Well, there's actually a number of reasons. Unlike the sliced-in-half Maul, for example,
06:05this Jedi Master didn't choose to remain amongst the living by drawing on the strength of hatred and
06:10anger. He instead found peace in becoming one with the Force after being skewered by the Dathomirian.
06:15Another reason behind Qui-Gon not surviving his wounds like Sabine Wren and Reva Savander,
06:20though, comes down to the fact that this powerful Jedi was actually stabbed in a far more lethal way.
06:26Whereas Wren and Reva were struck in areas of the torso that weren't fatal,
06:30Jinn was pierced right in his center, with a Star Wars fan who just so happened to be a
06:35physician on Reddit noting how Obi-Wan Kenobi's Master was cut straight through his spine and
06:40aorta by Maul on Naboo. And no amount of nights in a nearby medical facility would be able to repair
06:46that sort of horrendous damage.
06:48Number 3. What Happened to the Geonosians?
06:50Despite being arguably the most memorable fully computer-generated species on show in the prequels,
06:56alongside the Gungans, of course, the Geonosian race seen during the multiple battles of Geonosis,
07:01and elsewhere in the galaxy at the time, seemed to bizarrely disappear by the time a new hope goes
07:06down almost two decades later. The alien creatures who helped design the Death Star didn't just go
07:11into hiding after the events of Revenge of the Sith, though. They actually ended up being enslaved
07:16by the new Empire, and if being forced to build this intimidating new space station wasn't bad
07:21enough, once the Death Star's hyperdrive was fully operational, Grand Moff Tarkin gave the order
07:26to sterilize the planet of Geonosis using Imperial gas canisters. Yep, it's as horrific as it sounds.
07:32In the end, the Empire wiped out all but one of the bug-like species to keep their superweapon a
07:38secret, meaning that a shocking 100 billion aliens were murdered during what was classed as the
07:44worst genocide ever committed by the big bad force in the galaxy. Outside of click-clack seen during
07:50the Rebels animated series, and a sole Queen Egg that would eventually hatch and be revealed as
07:54sterile, this race were completely eradicated after the Empire decided they were no longer needed.
08:002. Why didn't Zam Wessel just shapeshift and stay hidden from Anakin and Obi-Wan?
08:06After her attempts to take out Padme Amidala were foiled by Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi
08:11during Attack of the Clones, Clawdite bounty hunter Zam Wessel eventually fled into the Outlander
08:16Club on Coruscant. However, the fact Wessel, disguised as a humanoid at this moment, then proceeded to try
08:22and fail to catch Kenobi by surprise within the establishment, soon left many Star Wars fans scratching
08:28their heads. If this alien had the ability to simply change into another humanoid, why didn't
08:33she just do that and disappear from her pursuers? Well, after years of wondering what Wessel was
08:38thinking in foolishly sticking around long enough to be caught by the Jedi, and eventually assassinated
08:42by Jango Fett, a recent Star Wars Secrets of the Bounty Hunters book finally offered an explanation.
08:48She was out for revenge! As seen in the character's bio within said book, Wessel could have very much
08:54chosen to blend into the crowd as another humanoid. But the pages reveal that, for some,
08:59revenge is just as rewarding as a pile of credits. Wessel could not resist the chance to strike bad
09:05at the Jedi who had ruined her job. Hilariously, the book then goes on to add that trying to sneak
09:10up on someone who has mastered the Force never ends well. You can say that again.
09:151. Why didn't Dooku have yellow eyes like other Sith?
09:18What did Darth Vader, Maul, and Sidious all have in common? They, like so many Sith,
09:24have each showcased some particularly unsettling yellow eyes at various points in the Star Wars
09:29timeline. However, one Sith Lord who didn't show off this specific trait during the prequel trilogy
09:34anywhere near as often as those powerful Darkseid users was none other than the mighty Count Dooku.
09:40But why did Darth Tyrannus' eyes only very rarely burn yellow? As seen on the odd occasion in the Clone
09:45Wars animated series, during his time as a Darkseid of the Force practitioner? Well, it's actually
09:51noted in Star Wars The Visual Encyclopedia that eyes are windows to the soul in this galaxy,
09:57and that when rage and anger seethe inside a Darkseid user, their eyes may burn yellow with a fiery red
10:03rim. In other words, when a Sith is pierced, you can literally see it in their eyes. And while the
10:09powerful Emperor Palpatine was seemingly able to conceal his distinct yellow eyeballs, when manipulating
10:15the galaxy as Chancellor, it's more likely that Dooku didn't boast those same colored eyes as often,
10:21due to the fact his motivations weren't as rooted in anger and hatred as the rest of the aforementioned
10:26Sith. Instead, he simply felt the Jedi had lost sight of what was important, and was largely attempting
10:31to stamp out the corruption in the Senate rather than conquer the galaxy. Before eventually being cut
10:37down in front of his own master, Dooku was seemingly not driven by anger and pain as much as some
10:42of
10:42Sidious' other apprentices, when shooting lightning from his hands and clashing with his former Jedi
10:47brothers. Hence why his eyes rarely went full freaky Sith. And that's our list, know of any other
10:52Star Wars questions that always confused you? Well, let us know all about them in the comments section
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11:05more fantastic Star Wars articles, just like the one this video you're watching right now is based on.
11:09I've been Gareth from WhatCultureStarWars, may the force be with you as always, cheers for watching
11:14this video today, and hopefully we'll see you soon. Bye bye!
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