- 28/05/2025
Droids have feelings too, you know.
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00:00The Star Wars franchise has been around for a whopping 45 years, with 11 live-action films
00:04hitting cinemas during that time, plus the animated Clone Wars feature. That's quite a lot of movie,
00:10and yet there still hasn't been enough screen time to give every tiny detail the attention it
00:14deserves. A recent Reddit thread discussed that very subject, with Star Wars fans bringing up
00:18various details that were either explored too little or not explored at all. I'm Emile from
00:23WhatCulture and these are 10 Star Wars details that are almost never mentioned.
00:2710. The Impact of Owen and Beru's Death on Luke
00:31The final scene of Revenge of the Sith shows Obi-Wan Kenobi handing an infant Luke Skywalker
00:36to Owen and Beru Lars, who go on to raise the boy like he's their own. In A New Hope,
00:40Owen and Beru are murdered by Imperial soldiers, with Luke stumbling across the grisly sight of
00:45their charred corpses after returning from a chat with Obi-Wan. Though Luke is visibly shaken when
00:49he discovers what has happened to Owen and Beru, he immediately sets out on the path to becoming a
00:54Jedi Knight, and the impact that their deaths surely had on him is never mentioned again.
00:58Luke seems sadder about Obi-Wan's death, a guy who he barely knows, than he does about the deaths of a
01:04couple who, for all intents and purposes, were his real parents. With their deaths being so brutal,
01:09you'd imagine the image of their crispy bodies would gnaw at his insides constantly,
01:13especially considering he never got to say goodbye, or thank you, or anything. From a certain point of
01:18view, it's quite cold. 9. How Palpatine built a Star Destroyer fleet without anybody noticing
01:25How? How do I even? Let's do it anyway. Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker did such a bad job of
01:32explaining things that you had to go and play Fortnite if you wanted more context of the story.
01:37Even when the movie did explain things, these explanations were lazy, such as Poe's regularly
01:41memed line about how Palpatine has risen from the grave. Somehow, Palpatine has returned.
01:47Thank you, JJ. Clays things up. Something else the movie doesn't explain is how exactly Palpatine
01:52managed to build a massive fleet of souped-up Star Destroyers, a hugely important detail that
01:56the movie glosses over entirely. Where did he get the materials? How did he equip each ship with the
02:01planet-killing laser? How, on Exegol, did he finance this whole venture? With this fleet being the
02:07centrepiece of Palpatine's plan, it's unforgivable that the movie doesn't even try to explain it.
02:12And though extra backstory is available for those who want to do some homework, it's a total head
02:16scratch for folks who only watch the films. 8. Droids can possess human levels of sentience
02:23Some of the most beloved characters in Star Wars are droids, with the likes of C-3PO, R2-D2 and BB-8
02:29delivering many highlight moments in the movies they appear in. Despite this popularity,
02:33though, something the movies never really discuss is that droids can possess incredibly high levels
02:37of sentience, and yet they're often treated as emotionless, disposable, or even just as jokes.
02:43Take C-3PO in Return of the Jedi, who seems terrified at the prospect of working for Jabba,
02:48and even expresses self-doubt, wondering aloud if he did something to warrant Luke leaving him behind.
02:53What could possibly have come over Master Luke? Is it something I did?
02:57Oh, 3PO, come here, give me a hug, if you can feel it.
03:00In that same movie, we even see a gonk droid screaming with pain while being tortured,
03:06which makes you think about all the other times droids have been damaged or mistreated,
03:09and how they must have felt. Though the concept of droid rights was touched on in Solo A Star Wars Story,
03:14it's an issue the movies have never done justice, despite the crucial role various droids have played
03:19in almost every single film.
03:21Droid rights now!
03:237. Ewoks are highly skilled fighters
03:26Mention the Ewoks to a casual Star Wars fan, and they'll probably start talking about how adorable they are,
03:31which is fair enough.
03:32Just look at their fluffy little faces.
03:34But look, something people never talk about, and something that, if their reputation as lovable plush toys
03:39is anything to go by, the movies haven't made clear, is that the Ewoks are among the most skilled fighters
03:44in the Star Wars galaxy.
03:46Just look at how they completely outclass the technologically superior Empire in Return of the Jedi.
03:52They coordinate their ambush outside the shield generator perfectly, starting off by using R2 and 3PO as a distraction,
03:58and following this up by forcing the Imperial troopers to split up and run into the woods,
04:02right where the Ewoks want them.
04:04And that's not to mention how bloodthirsty they are,
04:06with the little beasts fully intending to dine on Han until 3PO's magic convinces them otherwise.
04:11The Ewoks look fairly harmless, and the majority of their scenes are played in a lighthearted way,
04:16which greatly distracts from their brutality and combat efficiency.
04:20Teddy bears, they most certainly are not.
04:236. The destruction of the Death Star brought the Empire's followers closer together
04:27The destruction of the first Death Star at the end of A New Hope was a huge victory for the Rebel Alliance,
04:33but if you look at it from the Empire's point of view, then it was nothing short of an act of terrorism.
04:37The movies never touch on the fact Luke murdered millions of innocent people when he blew up the planet killing machine.
04:43All those janitors, technicians, what about the chefs,
04:45who were only working for the Empire because it was a job, or because they were too scared to leave?
04:49Further still, it's highly likely that this mass murder actually brought people from the Empire closer together,
04:54and possibly even galvanised the additional support for the Empire across the galaxy.
05:00Though this angle was somewhat explored in 2017's Star Wars Battlefront II game,
05:04the movies never take the time to ponder such interesting details,
05:07with the ramifications of the Rebels' victories never being looked at from the opposing point of view.
05:12It almost makes you want a Taken 2-style spin-off,
05:15where the father of a murdered Death Star employee hunts down Luke to enact his revenge.
05:19Go on, Disney. You know you want to.
05:225. The Jedi are incredibly rare mythical beings
05:25The Jedi are prominently featured throughout the entire Skywalker saga,
05:29from Obi-Wan and Anakin in the prequels, to Luke in the originals and Rey in the sequels.
05:33This ends up giving off the impression that there's a Jedi on every street corner,
05:37making it easy to forget that in actual fact, they are mythical beings,
05:41and that the vast majority of people in the galaxy have never actually seen one.
05:45Luke Skywalker. I thought he was a myth.
05:48Because we follow one of these lightsaber-wielding heroes for each of the nine core movies,
05:53it does feel they're way more common than they actually are.
05:56Remember, the Jedi Order is fairly reclusive during the prequel era,
05:59and pretty much extinct for the next six movies.
06:014. The dark side of the Force isn't inherently evil
06:06Force users are divided into two camps, the Jedi and the Sith, or the light and the dark.
06:12The movies draw a firm line between these two camps, telling us that the dark side is evil,
06:16and that light, well, is right. Jedi want that on a t-shirt.
06:20While most on-screen evidence points to this being true,
06:23a notion that isn't fleshed out is that the dark side in isolation isn't necessarily evil.
06:28Rather, it's the users of the dark side who abuse its power for their own selfish or chaotic intentions.
06:33Look at someone like Count Dooku.
06:35Though he wields the dark side of the Force,
06:38he hasn't let emotions like anger and hatred corrupt him,
06:41like they have for so many other Sith.
06:43Instead, he uses his dark side abilities with control.
06:46He's clearly far more level-headed than the likes of Vader and the Emperor,
06:49proof that dark side users need not become mustache-twirling megalomaniacs.
06:53And then there's Dark Vectivus, who also practiced the dark side but never let it consume him
06:58and could save off that destructive temptation.
07:00Despite what the movies might tell us,
07:02wielding the dark side doesn't automatically mean that a person is evil
07:05or that they will always succumb to the lure of power.
07:08It just depends on the person.
07:113. How Maz Kanata acquired Luke's lightsaber
07:14When Maz Kanata pulls Luke Skywalker's blue lightsaber from a box
07:17and hands it to Finn in The Force Awakens, Han Solo asks her where she got it.
07:21Her response? A good question, for another time.
07:24In hindsight, her refusal to give an explanation feels startlingly similar to Poe's
07:28Somehow, Palpatine Returned.
07:31Sorry, I can't even say it anymore.
07:32And though this particular detail arguably isn't as important,
07:36it's nonetheless frustrating that the movies never reveal
07:38how Maz acquired a lightsaber that was presumed lost deep within Cloud City.
07:42Some fans have headcanonised that because Maz was a pirate queen,
07:45she acquired it via her connections to the smuggling world.
07:47After all, she's lived a long life, so had plenty of time to stumble across it.
07:51Other Star Wars media has discussed the lightsabers post-Luke Fate 2,
07:55revealing that a random Ugnaught found it on Cloud City and kept it from being destroyed.
07:59But as for how it made its way into Maz's hands,
08:02that's a good question for another time.
08:052. Dismemberment makes Force users less powerful
08:07Though the whole midichlorian thing has been largely swept under the rug in recent years,
08:12it's still part of Star Wars canon.
08:13Midichlorians which live inside the body's cells are linked to Force potential,
08:18so the higher the midichlorian count, the more Force potential an individual will have.
08:22So what would happen if that count was suddenly reduced?
08:25In a 2005 interview, George Lucas himself spoke about that idea,
08:30discussing how dismemberment would affect a Jedi or a Sith's Force abilities,
08:33stating Anakin actually became less powerful after Obi-Wan chopped him into bits.
08:38Lucas went on to explain that the Emperor viewed Luke as a primo version of Anakin,
08:41simply because his body was more intact,
08:44and this was why he offered the younger Skywalker the chance to join him.
08:47Despite this idea coming straight from the horse's mouth,
08:50not a single Star Wars film has ever delved into it,
08:52which is bizarre considering how the franchise's two main characters
08:55both suffer dismemberment at various points.
08:581. The severity of the Republic's Geonosis defeat
09:01The arena battle in Attack of the Clones is a terrific spectacle,
09:05but the ramifications of its outcome are severely underplayed throughout the rest of the prequels.
09:09To recap, Jedi Master Mace Windu leads a strike team into the Geonosis arena
09:13to rescue Anakin, Obi-Wan and Padme,
09:16only to be met by an army of battle droids.
09:18An all-out brawl ensues and many Jedi are slaughtered,
09:21with the survivors being rescued by Yoda,
09:23who whisks them away with some rather handy gunships.
09:26Despite hundreds of Jedi entering the arena,
09:28there's only a handful of them left when Yoda shows up,
09:31meaning a vast majority of what was supposed to be
09:33the most formidable fighting force in the galaxy was killed within minutes.
09:36Even worse, Mace tells Yoda before the battle,
09:39I'll take what Jedi we have left,
09:41implying the ones in the arena were all the Jedi that remained.
09:44Weirdly though, the rest of the prequels failed to convey how catastrophic it was
09:48that so many Jedi died in such a needless manner.
09:51I'm afraid to say there's not much we can do about this now,
09:54but let's just hope that Palpatine somehow doesn't return.
09:57Palpatine somehow doesn't return.
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