Return of the Jedi - The Most Frequently Asked Questions ANSWERED

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After nearly ten years of running this channel, I have seen the same questions over and over again. Today I'm answering FORTY of the most frequently asked questions I've seen about Return of the Jedi!
0:00 Intro
0:20 How was the second Death Star built so fast?
1:17 How was the second Death Star different?
2:33 Who were the B'ommar monks?
3:11 Why did Boba Fett stay at Jabba's palace for a year?
4:07 Where did Leia get her disguise?
4:39 Did Max Rebo have arms?
5:19 Did Luke Force choke Jabba's guards?
6:25 What was the plan to save Han?
7:30 Where did Luke get his green lightsaber?
8:24 Who survived the sail barge explosion?
9:12 Who were the Emperor's advisors?
10:07 Did Yoda really teach Jedi for 800 years?
11:05 Was Luke really the last Jedi?
12:11 When did the Mon Calamari join the Rebellion?
12:59 What was the Battle of Taanab?
13:47 How did the Rebellion learn about the second Death Star?
14:30 What did the Bothans really die for?
15:28 How did the Rebels steal the Imperial shuttle?
16:27 What else is in the Emperor's throne room?
17:14 Why did the Ewoks worship C-3PO?
17:59 Why did the Ewoks have a dress for Leia?
18:45 How did Leia remember her mother?
19:30 Is Captain Rex in the movie?
20:32 Where is Rogue Squadron?
21:22 Why don't we see many B-Wings?
22:02 How did the B-Wing get its name?
22:37 Why does Darth Vader stop Luke from killing the Emperor?
23:32 Why do the Ewoks have log traps?
24:15 Did Palpatine know Yoda trained Luke?
24:54 Could Darth Vader use Force lightning?
25:57 Does the Emperor's death foreshadow his return?
26:41 What happened to the Death Star's debris?
27:25 How did Han react to learning Luke was Leia's brother?
27:59 Was the Battle of Jakku the end of the Galactic Civil War?
28:46 What happened to Cloud City?
29:18 What happened to Coruscant?
29:56 Did Ewoks eat humans?
30:37 Why did Anakin get to be a Force ghost?
31:45 Why does Anakin's Force ghost look younger?
32:39 Could Sith become Force ghosts?
33:26 Why are there only three dots in the crawl?
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@myriadmediamusings 2 ай бұрын

The biggest ROTJ question: Who was Manny Bothans, and why was this individual so important that he warranted mention by Mon Mothma about his singular, lone exploits?

@PrincessOzaline 2 ай бұрын

Mild audio processing hear, for years I thought it was Benny Bothans.

@shahzebhasan9995 2 ай бұрын

Ahhh, A fellow Tag and Bink fan!

@featgorgon3985 2 ай бұрын

My favorite glup shitto, manny bothans

@roballen3939 2 ай бұрын

She meant Many as in a lot Bothans (racial term) died ...

@shahzebhasan9995 2 ай бұрын

@@roballen3939 Its a joke...looks like somebody needs to read The Return of Tag and Bink! (Seriously, the Tag and Bink comics are great, you should read them if they are available to you).

@nicksmith9020 2 ай бұрын

For me, Endor is like Yorktown. The American Revolution didn’t officially end until 1783, but the final decisive victory that everyone remembers was at Yorktown in 1781.

@TCBoggs 2 ай бұрын

Yes, except the Colonials didn't eat the Red Coats 😂

@ubiergo1978 19 күн бұрын

Or Gettysburg in the civil war. O.O

@Gabrigattin 2 ай бұрын

It's hilarious that Alex's fan-edit of Return of the Jedi would consist of no major changes at all but just adding that fourth dot at the end of the opening crawl.

@sasamichan 2 ай бұрын

I always felt that the 2nd Death star's bad infostructure was a result of "It's not completed yet"

@jekw23 2 ай бұрын

Ha, yes. It’s infrastructure is only half there. I always figured that was a pretty big weakness. At least they sorted out the exhaust port!!!!!

@chrispq12 2 ай бұрын

Maybe they couldnt spell it so they left it the way it was.

@DavidLLambertmobile 2 күн бұрын

Marvel Comics ran a lengthy Tarkin super station plot over 4-5 months 1983 which honestly made no sense because RotJ had DS2. 🤨 The Tarkin had Vader but not Palpy. The gang sneaks in & covertly wipes out the huge space station.

@Luis-Sosa 2 ай бұрын

31:45 I'd like to remind everyone that both young and old Obi Wan's voice talked to Rey

@ariesstorm9577 2 ай бұрын

When I first heard Old Ben say Rey I knew they got that from when he says “don’t be afraid” in ANH

@Luis-Sosa 2 ай бұрын

@@ariesstorm9577 I know that

@gustavouchida1 2 ай бұрын

I'd like to remind you: FAN SERVICE WITHOUT ANY BASIC COMMITMENT TO FURTHER JUSTIFICATION. Same thing with the original saber on Ep. VII: "a good question for another time" isn't quite an explanation.

@Luis-Sosa 2 ай бұрын

@@gustavouchida1 Okay then

@A-G-F- 2 ай бұрын

The only scene i still rember from the last Movie 😅

@ReikoAyanamiCh 2 ай бұрын

Personally like the idea of Rex fighting alongside Anakin's kids, so to me that character on Endor will always be Rex.

@CSNA_Gaming 2 ай бұрын

If they make that canon I'll forgive them a little more.

@ariesstorm9577 2 ай бұрын

Me too. Although one way to look at it is he can be either of those characters, and the other one is simply offscreen. Both exist but which one you see onscreen is entirely up to you, the individual viewer.

@jayo1212 2 ай бұрын

And Jabba's slave will be Hera!

@HeyMalan 2 ай бұрын

really agree with that the original character wasn't really a character in legends anyway just a Santa Claus joke I would rather believe that is rex and nik could still be a character plus rex being there and knowing its him makes me more happy

@LeviDerringer 2 ай бұрын

Whenever I rewatch ROTJ and get to the scene, its headcanon to me that its Rex!

@TonksMoriarty 2 ай бұрын

I like that Sith immortality is a materialistic immortality. They need to bind their essence to their body or objects in order to survive. My headcanon is that the process eternally severs them from the Cosmic Force meaning if their body dies or the object is broken their soul is obliterated. They cease to be luminous beings and become nothing more than crude matter.

@Trebor74 2 ай бұрын

Nik Sant,or as his military ID states "Sant Nik" was so traumatised by endor he became a toymaker and delivered presents to the good girls and boys on Dec 25th.

@straybardart Ай бұрын

This gave me a good chuckle ^^

@muticere 2 ай бұрын

This really highlights for me how uncritically I’ve watched and enjoyed ROTJ over the years that so many of these concerns never occurred to me. We’re so critical and hyper focused on every detail about the sequel trilogy, but so many of the same details can be seen in the original films.

@MFrederickM 2 ай бұрын

I feel like the work-around for Luke "force-choking" the Gamorrean guards is that he only makes them think they're choking, without any pressure being applied to their throat. They're in no danger of actually dying but they don't know that and so they react accordingly.

@ReiHerandez 2 ай бұрын

This is my thought as well!

@k1ngk4gl3 2 ай бұрын

I have no qualms with him actually choking. & typically I find this kind of stretch silly & pointless. _HOWEVER_ ... I like this one. I'm keeping it lol

@MFrederickM 2 ай бұрын

@@k1ngk4gl3 It's the kind of morally grey unnecessary step the Jedi were known for.

@HyugaBlood881 2 ай бұрын

I always figured that too amd plus given how....unintelligent they are it's not too much of a stretch that a mind trick would do that to them

@nickywags0712 2 ай бұрын

@@k1ngk4gl3haha i mean either way Luke later considers even mind tricks like that to be too far for a Jedi. He gets a better balance about it after some development. But there’s still a moment when he looks with regret back on all the times he manipulated the minds of individuals. I think I rememebr lines about it in the Hand of Thrawn Duology

@CascadianRanger 2 ай бұрын

Han and Luke both remembering that kiss and agreeing to never bring it up again is great, going in as a scene in my mind everytime i watch the movie now. These videos legit make the movies even BETTER and are good to have when a friend asks any of these questions

@krispalermo8133 2 ай бұрын

I am 46years old, over the past 16 or so years I come across of a new edit of Luke & Leia kissing over the movies and deleted film cuts. Then show the scene where Luke is talking to Kenobi realizing Leia is his sister. Just the look on Mark's face. Then of the voice over of Vader, realizing Luke has a sister. " .. WHAT .. !?! "

@luden144 2 ай бұрын

looking forward to the top 40 questions about Caravan of Courage!

@andrewabraham7455 2 ай бұрын

I find it funny how so many people get hung up on details that could be answered by “they were lying/exaggerating/incorrect”. Do you always give details correctly when speaking? No one does, so why expect character in movies to do so?

@tooslow4065 2 ай бұрын

if you're not actively trying to lie,yes, you give as accurate of an account as you're able or need to. otherwise, you're a liar.

@andrewabraham7455 2 ай бұрын

@@tooslow4065 that’s kinda my point. Not everything that everyone says in Star Wars is true, whether it’s on purpose or not. People shouldn’t take it to be.

@txlyons2937 2 ай бұрын

The characters in the Star Wars galaxy are nowhere near as literal-minded as many of their fans.

@kylewinward8847 2 ай бұрын

@@txlyons2937underrated take/comment!

@Bad_Wolf_Media 2 ай бұрын

26:20 - I'm mildly disappointed Alex didn't say "But we know now that somehow, Palpatine returned." It was right there for the taking!

@IrisIrisIris29 2 ай бұрын

On the topic of Leia remembering Padmé - a novelization of Revenge of the Sith I had when I was younger went out of it's way to describe Leia's eyes being open at birth, which I assume was an attempt to explain her having vague memories of her mother's face. Obviously novelisations are dubiously canon (and it was released before the Disney aquisition so it's even "less" canon) , but I thought it was a neat way to justify the line in ROTJ.

@walnzell9328 2 ай бұрын

I'd love to see a version of this explained series but solely with Legends material.

@ChloeSarai66 2 ай бұрын

Yes, my favorite Star Wars movie! Your hard work and research definitely payed off. Now I have all my questions answered in one place. Thank you!

@Compucles 2 ай бұрын

Luke: Let my smuggler buddy go! Jabba: No. Leia: Plague of chains!

@crazyjedi5994 2 ай бұрын

I’m surprised that they didn’t add any CGI B-wings in the special edition.

@jayo1212 2 ай бұрын

They really should have added them in the Blu-ray or Disney + releases...

@A-G-F- 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, kinda weird

@garrettbuell3172 2 ай бұрын

THANK YOU FOR ASKING ABOUT THE DOTS! I host an annual Star Wars Marathon and one of our traditions is reading every crawl aloud - including punctuation. So we’ve noticed it for years but have yet to figure out why it was like that in the first place

@deeahCHURofWyldeWoodStudios 2 ай бұрын

Ellipsis points are periods in groups of usually three ( ... ) , or sometimes four ( .... ). They signal either that something has been omitted from quoted text, or that a speaker or writer has paused or trailed off in speech or thought, or as a replacement for an omitted word, sentence, or section. A four-dot ellipsis is used when two or more sentences are omitted from a quote or thought. An ellipsis consisting of three evenly spaced periods is used to indicate the omission of words or suggest an incomplete thought. Given these English grammatical uses, Episode crawls presenting the four-dot ellipsis may indicate the (rest of the movie) is filling in the completed thought or part of the story, which are also amidst the story itself. With Return of the Jedi intending to be the theatrical ... conclusion ... to the IV - VI section of what is now the Skywalker Saga, the three-dot ellipsis may indicate the (rest of the movie) concludes the thought or story section/Second Act of what we could now consider a three-act completed story/saga.

@moonscar119 2 ай бұрын

@@deeahCHURofWyldeWoodStudioshey, an writing exercize i didnt want to punch the commentator about. That was insightful. Thank you for that information

@thekraytdragon5131 2 ай бұрын

It’s funny how this is actually addressed in the Whills story of FACPOV ROTJ

@StuartLugsden 2 ай бұрын

I'm glad they used the novel to confirms Sate Pestage was one of the advisors.

@ReiHerandez 2 ай бұрын

I don't have a question, I just wanted to say RotJ is my favorite. Thanks for making this!

@JosefFerguson 2 ай бұрын

I've seen Jedi probably fifty times now, and I've never noticed the three dot thing before. Damn you.

@hargibson18 2 ай бұрын

Yay! Finally, my favorite SW movie.

@JonBerry555 2 ай бұрын

I like to think that Rex and Nik Sant are close friends by the time of ROTJ and occasional switched uniforms to mess with new recruits to the Rebellion, sometimes even on the battlefront.

@Trebor74 2 ай бұрын

Nik Sant is Sant Nik. Better known as st Nicholas. Santa clause fought in endor.

@JonBerry555 2 ай бұрын

@@Trebor74hence why I want him and Rex to be friends

@Compucles 2 ай бұрын

...or maybe Nik Sant was a different character who didn't actually fight on Endor but was known as Fake Rex.

@ArcherJLady 2 ай бұрын

@@Compucles You mean like fake Wedge in episode 4?

@gustavouchida1 2 ай бұрын

Oh my god, I'd never seen the bearded guy there, what a genius backstory!

@biostemm 2 ай бұрын

Regarding the force choke thing - we don't see Luke making the choking/pinching gesture that Vader did - maybe it's a mind trick to make them think they're choking, thus why they react that way, without their airways being restricted like Vader's force chokes behave...

@MrGMoney2024 2 ай бұрын

According to the Thrawn trilogy, Mara Jade also survived Jabba’s barge explosion

@jeffc3659 2 ай бұрын

23:24 an act of compassion AND picking him up and throwing him 😂

@jahmd8377 2 ай бұрын

The Ewoks totally ate stormtroopers after the Battle of Endor. These are creatures that probably had to hunt for their food, and here they are being given a buffet.

@seancrowley3142 2 ай бұрын

Sidious died on Death Star II…

@benobrien7920 Ай бұрын

I really hate how there's no timeline in which he did

@MicahIsBatman2 23 күн бұрын

Even before Disney he survived the Death Star.

@diegovitteri 2 ай бұрын

In the novellization Vader stopped Luke to kill the emperor because was "too soon", he could return to the light and his friends, so first he needed to be trained and corrupted by Vader and Sidious, and once he "freely" join the dark side... then let him kill the emperor and reign the falaxy with his father.

@jedisenshi5510 2 ай бұрын

How did Leia react when she realized that she snogged her twin brother?

@lukelee7967 2 ай бұрын

I'm going to guess she was cool with it. She said that in a way she had always known.

@hallowwolf3599 2 ай бұрын

Since I tend to interpret the kiss scene in ESB as more about Leia trying to spite Han rather than about feelings for Luke, it's entirely possible she doesn't think about that much now.

@lukelee7967 2 ай бұрын

@@hallowwolf3599 You know, now that you mention it that way. I'm going to suspect that the only time she did think about it is when she decides to bring it up herself in order to mess with Luke and Han.

@martezberry3164 2 ай бұрын

Ask Marty McFly's Mom 😻

@slim420MM 2 ай бұрын

They came from the same egg so she just wanted them to be one again.

@VitasVarnas 2 ай бұрын

I hope you'll do these FAQ videos not just for the films but also for the video games and perhaps some Legends stuff like Shadows of the Empire or the Force Unleashed.

@Phatooine 2 ай бұрын

Actually I saw an interview with Lucas on why he changed the scene from Sabastian Shaw to Hayden Christensen. It's because when Anakin became Vader, that is when he died... as a young man. This was from like 2004 or 2005.

@84gssteve 2 ай бұрын

Ewoks to Leia, "Hey, we ate this woman but here, wear her dress we kept!"

@henryyoung372 2 ай бұрын

I love that the first point is about Max Rebo

@millertimedroid 2 ай бұрын

A construction job of that magnitude would require a helluva lot more manpower than the Imperial army had to offer. I'll bet there were independent contractors working on that thing: plumbers, aluminum siders, roofers.

@baconsizzler9920 7 күн бұрын

I'm not even supposed to be here today 😂

@DavidLLambertmobile 2 күн бұрын

Hey Mr Saltine 👷🏼‍♂️

@jeffgoblue 2 ай бұрын

Here’s the actual scene in the novelization between Sidious and Luke regarding Yoda. It’s clear that unlike what the video said, Sidious clearly knew who Yoda was, and may have even been mocking Yoda’s speech pattern: The Emperor tapped his fingers on the arm of the throne, recalling. 'There was one called... Yoda. An aged Master Jedi... Ah, I see by your countenance I have hit a chord, a resonant chord indeed. Yoda, then.' [...] 'This Yoda,' the Emperor mused. 'Lives he still?' Luke focused on the emptiness of space beyond the window behind the Emperor's chair. The deep void, where nothing was. Nothing. He filled his mind with this black nothing. Opaque, save for the occasional flickering of starlight that filtered through the ether. 'Ah,' cried Emperor Palpatine. 'He lives not. Very good, young Skywalker, you almost hid this from me. But you could not.

@jermaynec 2 ай бұрын

24:54 In the novelization of Revenge of the Sith (either the Matt Stover or Patricia Wrede version, I can't remember) Emperor Palatine sees Vader with no arms and thinks "He'll never be able to use lightening" but makes a suit to make him look very intimidating.

@yhctower 2 ай бұрын

Been enjoying this series of videos so much! Thank you for all the time and effort you are putting into this series!

@ryanbartz7776 2 ай бұрын

There was a visual book back in 2005 that the reason why Anakins ghost was young is because that was the last time the force recognized who Anakin Skywalker was… and realistically Anakin died at 43 and Hayden Christensen is 42 and Hayden hasn’t changed much.

@morcbus123 2 ай бұрын

The Tales of Jedi and Sith confirmed to us that Palpatine knew Yoda died in this film. He directly met Yoda’s Force ghost, and if I remember right, celebrated Yoda’s death on the eve of his ultimate victory.

@demetrinight5924 2 ай бұрын

My question is still what a New Canon Bothan looks like? I sort of want a Rogue One style movie showing the events of the Bothan Spynet getting the information for the Rebel Alliance.

@Crackmiser 2 ай бұрын

In legends and in canon sith have been shown multiple times to be able to survive after death but they are almost always BOUND to a place or object. Momin, the grand inquisitor, Sith ghosts in swtor. Plenty of examples.

@woody6092 2 ай бұрын

How did Jabba know that Boushe was not who he said he was? Cannon wise we don’t know, but in legends it’s explained that Bib told Jabba the he died some time ago.

@Compucles 2 ай бұрын

Who says Jabba knew in advance? He didn't catch "him" until after Leia had freed Han and ditched her disguise, after all.

@woody6092 2 ай бұрын

@@Compucles He had to have known in advance though! Threepio’s mouth was covered by one of the goons of the palace. To prevent him from speaking out, also the were all waiting for them. Which begs the question, how did he know.

@Compucles 2 ай бұрын

@@woody6092 Yeah, they were covering C-3POs mouth after they had already figured out what was going on. Meanwhile, it was his throne room. It's not hard to see Jabba and a bunch of his entourage always choosing to sleep there.

@woody6092 2 ай бұрын

@@Compucles Threepio’s mouth was covered all the way up until the curtains moved. Implying that they were waiting for them. I’m just curious as to how they knew Boushe wasn’t who “he” said he was.

@Compucles 2 ай бұрын

@@woody6092 Jabba had already realized what was happening before he moved the curtain. Otherwise, he wouldn't have had a reason to move it in the first place.

@Benjamin0119 2 ай бұрын

Great video. Thanks. I always wondered if Leia saw the Force Ghosts at the end of Return of the Jedi.

@burningflamesofdivinedragon 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this it says a lot with so little about Return of the Jedi. I love your question about the dots at the end there as it made me smile.

@PrincessOzaline 2 ай бұрын

Would the Emperor have actually been killed by Luke if Vader hadn't blocked the strike? Is the Emperor willing to let himself be killed to let a more powerful Dark Lord take the stage, did he have a trick up his sleeve? Is that trick Exegol? Would he have died in body? What was the endgame?

@369frequencyandvibration 2 ай бұрын

Somehow, Palpatine has returned.

@sarlacc_salesman_99 2 ай бұрын

I'm with you -- I never believed that the Emperor would have allowed himself to die. TROS only confirmed my long-term hunch about his character. For all of his posturing about the rule of two, Palpatine only truly cares about his power and self-preservation. I think he was merely goading Luke, he had no intention of letting Luke actually "strike him down"

@ziggyspacedust7813 2 ай бұрын

I love these FAQ's!!!! Nice job, Alex 😊

@JoeyPeligro69 2 ай бұрын

Man this is why I love Star Wars

@dslguy2008 10 күн бұрын

“The rebels blew up the Death Star by firing a torpedo into a two-meter shaft. Let’s build another. This time, we’ll leave open tunnels so they can fly right into the core!”

@funkyjbass7762 2 ай бұрын

Actually, all the other crawls should be changed to match ROTJ because an ellipsis should only have 3 dots.

@No-One-of-Consequence 2 ай бұрын

When I was a very young kid I got the Luke Skywalker 12" action figure, and it came with a yellow light saber. (The smaller figures also came with yellow blades in Luke's saber, but my mother wrote a letter to Hasbro and got them to send her a package of replacement blasters and sabers, so we replaced Luke's yellow saber with a blue one. we were sticklers for the details even then.) I always wondered what that yellow blade meant, but it didn't mean anything back then. But my uncle knew were were talking about it, and he shoplifted a blue saber from a 12" Obiwan, and gave it to us for Luke. We had no idea he had stolen it. That was kind of shitty. He was a jackass.

@oneannoyingwhiteguy 2 ай бұрын

To address the Endor vs Jaaku question. I see it like the difference between the Battle of the Bulge and the Battle of Berlin in WW2. One was a major decisive fight that spelled out the outcome of the war, and one was a desperate last stand.

@mitwhitgaming7722 2 ай бұрын

I hope we get a Rogue One for the many Bothans who died to bring the intel on the Second Death Star.

@ches2 2 ай бұрын

Manny Bothans* The hero.

@androognoix1685 2 ай бұрын

Pointless since it was orchestrated

@mitwhitgaming7722 2 ай бұрын

@@androognoix1685 So was the entire Clone Wars, but that doesn't make it any less compelling

@androognoix1685 2 ай бұрын

@@mitwhitgaming7722 it would also be repeating rogue one

@mitwhitgaming7722 2 ай бұрын

@@androognoix1685 I mean, if you wanna make that argument then pretty much all Star Wars media is the same because they recycle a lot of the same ideas.

@timfurnier7061 Ай бұрын

When I asked a Star Wars aficionado friend of mine why Vader didn't use force lightning, he simply said, "You have to have hands to do it." Sounds reasonable to me!

@ericetodd 2 ай бұрын

I've always wondered why we didn't get an improved Battle of Endor like we did with Yavin. I need more B-wings in my life! 😅 edit: typo

@theamateurfurry4735 11 күн бұрын

27:47 “…and the two friends agreed to NEVER speak of that moment again” I like how Han and Luke had a real bro moment choosing to overlook “that” moment lol

@siloclay6193 2 ай бұрын

Choking problem. Luke used a mind trick to make the guards THINK they were choking. He dosnt use the thumb and finger choking gesture. Luke isn't above using a dirty trick even if he is above actually choking them.

@janmelantu7490 2 ай бұрын

I’ve always imagined that Vader could channel Force Lightning thru his arm stumps, but if he had done it while wearing electronic prosthetics it would’ve destroyed the electronics. Perhaps if Vader was using purely mechanical arms (like many current prosthetics) he would be using Force Lightning all the time

@rrgale55 2 ай бұрын

I learned a lot of new facts!! Great video!!

@joppadoni Ай бұрын

Brilliant! Thank you, glad i found your channel

@nerdynaturalists2928 2 ай бұрын

Keep slaying it man! My favorite channel.

@dansokulski4039 Ай бұрын

I was skeptical this would be a bunch of obvious stuff, like “who played Wicket?”, etc. But as a 48-yr old lifelong SW fan (since 1978-79 at least), I learned a lot watching this. It’s entertaining as well, like SW Expl normally is…

@trainingday1356 2 ай бұрын

This was absolutely brilliant !

@belgeode 2 ай бұрын

You know, given how many dozens of times (or let's face it, more than that) i have watched the OT since the 80s, i am genuinely SHOCKED that I NEVER EVEN NOTICED that ROTJ only had three dots... 😮 Mind. Blown. 🤯 i can recite dang near every line. Totally missed the missing dot. 😢

@deeahCHURofWyldeWoodStudios 2 ай бұрын

Is it missing, though? See my post on another comment for more.

@mrheroprimes 2 ай бұрын

I also think that Palpatine master plan to lure the rebellion in to wipe it out probably also involve the star destroyer fleet that was being equipped with miniature death star lasers on exgal But due to the actions of Crimson Dawn the second death star's exterior wasn't completed creating massive vulnerabilities once the shield was knocked out

@biggestnerdalive8476 2 ай бұрын

I’m really loving this series, I hope to see more

@drhibas 2 ай бұрын

Owen being Obi-Wans brother makes a lot more sense.

@GrendelNin 2 ай бұрын

The missing dot was an easter egg spoiler for Episode VII, "Return of the Dot".

@AStupidID 2 ай бұрын

Great video as always :).

@Cheetowitcheese 2 ай бұрын

I love these videos! Don’t stop making them. 🤪

@jasonjones7461 2 ай бұрын

Ive seen ppl question how ewoks hurt storm troopers with clubs, spears and rocks, but ive always thought of ewoks as being extremely strong. Imagine a chimpanzee with a baseball bat. The blunt force they could generate would easily break bones right thru storm trooper armor because its not a contained suit. Its a bunch of modular pieces. Esp since the troops on forest moon of endor were almost all scout troopers with significantly less armor.

@Pocketrocket-pj1us 2 ай бұрын

22:00 In re. B. Wings As a kid, (7 when Jedi premiered) I was a member of the SW fan club. I beleive that is where I got this poster. I might still have it but for now, I'm going off of memory. This was a drawn poster, showing the Attack on the Death Star at the top and the Endor moon at the bottom. (No credits, or even movie title. Possibly, it was drawn before the movie, as a teaser, like we needed one! LoL I never had a Kenner B-Wing and this poster had one. I'm guessing it was a trick of the angle but it made the Bottom of the B-wing, rolling on the End or moon, while the Upper portion of the ship was in outer space, giving the impression of a ship thousands of miles long! Since we could only watch the film on a t.v. / VCR, I never even saw the ship in the battle, which added to the confusion. I'm not saying anything besides, obviously that artwork was strange and impossible but does anyone remember this acid trip of a poster?? Would love to finally figure this out. Cheers

@harryindeed9006 Ай бұрын

The idea of those scary ass monsters walking around Endor is genuinely so frightening. Imagine being one of those left behind Stormtroopers and hearing massive thumping footsteps in the dark. Damn.

@robproductionsgames 2 ай бұрын

I love these videos, keep it up!

@torkelsvenson6411 Ай бұрын

I've heard two other explanations about Darth Vader stopping Luke from killing the Emperor. One is that he suspected that the Emperor wouldn't take the risk of simply counting on Vader to stop Luke and probably had some trick up his sleeve, thus he stopped him so they could take him out later when Luke had grown stronger. The other is that he wasn't convinced that Luke would simply fall down the path of the Dark Side by killing the Emperor at that particular moment and wanted to make sure Luke was fully turned before attempting to take him out.

@a.j.wilkes6352 2 ай бұрын

I really enjoy these videos!

@joshmitchell2262 2 ай бұрын

If it’s alright I want to ask my own 40 questions about The Phantom Menace. But if it’s not alright and too late here is my non-summarized question. On the Trade Federation ship there is clearly a communication ability to talk to Palpatine on Courasant. So if a Republic ship and entourage went to force a settlement how would the Republic and especially Chancellor Vilorim who informed Queen Amidala that the Jedi had arrived, not view the loss of two Jedi, two ship captains and a republic ship as an immediate act of war… and on top of that sending a senate to investigate the claims. There is no need to send it would all be documented when the Republic ship was blown away.

@markusallen5634 2 ай бұрын

The funniest thing about these questions is that no one is taking into account that Lucas created plot holes, first within the original trilogy (episodes 4-6), and then with the prequels (episodes 1-3). The answers seems to be coming from sources that were written/created decades after the original trilogy was filmed, so taking information from "Star Wars- Catalyst: A Rogue One Novel" seems to be something that might not have been part of George Lucas' original story.

@jayo1212 2 ай бұрын

@0:27 My long held belief was that they actually started building the second Death Star before A New Hope, as a backup in case the first one was destroyed as well as to do more damage using two such stations... @7:35 My headcanon answer is that he went to one of the old Jedi temples where Ahsoka spoke to him and gave him his crystal, similar to how Yoda gave Ezra his... @18:46 A. She was born second. B. It's a girl thing. @20:23 If that is Rex, then Jabba's slave, "Oola", is actually Hera Syndulla!

@Flettwin 2 ай бұрын

This such a great video format! I’m looking forward to the Sequel ones as Lucasfilm have done a really good job answering questions and fleshing out that era in the books.

@joshualittle877 2 ай бұрын

We see that Grogu was training by 50-51. So lets assume Yoda also began training around the same time. So by 100 he could have been well into being a Jedi knight and maybe teaching a Padawan. He is 900 yo so that would mean he did indeed teach Jedi for 800 years.

@danielbyrne5402 2 ай бұрын

I think the biggest question now is, who set up the bouncy castle at the bottom of the D star that palpatine so clearly landed on according to recent movies 😅

@TheKaiTetley 12 күн бұрын

He transferred his consciousness to a clone of himself. According to some books.

@BurritosAndSnow190 2 ай бұрын

In my head canon Palpatine used the first Death Star to eliminate high ranking military officials that could potentially usurp him. It wasnt its sole purpose but it definitely became a convenient tool for him to further secure his power. The second Death Star was built so fast because it was already being constructed in secret roughly the same time as DS1.

@DavidLLambertmobile 2 күн бұрын

Tarkin also says directly in his briefing room scene the "plan" was to create a series of huge DSs across the major systems, sections to "keep the systems in line".

@paulzon3269 2 ай бұрын

Around 26:00 minutes when they talk about the blue energy that erupted when Palpatine was thrown down the reactor I think something similar happened when the Sith artifacts were tossed down the reactor in Empires End in the Aftermath books. Basically showing a release of Darkside energy.

@jonathanmellette8541 2 ай бұрын

This is such a great series. I hope you'll do the other 6, even though, you know...even though.

@elementalturnip 2 ай бұрын

I always assumed that Grogu being 50 meant that Yoda's species aged at a 1-to-10 rate of humans. That would effectively mean Grogu is the equivalent of a (non-verbal) five-year-old and Yoda is the equivalent of 90 by RotJ.

@Pocketrocket-pj1us 2 ай бұрын

18:05 Okay, I'll buy the 'Ewoks sewed the dress reasoning but the sandals? Come on, there were shoe makers that went through a multi year apprenticeship, back in the middle ages. And yes I'm getting some of that info from a Riffed short film, by Rifftrax!! LoL

@delarkaBCN 2 ай бұрын

17:00 knowing george loves Dune, i just realize C3p0 was pulling a Muab'Dib. ive been watching the OT since 30 years ago lol (and i read dune at the early 00s)

@rayizard5687 2 ай бұрын

The "Forest Moon of Endor:" A) Where is the planet it was a moon of and B) Is Endor the moon's name or the planet's name?

@ds_the_rn 9 күн бұрын

I always saw Luke force choking the guards at Jabba’s palace. I never gave it a second thought. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Michael-sb8jf 4 күн бұрын

This is how I always saw it. Luke was holding back no punches. Especially at least to me learning that part of the reason why the jedi failed was because they there too conservative in some of their beliefs.

@polatiger4765 Ай бұрын

I know the answer to the 3 periods question! It was a coffee print. The guy digitalizing the preplot-text was too messy with his coffee and misread the dirty page.

@walnzell9328 2 ай бұрын

In Legends, Luke did question if he was really the last of the Jedi. Obi-Wan's ghost appeared to him and said, "Not the last of the old, the first of the new." Though he wasn't being exactly literal. When he said "Not the last of the old" he meant that Luke was not the final Jedi who would ever exist. When he was trained, he was expected to be the last student of the old Jedi Order, and thus the last Jedi of that order's ways. The last of the old flawed way that was doomed to fail. He was expected to be the beginning of a new Jedi Order with a new code and traditions. One that would be better than the one who trained him. "The first of the new." I also feel Luke was the only Jedi who could truly defeat Vader and Palpatine. Thus, he needed to hear that he was the last of the Jedi. That he was the galaxy's last hope. Now it's true Leia, by Yoda's admission, was also a potential Jedi. But she didn't have the same mindset as Luke. She could have been trained and could potentially kill Vader, but she could never bring back Anakin Skywalker like Luke could. Luke always had hope that he could bring his father back to the light. It was Luke reaching out to his father that brought Anakin out of Vader which would end with Anakin killing Palpatine. Leia and Luke both would've died if they had tried to fight Palpatine. Only Anakin could kill him. In Legends, Leia talked about how she could've never forgiven Vader like Luke could. He tortured her and stood by as the Death Star destroyed Alderaan. Anakin didn't know Leia was his daughter until he had become a Force ghost. All he knew was that he had a daughter. So he couldn't apologize for anything he did to Leia in his last moments. Only ask Luke to tell his sister that there was good in him.

@ripgasbaron9716 2 ай бұрын

Just to add to 22:36 When the movie was made/written, the Rule of Two and the Sith weren't a thing. At any point during the OG trilogy it is implied that The (then unnamed) Emperor, Vader and Luke cannot coexist in a chain of command, altough Vader did say that he wanted to kill the Emperor on EP 5. Besides, in the movie it is never stated that The Emperor wanted to kill Vader up until Luke beats him. Considering all of this, it becomes somewhat understandable that Vader defending Palpy in order to iniate Luke's fall through exposure to a long and cruel fight so that he had to "win" the kill instead of it may being a one-and-go.

@BflyBricks 2 ай бұрын

Would love to see a 18+ slasher movie with Ewoks hunting imperials like the Predator, and eating their victims 😂 I truly never thought about them eating humans until you pointed it out. As a kid it never occurred to me that Han, Like etc were actually going to be dinner that night for the tribe...pretty grim 😮

@auntvesuvi3872 2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Alex! 🎆

@KAZVorpal Ай бұрын

The four dots was functional illiteracy. By Return of the Jedi, someone had pointed out that an ellipsis is three dots. They fixed it...but later decided that it's better to pretend they'd done four dots on purpose, not out of ignorance, so they went back to four.

@walnzell9328 2 ай бұрын

I believe the blue energy that shot out of the reactor shaft was both Palpatine's released Force energy and his soul. In Dark Empire, the reborn Palpatine can conjure massive Force storms that sort of resemble that blue flaming energy seen in Return of the Jedi.

@randyfant2588 2 ай бұрын

The question of Vader using force lightning, it seems each force-user accesses and manifests the force in different ways. There are different aspects of the force and each individual has their own links to the force that give them better access to specific aspects and less to others. In this way, they learn and use different skills and aspects. One Jedi may be a great swordsman with a light saber but can't heal a paper cut while another may be barley able to wield a light saber but can bring people back from the brink of death. In this same way Sith learn different ways to use the force. Vader certainly knew of force lightning but may not have had access to the aspects of the force that the Emperor used to generate it, on the other hand the Emperor is never shown force-choking anyone. This was Vader's go-to force attack. The blue explosion when the Emperor fell was his dak soul leaving his body and flying out of the station. As I understand it, he had a force spell on himself to recover his soul to inhabit a clone body of himself in a secret hidden palace.