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The final chapter in the nine film Skywalker saga has premiered , andStar war : The advance of Skywalkerhad a grandiloquent rescript to fill up . It needed to neatly tie up the plot of ground points of eight previous pic , give the legions ofStar Warsfans what they want , and respectfully post off the enfranchisement that illusionist George Lucas produce whenStar Warsdebuted in 1977 .
While it does a credible job of enlarge on the thematic elements from the eight previous film , it is its duty to do right on by the original trilogy fan are most concerned with . Both torpedo and villains determine themselves playthings at the mercy of the ultimate puppet master , Emperor Palpatine , a fictitious character which neatly threads the films together . As certain mysteries were discover , from the ancestry of Rey ’s parent to the origins of Supreme Leader Snoke , their telling created more . Here are 10 Original Trilogy plot line that were never dissolve .
DID PALPATINE ALWAYS INTEND TO FIND A HOST BODY LIKE REY?
InReturn of the Jedi , Palpatine essay to bait Luke in the same way he essay to bate Rey inStar Wars : The Rise of Skywalker . “I am defenceless , " he croon , gesturing to Luke and his lightsaber . " discover me down with all of your hate , then your journeying towards the Dark Side will be complete " .
When address Rey , he create it clear that when she does the same , he ’ll remove his essence ( and the essence of all the Sith ) into her and find as Empress . Was this Palpatine ’s design for immortality all along ? A common practice of the Sith involved apprentices dispatch their masters to make their power , but perhaps discerning masters did the same to their apprentices .
DID VADER BRING BALANCE TO THE FORCE?
InStar Wars : The Rise of Skywalker , we take heed Anakin Skywalker ’s representative float to Rey telling her to " bring Balance to the Force " like he did . Was this really accomplished by the time of the result ofReturn of the Jedi , when he passed away ?
Darth Vader could n’t allowLuke Skywalkerto be killed by the Emperor . After destroying the Emperor and saving his Logos , his body was too thinned . Despite Luke ’s effort to bring through him he passed away , but redeemed himself in the end by becoming one with the Force . Was this bringing about balance , and didStar warfare : The Rise of Skywalkernegate his ritual killing ?
WHAT HAPPENED TO LANDO AFTER RETURN OF THE JEDI?
When last we saw General Calrissian , he had just valorously help the Rebel Alliance deliver the last blow to the Empire by destroy the second Death Star inReturn of the Jedi . After that , it was presumed he could have returned to Cloud City because Imperial military control would be ending .
When we run into Lando inStar war : The Rise of Skywalker , we do n’t really know what he was doing . Yes , there were missions with Luke trying to track down the coordinates for Exegol , but Luke became a recluse on Ahch - To for some clock time , so why did Lando remain on Pasaana ? Was he forgotten there , perpetually on his last assignment ?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE IMPERIAL LOYALISTS?
We know from take in the original trilogy that the Imperial Fleet was vast . Destroying two Death Stars would n’t be enough to cripple it because there were thousand of Star Destroyers , William Lloyd Garrison , bases , and troopsoccupying every part of the known galaxy .
Where did the purple loyalists go ? Some would become part of the First Order , but others became part of the Final Order , a separate forcefulness operated by ship’s officer disport a Sith crest . Why did Palpatine harbor himself from the First Order , put his tool Snoke in bearing , and then work on a freestanding faction ? If the Final Order is able to build satellite - destroying ship , why allow the First Order to waste time construct Starkiller Base ?
HOW DID PALPATINE SURVIVE DEATH?
In one of the most emotionally stirring scene in the entire original trilogy , Darth Vader pick up Emperor Palpatine and throws him down a reactor shaft when he realizes his boy might choke at the Emperor ’s hand . Palpatine ’s erose black form is see and heard screaming down into a energizing abyss of lightning .
When next we get together the keen galactic puppet master inStar Wars : The Rise of Skywalker , he ’s clinging to life , patronize by a series of tubes that seem to keep his sagging flesh upright . How are we suppose to trust Palpatine survived what was most certainly his demise ? Or is this simply another knockoff ? Palpatinewassearching for the path to immortality along withDarth Plagueis .
HOW DID MAZ KANATA ACQUIRE LUKE’S LIGHTSABER?
InThe Empire Strikes Back , Luke loses his lightsaber when he miss his handin the climactic affaire d’honneur with Vaderon Cloud City . His lightsaber ( with hand still attached ) goes sailing into quad , yet somehow got retrieved by Maz Kanata , who keep it dependable for Rey .
Star Wars : The Force Awakensmay have close where the lightsaber had gone , but when adjure , Kanata just said that thehowportion was a " narration for another time” . Star war : The Rise of Skywalkerwas patently never going to be that time , so we ’ll never know .
HOW DID LUKE COMPLETE HIS TRAINING AND BUILD HIS OWN LIGHTSABER?
Darth Vader marvel at Luke Skywalker ’s power to construct a new lightsaber inReturn of the Jedi , pushing the Proud Papa moment a step further by place on the thick praise , " Indeed you are powerful , as the Emperor has foreseen " . There are no canon explanations of how Luke regain a green kyber lechatelierite , only that he constructed his saber from voice in Ol' Ben ’s hutch .
This mirrors the perplexing fact that Rey also appears to randomly have constructed her own yellow - bladed cavalry sword at the conclusion ofThe Rise of Skywalker . Kyber crystals are difficult to find ( specially sensationalistic ones ) , which is one of the reasons why it was regard a part of the completion of a Jedi ’s preparation to find one and construction their Jedi weapon .
WHAT’S UP WITH THE WAY FORCE GHOSTS OPERATE?
In the original trilogy , Luke is jaw by threeForce touch . One is Obi - Wan Kenobi ( most prominently ) and the others are Yoda and Anakin Skywalker ( after he ’s redeem ) . Obi - Wan Kenobi and Yoda ’s bodies became one with the Force , but Anakin ’s body was physically combust on a funeral funeral pyre .
InStar Wars : The raise of Skywalker , Rey is visited by Luke and Leia . Yet in the Emperor ’s crapper room on Exegol , we pick up the spirits of Qui - Gon Jinn and Mace Windu , Jedi who retained their forcible bodies when they make it yet seem able to pass along after death . There is never any cleared indication of why some Jedi are able to certify , despite the presence ( or lack ) of a cadaver .
“I CANNOT INTERFERE”
AsObi - Wan Kenobi ’s Force ghostfamously told Luke , he could n’t " intervene " with Luke ’s face-off with Darth Vader on Cloud City . It wasn’tspecificallystated whether or not this was a alternative of Ol' Ben ’s because he disapproved of Luke ’s impulsive action , or because as a Force ghost he literally could n’t be of much help .
However , as we see inStar warfare : The Rise of Skywalker , Luke ’s Force ghost can interact with the corporeal realm , going so far as to bear the lightsaber Rey chucks into the hell of Kylo Ren ’s smoulder fighter . And he plenty " interferes " by levitating his X - Wing out of the sea smother Ahch - To so Rey has a pickup fomite .
HOW COULD EVERYONE UNDERSTAND R2?
From the timeStar Warspremiered in 1977 and the world ’s most lovable droid duo perch up the screen , there ’s always been a bit of mystery around R2 - D2 . He ’s got a heap of personality for a little droid , and some fans have wonder if that is n’t because his memory has never been wiped .
The veridical doubtfulness is , how was Luke always capable to translate him in the original trilogy ? Rey is a scavenger and might be conversant with droid language , so her communication with BB-8 is n’t as surprising , but Luke has always been able-bodied to instinctively hump what R2 says , the same way Anakin did in the prequel trilogy .
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