Worst PLOT HOLES in Star Wars RANKED 

Vader didn’t return to tatooine because he doesn’t like sand

I've always thought Obi-Wan said he didn't remember owning a droid because even though R4 was technically his droid, it probably was just assigned to him at random by the republic and if it got replaced it probably wouldn't have been a big deal for him, which is not the case with something like Anakin and R2, where he actually considered his droid a friend, therefore him saying that he doesn't remember actually owning any droid for himself

I don't necessarily think hiding luke with uncle owen is a plot hole since at that point obiwan thought anakin was dead

The fact that i can debunk all of these instantly except the ones from the sequel trilogy.

I really dont see why Vader should recognize a droid he hadnt seen in 20 years with a mass produced chassis similar to literally billions of other droids across the galaxy, who has had parts replaced and new paint jobs.

The reason they look old is because on tatooine you have to walk in the burning sun in the desert every day and barley any type of water, and fighting Tusken raiders is tiring and effects your appearance

I always imagined that Leia could've been talking about her adopted mother.

Obviously obiwan finds out later That anakin is alive but at that point it was too late to just take luke away

R4 (like all of the other astromech droids which accompanied the Jedi) was property of the Jedi Order. R2 was the only exception to this, being Anakin's personal property. He and Padmé exchanged droids as wedding gifts.

Who says Darth Vader didn't recognize C-3PO? Maybe he did, just didn't acknowledge him. Because he would.

Hate to be that guy, but Luke and Leia went hidden, not because of Vader, but because of the Emperor. Palpatine never visited Tatoine, so therefore he couldn’t know where Luke was hidden. Ps. Vader didn’t know Luke was he’s son before The Empire Strikes Back, and propably assumed he’s children were dead. Also Owen’s farm got destroyed in New Hope. Vader wouldn’t look for he’s son from there in the fifth film.

Dont forget Maul was playing with obiwan as he watched him hanging for his life. He definitely shouldve been able to react fast enough especially knowing the speeds these guys keep up with but padawan kenobi outmaneuvered him solely cause maul never expected this lil kid to flip behind him while simultaneously force pulling and igniting a lightsaber. That scene always baffled me as a kid especially watching it in real time and how skilled maul was but then you gotta take in account how influenced by the dark side maul was so when hes indulging in the suffering it couldve given him tunnel vision. But ultimately maul lost due to him lowering his guard before his opponent was fully downed

Actually obi-wan did remember r2 and in a deleted scene says "good to fly with you my old friend".

Leia can remember through the force, Vader pretends to not remember 3PO so as not to come across as weak and nostalgic. There’s no explaining the Death Star one though, that’s just the sequels f-ing things up

4:05 kenobi dosent kill Vader because up until that point, kenobi thought there was no more left of anakin but then when he slashed open vaders helmet he saw his past padawan and not the sith he was then

For the Darth Vader not remembering C-3PO thing U would like to believe that since in Vader’s mind Anakin Skywalker was “dead” everything else about him will go so the memory of C-3PO would also be irrelevant

There was a comic that showed Vader's reaction to C3PO. Though it is now considered legends content, aka non cannon. First he wanted C3PO destroyed due to a memory of him being a slave, then changed his mind when he saw C3PO again later. This was after C3PO was broken into pieces.

Obiwan could have recognized R2, but there are also thousands of R2 units. Also, obiwan never owned R4, he was government issued. Like if your job gives you a laptop for work.

I thought that Vader just didn't care about C3PO because he was a droid that Anakin Skywalker had made

Why did the kaminoans just make a whole huge clone army while being completely uncontacted for 10 years cause one guy came to them saying he was a Jedi and told them to? Did he pay anything to them in advance for such a huge task they would be commissioned for?

The reason zam didn’t blow up padme in space was they were trying not to get caught and traced back to dooku/ jango. (I know it happened anyways) it’s easier to find someone if there are witnesses. But just a “random malfunction” while landing is a lot less suspicious.

I always thought having Anakin be the one who built C-3PO was so unnecessary. You already proved he was a prodigy by him being a pod racer

The biggest plothole in the series is the Jedi uniform in the prequels. In the OT, Obi-Wan disguised himself as a desert hobo so nobody would suspect he's a Jedi. Then the Prequels roll around and we find out Obi-Wan's desert hobo getup was actually the official Jedi uniform all along, which makes it arguably the worst 'disguise' of all time.

4:36 simple. Palatine created a war that would make the clone army a necessity. It was the republics only hope. If you had to defend yourself in a life or death situation would you ask where a weapon came from or just use it? 7:28 Darth Vader probably recognised him but simply didnt care. In the George Lucas Star Wars era droids are seen as utility and not as “pets”. Loosing a droid would be like breaking your phone. I know anakin really cared about r2 d2 but never that much about c3po. He even gave him to padme. So seeing him would be like seeing his old phone or washing machine again. He simple doesn’t care

Good video! I'm just gonna try to explain these for fun but I don't really know I'm just guessing. 20: Maybe Palpatine wanted Zam to kill Padme on coruscant, the heart of the republic, to get more people to support the war 19: Snoke says killing Han Solo made Kylo unbalanced so maybe he wasn't able to call upon the darkside like how Rey called upon the light. (He also had taken damage from Chewbacca and Finn) 17: idk about this 16: Luke, Han, Leia, would all be worth tons to the Empire, yet he keeps Han and Leia as trophies of sorts, I guess that's just how Jabba is 15: Luke is growing up during this time so he wouldn't show age but it makes sense the others would get ran down after years under two suns with no skincare routines. 14: A good question for another time 13: I haven't seen the movie in awhile but I would guess they were trying to get more power in the senate 12: Maybe he felt as if he had already killed Anakin in a way and couldn't do it again 11: I think what's even weirder than the jedi not questioning it is that NO ONE in the republic questions this but idk maybe the fear from the war just consumed everyone's thoughts 10: Maybe he didn't own R4 but was assigned her instead? 9: Yeah this is a stretch to say it's possible but it's not a flat out mistake you could say the pilot's computing systems were just that good. A year passed since TLJ, maybe the first order enslaved a lot of super smart people to improve on this already existing tech. 8: I think the way the deathstar exploded is supposed to be sorta retconned into what's seen in TROS. I heard once that Disney was going to re-edit ROTJ to change the deathstar explosion but that never happened, I guess it would make the fans mad. As for the dagger, C3po explains you have to stand on that cliff and hold out the dagger and you will find the throneroom. Its just like a weird map but the part that doesn't make sense is someone would have to go to the wreckage to make the dagger point in the right direction but my theory is the dagger was created by someone, such as palpatine, who could use sith magic to see how the dagger should be made to point it to the wreckage. 7: I can't explain this 6: Different Jedi and Sith have different abilities. Why couldn't Obi wan force heal Qui gon? He's probably just not a Jedi who's able to master that ability. Reva used her anger to hang on to life the same as Darth Maul but what I don't understand is why Reva is used as an example when Maul gets cut in half and somehow clings onto life? 5: Anakin remembers C3po most prominently when he was not golden but also he's disassembled and behind Chewbacca. There has to be more protocal droids with c3po's voice because like why would the company just make one with that voice? And I know Anakin mostly created C3po but he had to get the voicebox somewhere. Anyways even if he did recognize c3po, Darth wouldn't just be like "Oh by the way what's up 3po" lol 4: TROS is my favorite movie but I do hate this scene it just doesn't make sense 3: I like to think Padme is somehow connecting to her daughter through the force which is why Leia can see an image of her in her head. (I know she isn't "force sensitive" but everyone is force sensitive to some degree. Maybe it's Leia who is subconsciously connecting with her mother. 2: This seems to me like a mistake but the filmmakers were probably thinking about the casual audience who are more invested in Rey than Chewie if they never saw the originals. 1: Yeah this is weird but maybe Obi wan thinks that Tatooine is someplace Vader would never return because of its connection to Anakin. Maybe he knows Vader is actually scared of anything that reminds him of his past because he's afraid it will make his conflicted soul worse.

all of these (aside from the sequel plot holes) can be debunked 9:10 she was probably talking about her adopted mother? im not gonna correct any other ones just that because of how painfully obvious it was

20. Bomb was in the platform not the shop. 15. Desserts are harsh on the skin 13. They want naboo to say there okay with the occupation. 11. They probably plan to investigate after the war. There was nore pressing matter to deal with. 10. There are millions of astro mechs in the galaxy and r4 is owned by jedi not him by personally like how anakin owned R2. 7. There are multiple times whrre luke is stated be good pilot and his friend even vouches for him. 5. Millions of C-3pos units out there it would be leap for vader to assume it's the same one. 1. Why would vader want to come back to tatootine. He has no attachment to his step brother and doesn't seem as family.

Kylo lost because he was injured by chewbacca when he shot him with the bowcaster after he killed Han on Starkiller base.

Zam didn't blow up Padmes ship in space because Shields exist in Star Wars and they wouldn't be active after the ship landed

The trade federation wants more access to trade and power.

I think Vader remembered 3PO but ignored him trying to kill the last of anakin inside of him

It may be be a plot hole to some, but it can also be a retcon to others

Darth maul's sith infiltrator from episode 1 Also had Hyperspace tracking. EA Battlefront 2 shows 2nd death star debris in orbit/Space.

1. I always assumed the bomb was placed on the landing pad. Which is why it exploded after lamding. Also the reason the assassin is on Curoscant.

Will no one point out the fact that the dagger scene is a rip off of the Goonies pirate coin scene.

Its not the plot holes that bother me, it’s just the fact that George intended people to watch Star Wars from episodes 1 to 6. However, if you watch them in that order, the plot holes become much more obvious. If you intended it to be watched that way then why wouldn’t you make the movies more consistent?

Plot holes or not. It is amazing what extent us Star Wars fans are willing to go to in order to find a way to make sense out of the plot holes so they are no longer plot holes. Like whatever Reva is concerned, my headcanon is that she was never actually stabbed during operation knightfall. When Vader approaches her as an adult, she gets PTSD as if she confronted Vader during the Jedi Temple march. And how Reva is able to survive being stabbed by Vader when she is an adult... That one is VERY easy. Dark side force users can survive the most insane BS. The more powerful they are with the dark side, the more BS they can survive. Reva: Survives a stab to the stomach. Grand Inquistor: Same deal. Darth Maul: Cut in half. Darth Vader: Looses 3 additional limbs and gets third degree burns all over his body that would have killed literally anyone else. The power scaling even works for whoever of these people received the most damage. As Maul is stronger than the Inquisitors and Vader is way more powerful than Maul, hell Maul even admits that as a fact during Rebels.

At least half of these: It’s not that deep bro

You got the most boring voice in the galaxy fella

Light speed skipping is the thing I hate the most about the sequels, it’s so dumb

20. An explosion in the city is far more noticeable than one in space. Padme’s assasination was meant to be a statement. 19. Bad sequel writing. 17. Bad sequel writing. 16. Boba Fett’s body language implies he is aware of Luke’s significance. I chalk it up to him having greater allegiance to Jabba than Vader. 15. Desert life is brutal, and Obi-Wan had severe PTSD from losing everyone and everything he ever knew. 14. I think a comic explains that, but that was just one of many things that the movies brought up and never carried through on. Like how Finn had a secret about his force sensitivity throughout the entire movie BUT NEVER GOT TO TELL THEM ABOUT IT. 13. Money. Invading a planet is very lucrative if you do it right. And Sidious engineered it so that it would make him Chancellor. 12. Why would he kill the man he has loved like a brother? Even if he knows he is fully lost, he still remembers what Padme told him, that there is still good in him. 11. They had just rescued them at the Geonosis Arena and it was Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas who had reportedly ordered the Army. They were seemingly on their side. 10. Obi-Wan was assigned R4-P17 by the Jedi, and did not have the same connection to her as Anakin did with R2. Meanwhile, I think he does remember R2. He spent his entire time with Luke trying to keep Anakin’s past a secret. He didn’t want to muddy the waters. 9. Bad sequel writing 8. Bad sequel writing 7. There were only three ships left. Luke just happened to be the one who took the charge. 6. Disney doesn’t understand what a lightsaber is. 5. He knows, but why would he interact with him? He’s got bigger fish to fry. 4. Bad sequel writing. 3. I don’t think this is Padme she’s talking about, but perhaps her adoptive mother Breha. 2. Bad sequel writing. 1. First of all, Vader thinks his son is dead. Second of all, he had no beef with the Lars. And if he did, Kenobi knew he’d be there to protect them. Sometimes, plain sight is the best hiding spot.

There are no plotholes. It's just the force being involved

Luke living with his family plot hole wasn't created by the prequels. It was created from TESB when Vader is revealed to be his father, instead of killed by him.

In Rogue 1 C3-P0 and R2 are seen watching the fleet travel to Scarif but in a new hope they are on Tantiav iv which was docked in Admiral Raddus' flagship.

people on tatooine just age faster due to the exposure to the twin suns.

Remember that story where Obi-Wan does acknowledge Artoo. On the Millennium Falcon, he sits with the little droid and says: "It's good to be flying with you again, my old friend."

Some of them might be because 4 5 and 6 were made before 1 2 3 so that can explain some of it not all of it tho but good job on the vid

0:24 The shields are up when they're in space 1:00 Rey had trainer with the staff 1:14 Rey's father was Sidious's clone, not son 3:10 The Separatists wanted to invade Naboo so that they can gain access to the world's plasma 4:31 This was explained in The Clone Wars show 5:00 Obi-Wan didn't own the R4, it was a property of the Jedi Order 7:22 Reva and the Grand Inquisitor both drew upon the dark side to keep themselves from dying. Like Maul 7:28 C-3PO was made of salvaged protocol droid parts, so he looks and sounds the same as any other droid of that model

In the comics Vader actually recognizes 3PO but he’s too hesitant to look back on his past.

Look Man! Palpatine had, well. Ya know. You get to be older, You just can't get it up to take over someone else's body. I mean they have pills for that.

Oh my god thank you for acknowledging that the second Death Star's remains appearing in Rise of Skywalker. I knew i wasn't the only one, i mean come on!

1 - The Ship would have shields up in space.

There are like a shit ton of protocol droids and literally thats all he was to anakin so im not surprised he doesnt recognize

7:48 imagine a car seller says:" Yes im aware that this car doesnt drive. But if you want to tell me that your dramatically smarter than me. Get a life" like you sold a trash can.

My ideas on Leia remembering her mother: that she might have been talking about her adoptive mother while she only remembers and knew of her birth mother in images only. Remember, some people are very factual in the way that they speak and since Luke didn't mention her birth mother versus her mother... Leia was probably a little bit overwhelmed with Luke bringing this up at this point in their lives, with the operation being of greatest importance. Anything personal at that time probably threw her off. I feel as though sometimes people focus way too much on the little things in the original Star Wars Trilogy, when possibly more experience is required when talking with family members and other people about such things, they might discover how different people talk or remember events and their past.

The fact you even consider anything Disney made worth discussing in terms of "plot holes", when they're really just bad fan fiction (and I use the term "fan" loosely here), tells me how seriously I should take this video.

Kylo was conflicted after killing his father wich would haunt him till ep 9 Anakin was conflicted against obi-wan wich nerfed him and is why obi-wan even had a chance Vader was conflicted against luke its stated by luke. Conclusion Obi-Wan defeated a conflicted anakin Luke defeated a conflicted Vader And rey defeated a conlficted Kylo Kylo was heavily wounded, He just took a shot from a bowcaster right in the liver, We can see him bleeding. Every other time kylo wasn't conflicted rey never stood a chance.

Kylo Ren used force glue on the second death Star and that is why it is on the neighbouring moon of Endor.

For the second Death Star's dish to be in the ocean it actually isn't a plot hole, since we see in the Battlefront II story (which is canon) you can fly through the debris and it's not all vaporized. And the reason it hasn't eroded after 35 years is because the parts that are above the surface would take much longer to erode than the part beneath and it takes a long time for metal to break down in water, the Titanic is still under the ocean and it's been over 100 years.

The trade federation wanted the plasma mines under theed (the place were qui gon and obi wan fight maul). The neimodians payed for those mines and wanted the naboo to repay their debts. However despite looking rich naboo is a backwater world so they couldnt do that. Also the title crawl explains that the blockade and invasion were meant to protest increased taxation on trade routes and naboo lies on an important trade route. The republic cant tax the route if it doesnt control it. TLDR: space politics

Using the new movies as examples is cheating. Their mere existence is enough of a plot hole to cover the top 30 plot holes of the franchise.

Most of this aren't really plotholes, just conveniencies

Original Starwars plot holes is redeemable though all of Disneys just makes no fuckin sense

In the legends novel Dark Lord - the rise of Darth Vader it says how Vader gets some sort of ptsd that causes his suit to malfunction due to him losing control of his emotions (aka he fully relies on the force to use it and if he can’t control himself the suit doesn’t work) when he goes somewhere that has significance to Anakin. This isn’t cannon anymore I know but I think it was a reasonable explanation why Vader didn’t go to tattoone to kill his step brother’s family

What about Rey and Kylo Ren kiss? He just tried to kill everyone she knew, tried to kill her, destroyed planets and tried to convert her to the dark side... then he's like, oh, but I did it cause I feel alone... like you Rey, and then boom, she falls in love. What the fuck. (Not a plot hole, but a wtf moment)

vader not recognizing c3po is simple the empire strikes back was made before the phantom menace

#1 Plot hole: Disney itself

In other words, every trilogy has issues.

TBF, I dunno if all of ‘em are plot holes.

I think boba didn’t try to capture Luke because he didn’t want to get in trouble with jabba

everything about the sequels is a plot hole

Alright. Talking about Forest fight between Rey and Kylo... do people forget that the guy was injured during that fight? Like he was hit by a bow that was sending people flying. He was in pain and was trying to keep himself fighting. With Finn it was easy since Finn never had any combat experience with melee weapons. Rey had some skilled with melee weapon. Plus fighting a wounded enemy made it easier for her.

I mean, obviously most of these plot holes are because the original trilogy was made 20 years prior to the prequel trilogy, which was made nearly 20 years before the sequel trilogy. So inconsistencies popped up of course. But yeah… the inconsistencies, especially between the prequel trilogy and the original trilogy, really make you think.

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I will debunk all your arguments in two simple answers 1 the new trilogy is not canon 2 ask filoni

So you never watched ROTS, literally first bit of the video is explained if you actually watch the movies.

Vader gave back c3p0 in empire and looked at him and held his parts and stuff. It’s in the book. Idk why that thumbnail shows he didn’t remember

Why Obi Wan doesnt kill Vader? Because theres 3 movies after these events staring Darth Vader.

If Zed didn't blow up Padme's ship in space, that's because I think her ship is not armed with lasers or torpeedos. Or, because Padme's ship is escorted by Naboo starfighters, the point of the escort being especially to prevent her being blown up in space

C3PO was not unique type droid. There were several very similar droids shown even in OT, even on same Bespin.

Maul getting cut in half, falling 100s of feet and then coming back… that is peak Star Wars bullshit

Isn’t the biggest plot hole in the saga dooku straight up telling obi wan that palpatine is a sith and then the jedi doing literally nothing about it

I think 15 is due to the fact that George Lucas didn’t plan on making any other movies when he first made Star Wars

Sabine becoming a Jedi??? Is that not a plot hole or are these just the movies?

Any real plot roles, just on the disney that is nom cannon

m o n e y 3:13

Bru u really think C-3PO is the ONLY gold protocol droid in Star Wars???

almost none of these ara plot holes. They literary explain everything in films and shows. I believe you lack knowledge. Exept the death star. its just dumb

duck disney star wars

6. Disney bullshit

Obi wan lies all the time to luke bro

hello there (coughs)

20: it's easier to target a standing still object then a moving one 19: she's the daughter of Palpatine the MOST POWERFUL SITH LORD in history - he even cheated death 18: it's not a hole in the ground it's a living being that eats people 17: no one would steal the falcon from the person who controls the planet 16: no Boba just works for the highest bidder at that time it was Jabba not Vader so he doesn't care 15: Luke only lived on the planet for 19 years, everyone else was born on that planet with a twin sun - as for OB1 ok plot hole 14: this was explained in Star Wars #2, the second issue in Marvel Comics' Star Wars series 13: they got what they wanted Palpatine elected as head of the republic - it was the plot of the movie 12: this is a plot hole - but a needed one as it's a prequel 11: they needed an army and the SENATE approved the use of it - the Jedi had no choice but to follow the LAW 10: OB1 NEVER OWED R4 it was the property of the Jedi Order, and he did remember R2-D2 - called him a friend and he never called any other droid a friend 09: it's the sequels deal with it 08: again it's the sequels deal with it 07: he saved the leader of the rebels (Liea), he was a wing leader (having 2 wigmen with him) guessing Liea put in a good word for him 06: none of these people are HUMANS - it is possible QGJ's heart is located in his lower chest and Reva's is located in the normal spot meaning he died she lived - people needs to remember EVERYONE in Star Wars is an alien none of them are EARTH HUMAN's 05: yea he does - he stopped Boba from shooting Chiew because of 3P0 was on his back 04: it's the sequels deal with it 03: 2 things: 1 she was the baby that was crying at the end of E3 when Padme died so the Force, OR the Queen (Liea's adopted mom) died and that is who she was really talking about 02: it's the sequels deal with it 01: anakin never wanted to step foot on that planet again, anakin also did not seem to care about his step family these are my takes on the plot hole - only the Sequels had major plot holes IMO

8:12 he killed himselfs she has phyically kill him she blocked his sabers to kill himself

8:33 She did not kill him she blocked his lightning and he killed himself

The same people who complain about Reva surviving being stabbed are the same people who defend Maul surviving being sliced in half and being alive in clone wars.

2:05

Its just star wars trying to make a plot point don't try making star wars logic work

just disqualify the sequels atp

Half of these arent even plot holes per definition, and you dont seem to know all that much about Star Wars either