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.
The battles continued on in the Galactic Civil War even after the Battle of Endor and the destruction of the Second Death Star though. That was when most of the galaxy celebrated the beginning of the end for the Empire and when the New Republic was officially proclaimed. There would still be some notable battles like the Battle of Kuat Drive Yards, the Liberation of Coruscant, and finally the Battle of Jakku. After that the Empire effectively crumbled into the Imperial Remnant and eventually became the First Order.
@@gamermank8436 not exactly. Yorktown was the last major battle of the American Revolution, but with the Galactic Civil War major battles still carried on. During the American Revolution while some skirmishes still continued, the fighting wasn’t officially over until 1783 when the Treaty of Paris was signed and Britain was forced to recognize the United States as a legitimate country. Whereas with the Galactic Civil War, with the death of Emperor Palpatine, the death and redemption of Darth Vader, and the destruction of the Second Death Star, the Empire was effectively decapitated and in complete disarray. Only a few major admirals and Grand Moffs would declare themselves as successors to the Emperor and they would carry on the fight until the Battle of Jakku which was seen by many as the fall of the Galactic Empire and the establishment of the New Republic, that was at least until the last remaining Imperial Remnants reformed into the First Order and secretly rebuilt their military in the Unknown Regions.
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.
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.
@@jekw23they might’ve left out the exhaust port, but there were still several huge construction shafts necessary to funnel workers in and out of work zones on the Death Star. These might’ve been heavily guarded, but the Rebels were still able to punch through and make the death blow to the main reactor.
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.
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?
@@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).
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.
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
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 .. !?! "
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.
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
@@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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
@@deeahCHURofWyldeWoodStudioshey, an writing exercize i didnt want to punch the commentator about. That was insightful. Thank you for that information
“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!”
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
@@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.
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 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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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!
@@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.
Please explain to me why after all these years and all these reissues that no one has ever fixed the out of sequence video clips of R2D2 and R5D4 in the first film? 17:54 R2 and R5 sit side by side 18:37 R5 pulls away 19:13 R2 and R5 sit side by side again even though R5 is already sitting broken down in front of Luke.
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
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.
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?
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"
Having not known the identities of the band in Jabba's palace, the sentence "but Max, Droppy McCool, and Sy Snoodles still made it to safety from the explosion" is one of the funniest things I'd ever heard.
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.
@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!
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
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.
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.
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…
"Why does Vader say that OBI WAN taught him well?" When Vader said this, he said as he looked up to Luke, taking a position on an elevated platform- high ground. Seeing Luke "take the high ground" was a lesson that Vader would likely assume was taught by Obi-Wan.
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. 😢
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
I was not expecting to see someone referencing Rifftrax here! Did you know they actually have Rifftrax audio things for all the Star Wars movies? Due to copyright, they couldn't do the typical Rifftrax thing with both the commentary over the movie like you normally see, but they did make the audio tracks of their commentary that can be played alongside the movie.
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.
These FAQ videos for each film have been great! One correction: The Gorax don't originate in Return of the Jedi concept art, they were made for Caravan of Courage. This is a common misconception with Ralph McQuarrie artwork. Much of it was made after the films' releases for marketing or licensing purposes, and is thus not "concept art" at all. In this case I believe the Gorax image comes from the 1995 book The Illustrated Star Wars Universe, which didn't simply take old McQuarrie art and repurpose it as interior artwork, but actually received many original illustrations from the man himself in collaboration with Kevin J Anderson's writing. Thus the Gorax artwork is McQuarrie matching the Ewok movie, not the other way around.
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.
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.
Can you do the same for the prequel as well? Would love to know how the jedi learn about the rules of two in ep1 since it was created after the destruction of the sith by bane
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.
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
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)
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.
I really love the idea that it was Captain Rex being in Return of the Jedi, still fighting the good fight with the Rebellion against the Empire on the forest moon of Endor😃
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.
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.
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.
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.
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".
You missed one of my biggest questions: How come the builder of the second deathstar could not get more men and how much difference could "doubling our effort" made? I mean- They sure have tons of troops aboard all those 30+ Star destroyers and one super star destroyer that is protecting the station so why cant they reinforce the build? J.
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.
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.
Yes, except the Colonials didn't eat the Red Coats 😂
Or Gettysburg in the civil war. O.O
The battles continued on in the Galactic Civil War even after the Battle of Endor and the destruction of the Second Death Star though. That was when most of the galaxy celebrated the beginning of the end for the Empire and when the New Republic was officially proclaimed. There would still be some notable battles like the Battle of Kuat Drive Yards, the Liberation of Coruscant, and finally the Battle of Jakku. After that the Empire effectively crumbled into the Imperial Remnant and eventually became the First Order.
@therealspeedwagon1451
That’s what he’s referring to
@@gamermank8436 not exactly. Yorktown was the last major battle of the American Revolution, but with the Galactic Civil War major battles still carried on. During the American Revolution while some skirmishes still continued, the fighting wasn’t officially over until 1783 when the Treaty of Paris was signed and Britain was forced to recognize the United States as a legitimate country. Whereas with the Galactic Civil War, with the death of Emperor Palpatine, the death and redemption of Darth Vader, and the destruction of the Second Death Star, the Empire was effectively decapitated and in complete disarray. Only a few major admirals and Grand Moffs would declare themselves as successors to the Emperor and they would carry on the fight until the Battle of Jakku which was seen by many as the fall of the Galactic Empire and the establishment of the New Republic, that was at least until the last remaining Imperial Remnants reformed into the First Order and secretly rebuilt their military in the Unknown Regions.
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.
I always felt that the 2nd Death star's bad infostructure was a result of "It's not completed yet"
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!!!!!
Maybe they couldnt spell it so they left it the way it was.
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.
@@jekw23they might’ve left out the exhaust port, but there were still several huge construction shafts necessary to funnel workers in and out of work zones on the Death Star. These might’ve been heavily guarded, but the Rebels were still able to punch through and make the death blow to the main reactor.
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.
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?
Mild audio processing hear, for years I thought it was Benny Bothans.
Ahhh, A fellow Tag and Bink fan!
My favorite glup shitto, manny bothans
She meant Many as in a lot Bothans (racial term) died ...
@@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).
31:45 I'd like to remind everyone that both young and old Obi Wan's voice talked to Rey
When I first heard Old Ben say Rey I knew they got that from when he says “don’t be afraid” in ANH
@@ariesstorm9577 I know that
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.
@@gustavouchida1 Okay then
The only scene i still rember from the last Movie 😅
looking forward to the top 40 questions about Caravan of Courage!
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!
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
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 .. !?! "
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!
#1 in the top 10 betrayals
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.
This is my thought as well!
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
@@k1ngk4gl3 It's the kind of morally grey unnecessary step the Jedi were known for.
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
@@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
Personally like the idea of Rex fighting alongside Anakin's kids, so to me that character on Endor will always be Rex.
If they make that canon I'll forgive them a little more.
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.
And Jabba's slave will be Hera!
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
Whenever I rewatch ROTJ and get to the scene, its headcanon to me that its Rex!
Luke: Let my smuggler buddy go!
Jabba: No.
Leia: Plague of chains!
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.
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
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.
@@deeahCHURofWyldeWoodStudioshey, an writing exercize i didnt want to punch the commentator about. That was insightful. Thank you for that information
I don't have a question, I just wanted to say RotJ is my favorite. Thanks for making this!
Yay! Finally, my favorite SW movie.
“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!”
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?
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.
@@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.
The characters in the Star Wars galaxy are nowhere near as literal-minded as many of their fans.
@@txlyons2937underrated take/comment!
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.
I'm glad they used the novel to confirms Sate Pestage was one of the advisors.
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.
According to the Thrawn trilogy, Mara Jade also survived Jabba’s barge explosion
I've seen Jedi probably fifty times now, and I've never noticed the three dot thing before.
Damn you.
23:24 an act of compassion AND picking him up and throwing him 😂
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.
Been enjoying this series of videos so much! Thank you for all the time and effort you are putting into this series!
I’m surprised that they didn’t add any CGI B-wings in the special edition.
They really should have added them in the Blu-ray or Disney + releases...
Yeah, kinda weird
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.
Nik Sant is Sant Nik. Better known as st Nicholas. Santa clause fought in endor.
@@Trebor74hence why I want him and Rex to be friends
...or maybe Nik Sant was a different character who didn't actually fight on Endor but was known as Fake Rex.
@@Compucles You mean like fake Wedge in episode 4?
Oh my god, I'd never seen the bearded guy there, what a genius backstory!
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.
Ewoks to Leia, "Hey, we ate this woman but here, wear her dress we kept!"
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.
I love that the first point is about Max Rebo
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.
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.
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...
Then again, Vader does even move his hands when he chokes Admiral Ozzel and I’m pretty sure he does the Sam hand gesture as Luke when choking Padmé
I'd love to see a version of this explained series but solely with Legends material.
How did Leia react when she realized that she snogged her twin brother?
I'm going to guess she was cool with it. She said that in a way she had always known.
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.
@@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.
Ask Marty McFly's Mom 😻
They came from the same egg so she just wanted them to be one again.
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.
Who says Jabba knew in advance? He didn't catch "him" until after Leia had freed Han and ditched her disguise, after all.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
I love these FAQ's!!!! Nice job, Alex 😊
Man this is why I love Star Wars
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.
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
Great video. Thanks.
I always wondered if Leia saw the Force Ghosts at the end of Return of the Jedi.
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.
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.
Thank you for including your sources and differentiating between legends and canon.
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!
I hope we get a Rogue One for the many Bothans who died to bring the intel on the Second Death Star.
Manny Bothans* The hero.
Pointless since it was orchestrated
@@androognoix1685 So was the entire Clone Wars, but that doesn't make it any less compelling
@@mitwhitgaming7722 it would also be repeating rogue one
@@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.
I think the battle of Taanab is mentioned in Mando too. So something happened there. Imperials are involved.
Keep slaying it man! My favorite channel.
I’m really loving this series, I hope to see more
" Lapti Nek " still rocks after all these years...
28:59 where was this footage taken from? Love to play or watch what ever this is
I learned a lot of new facts!! Great video!!
Please explain to me why after all these years and all these reissues that no one has ever fixed the out of sequence video clips of R2D2 and R5D4 in the first film?
17:54 R2 and R5 sit side by side
18:37 R5 pulls away
19:13 R2 and R5 sit side by side again even though R5 is already sitting broken down in front of Luke.
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
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.
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?
Somehow, Palpatine has returned.
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"
Having not known the identities of the band in Jabba's palace, the sentence "but Max, Droppy McCool, and Sy Snoodles still made it to safety from the explosion" is one of the funniest things I'd ever heard.
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.
@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!
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
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.
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.
I'm not even supposed to be here today 😂
Hey Mr Saltine 👷🏼♂️
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…
"Why does Vader say that OBI WAN taught him well?"
When Vader said this, he said as he looked up to Luke, taking a position on an elevated platform- high ground. Seeing Luke "take the high ground" was a lesson that Vader would likely assume was taught by Obi-Wan.
This was absolutely brilliant !
Did the peak of the mountain in Monument Plaza appear in RotJ? It says so on Wookieepedia, but I don't see it in the film.
Appreciate all your hard work.
Great video as always :).
4:30 you mention legends almost for every other question. Why didn't you mention how Leia got the Boushh outfit in EU during Shadows of the Empire?
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. 😢
Is it missing, though? See my post on another comment for more.
Owen being Obi-Wans brother makes a lot more sense.
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
I was not expecting to see someone referencing Rifftrax here! Did you know they actually have Rifftrax audio things for all the Star Wars movies? Due to copyright, they couldn't do the typical Rifftrax thing with both the commentary over the movie like you normally see, but they did make the audio tracks of their commentary that can be played alongside the movie.
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.
These FAQ videos for each film have been great! One correction: The Gorax don't originate in Return of the Jedi concept art, they were made for Caravan of Courage. This is a common misconception with Ralph McQuarrie artwork. Much of it was made after the films' releases for marketing or licensing purposes, and is thus not "concept art" at all. In this case I believe the Gorax image comes from the 1995 book The Illustrated Star Wars Universe, which didn't simply take old McQuarrie art and repurpose it as interior artwork, but actually received many original illustrations from the man himself in collaboration with Kevin J Anderson's writing. Thus the Gorax artwork is McQuarrie matching the Ewok movie, not the other way around.
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.
Brilliant! Thank you, glad i found your channel
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.
The missing dot was an easter egg spoiler for Episode VII, "Return of the Dot".
Can you do the same for the prequel as well? Would love to know how the jedi learn about the rules of two in ep1 since it was created after the destruction of the sith by bane
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.
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
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)
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.
What was in the Illuminated suitcase from the movie Pulp Fiction ?
I really love the idea that it was Captain Rex being in Return of the Jedi, still fighting the good fight with the Rebellion against the Empire on the forest moon of Endor😃
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.
I really enjoy these videos!
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.
What’s 16:39 from?
Jedi Survivor
@@BrokenNooby64thank you! I have to play that now
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.
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.
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".
Where is that animation from? 29:01
You missed one of my biggest questions: How come the builder of the second deathstar could not get more men and how much difference could "doubling our effort" made? I mean- They sure have tons of troops aboard all those 30+ Star destroyers and one super star destroyer that is protecting the station so why cant they reinforce the build? J.
Stormtroopers are soldiers, not day laborers. Most of them don't have the right abilities to supplement the work force.
3 dots vs 4 dots. That's the most impressive display of observation in this entire series haha. Now it will bother me forever
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.
Grogu has to be Yoda and Yaddle's son. That has to be the big twist at the end of the Mando series.