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Star Wars Plot Hole Database

Welcome to my Star Wars Plot Hole Database. Here, I list plot holes in Star Wars, both confirmed and some of my own suspicions.

Plot Holes in Star Wars

According to the concept of the Force, users can switch off each other's lightsabers during lightsaber combat. This is not seen in the movies.
No sane human being would be convinced by the evil Palpatine to betray the Jedi.
When Obi-Wan Kenobi says that Luke Skywalker is "their only hope" in Star Wars Episode IV, Yoda replies, "No, there is another." Obi-Wan should know this, he was at the birth of the twins in Episode III.
Palpatine says to Anakin Skywalker that they will work together to "learn the secret" of creating and saving life, however this is not portrayed in any of the movies afterwards.
Palpatine has advanced skills to foresee the future, but he does not realise that the apprentice he worked so hard to lure, Anakin Skywalker, is in grave danger (in his fight against Obi-Wan Kenobi) until it is a bit late.
Palpatine's plan in Episode III relied on Anakin slaying Count Dooku in order to take him one step closer to turning to the dark side. Anakin was under no obligation to kill Count Dooku when he had him by the neck with two lightsabers, and Count Dooku, realising Palpatine's deception (Palpatine said he would intercept if he were to get into trouble), could have confessed to Anakin or the Jedi Council that Palpatine is evil. Of course, Anakin is incompetent too (no bias there) as he does not follow Jedi code by killing an unarmed prisoner.
Palpatine's escape from General Grievous' ship in Episode III was very risky, he almost dies multiple times in the scenes, e.g. he almost fell down an elevator shaft, and if the ship had exploded when Anakin was crash-landing half a ship on Coruscant. It makes no sense to concoct a plan with such a high risk of dying. Despite his advanced skills in seeing the future, any small disruption may have blown up the ship. He does not foresee Darth Vader throwing him into an energy shaft, but he does foresee that half a ship can crash-land relatively safely?
Almost every character in Episodes IV-VI uses Form V lightsaber combat (also known as Shien/Djem So) whereas a wide variety of forms are used in the first three Episodes. This is probably a directing error, not considered in the original prequels. Even with the creation of Episode IV, George Lucas did not know he would be creating another 5 more movies.
C3PO has his memory wiped, but R2D2 knows the story of Anakin's fall to the dark side. He could have tried to communicate this to Luke, Leia, etc.
R2D2 has a small rocket launcher, as depicted in Episode II. This seems to have been removed (for no particular reason) in Episodes IV-VI.

Speculative Plot Holes

Jar'Kai (use of two lightsabers in combat) must certainly be better than a single saber (as confirmed in the Star Wars game Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy). However, very few characters in Star Wars use this style.
R2D2 and C3PO were the property of Anakin Skywalker. In Episode III, Obi-Wan simply takes them onto his ship and keeps them, effectively stealing them.
A much better strategy in Episode III in the fight between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker was for Obi-Wan to take Padmé hostage, leaving Anakin helpless. Obi-Wan could then try to turn Anakin back to the light side or simple tell him to drop his lightsaber, pick it up himself and defeat him in battle.
Darth Plagueis was incredibly stupid to let Palpatine kill him. If the Sith were around for so long, he must have been expecting such a cheap 'usurping method'.
Anakin does many things which indicate that he will not turn to the dark side, e.g. he seeks Yoda's guidance in dealing with his troubling dreams (Yoda's reaction is that he must let go of any attachments), and he also apologises to Obi-Wan for getting angry when he wasn't promoted the rank of Jedi Master and for being arrogant.

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Posted by Proabffmm on Thursday, September 17, 2009.