TheStar Warsmovies have always been defined bytheir ability to surprise audience with plot twistsand cliffhanger endings , since George Lucas ’ first excogitation of theStar Warssaga was his effort to bring the thrill of the episodic storytelling of sci - fi serial of the ‘ 30s and ‘ 40s to the bad screen .

Those serials always ended each chapter with a cliffhanger or plot twist to get the audience more adorn in seeing how the taradiddle act out , and that ’s exactly whatStar Warshas always done . So , here are the 10 Most shameful Plot kink In TheStar WarsSaga .

Leia Is Luke’s Twin Sister

This plot of ground twist is as shameful as it is creepy ( because they kissed).The Empire Strikes Backhad already given us one folk - colligate twist , so when it derive to top that moving-picture show for a grand finale inReturn of the Jedi , George Lucas doubled down and gave us another one . Not only was Darth Vader really Luke ’s father ; Leia was really his matching sister , too . The 2d use of a plot twist where one character is revealed to be related to another character has ledStar Warsto be identify with these twists . J.J. Abrams copied it inThe Force Awakens , while fans aredesperate for two significant characters to be revealed as Rey ’s parent .

Darth Vader Is Being Manipulated By An Even More Evil Sith Lord

All throughoutA New Hope , Darth Vader is render as the evil overlord in cathexis of the Empire . If one of his admirals question his judgment , he simply Force - chokes them until they either agree with him or choke . However , midway throughThe Empire Strikes Back , it becomes apparent that there is someone higher up than Vader who he answers to .

He ’s being control by a Sith Lord who is even more vicious than himself . Anyone who ’s go out the prequels already have it off this , but if the original trilogy is your first journeying into George Lucas ’ galaxy far , far away , it ’s quite a surprisal .

Luke’s Appearance On Crait Was Just A Force Projection

There was a pile wrong withThe Last Jedi – andStar Warsfanshaven’t kept it to themselvesover the past couple of geezerhood – butit had a pretty awesome ending . The First Order had the Resistance backed into a cave on Crait , with their whole armada ready to blow them out of there . Then , Luke Skywalker get , parade out in front of said armada , andchallenged Kylo Ren to a lightsaber duel . Kylo Ren , log with pride , accepted the challenge and the duel began . As Luke was simply put off Kylo ’s strikes and not get around for himself , it seemed like a disappointing fight – until it was revealed that Luke was n’t actually there , and had throw himself from Ahch - To with the Force to give the Resistance time to flee .

The Clones Massacre The Jedi

The prequel trilogy chartsAnakin Skywalker ’s fall from forebode Jedi Padawan to infamous Sith Lord , but it also charts Sheev Palpatine ’s rise from unsuspicious politician to marionette - captain controlling the whole galaxy . As before long as he assume power over the Republic inRevenge of the Sith , bringing his plan closer   than ever to mop up , Palpatine tells all the Clone guards see Jedi Knights on missions to “ execute decree 66 . ” This turns out to bethe walloping of the total Jedi Order . This scandalous twist let out to us why Obi - Wan and Yoda are in hiding when we might them in the original trilogy .

Darth Vader Kills The Emperor

In most stories , the good bozo simply kills the uncollectible hombre , which is what made the ending ofReturn of the Jedisuch a surprise . It turned out that the unfit guy was being controlled by a more vicious bad guy , and when the more malefic big guy was killing the estimable guy with Force lightning , the original spoiled guy rope had a change of heart and decided to cast his master down a reactor Congress of Racial Equality shaft , killing him ( orso it seemed ) . The redemption of Darth Vader was a surprising twist – particularly at the time – because it was one of the first representative ofa villain being humanizedand showing their ability to be good .

Kylo Ren Is Han And Leia’s Son

Star Warsfans move intoThe Force Awakenswith very little knowledge of the new character . We were all excited to see our older darling again , but we were also intrigued bythe new disguise scoundrel , Kylo Ren . At first , he seemed to be a simple snag - off of Darth Vader . However , we later discovered that it go a fiddling deep than that : he wasinspiredby Vader , because he was his grandson . During a meeting with Supreme Leader Snoke , it ’s surprisingly bring out that Kylo Ren ’s real name is Ben Solo , andhe ’s the boy of Han Solo and Princess Leia .

Darth Vader Survives The Destruction Of The Death Star

Although the Rebel Alliance enjoys a victory at the end ofA New Hopewith the destruction of the Death Star , the viewers get a horse sense that the storey is n’t over yet . Darth Vader ’s ship might be tumble around in space , but he bring off to launch the quad place before it exploded and he ’ll live to fight another day . The Rebels won the battle , but they have n’t won the war just yet . A New Hopehas a solid conclusion – about as solid as any motion-picture show ever made , withall the graphic symbol arcs enclose up in a neat bowand the good guy cable exuberate over the bad guys – but Vader ’s survival suggests we ’ll be heading back to this Galax urceolata far , far off before too long .

That Swamp Creature Really Is Jedi Master Yoda

This plot twist has beenruined by the prequel trilogy , because anyone watching the prequel trilogy first would recognize Yoda instantly when Luke arrives on Dagobah inThe Empire Strikes Back . But back in 1980 , whenStar Warsfans were enjoying the second ever movie in the saga , they had no idea that the trivial swampland creature who mock Luke and whacked R2 - D2 on the head with his cane would turn out to bethe fabled Jedi Master mention by Obi - Wan . Lifting an X - wing out of a swampland with the Force is more impressive when you think the guy doing it is just a unusual little Muppet .

Everyone Dies At The End OfRogue One

Gareth Edwards’Rogue One , arguably the best of Disney’sStar Warsfilms so far , had a lucrative chance that few Hollywood blockbuster are allowed : it did n’t have to keep anyone active orset up any sequels . And it ’s fairish to say that Edwards used that chance sagely , debase the audience ’s expected value bykilling off every single character he ’d made us fall in love with .

The heroes ofRogue Onemanaged to get the Death Star be after up to the Rebels on Tantive IV , but they did n’t get away the Death Star ’s targeted end of the Citadel Tower in an attempt to barricade the transmission . It was a tragical and powerful note to stop on .

Darth Vader Tells Luke He’s His father

This is n’t just the greatest plot wrench in theStar Warssaga ; it ’s quite peradventure the greatest plot turn in moving picture history . Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker finally throw down with lightsabers in airless fight on Cloud City , and then when Vader has bested Luke , he reveals to him that he is his biological founding father . The twist was so mind - blow that only George Lucas and David Prowse , the actor who wager Vader on set before having his part dub over by James Earl Jones , knew about the twist going into the scene . Even Mark Hamill was give an alternative line in the script , so his reaction to the twist is bona fide .

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