Questions tagged [star-wars]
An epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. Use this tag when asking questions about Star Wars. If you're asking about a particular movie, also tag the question with the tag for that movie (for example [a-new-hope] or [the-empire-strikes-back] etc)
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Why did Blevin come to discipline the officers after Ferrix in Andor?
In Episode 4, Season 1 of Andor, the Imperial Security Bureau supervisor Blevin disciplines the law enforcement officers, including Syril Karn, after the events on Ferrix.
Is there any sense of why ...
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What version of Star Wars was I watching at home in 1978?
I never saw the original run of Star Wars / Episode IV: A New Hope in theatres. In May of 1977 I was finishing kindergarten in the US; my parents didn't take me.
Over the winter of 1977/78 we moved to ...
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Aside from Luke's lightsaber training in Star Wars, is the helmet blast shield seen anywhere else?
Partway through Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), we see Luke learning how to use a lightsaber onboard the Millennium Falcon.
Obi-Wan advises Luke, "your eyes can deceive you; don't ...
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Did this part fall off C-3PO or R2-D2?
In Star Wars: A New Hope (1977), imperial stormtroopers are combing the desert to find evidence of the escape pod and its contents. One stormtrooper exclaims:
Look sir! Droids!
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Why did Luke want to destroy the Jedi books in Star Wars: The Last Jedi?
Why did Luke want to destroy the Jedi books in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)? Was it out of despair that the Sith had taken over?
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What’s the significance of the pistol found on Yavin by Mothma’s cousin?
Andor s02e10, after rescuing Mon Mothma from the Senate, the scene changes to Vel Sartha examining blasters put on a table.
She finds one in particular and calls out for the owner of the blaster.
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Did the Rebellion eventually have to do something about the Yavinian doodar?
The second season of the Star Wars TV series Andor introduces what appears to be new species to the planet Yavin IV called, Yavinian Doodar that prove to be very dangerous and territorial about their ...
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Why was the new Death Star larger than the original Death Star?
The new Death Star, under construction in Return of the Jedi (1983), is markedly larger than the original Death Star in A New Hope (1977).
Graphical comparisons appear to vary widely, but this image ...
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What does "...Disney took the subversive edge of Star Wars and neutralized it..." refer to?
The video The Only Movie Made By the CIA discusses the 1954 film Animal Farm, that it was funded by the CIA and that they changed the ending from Orwell's original story.
But it goes on to suggest ...
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When is Star Wars set?
I am wondering, when we say "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away'', is there anything in the movies or in the canon, or in the comics that suggests when that is.
4 billion years ago, 300 ...
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In what order should a newcomer watch all of the Star Wars media? [closed]
This question was asked in 2012. And all of its responses consider only Episodes I–VI.
But what about Episodes VII–X? And Rogue One? And Solo?
And then you have the short-format series: The ...
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Was Ahsoka Tano ever granted citizenship in the Galactic Republic?
Ahsoka hails from a non-Republic planet, but she (through the Jedi) becomes a commander in the Republic army and otherwise seems to make a life in the Republic (specifically Coruscant).
In the US, any ...
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What is the language the kids are speaking at the end of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (conlang or real?)
What is the language the kids are speaking at the end of Star Wars: The Last Jedi? Is it a real language, or a conlang, and if a conlang, is it "based" on a real language?
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Was "Star Wars" influenced by "The Six Million Dollar Man"?
I recently started to rewatch episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man which was a favorite of mine as a kid in the 70s. It has been a while since I've seen it so I sought out some of the more iconic ...
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In Ahsoka what type of the communication hologram was that?
I just saw Ahsoka S1E2 and was wondering what kind of holographic communication was being used in the end?
It was very different to the normal, mechanical versions of holograms often seen in Star Wars....
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