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Did Palpatine Fear Yoda?

"Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you?" - Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back Did You Know? Since Darth Maul didn't die, Anakin Skywalker was actually the first Jedi to kill a Sith Lord in over 1,000 years. Not Obi-Wan Kenobi. "Anakin canonically kills two Sith lords. Should be three but Palpatine survived somehow 😄," commented Isaac Nicholls Hi, it’s Vance here! 👋 So, quick confession: I’ve always been that person who overthinks Star Wars plot points. The other night, while...

"Fear is my ally." – Darth Maul, The Phantom Menace Did You Know? In A New Hope, if Luke, Obi-Wan, Han and Chewie had left 30 minutes earlier, they would have arrived on Alderaan and been killed when the Death Star blew it up, and the Empire would have unknowingly destroyed the stolen plans for the Death Star. "Jabba and Greedo are the real heros then" Reader 👋 I was digging through some Star Wars concept art recently, and let me tell you, Darth Maul's original design gave me chills....

"Somehow, Palpatine returned." - Poe Dameron, The Rise of Skywalker Did You Know? When The Mandalorian was being filmed in 2019, they didn’t have enough Stormtrooper costumes. Instead of halting production, they enlisted a local Star Wars fan club. The fans came dressed in their own incredible DIY Stormtrooper armor and helped complete the scenes! (source) Can you imagine telling your friends, “Yeah, I was a Stormtrooper in The Mandalorian”? 😄 Reader 👋 Rewatching the Star Wars sequels is like...

"Would it help if I got out and pushed?" – Leia Organa, The Empire Strikes Back Did You Know? Carrie Fisher used gaffer's tape to hold down her breasts because George Lucas 'didn't want her looking too aggressively feminine'. Carrie Fisher joked about it saying: 'No breasts bounce in space, no jiggling in the Empire.' Reader 👋 I’ll be honest—when I first saw The Force Awakens, I cried when Han died. But what stuck with me even more was that awkward moment right after, when Leia walks past...

"Hope is like the sun. If you only believe in it when you can see it, you'll never make it through the night." – Leia Organa Did You Know? Star Wars is actually told by R2-D2. George Lucas revealed R2 recounts the whole saga to the Journal of the Whills a century after the events of Return of the Jedi. This literally explains every inconsistency in Star Wars. 😆 Hey Reader, it’s Vance here! 👋 Okay, I’ll admit it. I was getting hyped for the next Star Wars movie in 2026, but Disney just took it...

"Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose."– Yoda, Revenge of the Sith Did You Know? Alec Guinness, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars, wasn’t a fan of the script at first. To convince him, they doubled his pay, gave him 2.25% of gross royalties, and promised no press tours. That deal made him millions. Alec Guinness negotiated one of the smartest Hollywood deals ever to play Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars For those that are curious: "So how much did this brilliant maneuver...

"I am your father." – Darth Vader, The Empire Strikes Back Did You Know? James Earl Jones recorded all of Darth Vader’s lines in just 2.5 hours and was paid $7,500 for it. He opted for an upfront salary rather than shares of the movie’s profits. In his own words: "$7,000 was big money for me in those days. I was broke and needed the money to pay rent and buy groceries!" Hard to imagine Vader without his voice. Good morning! I was digging into some behind-the-scenes Star Wars content (as...

"The greatest teacher, failure is." – Yoda, The Last Jedi Did You Know? Porgs exist in Star Wars because Skellig Michael in Ireland was overrun with puffins during filming. Instead of trying to digitally erase them, they just made them part of the galaxy. (source) Problem-solving at its cutest! ❤️ Hey Reader, it’s Vance here! 👋 Okay, so I couldn’t stop thinking about this: how did Maul defeat Qui-Gon, but then Obi-Wan completely flips the script and takes Maul down? Like…what?? I went deep...

"Fast ship? You’ve never heard of the Millennium Falcon?" – Han Solo, A New Hope Did You Know? Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in The Force Awakens was the same age as Alec Guinness when he played Obi-Wan Kenobi in A New Hope. How fast time flies 🤯 Hey Reader, it’s Vance here! 👋 I was staring at the Millennium Falcon blueprint the other day (don’t ask why), and it hit me. Where’s the toilet on this thing? Like, seriously, where do smugglers go when they need a minute? Let’s find out together...

"It’s not my fault!" – Han Solo, The Empire Strikes Back Did You Know? Star Wars: Attack of the Clones was the first live-action movie shot entirely with digital cameras. No film was used until they had to make copies for theaters still stuck in the analog age. (Also, all the clone troopers with helmets were created using CGI) Good morning, Reader! I’ve got a question for you. Why does everyone at the end of A New Hope get a medal except Chewbacca? It’s like the galaxy just collectively...