8 Questions That Star Wars: The Force Awakens Needs To Answer

2) What Happened To Endor?

Interestingly, what we know about The Force Awakens so far suggests that it will take a realistic (well, as realistic as you can get for Star Wars) approach to a post-war galaxy. Return of the Jedi presented the destruction of the second Death Star and the death of the Emperor as the ultimate victory, but Episode VII will apparently take a more sobering look at what the aftermath of such a conflict might really be like.

Of course, a force so big wouldn’t just lay its arms down there and then; of course, there would be debris of war left all over the galaxy. Jakku for one is evidently a planet scarred by battle – maybe, just maybe, Episode VII will address the so-called ‘Endor Holocaust’ proposal, the enduring theory that Endor was devastated after the giant Death Star blew up right next to it.

Actual scientists, like theoretical astrophysicist Curtis Saxton, have actually been consulted about the likelihood of an ‘Endor Holocaust’ – so perhaps The Force Awakens will address it.