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Ridiculously bad take names two of the best ‘Star Wars’ movies ever as completely pointless

Does this plothole ruin the story of these two movies?

Which Star Wars movies are best is always a fierce topic of debate amongst fans, though you’ll find few who’ll argue with the quality of 2016’s Rogue One and the movie that started it all, 1977’s A New Hope. However, a dissenter has appeared, arguing that A key plot point means most of these films’ stories are entirely redundant.

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This has raised hackles with fans, but at first glance? Well, maybe – just maybe – they have a point:

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Fortunately, knowledgeable fans have swept in to explain why this isn’t necessarily a plot hole, pointing out that in A New Hope Leia and the Rebels weren’t initially aware there was a key flaw in the Death Star that could lead to its destruction. Another reply underlines that there’s a difference between the Death Star technical schematics that are at the core of Rogue One and the floor plan R2-D2 downloaded in A New Hope.

Another key thing to consider is that A New Hope was rewritten many times prior to filming, and there may be some inconsistencies that George Lucas couldn’t have foreseen becoming a plot hole so many years later. As such, Rogue One in its entirety may be a roundabout way to resolve issues like the Rebels knowing about the exhaust port weak spot.

Either way, while A New Hope and Rogue One remain some of the best times you can have in a galaxy far, far away, perhaps if you whip out a microscope and train it on the plot there are some small wrinkles that don’t make sense. But does it spoil our enjoyment of them? Not in the slightest.


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