The Force Awakens - The Most Frequently Asked Questions ANSWERED

After nearly ten years of running this channel, I have seen the same questions over and over again. Today I'm answering over FORTY of the most frequently asked questions I've seen about Star Wars Episode Seven, The Force Awakens!

0:00 Intro
0:14 Who was Lor San Tekka?
0:47 Where was Poe's black X-Wing at the start of the movie?
1:18 Who was Finn's stormtrooper friend?
1:48 Why did Captain Phasma have special armor?
2:27 What happened in the Battle of Jakku?
3:16 How long was Rey left alone on Jakku?
3:44 What were General Hux's origins?
4:28 What was First Order reconditioning?
5:03 How did Rey learn to fly?
5:46 What happened to Unkar Plutt?
6:12 Why was Kylo Ren's lightsaber unstable?
6:56 How did Han Solo lose the Millennium Falcon?
7:40 How did Han Solo find the Millennium Falcon?
8:09 How and why did Han Solo capture the rathtars?
8:54 Who were the Guavian Death Gang?
9:28 Who was Kanjiklub?
10:07 Were Snoke or Kylo Ren members of the Sith?
10:50 How did Kylo Ren become the leader of the Knights of Ren?
11:25 What were Maz Kanata's origins?
12:14 Did Maz and Chewie actually date?
12:50 How did Kylo Ren get Darth Vader's helmet?
13:30 Who was the Crimson Corsair?
14:13 What planet was Starkiller Base originally?
14:56 How did Starkiller Base work?
15:47 What system did Starkiller Base destroy?
16:39 Who was Korr Sella?
17:26 How did Maz Kanata get the Skywalker lightsaber?
18:00 Who was TR-8R?
18:43 Was Poe Dameron Force-sensitive?
19:33 How did C-3PO get his red arm?
20:21 How did Poe Dameron escape Jakku?
20:56 Where did Kylo Ren keep his helmet?
21:32 How did Rey learn to mind trick the stormtrooper?
22:07 How did the First Order find the Resistance base?
22:44 Did Phasma get caught lowering the shields?
23:20 Why does Kylo Ren keep punching himself?
23:58 How does Rey beat Kylo Ren?
24:42 Why doesn't Leia hug Chewie?
25:24 Why does R2-D2 wake up at the end of the movie?
26:08 Why is there a map to Luke Skywalker?

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[KennyYokoyama]

The Ilum reveal still breaks my heart to this day.

[KingBrachion]

It would also track that Rey had possibly flown the Falcon in the past, since she was aware of the faulty upgrades Unkar had installed/had her install.

[OfficialOpinion]

"As she says in the movie"

Believe me, the people who ask these questions don't pay attention to the movie when asking them 😂😂

[ChironBroderick]

The Force Awakens... things were simpler then.

[pillowdaily]

Despite its flaws, this was a decent Star Wars movie. 2015 Star Wars hype was so fun with this and Battlefront 1

[ReySkywalker]

YES! So glad we’re onto the FAQ’s for the Sequel Trilogy!

[hellowhat]

5:39 It would have possibly changed her character story but I did enjoy one of the original concept arts in a collection where it shows that Rey was in the middle of building her own starship and it was a mix of Rebel and Imperial ship parts. She was originally building her own way off Jakku but of course, that was changed.

[furonguy]

I've always wondered about The Guavian Death Gang and Kanjiklub - hearing about their backstories here was very interesting! If there's ever a sequel to Outlaws, it would be a great opportunity to further explore and worldbuild one or both of those groups.

[noahdean]

In Lego Star wars the Force awakens video game there's a bonus level where you can play as c-3po and how he got the red arm!

[rhaenatargaryen]

tfa had such a fun energy, and the fan community it spawned is still one of the good things to come out of the sequel trilogy imo

[HumbleAshe]

The Force Awakens is STILL fantastic movie that does a nice spin on the style of ANH and introduces a new set of heroes and villains to carry on the fight. I’ll keep standing for it, same as for the whole entirety of the sequel trilogy.

[AlexCunradi]

The one biggest mistake I think this film made was destroying the New Republic, it would have been more interesting to see open warfare between two sides that were more or less equal rather than a retread of the Galactic Civil War. Other than that, this was actually a pretty solid movie, and I don't think the franchise will be able to capture that hype period ever again.

[yueyume]

Now I did have Covid when I played the majority of Fallen Order, but the Illum connection totally flew over my head!

[joshknoll]

I always enjoy these FAQ's for the movies. You are doing all the background research I don't have time to do, so thank you.

[BurningFlamesofDivineDragon]

Excellent I love the mentions of the show Star Wars Resistance in this. That show was my favorite part of the sequel trilogy.

[yuyuyu]

Scholagladiatoria made a video talking about the Rey vs Kylo fight. In addition to what you said, punching himself to get more pain probably wasn't helping as much as it was hurting him, and he also murdered Han right in front of Han's best friend, which is known to have certain psychological effects on people.

[AstrumKitten]

Poor chewbaca always getting the "Oversight" treatment

[MartinFGayford]

I now want a film set around the battle of Jakku

[michaelkaduck]

Awesome video! The Force Awakens is my favorite of the 5 new movies. It has so much heart put into it, and I always watch it around the Holidays!
Can't believe it'll be 10 years old next year!

[Iron_Blood_Enjoyer]

21:32 Fun Fact: The Stormtrooper that Rey mind tricked was played by the then current James Bond actor, Daniel Craig.