10 Major Plot Holes In The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

Reflecting back on the biggest head-scratchers of the final trilogy in the famed Skywalker Saga.

[robmcdonald]

It’s almost like the “writers” didn’t have a clue what they were doing.

[greatbigguy]

Even more unbelievable is that the Falcon hasn't had a lot of its components stripped. The economy of Jaqu seems to be based on junkyard parts

[Hykje]

There were only three plot holes in the sequel trilogy -1. Force Awakens, 2. The Last Jedi, and 3. The Rise of Skywalker.

[graeschuster]

The Knights of Ren were the perfect analogy to this trilogy. There to boost hype, sell toys, do nothing useful and ultimately be a disappointment.

[HunterBaumann]

3:24 In the clone wars qui gons force ghost taught yoda how to become a force ghost and also in obi wan Kenobi qui gon teaches obi wan how to become a force ghost and we see anikans ghopst at the end of the original trilogy

[der_peevmeister]

It boils down to this: Clueless and incompetent management.

Disney should have managed Johnson, Abrams, Lucasfilm, and Kennedy *_wayyy_* better than they did.

And Lucasfilm (read: Kennedy) should have had their shit together rather than just kriffing winging it.

[OrigenalDarkMew]

Palp's return should be number 1. You can't just bring back such an iconic character with no explanation whatsoever

[jimmyjayjackson]

The entire final trilogy was a disaster that made no sense.

[BugleCoops]

I've purged these three films from memory, aside from being awful movies, they completely negate the original trilogy and even render the prequels pointless, therefore, they do not exist in my personal canon.

[TheJediCaptain]

Fun fact: the soundbite of Alec Guinness' call to Rey was from his line in A New Hope when he told R2 "Don't be af-rai-d."

[eyeofodin]

3:29 it's not really a plot hole in the sense that Yoda tells Obi-Wan that Qui-Gon trained him after he died. In fact, at the end of revenge of the sith, Yoda tells Obi-Wan that he has some new training for him from an old friend. Chances are good Yoda taught a lot of Jedi how to communicate through the force post death after he was taught by Qui-Gon.

[Redeemedfatherof]

Biggest plot hole is how so many people watched rise of skywalker and went yeah looks great, release it.

[Geoff]

Sean clearly hasn’t watched Star Wars because obiwan and yoda in episode 3 literally discuss communing with qui gon

[rossbaker-xhwq]

Anakin was the chosen one
Luke was the new hope
Rey was a mistake

[willem]

Has nobody asked why you would build "bombers" for use in the zero gravity of space?

[Jonolson]

I haven’t seen ROS in awhile so I may have overlooked something, but something that always bothered me is that you see Rey and Ren both taking this crammed, tight, obstacle-ridden path to Exegol in tiny starfighters, using the wayfinder, but then Lando somehow brings thousands of massive star cruisers to Exegol with seemingly no issues in record time…

[texZR]

The worst plot hole EVER.. is an ENTIRE FLEET of STAR Destroyers that MAGICALLY show up each with a cannon that can kill a planet.. fully crewed at the butt end of NOWHERE.
Lets not think of the economics of how much that would cost in crew and material.
It is THE STUPIDEST IDEA I have EVER SEEN in a movie.

[nevelle]

Did anyone else notice that Palpatine only use Force lightning in the last movie of each trilogy? I just realized that. Lol

[anon]

If a plot hole is explained in a comic, it's not explained at all and is still a plot hole

[natemasden]

2:32 “fan-pleasing moment” is a questionable descriptor at best ngl