Questions after watching TROS

He stated that he was with Luke on Pasana. He probably stayed there or went back to live there at some point.

He recognized Chewie and I believed he said that Leia contacted him.

Same reason why Jawas uses treads on their sand crawler despite hover crafts is a common thing. Really not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things.

Because it looks cool and the flight path is easier when they are at an angle instead of going up like a ejection seat would. Also, if they tried to launch at an angle from the sitting position, they would hit the driver.

I believe Poe said the planet has a strong magnetic field or magnetic energy so, the electromagnetic field messes with the navigation system as they don't know which waY is up. The beacon is so they know what direction to go in. Same concept as holding a compass in a place that has a lot of magnetic activity. You can't get your bearings on which way is North, South, East or West. Hold a magnet near a compass to see it happen in real life.

Majority of these questions are answered in the film. Once you bring logic into Star Wars, the whole franchise falls apart even with the OT.

 

Why did the Empire, Old Republic, and First Order use stilted vehicles? This is an uttely insane design principle and seems like an obvious ploy to sell toys.

 

He says that Leia contacted him

He quotes the "unnatural" line from RotS when he was talking about Plagueis's ability to cheat death. And remember, he told Anakin that Plagueis taught him everything he knew. So we can assume he was using that power to survive.

The dagger gives specific coordinates, not just a planet location. It tells them where to stand. Also, remember, Palpatine WANTS Rey to find Exegol.

 

Plagueis cheated death by transferring his essence into Palpatine when Palpatine murdered him, just as all the Sith Masters dating back to Bane had with their own Apprentices.

The story Palpatine told Anakin in Revenge of the Sith about Plagueis having learned to save people from dying was a perversion of the truth because Anakin could have in fact learned to use said power without falling to the Dark Side.

Regarding Snoke, Palpatine created him in a 'test tube' in order to use him as a 'puppet King', but that doesn't mean that Snoke didn't have his own motivations and designs.

 

Palpatine foresaw that Ben and Rey would stand together against both Snoke and eventually himself.

 

Palpatine also told Kylo to kill her in TROS. The idea at that point is to stop her from becoming a Jedi. Odds are he was contemplating using Kylo as his new body until Rey showed up herself and he could manipulate her.

 

Not if the goal of using said 'puppet' is to keep people distracted and you have more than one option in terms of grooming a new Apprentice/Vessel.

 

Palpatine also didn't realize the dyade thing until the "kids" stood there before him, so exactly what Palpy knew and how he planned around his supposed foresight knowledge, is anybody's guess. To me, at least, it seemed that Palpatine was improvising hard there at the end.

 

Pretty sure that mass of “people” that showed up to ‘planet doom’ weren’t using a fancy beacon or an evil paper weight to find their way there. They followed simple coordinates.

Agreed. Once you start down that dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny

 

Maybe I'm mis-remembering, but I thought they gave a reason for the beacon? It's was during the briefing before the attack.

 

That's kinda how the Sith operate, actually lol

 

The reason I recall is what you mentioned earlier: so they could find their way through that orange CG fart cloud. Meanwhile, every random jerk in the galaxy managed to do it fine by using a d*mn map.

I don’t think I missed anything. Though I have to admit, I was looking at my watch more than the screen for a large part of the last act (I might just be really bad at telling time though).

*The word 'd@mn' (a word used in Strar Wars itself) is replaced by 'Maclunkey' now?

 

Possibly safety in numbers, two in the case of the sith.

 

Same reason Palpatine told Kylo Ren to kill Rey in TROS. He wanted both the Jedi and Skywalkers to die, and for the Sith to be reborn within a new vessel. Having Ren execute Rey and be possessed by Palpatine achieves both goals at once. Kylo very nearly kills Rey too, his saber is mid swing when Leia reaches out to her son. Shortly after stopping himself, we get a scene where Palpatine states the princess of Alderaan has disrupted his plan. That's why he has Kijimi destroyed, so Rey will come to him. She's his backup.

They can't leave the planet without navigational instructions. That area of space is filled with gravity storms and wells, and so on. All hazards powerful enough to rip apart a ship. Not only that, but they can't activate their shields until they reach altitude.

 

Where is the GREEN LUKE SABER? I figured it would be in the XWing

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And how did Maz get the Blue saber from Bespin in her basement? I guess neither of these plot points mean anything? How did Palpy survive? I'm ok with what I got but... would take literally 1 minute to explain this stuff...