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[@jamesovids4u]

Seeing Star Wars Explained on Wired twice makes me so happy I’m glad their growing their audience and reach with this series

[@damonwalker7527]

I know im randomly asking but does anybody know a trick to get back into an Instagram account..? I stupidly forgot my login password. I would love any tips you can give me

[@AndrewKapish]

_Star Wars Explained_ is EASILY one of the least click-baity and most grounded Star Wars KZbin channels out there. They’re refreshingly positive about Star Wars, and they’re also openly honest when something doesn’t quite land with them. Amazingly, if the latter ever strikes true, they don’t spend the next 5 years reminding you that so-and-so ruined their childhood while chasing wild rumors and stirring up discord. Quality content. 80% informational, 20% opinion and fandom engagement. If you want to keep up with the current Canon and understand it’s connections to Legends _(pre-Disney era Star Wars expanded universe)_ Star Wars Explained continues to be a great resource for those who prefer to find the light and joy while celebrating the cheese that is Star Wars.

[@TheHeroRobertELee]

Yeah but Disney DID ruin everything

[@nilsf5302]

100% agreed

[@Ben-is7nc]

Right on. Why they’re one of my favorites.

[@skylar85]

I'd really recommend The Stupendouswave as well they do alot of lore both legends and cannon

[@ElongatedVowels]

@@TheHeroRobertELee That's just like, your opinion, man.

[@ladrac198]

I love it when Star Wars just doesn't make sense, like with the Force ghost thing, but Star Wars fans can come up with an explanation that sounds plausible. As a fan that does this all the time, I respect it lol

[@Nerveroxis]

Watch season 6 of clones wars

[@yaaaaaaaaayo9808]

These people need to have a channel solely doing this

[@Masada1911]

They sort of do

[@Edhelvar]

They could even call it something like... Star Trek Explained.

[@trophun6792]

They do it’s in the link

[@Fidgottio]

They do this for a living on Star Wars Explained

[@minerpvpgaming2160]

They do its called star wars explained

[@stanthechanman]

My sister is not a space nerd to the point where I had to explain to her who characters like Boba Fett and Darth Vader were and she enjoyed The Mandalorian. Baby Yoda is cute and they kept the stories pretty simple and self contained. You don't need to know anything about the greater Star Wars universe to really understand what's happening on the series. At the end of the day it's about a space-knight bounty hunter and his adopted green baby son.

[@Jehayland]

Also the rule of two seemed to only apply to official apprentices. Sith “assassins” seemed to be allowed as well as whatever the Inquisitors were ( they were dark side users who were trained to use light sabers and knew enough to bleed them red but were not trained in the deepest secrets of the Sith it would seem)

[@ragingexodus]

Yeah they were just dark side users, not sith

[@EyePodX]

Correct. “Rule of Two” only applied to Sith Lords. I.E Anyone with Darth in their name.

[@LocalShark22]

Another thing about awareness of Mandalorians vs Jedi is that even before the Jedi were eradicated, the Mandalorians had massive wars against the Jedi/Republic and by extent the Galaxy at large (referenced in The Mandalorian as well as Clone Wars and Rebels). I would say that this makes the Mandalorians kind of like the Mongols or the Hellenistic empire of Alexander, a culture that at one time was in control of/warring with a massive part of the “world” (galaxy) and whose customs thus became more widespread.

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

Old mandalorians were mostly like spartans. Check the story of Revan vs Mandalore the Ultimate.

[@MohamedRamadan-qi4hl]

Eslamic lands not the Mongols the Mongols didn't last long

[@Rorujin]

Just pointing out that Qui-Gon (who found out about becoming one with the Force) also did not disappear. His body was cremated.

[@Strixae]

yes but he didn’t finish all the training needed to appear as a force ghost. season 6 of the clone wars goes in more detail on it

[@shadowxxe]

@FlickTalk it isn't, qui gon couldn't complete his training fully so he wasn't able to fully become a force ghost and instead was sort of just a disembodied voice

[@shadowxxe]

@FlickTalk You clearly have no idea how the star wars universe works. LEt me explain Jedi have to prove themselves worth in order to become a force ghost otherwise they pass into the force like everyone else this is usually accomplished by doing a certain set of trails/training qui gon didn't fully complete this so he wasn't fully able to become a force ghost

[@Montythedog123]

@FlickTalk you don’t have to put it down. It’s just a fantasy world. Appreciate it for what it is!

[@MetalGamer666]

@@Montythedog123 I hate this "explanation". Every fantasy world should have its own internal consistency. The biggest problem with Star Wars lore is that none of the trilogies are consistent with each other.

[@draydenhill2558]

Regarding Luke going to the Academy, I remember reading that a lot of Rebel pilots would get their education in the Imperial Academy and then defect, at least in the early days.

[@Razor-gx2dq]

I assume traitors would be executed if caught.

[@Cheetowitcheese]

I love how they explained the lore of there are only two sith at a time and the way they tackled the question was brilliant in a way.

[@wordofnerd1822]

Always great to see alex and Molly!

[@GoGoGo2Sleep]

This people study the lore of starwars and have been waiting for this moment.

[@ExodusDisciple]

They have a KZbin channel: Star Wars Explained that has been going for years.

[@nooneknows3520]

This duo really knows their stuff. If they don't have a youtube channel, they definitely need to start one.

[@wordofnerd1822]

They do, it's called star wars explained and there's some great stuff on it!

[@-Abdulkadir]

I think star wars is boring

[@chasehedges6775]

@@-Abdulkadir The Mandalorian: Hello there. Let me fix Star Wars for you.

[@something7641]

@@OscarDirlwood star wars is for everyone not Just kids

[@-Abdulkadir]

@@OscarDirlwood exactly star wars for children

[@CitroChannel]

My question would have been: Is ANYONE as annoyed as me at the lack of logic and internal consistency of ranks and rank insignia within (most egregiously, but not only) the Empire? Like the rank plates for the Imperial Navy, Army, ISB, and political Moffs is random and not consistent at all for what is supposed to be a very structured military system. I'm not one that usually likes changes via CG to the original films, but one thing that I would be okay with and also seems like a pretty minor fix would be editing the rank plates so that they make sense...

[@livediveanddesign]

I think some changes were already made to imperial ranking insignias but still could be done better

[@isaiah_cordero2703]

God whatta virgin

[@bigsucculentmango]

@@isaiah_cordero2703 you're watching people who watched a lot of star wars explain star wars. What are you talking about virgen

[@RabblesTheBinx]

@@isaiah_cordero2703 projecting, much?

[@chrismanuel9768]

@@isaiah_cordero2703 Wu Tang Clan will never love you. Stop being an edgelord

[@aztecwrrior1997]

This legit feels like one of their Q&As on their channel

[@bryanquick3349]

I know it's an off-hand comment, but it wouldn't be surprising if palpatine made snoke's body all crooked and garbage on purpose, considering he intentionally made Darth Vader's suit completely trash as a means of controlling and continuously antagonizing him.

[@DecafKauffee]

I like the idea, except Palpatine did that to punish Vader for failing to defeat Kenobi

[@CorvusCorone68]

i've heard Snoke was that way cuz he had some disease that made his body decay

[@kelariusable]

The Mandalorian definitely takes place well after the Battle of Jakku, during the 2nd season one of the characters makes reference to a series of events that culminate at Jakku and he does so as though it happened quite a while ago.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

The 1st Q & A was so successful that this happened. Congrats for you two!

[@PsychoStain]

In regards to the Jedi Pyre, I think it just depends on the Jedi and who is in attendence. In Queens Peril it is stated clearly that Padmé, her Handmaidens, Obi, and Anakin stayed until Qui-Gon became ash as a sign of respect and thanks for everything he did for them.

[@spencerd3696]

Love Alex and Mollie!

[@sleepofgiants5956]

hey, it's these people. I LIKE THESE PEOPLE

[@noname01xr]

According to The Star Wars Book, Snoke was a strandcast (artificial genetic strandcast) who possessed free will. Nevertheless, his actions and objectives were orchestrated by Darth Sidious.

[@AdamReveland]

Did the Star Wars Book also talk about how many transformations and rewrites RoS took?

[@ReySkywalker2]

@@AdamReveland Only one set of reshoots, actually.

[@violetvoids7029]

Sidious probably said Execute Order 66 to Snoke before he left Exegol.

[@BON3SMcCOY]

Mollie has sooooo many star wars shirts and this is the one day she forgot one

[@dobrisomething]

Jedi rarely operated in the outer rim, while Mandalorians were mercenries there (not accepted in inner republic). And our Mando walks in mercenery bounty hunter circles, so more people would would recognize him as Mandalorain since they often see mercenaries.

[@chazertronfivethousand4425]

This is effortless... Like true experts.

[@Quintzal]

One thing I never see mentioned is that Ben fights Vader to a standstill until he knows Luke is watching. Luke's first encounter with Vader is seeing him kill Ben. Ben set that moment up, foreshadowing it with the comment about becoming more powerful than Vader could possibly imagine. The ultimate troll moment in Star Wars goes to old Ben.

[@joangalindo8511]

I love this kind of videos. Please keep on doing them.

[@anvaypatel7906]

Well here is wired in a nutshell... Fun though serious, Timepass though somehow time well spent.... and a complete package of just feeling like ur there.... (engaging)....

[@Mrkyleuvkewl]

Congrats, Alex and Molly!

[@mishimihendrix]

Another fight where the "good rebel guys" won because they had a motif against the "evil technologically powerful" was The Battle of Stirling Bridge of the Scots vs the English, depicted in Braveheart :D

[@eduardosotelo8446]

Star Wars Explained is dope. Star Wars Channels be hating on this man.

[@Tores444]

It's pretty fuckin cool that Star Wars Explained are considered experts enough for The Wire to make an Experts Answer video with them!

[@samelge9311]

This is about Palpatine trying to hide the existence of Jedi. He didn’t really do a good job of hiding their existence. While many people didn’t know about them, most people did. However, the idea of the force faded out. Nobody really doubted the force when the Jedi were prevalent. In episode 4, however, many people didn’t believe it existed or never even heard about it at all.

[@Bad_Wolf_Media]

15:55 - I think we're going to see Obi-Wan go through the training with Qui-Gon in the new series (just a guess, no insider knowledge). But Qui-Gon has SOME of the training, but his body didn't disappear, either. He had the pyre like Anakin/Vader. Rey didn't disappear because I don't think she ever actually died, did she? She was on the verge of death but Ben pulled her back.

[@Tallness1000]

Cutest Star Wars couple in the galaxy

[@professorJorge11]

I thought you said : " Mary Jane" , so I got my Star Wars bong 🤣🤣🤣

[@xanzus]

Love seeing the Damons on here 🤗

[@samuelhawes6735]

Clicks on video thinking they're not actually gonna be Star Wars Experts. *20 seconds later* Oh yep they are. They most definitely are.

[@prod.byricky1040]

they got a lot of stuff wrong

[@brandonhancock8620]

@@prod.byricky1040 like what?

[@anevilscientist]

Becoming a Force Ghost, for both Jedi and Sith, got a brief talking about in Knights of the Old Republic. A Jedi can become a ghost by doing something altruistic (self less/ self sacrificing) while there are Sith ghosts met on Korriban/ Valley of the Sith who said they died during moments of extreme hatred. I know this falls into 'Legends' area, but I haven't seen anything since 2014 mention anything but 'special training'.

[@GrUbSt4]

Ben did have training to become a force ghost, it's set up at the end of episode 3

[@Majupm]

I think they meant Ben Solo

[@GrUbSt4]

@@Majupm that makes more sense!

[@austinhenkel3569]

Another example of distrust and hate to the Jedi was when the bombing happened at the hangar and they had to hunt down the bomber. There were riots etc about it

[@laurakuo9429]

Alex and Mollie are the nicest Star Wars fans online, which seems to be very difficult for many people to manage. Please hire them back on Wired for more videos!

[@awkwardfreak3109]

"The nicest star wars fans online." They made fun of Star Wars Theory for crying during the Luke scene in TM season 2 .

[@jonathancharron7360]

@@awkwardfreak3109SWT is a toxic fan

[@DrMetPhD]

Thanks for the videos!

[@annemuha3766]

That's me! I'm AbbySimpHours ☺️ I asked that question months ago so I'm shocked to see it here!

[@theenzoferrari458]

The pathway to the simp side is considered to be unnatural.

[@madisonbadger9454]

Brilliant discussion

[@DRCoCoNutz117]

I remember I read somewhere that for Vader. Obi wan came to him in his last seconds through the force and pulled him into the living force like he and yoda and partly quigon was in. It could be that leia and Luke did the same for Ben.

[@phhsdj]

Love this can we keep being them back please

[@jossypoo]

I absolutely with Mollie. Mara Jade. The canon needs more dark to light conversions.

[@AdamReveland]

Mara Jade isn't cannon according to Disney.

[@BlindJedi]

The more stories are told the more and more A possible door for her to enter gets narrow. I miss her in the canon so much. She’s as old as Thrawn, yet he gets in and she doesn’t?

[@kplayzxp2376]

@@AdamReveland they said legends

[@AdamReveland]

@@kplayzxp2376 and Legends isn't cannon. Good luck with Kathleen Kennedy bringing back Luke's wife.

[@martinman223]

Alex and Molly are great!! Follow their channel Star Wars explained!!

[@mep1990]

Obi-Wan did train to become a force ghost. At the end of Revenge of the Sith, Yoda reveals to him that Qui-Gon contacted him and taught him the trick and that in Tatooine, Obi-Wan was to train to achieve that.

[@lukedecker4932]

Twitter Question: Favorite Legends Character? Mollie: We need more awesome female jedi! *Rey begins to enter the room* Mollie: Mara Jade is pretty cool. XD

[@joecrawford5876]

15:55 in the theatrical release of rotj, i’m pretty sure ani wasn’t a force ghost, and was later put in because it gave a sense of a change in character, as if he’s been brought back to the light, and i’m pretty sure when in exile, ben (obi wan) trained for this skill, as he reached another level with the force and unlocked his peace of mind

[@canadian__ninja]

The theatrical release had a new actor play the imagined Anakin as a force ghost. After episode 3 it was changed to be Hayden's Anakin

[@1874WL]

Two of my fave content creators

[@checkmatefurries286]

They need a podcast

[@ExodusDisciple]

They have a KZbin channel.

[@castielffboi]

15:50 they actually got this wrong. Anakin’s body DID disappear, it happened after the cut to the next scene in the movie, but in the novelization of the film, Luke states that his body did disappear after he died. It just disappeared after the scene cut in the movie.

[@snowybangs]

What I didn't know I needed today

[@davidnobre5660]

4:30 also, there were some mandos who joined with the Empire, they were advertised as elite soldiers of the empire so people knew who they were even if they never saw one irl

[@EM-lz4rb]

19:50 The Lady Of The Lake. It's you. It's me. It's us.

[@izanagiace6122]

Tell me why when I heard him say Ben I thought Ben Kenobi first lmao 💀

[@xxBONGHUNTER420xx]

I kept thinking my stove was beeping until I found out it was the video.😂

[@ragingvet390]

what palpatine was doing in the recent movies was a sith technique called suppress thought which essentially means he was putting his thoughts into others minds changing their behaviors basically controlling them

[@smallmanbigmouth2699]

I think Obi Wan trained in how to become a Force ghost much earlier, as was implied at the end of ROTS when Yoda tells him about Qui-Gon being Qui-Back!

[@drgumper8056]

I would argue that the reason for everyone knowing a mandalorian is mostly due to them being warmongers and what not.

[@Cluis.]

Obi-Wan also had a funeral pyre in the clone wars.

[@VaderViktor]

While the rule of 3 technically was broken by Palpatine, it was also broken by Vader in Legends, and by Dooku.

[@andreabalk1912]

both maul and rex were being haunted during order 66 because they were a threat to the republic. i don't think it's about who's a jedi only

[@thomas-aherne]

Omg Alex and mollie I love them!!!!

[@MrFoxRobert]

Thank you!

[@magykfyre4114]

Alex and Mollie are icons!!!

[@blakel29]

Aye star wars explained making it big. Well deserved

[@luqmanwaqiuddin7543]

Beginner question. Do I watch the movies by order of episode number or release order?

[@melonymsw]

About the force ghosts I think before with Yoda, Qui Gon and Obi Wan it took special training but latter with Vader, Luke and Leia they became force ghosts after dieing for a pure or good act

[@CIass1fied]

You could probably compare the Jedi getting pushed into the unkown, to Spartacus in our own history... Roman Historians did everything to make sure Spartacus was forgotten. That's why there's so little knowledge about him

[@gatodebarro2626]

How about the 501? They were clones who joined the empire as vader's fist

[@alexbarrett4338]

They said in the video that the clones were phased out. It wasn't an immediate switch, but a gradual replacement as clones got too old to continue as soldiers

[@z4br4k98]

thats not canon anymore i think

[@necro9875]

Well of course the mandalorian is after the battle of jakku. The imperial officer in the episode second to last mentions “operation cinder” which lead to the battle of jakku shortly after

[@alexhrycaj8429]

A new question is asked. “A surprise to be sure but a welcome one”

[@jakebursk8680]

Ben did have force ghost training, Yoda gave him the training and kenobi had 18 years to do it on Tatooine lol

[@hindsightpov4218]

I always thought it was Yoda’s connection to The Force that was how he was able to live for 900 years. I didn’t think it had anything to do with his species’ biology.

[@Hellraiser6688]

Yup always had been that way lol

[@Quirderph]

Hard to say really, given that *all* members of his species we've seen have been Force sensitive.

[@Masada1911]

What is the Battle of Jakku?

[@TheFortniteStorm]

The battle that sealed the fate of all the imperial remnants. The last battle of the galactic civil war.

[@TheFortniteStorm]

It takes place a year after the battle of endor. The imperials were defeated for the last time

[@Ady66699]

If you play the campaign of Battlefront 2 you get to see it there. Also you see the remnants of it in The Force Awakens.

[@VictorBalestrin]

You can also read some of what happens in the battle in the "Aftermath" trilogy of books by Chuck Wendig. The battle itself happens in book 3, "Empire's End", but the whole story is fun and checks in on different characters across the whole saga.

[@dojima24]

To go with your Snoke theory. To keep the narrative that Luke damaged him it does make sense that Palpatine would keep Snoke damaged. I'll make a new theory ( since I'm disappointed by the sequel trilogy and misuse of Snoke). Snoke is a clone of what Palpatine remembers his master looking like. And yes I know what they try to say he looked like in legends I flipped it.

[@andrewhodges1322]

These two are legit experts lol I love it. btw she's so cute

[@KassaiLev]

I think the clone wars movie does take place before the clone wars, because that’s when anakin and ahsoka first meet and become master and padawan

[@sydmelody369]

Yeah but certain episodes are set before the movie. Off the top of my head the episode Clone Cadets and Yodas first episode are certainly before the movie

[@KassaiLev]

@@sydmelody369 that’s true, but still, i’d generally recommend that people watch the clone wars movie first, before watching the series. Provided that they’re not specifically watching it in chronological order

[@chaosboss1033]

If you mean before the clone wars series then that’s obvious. But the clone wars canonically starts at the end of AOTC

[@SullyMan399]

Yay they back

[@aaronmichael6792]

Alex and Mollie getting famous!!!

[@firelordcole3975]

Correct me if I’m wrong but aren’t purge troopers clones in cannon ? and if they are weren’t they still around in the original trilogy?

[@deccasblt_6704]

They originally were, but most of them died out

[@jeremy7085]

make more and more of these

[@iau]

If Yoda died at 900 years old, looking something like 90 human years old, that means Grogu should look around 5 human years old, but he acts like a baby. Maybe he's not very bright? 😂

[@georgetomasis7754]

I need that shore trooper helmet

[@seanacton1881]

As far as Luke being allowed to pilot an x wing so soon, they were made to be easy to pilot without much/any training so it wasn't a big concern

[@jonaho7028]

For the first one, they actually had plenty of pilots that had already flown x-wings before but not enough x-wings.

[@weaponizedcringe6231]

The mental gymnastics used to justify the craziness of the sequels is admirable. In the future, you should just say all rules about the force and the universe of Star Wars are completely thrown out the window in the sequels and any attempt to be consistent with the past movies.

[@argophontes]

15:56 Ben did go through that training, as did Yoda, when Qui-Gon taught it to them as a Force Ghost. This is referenced in the Clone Wars and in The Rise and Fall of Darth Vader.

[@WhiteWolf496]

The Rise and Fall of Vader is part of legends... also, They were referring to Ben Solo, not Obi-Wan (Ben) Kenobi

[@argophontes]

@@WhiteWolf496 You're right, I got that mixed up. It's still referred to in Clone Wars, though, both for Obi-Wan and Yoda.

[@hultgrenc]

Loving that um actually shirt Alex

[@corwin32]

Bad Boi Yoda, "Yours up this goes!"

[@sarahcarranza2982]

Darth Nihilus is amazing

[@McJethroPovTee]

Yoda is about 700 in high republic, and I know it's impossible but I keep imagining swole yoda, who's all about the gains.

[@smeagollumartin]

Noice! The explained peeps back at it again!

[@PaulHofreiter]

This was very cool, I love Star Trek.

[@maxbattleman]

I have a Star Wars Question: if I have an idea about a potential upcoming show or movie, where do I send it to?

[@BKrogedal]

I would think that a jedi that has passed without learning to live on in the force can be "resurrected" by someone who has been joined with the force. Kind of helping and focusing their spirit to get settled in the force.