The new book from a certain point of view retells the story of a new hope from the perspective of 40 background and side characters
Getting those new points of view helps answer some questions and fill in some
Quote-unquote plot holes that fans have been wondering about for quite some time today
I'll be going over the 10 biggest questions answered by from a certain point of view
Spoilers for the book, and I guess the movie a new hope or incoming,
but if you haven't seen that why are you watching this video?
First up,
how was the Tantive IV tracked by the Devastator through hyperspace?
Captain Ramos Antilles talks about how his ship was damaged in a previous mission before the Battle of Skeriff?
It was docked inside the profundity for repairs
The hyperdrive was barely functioning when it escaped and was giving off a unique and traceable
Energy signature that the Empire was able to follow
number two did Thane chiral or cyan are' know what had happened on Jetta or scare a--the
People have been pointing that out as an inconsistency in the new Canon
And I've always rationalized it by saying that the death star and star destroyers are huge
It's very possible to be on board and not know where you are or what's happening outside
This theory is confirmed in a story called end of watch
Only those with proper clearance knew that the Death Star even went to scare if and
Only the highest officials knew why they were there or what happened
number three why didn't those Imperials shoot the escape pod in the film the Imperial gunner is commanded to hold his fire because no
Life-forms were detected jokes have been made about that moment ever since
But that officer did have a reason based on a very stupid policy put in place by the Empire
rebel propaganda
And you know the films showed Imperials to be poor shots so bureaucrats decided that promotions should be tied to
accuracy and kill ratios
Shooting an unmanned pod would have resulted in no kills and would have hurt that ratio so the officer made the bad
decision to not fire
Number 4. Why weren't droids allowed in the cantina it's been theorized, but for that droids
Just took up space since they didn't drink and that there were anti droid sentiments after the Clone Wars
Both of those were true, but woo her the bartender actually had a very personal reason
He saw his family gunned down by commando droids during the Clone Wars, so he very specifically hated droids
number-5 who shot first there's something like five stories that include the
confrontation between Han and Greedo none of them mentioned Greedo getting a shot off
Even greedo's own story says nothing about him even attempting to fire his blaster of course
This is a direct contradiction with the film itself
But I think in this case it's just a matter of believe what you want to believe
number six did Boba Fett kill uncle Owen and aunt Beru
Boba Fett's story here flat-out
Debunks that fan theory people guessed that the state of Owen and Burroughs bodies got the Bounty Hunter his
Disintegration reputation, but Fett himself says that was from a job on Coruscant
And he also mentions finding the burnt homestead he had no part in their murder
number seven whose chair sits empty in the Death Star conference room
Fans have guessed that seat belonged to Orson Critic and that theory is confirmed in a story about general tag
Number eight what happened to tk-421 I've had a lot of people ask what Luke and Han did to the men that?
originally wore their stolen stormtrooper armor
They are confirmed dead and their bodies were hastily hidden only to be found before the Falcons escaped
Number nine how did the dino get into the Death Star's trash compactor it was placed there on purpose
It was captured on its homeworld of Voe dran and put in the trash compactor to help break down any organic material
That was thrown away it would also appear that they are at least semi sentient creatures
And number 10. Where was mon mothma during the Battle of Yavin
We saw her in rogue one, so why wasn't she around during a new?
Hope the answer is easy to guess but before Leia made it to the base the Alliance High Command had her
Evacuated had the base on Yavin 4 been destroyed mon mothma would have been all that was left to rally the disparate remaining rebel cells
Those were all the more major questions. I thought were important enough to answer here
I will be doing another video soon about all the minor, but still fun details revealed by the book, but until then well
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Including ashley eckstein neil patrick harris marc thompson jon hamm is boba fett and many more
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