10 Dumbest Character Resurrections In Star Wars History
No one's ever really gone.
Long before Disney ever bought the rights from LucasFilm, Star Wars had a weird tradition of bringing characters back from the dead.
Multiple characters that were presumed long gone could show up at a moment's notice with little or no explanation. Whether by sneakily retconning the death, having some random piece of technology interfere or giving the character such a vague death in the first place, assumedly no one would bat an eye if they returned.
Most often these are throwaway characters, never to be heard from again, but if there's any fan service to be capitalised on, it's all up for grabs. This leads to a team of individuals hopping on Wookiepedia to write pages of backstory for that one guy in the back of the cantina who suddenly spawned an entire book series.
Since Disney declared much of the existing canon as "Legends" it essentially gave them free rein over who lives and who dies in their new continuity.
This list will be looking at the dumbest reasons characters have been brought back, either from death, retcon, or whose fates were left deliberately ambiguous. Be aware we'll be delving into spoilers from Episode IV, right the way up to episode 1 of The Mandalorian season 2.
10. Ahsoka Tano
Ahsoka Tano, the padawan who lived. One of the all-time favourite characters that actually has the screen time to back it up.
Despite now being in the good graces of many Star Wars fans, her initial reception was like the inside of a Tauntaun (lukewarm) at best. Introduced during the Clone Wars animated film as Anakin's plucky young student, she would eventually grow into her own over the course of the six seasons.
She showed up in season three of Rebels and acted as a mentor to Kanan and Ezra before dueling with her former master, Darth Vader. Her fate was left on a cliffhanger as the result of their battle was left offscreen.
It wasn't until much later when Ezra discovered the World Between Worlds which allowed him to travel through time. After seeing Ahsoka struggle, he was able to pull her through a rift, saving her life. This suggests that without intervention, Ahsoka would have indeed lost her fight with Vader.
What makes this dumb is the context of which she is brought back. It deemed her sacrifice meaningless, as the very idea that bringing her back would be fine neutralises the meaning behind what happened.