10 Huge Star Wars Plot Holes That Everyone Overlooks

One of the more absurd implausibilities between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope is that the galaxy seemed to largely forget entirely about the Jedi, or at least view them as quaint relics, in a period of just 19 years.

Think back to 19 years ago in our own reality - 2003 really isn't that long ago to forget about something as significant as the Jedi, and so it's a tough pill to swallow.

Some will argue that Palpatine's efforts to erase the Jedi legacy were just that industrious, while others have stated that, in the grand scheme of the galaxy, the 10,000 Jedi who existed prior to Order 66 isn't really a whole lot.

Plus, there's the whole fact that the remaining Jedi were in hiding and as such not terribly active in keeping their story alive.

A small subset of fans have more dubiously cited the existence of Holocaust denial as proof of humanity's ability to "forget" or deny something in bad faith.

Though there have evidently been attempts to explain this aspect of Star Wars' lore away, it still doesn't feel right that the Jedi are basically an unknown entity less than two decades after they were integrated into society.