8 More Star Wars "Plot Holes" That Really Aren't

A franchise as gigantic as the galaxy far, far away - one that is still showing no signs of slowing down its growth - and a series with so many moving parts, is always going to struggle when it comes to consistency. 

Even before numerous new creators stepped into the worlds of Star Wars to put their own stamp on this universe and occasionally created a few plot holes along the way, the great George Lucas himself occasionally dropped the narrative ball a few times, too, eventually adding moments into his prequels that resulted in a number of frustrating plot holes in the original trilogy - looking at you, Leia remembering her mother!

However, not all of said Star Wars "plot holes" are actually as confusing and nonsensical as they seem, folks.

Sometimes all it takes is picking up a comic book or other piece of media away from the big or small screen adventures, or just thinking a little longer about the issue in question, to discover that these incongruent moments are actually anything but.

So, after already looking at some other "plot holes" that really aren't here, strap in and get ready to learn why everything from a lack of Force Speed to a certain Mandalorian not being aware of the legendary Jedi actually makes all the sense in the world.

While it may not have ever been seen during the original trilogy, George Lucas eventually revealed during the prequels that Jedi were capable of sprinting at frankly incredible speeds.

Well, he did once anyway.

After Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi Force Dashed their way out of trouble early on in Episode I - The Phantom Menace, the super useful ability was actually not really seen on the big-screen again - though Mace Windu would use it in the Star Wars: Clone Wars animated micro-series.

But it sure would have come in handy when Kenobi was trying to catch up to his Jedi Master during their duel with Darth Maul, right?

In reality, the reason we never saw this particular version of a Force Dash again was probably because it didn't look all that great on-screen. But said Duel of the Fates plot hole actually does have a rather logical explanation within the universe, however.

You see, according to a number of sources away from the films, including the Mike Chen's Brotherhood novel, using Force Dash drains the user's energy for a short period of time. Meaning that if Kenobi did opt to use it to catch up to Jinn in the scene, he likely wouldn't have been much use to anyone and could have actually been a bit of a liability.

So, he just wisely chose not to.