Today’s Fan Feature comes once again from the incredible Facebook group Star Warriors (All things Star Wars). (If you haven’t checked them out yet, you can do so HERE.) Now, we all love Star Wars. For many of us it’s been a part of our lives for over four decades. But… there are those times in the films, those few moments that even the biggest of fans must admit are ridiculously absurd. Many have found their way into “My favorite Star Wars moment is when…” memes. Today we compile a list of some of the silliest, nonsensical, eye-rolling moments in Star Wars.
My favorite Star Wars moment is when….
…supposedly “precise” Stormtroopers can’t hit the broad side of a star cruiser. Obi-Wan Kenobi remarked in the original Star Wars “look at these blast points. Only Imperial Stormtroopers could be so precise.” And then we watch the rest of the original trilogy. Those same Stormtroopers can’t aim worth a damn. Even on their own turf in the Death Star they still can’t shoot Han Solo, in a corridor that’s barely three meters wide, when he has nowhere to hide, and he’s standing literally right in front of them. (Warning: we’re going to pick on Stormtroopers a lot.)
My favorite Star Wars moment is when….
…Darth Vader loses his sh*t and chokes a co-worker during a staff meeting. I mean, come on; we’ve all wanted to do it at some point or another. When you’re a Dark Lord of Sith you don’t have to operate with as much self-restraint. Besides, would you file a complaint against Darth Vader with Human Resources??
And then there was that moment when…
“…an entire legion of my best troops awaits them.” The Emperor said that to Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi in reference to the trap he’d laid on Endor. Of course, that entire legion of best troops was then basically wiped out by a bunch of primitive murder-bears with sticks and rocks. So… yeah.
My favorite Star Wars moment is when…
… the most feared, and supposedly lethal bounty hunter in the galaxy is suddenly swallowed by a giant sand vagina. (Credit to reader Anth Richardson for this gem.) Yes, Boba Fett, iconic bounty hunter, deadly warrior, was defeated by a blind guy with a stick and then fell into the Sarlacc pit. And yet to this day he’s one of the most beloved characters in all of Star Wars. Go figure.
And last but not least:
“My favorite Star Wars moment is when” the First Order, apparently believing that the third time’s a charm, builds yet another, flawed superweapon that is destroyed in the same, basic manner as the first two. Obliterate planets and space cruisers? No problem. But put the same Death Star or Starkiller Base up against a plucky pilot in a starfighter (or worse, a “hunk of junk”) and, as the late, great, Bill Paxton said in Aliens: “game over, man!”
There are plenty many more moments like these in Star Wars. What are some of your favorites? Let us know in the comments below.
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