10 Star Wars Answers Given YEARS Later

Star Wars does have a habit of leaving rather compelling questions unanswered for an eternity

I'm looking at you, Yoda species. With it eventually getting to the point where the mystery itself is likely more interesting than whatever answer Lucasfilm eventually cook up

But in the case of the following ten questions, the long-awaited answers were largely worth the wait

With the years later reveal of why a famous army disappeared from the galaxy

some Force users wield particular weapons, and a legendary Jedi delivered quite a strange line being pretty darn fascinating

So I am Gareth, this is WhatCulture, and here are tense Star Wars answers given years later

10. Who Played Boshek? As Luke Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, C-3PO, and R2-D2 enter a little watering hole by the name of Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina

a.k.a. the Mos Eisley Cantina, both our heroes and the audience were introduced to a ton of interesting faces

Among that collection of scum and villainy knocking back beverages were everything from grumpy aqualish punters to grinning horned figures

But there was also a human there who seemingly passed on the chance to help the gang

Said dude was known as Boshek, and he could be seen gesturing towards Chewbacca before leaving him and Obi-Wan Kenobi alone to have a chat

As time went by, it was eventually revealed that Boshek was very much a smuggler

and one who actually came from the same world as Han Solo, Corellia

But precisely who played the sideburn sporting character? Well, that was a question that wasn't answered in the credits, folks

and it would remain a mystery for nearly 40 years, until investigative journalist Billy Jensen finally discovered the truth in 2016

It turns out that Boshek was played by the late Francis Alfred Basil Tomlin

with his family getting in touch with Jensen to confirm it was him in the iconic movie chatting to Sir Alec Guinness

Now get this smuggler a credit. 9. What did the Clone Wars actually look like

So, another question many a Star Wars lover coming out of that first trip to the galaxy far, far away was likely left asking

involved the small matter of some battles. The Clone Wars, to be more precise

After being briefly mentioned by Leia Organa in her recorded message, and Obi-Wan Kenobi when discussing slash lying about Luke Skywalker's father to the son of Anakin

these hugely important battles are never really touched on again during the original trilogy

Without any real information about them in the movies, just about every single child brought up on those first few films

no doubt spent years imagining what their own version of a war involving Jedi fighting on a battlefield would look like

Were the clones on the side of the Jedi all fighting against them? What did they even look like

It's easy to forget that these were just some of the questions that many fans waited a grand total of 25 years to finally get George Lucas' answer to

With the release of the second prequel, Episode 2, Attack of the Clones, though

the titular troopers finally made their on-screen debut, fighting alongside Yoda, Mace Windu, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi

as they kicked off a Clone War that people had been desperately wanting to see for a quarter of a century

8. Why did Obi-Wan Kenobi call Vader Darth? That Jedi General who left fans wondering what the Clone Wars really were for decades

also managed to drop another mysterious moment into 1977's Star Wars. Easily one of the most iconic showdowns in the franchise's history

Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi's final battle on the Death Star may not have been as athletic as some of the fights to come but that still didn stop it being a hugely dramatic duel But it was also a laser sword clash that contained a weird moment when Kenobi referred to his one padawan as just Darth

Now, this was obviously just a case of George Lucas not having decided in 1977

that Darth would eventually become the title used by Sith Lords. But within this universe, it still wasn't really explained for a long old time there

why Kenobi chucked a Darth Vader. Now, some fans theorize that this was just Kenobi's way of mocking the fallen Jedi for choosing to turn to the dark side

Death. After waiting a grand total of 45 years, though, an explanation was finally somewhat provided in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series

Kenobi calls his old friend Darth after their last emotional duel in the show

with it definitely feeling like his use of the title here was his way of finally accepting that his brother was truly lost

So there you have it. In canon, Kenobi using the term Darth when talking to his old apprentice

was actually his way of showing the Sith Lord he'd accepted that Anakin was gone, and only Vader remained

7. Where did the Chosen One prophecy come from? Before the prequel trilogy arrived, the concept of a Chosen One prophecy hadn't really been mentioned in the galaxy far, far away

but it would eventually become a crucial part of the Skywalker saga

with Qui-Gon Jinn's belief that Anakin Skywalker was said person who would bring balance to the Force

eventually leading to the rise and fall of the man who would become Vader

Despite being such a vital piece of the story being told though

viewers weren't actually given that much information about the prophecy apart from the fact that said chosen one would bring all of the balance

2019 then brought with it the release of Claudia Gray's Master and Apprentice canon novel

with that book finally shedding some more light on the words which led the Jedi to believe that Annie was the one

In this book, which was released 14 years after Revenge of the Sith, both Dooku and Jinn are shown to be fascinated by prophecies placed within the holocron of prophecies by a Jedi mystic

with the latter studying them quite often. The Chosen One prophecy is, of course, sitting within it too

with the novel revealing the words of it after all these years. A chosen one shall come, born of no father, and through him will ultimate balance in the force be restored

It's not hard to see why Qui-Gon's ears pricked up when Shmi Skywalker mentioned Anakin's lack of father then

6. When did the Empire stop using clone troopers? Despite evidently fighting on the side of the new Galactic Empire by the time Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith reached its end

Clone Troopers are nowhere to be seen in the original trilogy, though their disappearance was somewhat touched on during the Expanded Universe stories, explaining that clones were just too damn expensive to keep producing, an official canon answer was something that fans were left waiting years for

But the truth behind precisely why slash when clones ultimately got replaced by human stormtroopers

was finally shown in the Bad Batch animated series in 2023. In that show, after initially serving as Imperial stormtroopers during the early days of the Empire

it was again a case of the clones not being seen as cost-effective. The Empire began secretly having clones train some of their human recruits

before eventually using the destruction of the Kaminoan cloning facility as a way to phase them out

In the wake of Vice Admiral Edmund Rampart's attack on said facility on the orders of Grand Moff Tarkin

the Emperor appeared before the Senate and explained that the clones blindly following Rampart orders here was a sign that change was needed Just like that an Imperial Defence recruitment bill that had been rejected multiple times a legislation which involved not relying on clones as much and recruiting more human soldiers

instead, was finally passed, as the clones began to be gradually replaced, finally answering the

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galaxy. Number 5. What was the fate of Jar Jar Binks? Sadly, this Gungan wasn't actually revealed

to have been an evil Sith Lord all along, folks. Well, not in the canon version of the galaxy far

far away at least. Instead, many years after Jar Jar Binks' final prequel appearance in Episode 3

Revenge of the Sith, those who love a good Star Wars novel were told about the depressing fate of

this lovable buffoon. Binks did actually survive until after the Battle of Endor, according to Chuck Wendig's

canon Aftermath Empire's End Novel that was eventually released 12 years after the last prequel

But he was not living his best life by any means. By the time of the New Republic, the one-time senator was acting as a clown on the streets

of Thede, after being exiled again by the Gungans for his part in the Rise of the Empire

suggesting the Senate Grant Palpatine emergency powers did not age very well

On the bright side, despite not being all that popular with adults, kids loved his antics. Sound familiar

For those left wondering what ever happened to the bumbling goofball after the prequels ended

well this novel brought with it a quite tragic answer a decade later

4. Why Are Sith Lightsabers Red? Now it wasn't too difficult to understand the real life reasons for the colours of the weapons used by the Jedi and Sith during the original trilogy

George Lucas wanted to make it clear who the good and bad guys were

so used the more positive colours of blue and green for the former, while the latter boasted a blood red lightsaber

But an actual in-universe reason for the differences in colour was something that wasn't offered up for quite some time

In Legends, it was eventually explained that the Sith generally used red synthetic lightsaber crystals to create their laser swords

instead of the adagin crystals often used by Jedi. With these crystals first being mentioned in 1996's Shadows of the Empire novel

and eventually being established as the ones used in Sith weapons in a 2002 edition of Star Wars Insider

This would also replace the belief that the weapons simply reflected the personality of the person who held it

Then, when Disney came along and established a new canon, another answer to the question of why a Sith lightsaber was red was provided

First appearing in 2017's Darth Vader comic series, it was revealed that a kyber crystal could actually be bled

After pouring all of the rage, fear, hate and pain they could into said crystal via the dark side

a person would cause it to change and become the crimson weapon held by many a Sith Lord

Bleeding was finally shown on screen for the first time in the recent Disney Plus The Acolyte show too

Even the earliest explanation of why a Sith lightsaber was read then

still only technically arrived about 20 years after the release of the first film

That's a long old time. Number 3, what happened to Barriss Offee? While fans may have technically learned exactly what happened to the Jedi healer known as Barriss Offee in the Expanded Universe

spoiler, she died during Order 66, the same couldn't be said when it came to her canon fate

You see, the last that viewers saw of Ahsoka Tano's one-time pal on screen

she was being locked away for her attack on the Jedi Temple in Star Wars The Clone Wars

That The Wrong Jedi episode first aired back in 2013 with very little then being revealed about what exactly happened to Offi in the wake of Order 66 in this new canon version of Star Wars history

But the recent Tales of the Empire animated series finally brought some long-awaited answers about what actually happened to this one-time Jedi

Being released from jail after the Jedi Purge went down, Offi was given the chance to become an Inquisitor

From here, though, she'd eventually become disillusioned with the Empire, and turn her back on them before eventually choosing to become a healer

Whether or not the character survived being stabbed by the fourth sister in the last episode of the season remains to be seen

but those who'd spent years wondering what became of her in the Disney world of Star Wars were finally given some answers at least

2. Where did Kira end up after Solo, a Star Wars story

Ending on the mother of all cliffhangers, Solo, a Star Wars story, showed Kira having a chat with none other than the secret leader of Crimson Dawn himself, Maul

with the latter ordering her to come to him on Dathomir. But with that particular spin-off never being followed up on on screen

viewers were left to wonder what on earth happened to Han Solo's former love in the years that followed the events of that movie

Thankfully, Kira's story was actually continued on the page about five years later

with a number of comics like Crimson Reign, War of the Bounty Hunters and Hidden Empire

revealing she was ultimately trained how to fight Sith by Maul, eventually became Crimson Dawn's new leader

and attempted to take down both the Emperor and Darth Vader in the end

Not only that, but Lady Kira also surprisingly intercepted a frozen-incarbonite solo

after the events of the Empire Strikes Back, before eventually trying to auction him off

She obviously wasn't quite able to stop the aforementioned Sith duo, and Kira eventually went into hiding, though it was at least revealed that she was still alive at the time of the Empire's Fall

So while Kira's on-screen story was brought to an abrupt end thanks to Solo flopping in theatres

her journey in the comics half a decade later showed that she was still very much interacting with many a Star Wars icon in the time post-Solo

and having quite an effect on the galaxy far, far away too. 1. What Happened to Asajj Ventress

Without doubt one of the cooler additions to the Star Wars franchise away from the big screen adventures

the Force-sensitive Dathomirian known as Asajj Ventress made one hell of an impact throughout the Clone Wars

This one-time Jedi Padawan would eventually become Count Dooku's apprentice, clashing with the likes of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and more

before returning home to the Nightsisters after her master betrayed her. She'd then end up as a bounty hunter in the wake of the Nightsisters being massacred by General Grievous

After her last appearance in the Star Wars The Clone Wars animated series, though

surprisingly working with Ahsoka Tano after she was wrongly accused of bombing the Jedi Temple

viewers had to wait another two years to find out where Ventress' story took her next

The Dark Disciple novel by Christy Golden, made up of unproduced Clone Wars episodes

revealed that Ventress actually fell in love with Jedi Master Quinlan Vos

but sacrificed herself to save her lover who'd embraced the Dark Side from being killed by Dooku

Or so it seemed. Despite being apparently murdered by Force Lightning, those who long questioned whether this was really the end of Ventress

were finally given an answer in the most recent season of The Bad Batch

Nine years on from her death in that novel, Ventress returned as a bounty hunting, yellow lightsaber wielding Force in that animated show

testing Omega's M-Counts and clashing with the titular clones. Now, it wasn't fully explained exactly how she was able to dodge death here

but viewers at least finally know that her journey did not end at the hands of Dooku

Just took a few years to get there