10 Traumatic Star Wars Facts You'll Wish You Hadn’t Heard

Once you hear the following creepy, terrifying, or devastating details about droids, dark lords

and depressed rocks, there's a good chance you'll wish you never clicked on this video

But by then, it'll be too late, folks! I'm Gareth, this is WhatCultureStarWars

and here are 10 Traumatic Star Wars Facts You Wish You Hadn't Heard

10. You can see Dooku's decapitated head if you look closely enough

Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith wasted no time when it came to scarring its audience

with Anakin Skywalker brutally decapitating Count Dooku within the opening ten minutes

Christopher Lee's terrified face as his secret master demanded the Chosen One to do it

and the brief shot of the Sith Lord's head rolling along the floor both left viewers stunned early on

And if all that wasn't traumatizing enough, It turns out that George Lucas secretly left another unquestionably grim detail in this scene

Watch closely as Palpatine tries to get Anakin to leave a knocked out Obi-Wan Kenobi behind shortly after the Dooku death

And you can actually clearly see the remains of the former Jedi. It's not just Darth Tyranus' head that's on show here either

His recently severed hands are also visible next to his lifeless body on the ground

Yep, there they are. Now, the final prequel is undeniably the darkest of Lucas' trilogy

and the only one of those films to earn a 12A or PG-13 rating

But this is a subtle and quite shocking visual that wouldn't have looked out of place in the background of a scene in an R-rated feature

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Number nine, what actually happens to an astromech in an N1 Starfighter

Sticking with the prequels, episode one, The Phantom Menace, climaxes with a thrilling collection of battles

with fights taking place on the fields of Naboo, within Thied Palace, and up in space above the planet. That last section sees a young Anakin

Skywalker help the heroes take down the Trade Federation control ship, piloting an N-1 starfighter

with trusty astromech R2 You probably never batted an eyelid at R2 popping up behind the young chosen one here what with his placement in the fighter not being too different to how he was positioned in Luke Skywalker X in the original trilogy However the fascinating Incredible Cross Sections book that looks at some of the ships seen in that

first prequel in a bit more detail revealed a pretty disturbing fact about R2's body here

You see, to fit into the nimble fighter, the droid's head had to telescope upwards from its

body after entering the ship from below. In other words, R2 pretty much looked like he'd received

the Count Dooku treatment whenever he plonked himself within one of these aircrafts. Regardless

of whether this legend's detail is still canon or not, it's still hard to unsee poor R2's dome

being separated from his body in this detailed schematic. Number 8. The traumatic reason the

Mos Eisley bartender didn't like droids. It was quite easy to despise the bartender seen kicking

R2-D2 and C-3PO out of the Mos Eisley Cantina back in the first ever Star Wars movie

Though much of the galaxy were, understandably, not the biggest fans of droids in the wake

of the Separatists using them to fight the Republic in the Clone Wars, the bar's no-droid

policy still felt a bit unfair. After all, they weren't all murderous and untrustworthy machines, some just wanted to help

However, once you find out the traumatic incident poor Wu-Her, the aforementioned bartender

went through when he was younger, it becomes a bit tougher to just label him as an ignorant bully

During the Clone Wars, this humanoid's parents were actually killed by battle droids

a horrifying event revealed in the Certain Points of View We Don't Serve Their Kind Here story that

clearly stuck with him for the rest of his life. But he did have a soft spot for the Jedi after

they saved him from a battalion of machines back in the day, with this being the reason why he

didn't report Obi-Wan Kenobi to the Empire after he clashed with Ponda Baba and Dr. Eversan in the

bar. More on the latter later. Number 7, Anakin Skywalker was a slave pretty much his whole life

Along with being the place where Wu-Hu told R2 and 3PO to keep out of his watering hole

Tatooine was also the planet Anakin Skywalker called home during his early years. It wasn't

exactly the greatest upbringing, of course, with little Annie being a slave on the desert world up

until the age of nine. Thankfully, that all changed for the youngster when Qui-Gon Jinn and

co. flew into town. Anakin eventually won his freedom in a pod race after the Jedi had made a

with his owner Watto. Or did he? As tough as this may be to hear, Anakin was always a slave to

someone or something in his life, in a way. Even when he left Tatooine to join the Jedi Order

that freedom consisted of him being made to follow the strict rules of the Jedi

and being told off when he opted to do things his way. Then when he turned to the dark side and joined forces with Emperor Palpatine

that alliance saw Darth Vader again being constantly ordered around by the Sith Lord

The most heartbreaking part of all of this? Anakin only really experienced a short period of genuine freedom in his entire life

with that coming in those few moments between defeating his master and dying in his son's arms

Skywalker's arc is already one of the most tragic in all of Star Wars, But this often overlooked detail makes it even more devastating

You know what, that was a really sad Anakin entry, so I want to know right now, what is your favourite Anakin moment in all of Star Wars

Let me know in the comments section down below. Number 6, Luke Skywalker's Tauntaun was pregnant before she died

Introduced early on in Episode 5, The Empire Strikes Back, a lovable Tauntaun is seen galloping across the Hoth snow with Luke Skywalker steed going by the name of Reba Oh how lovely Sadly of course it wouldn be long before this tusked creature would be slaughtered by

a terrifying womper, and she'd then be consumed by the vicious snow beast within its cave

It is a deeply unsettling sequence, but it gets even more disturbing once you learn about

a rather dark fact that you'll instantly wish you could unhear. Reba, the innocent Tauntaun that was taken too soon, was actually pregnant here

This distressing detail was revealed in the From a Certain Point of View The Empire Strikes Back book in the She Will Keep Them Warm story

Oh, and Han Solo's Tauntaun that eventually died in the snow? Well, that was Reba's mother

Put simply, folks, multiple generations of Tauntaun all bit the dust in the opening act of Episode 5

Nice. I mean, you're probably regretting clicking on this video at this point, but you're still here

so I'm going to ask you to hit the subscribe button, because I promise you that not all the videos we do on this channel are this traumatizing

But onwards we go. Number 5, the most disturbing Star Wars creature you've never heard of

Anyone who has ever watched Star Wars The Clone Wars will be well aware of the fact that the galaxy is home to some quite disturbing parasites

with brain worms causing quite the headache for Ahsoka Tano in Season 2's Brain Invaders episode

But if you thought those mind-controlling worms were creepy, then wait until you hear about these little guys

Within the expanded universe, there's actually a thing known as Drok. Appearing in the Planet of Twilight novel, said little parasites buried into the skin of their host

and then proceeded to drink their life energy from within. They also possessed the ability to assimilate with the host's body, meaning they'd mimic their body chemistry

This made it tough to pick them up on scanners. They also got bigger and more intelligent as they continued draining their hosts

and reproduced rapidly in the shadows. More often than not, the host would die from the Death Seed plague caused by the Druk within

There'd be no clear sign of anything being wrong for some time, with the first real symptom being the rapid decay of the host's skin

Within half an hour of initial symptoms showing up, though, that person could be dead

Yikes. And they could possibly be related to the cerulean drox seen within Dryden Vos' office in Solo A Star Wars Story

4. The Decraniated Are A Messed Up Thing Speaking of Solo A Star Wars Story, that spin-off tale contained arguably one of the worst and most horrendous creations in the history of the galaxy, the Decraniated

With the half-headed beings having quite the horrific backstory, created by the same Dr. Cornelius Everzan

who would eventually bump into Luke Skywalker in the Mos Eisley Cantina

these servants were originally designed as a money-making plan. The awful Everzan would strip his victims of their identities

when transforming them with cybernetic tech into these droid-like beings. If that wasn't bad enough, they'd then be sold into servitude against their will

When on Jedha, Evazan would even take those wounded in the local insurgency attacks and transform them into more of his nearly headless slaves

The galaxy is instantly a darker place once you realize what you're actually looking at here

3. Clones Have Seriously Short Lifespans Clones had a rough old life, didn't they

These loyal troops were bred to fight and die for the Galactic Republic

With thousands of these good soldiers following orders being killed in the Clone Wars the fact they were made to rapidly age so they could be battle ready as soon as possible a process that was actually rather painful was already a quite disturbing one the more you think about it But then consider those clones who actually survived the many battles alongside the Jedi against those clankers Thanks to their rapid aging

these ace fighters were soon nudged out of the Imperial Army, and many fans forget that they

found themselves hitting old age way quicker than the average humanoid. Twice as fast, in fact

Could you imagine living out your whole life in half the time

Oh, and most of that time was spent being trained for conflict and fighting on the battlefield

Not much of a life, is it? Most clones would be lucky to make it to 40 years of age

with Captain Rex only being about 31 at the time of the Rebels animated series

but looking like an ass-kicking pensioner. So let me get this straight, the reward for those who made it through a traumatising and galaxy-changing war

was quickly moving into their later years, despite technically only being half that age

That's just cruel! 2. There was a constantly depressed mountain on Endor that tried to kill children

The forest moon of Endor is best known for being the home of the Ewoks

and the location of one of the most important battles in Star Wars history

But did you know that it's also a place that boasted a sentient mountain? That's right, in the Expanded Universe, the Marvel Ewoks comics to be more precise

There was a massive mountain by the name of Mount Sorrow on this moon

Not only that, this mountain was also constantly depressed. At one point, Warwick W. Wicket and Princess Kenisa Ajari Kintaka

took their pal Tebow to the top of the big rock after he'd contracted the perilous laughing spell

which caused him to prank others and experience bouts of laughter that he could not control

After initially thinking there was a being at the top of the mountain

whose tears could cure the laughing issue, it's revealed that this was actually the mountain itself

But, and here's the disturbing part you'll wish you'd never learned, after pissing off the mighty face in the rock

it actually attempted to kill both Wicket and Kintaka with a huge gust of wind

Thankfully, Tebow saved them, and after insisting that he'd rather live with the problem

than risk their lives trying to get the tears again, Sorrow eventually decided he was worthy of the all-important eye liquid

There was a happy ending in there, at least. But that does not change the fact that the Legends section of Star Wars

contained a mountain that was not above killing teddy bear kids. Wonderful

And finally, and I am so sorry, number one, according to Ian McDiarmid, Palpatine does indeed have sex

Now, if you want to nitpick, this one doesn't really count as a fully canonized fact

However, with it coming straight from the mouth of the bloke who played the most barbaric and terrifying bloke in the galaxy

it's about as close to canon as you can get without being added to Wikipedia. When talking to Empire about the legendary Big Bad, Emperor Palpatine actor Ian McDiarmid would tell them

please don't pursue that line too vigorously, but yes, he does, meaning having sex

It's a horrible idea to think of Palpatine having sex in any shape or form

Now, it is worth noting that despite the actor feeling that Sidious did indeed do it

he was quick to add, but then, of course, perhaps he didn't. Before then going on to say that maybe midichlorians had something to do with the creation of Rey's father

who was a strand cast of Palpatine in canon. Whether you choose to believe McDermid's opinion that Palpatine did the deed or not

either way, the wrinkly old force of evil going at it is a visual that not a single soul on this planet wants in their minds

so apologies for putting it there