11 Glaring Plot Holes in Star Wars

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8. The Empire doesn’t shoot the escape pod with the droids in it

In A New Hope, Leia sends the plans for the Death Star with R2D2 and has him escape to Tatooine on an escape pod. Despite the fact that droids are one load of ships and that recovering those plans is crucial, the commanding officer tells the troops not to destroy the pod with no life signs because it “probably jettisoned on accident”. This guy probably got force-choked after the fact.

11 Glaring Plot Holes in Star Wars

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