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TheStar Warsfranchise has its just share of cockamamie scenes and slapstick comedy , but there are also instances in the series where some characters make downright dumb conclusion . FromGeorge Lucas to Disney , the franchise andmost of its type have been meticulously craft . And with expert graphic symbol craft amount intense scrutiny from the hearing and critics .
While some characters — such as Jar Jar Binks — can’t assistant but make dreadful decisions , there remains the occasional competent case who fails to suppose rationally . Whether it be their own moment of weakness or the plot of land demanding their reversion in judgment , there are multiple moments in both the moving-picture show and tv shows sport uncharacteristically dumb decisions . And while some are harmless , others finish up causing destruction and racial extermination .
1The Imperial Who Didn’t Shoot C-3PO And R2-D2’s Escape Pod
Star Wars / A New Hope
Perhaps the first oversight in judgement ever shown in Star Wars occurs at the beginning ofA New Hope . Bolvin , an Imperial onboard Vader ’s Star Destroyer , stop up command his subordinatenot to tear the Tantive IV ’s leakage pod . trivial did he realize that bothC-3PO and R2 - D2 safely made it to the surface of Tatooine because of his inadvertence . And while he may have saved the Empire a few turbolaser blasts , they came at the expense of the Death Star ’s destruction afterward in the flick .
2Han Solo Trusting Lando To Help The Rebellion
The Empire Strikes Back
Despite his unkempt coming into court , Han Solo is one of the saucy persona in the original trilogy . He may not have had any other choice when he turned his crew over into the paw of Lando Calrissian inThe Empire Strikes Back , buthe grossly overestimated his retiring friendship with Lando . afford Han ’s knowledge of Lando ’s cheating habit in Sabacc , he should have kept his guard up more instead of being lull by the peaceable serenity of Cloud City . In any case , he paid for his oversight at the end of the film after being freeze in carbonite by Darth Vader .
3Palpatine Giving The Rebels The Exact Location Of The Shield Generator
Return of the Jedi
Palpatine is often considered the perfect conceiver ofStar Warsfor flawlessly orchestrating the fall of the Jedi and the sovereignty of the Empire . But his pridefulness and hubris ended up catch the good of him inReturn of the Jediwhen he willingly yield up the location of the Endor shield author to the Rebellion . While he hope to crush Luke ’s spirit , he ended up underestimating the Rebels on Endor , spelling out his own doom and the destruction of the second Death Star .
4Qui-Gon Insisting That Anakin Be Trained
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Yes , Qui - Gon ’s insistence on training Anakin inThe Phantom Menaceultimately led to Anakin bringing balance to the Force inReturn of the Jedi , but not before he murdered thousands of Jedi during guild 66 . Despite multiple Jedi Council members verbalise fear over Anakin ’s age and his clouded future , Qui - Gon would n’t take no for an answer . Qui - Gon ’s bullheadedness inadvertently caused the collapse of the Jedi Orderhe so reliably process .
5Jango Fett Going To Kill Zam Wesell Rather Than Padmé
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Palpatine told Dooku to obliterate Padmé , so Dooku hired Jango Fett , who hired Zam Wesell , who used poisonous Kouhun germ to test and assassinate her . When this failed , rather than Jango rolling up his sleeves to do the human action himself — while all the Jedi were away chasing Zam — Jango instead choose to sneakily follow the chase and ultimately kill his own employee . Not only did he blow the surgical procedure to kill Padmé , he handily left a saberdart at the conniption of the offence for Obi - Wan to find , guide the Jedi to rediscover Kamino .
6Padmé Dismissing Anakin’s Slaughter Of The Tuskens
Later inAttack of the Clones , Padmé uncharacteristically consoles Anakin after his outburst rather than scold him for slaughtering a whole tribe of Tusken Raiders . While it ’s unclouded Padmé has fallen for Anakin at this point in the movie , its strange how she suddenly loses her altruistic business for the lost Tusken char and tike . She ’s supposed to be one of the biggest proponents of humanistic attention in the Senate , yet she sets that apart to aid convince her new boyfriend that his genocide was n’t a big business deal .
7Obi-Wan And Yoda Hiding Luke At Darth Vader’s Old Home
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Of all the brilliant andremote localisation to blot out Luke Skywalkerfrom his murderous father , Obi - Wan and Yoda send out Luke to his homicidal father ’s home major planet . Darth Vader hated admonisher of his former life sentence as Anakin , so it could be that Obi - Wan and Yoda count on his hatred of backbone to keep him off from Tatooine . But the logic of the situation tell otherwise . With the exception of Reva Savander , it ’s a miracle Luke remained almost unaffected by the Empire despite growing up playing in the same sand his Fatherhood had .
8Kylo Ren Killing His Own Father To Be Free Of His Pain
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Han Solo ’s last inThe Force Awakensis one of the most grievous minute in the sequel trilogy , yet Kylo Ren ’s system of logic does n’t make much sense . He secernate Han that he care to be costless of “ this nuisance , ” but ultimately make himself further excruciation by murder his own father . He tries too surd to walk the same way as his grandfatherand ends up make his own life a living hell because of it .
9Leia Letting Poe Form A Coup Rather Than Telling Him The Truth
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
It ’s no enigma that there are a lot of problems withThe Last Jedi . ButLeia and Holdo ’s actionsmay be at the top of the leaning for being downright dumb . In the thick of the Resistance ’s obliteration by the First Order , bothLeia and Holdo allow Poe Dameron to form a heroic coup d’état before telling him it was all a caper . While the movie attempts to play this off as a grand trial of Poe ’s leadership ability , it end up wasting the audience and the Resistance ’s time , which could have been well do fighting the First Order .
10Han Solo Attempting The Kessel Run In Less Than 12 Parsecs
Solo: A Star Wars Story
complete the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsec is one of Han Solo ’s most famed achievement , but the literal logistics of the exploit shown inSoloprove just how slow Han was to even attempt it . Despite having a huge amount of explosive , crude coaxium aboard the Millennium Falcon , Han still chooses to fly through a clustering of black holes , known as the Maw , in a skinny - decease attempt to appease Dryden Vos .
