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00:00 From jarring CGI taking you out of the moment entirely, to kisses that made your heart sink
00:06 instead of flutter, there's just no erasing these unfortunate scenes from your mind.
00:11 The undeniable Gareth here from WhatCulture Star Wars and here are 10 Star Wars Scenes
00:16 Everyone Wishes They Could Unsee.
00:18 10. Background Stormtroopers Detract From The Action - Obi-Wan Kenobi
00:25 Make no mistake, Debra Chow and Disney brought more than their fair share of excellence to the
00:30 Star Wars streaming service party with this year's Obi-Wan Kenobi. But even with some
00:35 outstanding performances and a rather gripping tale being told, there was still no escaping the
00:40 fact fans were taking in an epic story that unfortunately had to be brought to life on a
00:45 TV budget. Never was this more evident than during Part 4's detour to the Fortress Inquisitorius,
00:51 when Kenobi and Tala Durith attempt to sneak off the Nur base with a young Leia Organa.
00:56 On top of the majority of the Imperial forces either looking like they were jarringly added
01:00 in during post-production, a quick glance at the Stormtroopers occupying the background during
01:05 this sequence depicts the platoon seemingly walking straight at a window for some reason.
01:10 Clearly the idea here was to simply make the setting feel as busy as possible,
01:14 but the lack of thought and attention put into something as simple as the logic behind the
01:18 direction a background Brigade are heading in ultimately ends up detracting from what
01:22 should have been an otherwise daring escape sequence.
01:24 9. Rey and Kylo Kiss Episode 9 - The Rise of Skywalker
01:30 There's nothing wrong with pumping a little love into this galaxy far, far away in the slightest.
01:35 Just look at the whirlwind romance experienced by the unlikely lovers that were Han Solo and
01:40 Leia Organa. However, what separates this OG romantic story from some of the other less
01:45 celebrated instances of Star Wars lovin' is the fact that Solo and Organa's relationship felt
01:51 organic, charming and logical based on the circumstances offered up. The same most definitely
01:56 could not be said for the jarring development of passion that concluded Ben Solo's big-screen
02:01 journey in The Rise of Skywalker. After spending much of the sequel trilogy at odds with one
02:05 another and rarely even offering up an ounce of sexual tension, Rey and a soon-to-be-dead Ben
02:11 share a quick smooch on the back of the latter reviving the former post-Palpatine pulverising.
02:16 With just about everyone recoiling at this odd smooch from the get-go,
02:19 it came as little surprise to see Disney attempt to backtrack on the kiss in the
02:23 film's efficient novelisation, classing it more as a "kiss of gratitude". But that still couldn't
02:28 erase the fact that this locking of lips was about as bizarre as it was unearned.
02:32 8. Happy Life Day - Star Wars Holiday Special While the original trilogy cast,
02:39 looking as though their souls are escaping their bodies, and a surreal cooking show sequence are
02:43 just a few of the other minutes of Star Wars Holiday Special fans would like to have back,
02:48 it's the Life Day main event that steals the unwanted show.
02:52 Coming together to celebrate the aforementioned Wookiee holiday while surrounded by said furry
02:56 race all dressed in bizarre red cloaks, Chewbacca, Luke, Leia, Han, C-3PO and R2-D2 all take a moment
03:03 to celebrate at the Tree of Life, before the Princess begins to let loose a celebration song.
03:08 Yep, it's as insanely cringey and painful as it sounds on paper. But props to Carrie Fisher for
03:13 smashing the vocals here. Even if the lyrics of "to live, to laugh, to dream, to grow,
03:18 to trust, to love, to be" have haunted fans' nightmares ever since.
03:22 7. A Vesper Gang Backs Up Bubba - The Book of Boba Fett
03:27 While Disney most definitely have not been afraid to take a few risks when bringing their small
03:32 screen corner of the galaxy far, far away to life over the last few years, a few of the more
03:36 out-there occurrences found housed within the Book of Boba Fett in particular didn't quite land with
03:41 the masses in the way Jon Favreau and the gang were hoping. Specifically, the introduction of a
03:45 set of hover-vesper-boasting youths during episode three caused quite the stir online upon the
03:50 divisive chapter's debut. And while it's worth noting that excessively colourful vehicles and
03:55 50s-inspired aesthetics aren't exactly new in this galaxy far, far away, some were quick to
04:00 blast the arrival of the Power Ranger scooters, and subsequent Tatooine chase sequence has not
04:05 been Star Wars. But Boba star Temura Morrison himself seemed entirely unfazed by this largely
04:11 negative response to the vibrant youngsters and their rides, explaining, "They brought a lot of
04:15 colour to it, I thought. They were great. We're working hard."
04:18 6. That Incestuous Kiss - Episode 5 - The Empire Strikes Back
04:24 After laying a seemingly innocuous smacker on Luke Skywalker's cheek during their attempts to
04:29 flee the Death Star in A New Hope, Leia Organa doubles down on her fondness for planting her
04:34 lips on the Jedi in training in The Empire Strikes Back's opening stages. And while this was clearly
04:39 little more than a way of stirring up some jealousy within an onlooking Han Solo at the time,
04:43 the eventual revelation of Leia being very much Luke's long-lost sister left most fans sharing
04:48 a similar look as the one spotted by the smuggler. With George Lucas very much making it up as he
04:53 went along, despite what the creator would have you think, it's most likely the initial plan
04:57 wasn't to have Leia eventually be revealed as the highly anticipated "other" referenced by Yoda in
05:02 Episode 5. And even if it was, that would mean Lucas was absolutely fine with showcasing a few
05:07 bites of incest in the lead-up to the reveal. Which makes the entire scenario even more
05:11 uncomfortable, doesn't it? 5. De-Aging The Galaxy
05:16 Constantly improving technology is aiding those folks producing the latest Star Wars adventures
05:21 in pushing the boundaries as to what is actually possible to bring to life on our screens.
05:26 And while this galaxy's simply stunning space skirmishes have become even more impressive by
05:31 the project for the most part, the utilising of everyone's seemingly new favourite CGI toy in the
05:36 form of digitally de-aging actors hasn't quite set this space-aged world on fire. Sure, seeing
05:42 the likes of Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher be both brought back to life and thrown into a time
05:46 machine respectively in their heavily CGI'd Rogue One appearances as Grand Moff Tarkin and Princess
05:51 Leia was interesting at a glance, but no amount of groundbreaking technology in the world could
05:56 erase the disturbing feelings conjured up when taking in an entirely unnatural aged down performance
06:01 that is primarily brought into being via a computer. But with Luke Skywalker also getting
06:06 in on the de-aged action on the Mandalorian as of late, don't expect Disney to back away from this
06:10 consistently jarring deepfake tool any time soon. 4. Noooooooooooooooo! Episode 3 - Revenge of the Sith
06:19 After years of giddily anticipating what the moment Darth Vader officially stumbled into the
06:24 world in his iconic cyborg form for the very first time would actually consist of, George Lucas had
06:29 one hell of a surprise waiting for his passionate Darth devotees. Hot on the heels of being
06:34 incinerated by Opal Obi-Wan Kenobi on Mustafar, and seemingly dispatching his missus in a fit of
06:40 rage, a recently turned Anakin Skywalker is kitted out with new bionic legs and a rather noisy life
06:45 support machine. And with fans the world over gripping their cinema seats as they awaited the
06:49 very first utterances to tumble out of this legendary face covering's grills, an almost
06:54 instantly infamous scene was born. Upon being told a lie by his new master about him being
06:59 responsible for Padme Amidala's death on the fiery planet, Vader breaks free from his restraints and
07:04 unleashes his despair in the form of crushing the surroundings with the Force and letting loose a
07:09 melodramatic "Nooooooooooo!" for good measure. Far from announcing the biggest bad in the galaxy
07:14 with an almighty bang, this cyborg Vader debut acted as simply another prequel beat better left
07:19 forgotten. 3. THE JEDI ROCKS RENDITION - EPISODE 6, RETURN OF THE JEDI
07:25 The musical presence felt in George Lucas' flicks has played host to some of the galaxy's many highs
07:31 and lows. And unfortunately, despite iconic tunes like the ones heard in a new-hoped Mos Eisley
07:36 Cantina, and the great many legendary themes produced by the likes of John Williams over
07:41 the years, proving that Star Wars can get things very much right on the music front,
07:44 Return of the Jedi's revised Jabba the Hutt concert sits as a painful reminder of how
07:49 so crushingly wrong Lucas and co could also get their musical occurrences.
07:53 During one of his many special edition revisits to his original trilogy,
07:57 Lucas decided that the already questionable lap-teen neck performance seen within Jabba's
08:01 palace at the start of Return of the Jedi needed both a CGI and musical overhaul. Replacing the
08:06 tune with a far more excruciating Jedi Rocks monstrosity, a number of digital additions were
08:12 also added to the mix, in the form of singer Psy's snoodles being pointlessly CGI'd up,
08:16 and a grisly, backing screamer most could have done without being exposed to over the
08:21 course of their lives. 2. ANAKIN AND PABME GET INTIMATE - EPISODE 2, ATTACK OF THE CLONES
08:27 Despite all of George Lucas, Natalie Portman, and Hayden Christensen's best intentions,
08:32 the record will always show that this particular prequel tale of forbidden love
08:35 became the galaxy's most infamous damp squib. And while it's hard to land on just one prequel
08:40 loving moment that fans could have likely done without, with Skywalker's distaste of sand,
08:44 and Amidala's declaring of her lover breaking her heart amidst the flames, both ranking pretty high
08:49 in the cringe-inducing list of love, both of these moments pale in comparison to the pair's hilariously
08:55 intense exchange in the darkness on Naboo. Everything from a rather creepy Jedi Padawan
09:00 claiming he's in agony being so close to his love, to Pabme confessing that the couple would
09:04 be living alive if they kept their lover's secret, were enough to leave most reaching
09:08 for their popcorn buckets for all the wrong reasons. That being said, it can't have exactly
09:12 been easy having to re-dub the entire flick due to noisy cameras, as recently revealed by Ewan
09:16 McGregor, with both lovebirds likely having to conjure up their forced attempt at some verbal
09:21 chemistry almost entirely within a recording booth some time after shooting said flickering fire scene.
09:26 1. THAT'S SOLO ORIGIN - SOLO A STAR WARS STORY
09:32 Disney's attempts to spin off the galaxy's favourite rebellious smuggler got off to perhaps
09:36 the most frustrating of starts humanly possible back in 2018. Before blasting into how the lovable
09:41 Han Solo became best buds with a certain towering Wookiee, or forged part of his iconic legacy during
09:46 a legendary making of the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs, someone thought it would be a simply
09:51 outstanding idea to have the character-made legend by Harrison Ford be christened his
09:56 immortal moniker in the most ridiculous of circumstances in the film's opening stages.
10:00 Upon being asked by an Imperial officer who Han's people were as he attempted to sign up to the
10:05 Empire, the old and Ehrenreich younger iteration of the future general would declare that he doesn't
10:10 have any and is alone. Feeling somewhat cheeky in the moment, said officer then quips back by
10:14 branding him "Han Solo". What made Solo such a captivating presence in the first place was the
10:22 aura of mystery that accompanied him out of the gates, and said aura was effectively proton
10:27 torpedo to smithereens from the off-air. Thanks to a pointless branding and film in general,
10:31 Disney and Force fans would rather have struck from the record.
10:35 And that's our list! Know of any other Star Wars scenes everyone wishes they could unsee?
10:40 Let us know all about them in the comments section right down below and do not forget to like,
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10:47 Star Wars, thank you very much for watching this video today, may the force be with you
10:51 and hopefully I'll see you very very soon. Bye!
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