Viral Star Wars Tweets Celebrate The Most Absurd Canon & Lore

Summary

• Star Wars fans are celebrating quirky elements of lore in a viral Twitter thread, which highlights the franchise’s most hilarious facts.
• From accidental oversights to roundabout explanations, Star Wars has some of the most comical pieces of lore ever.
• While some of this lore remains in the Legends continuity, it has forever cemented its legacy in the Star Wars galaxy.

One viral tweet about absurd Star Wars lore has led to the celebration of the galaxy’s most hilarious facts from both canon and Star Wars Legends. From the beginning, Star Wars has always had some intentionally quirky traits, particularly due to its unique genre: the space opera. As a blend between science fiction and fantasy, many elements of Star Wars make little sense to begin with. As the fanbase has grown, however, so has the lore, and thus Star Wars has found itself justifying the littlest lines to make sense of the greater galaxy.

The most recent celebration of Star Wars’ strangest lore moments has taken place due to a post on X (formerly Twitter) by headfallsoff, which asks viewers of the tweet to share their “personal favourite world-shatteringly stupid star wars lore decision.” They give their own example, which is a layer of Corellian culture focused around beating the odds that acts as an explanation for most of Han Solo’s best quotes. Other users gathered in both the replies and quotes to offer their favorite lore decisions, which includes these 15 hilarious Star Wars facts.

15 Boba Fett Has Invisible Spurs On His Boots

The Western Influenced Fett’s Appearance… Perhaps Too Much

One of the contributors to this tweet is Star Wars themselves (lovingly nicknamed “Swagmin” by fans), who recalls the fact that Boba Fett’s character was inspired by the gunslingers seen in the Western genre. Because of this strong influence, Boba’s boots make spur sounds – though he doesn’t actually have spurs attached to his boots. This is also the case with The Mandalorian‘s Din Djarin, whose boots make the spur sound despite him not having any. This acts as a proper ode to the Western, but hilariously makes no sense at the same time.

14 Anakin Invented A Species… Kind Of

Star Wars Had To Canonize Angels Somehow

APostStory reminds everyone of the moment in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace when Anakin asks Padmé if she’s an angel, which makes perfect sense to all the Earth-dwelling viewers. In the Star Wars galaxy, however, this reference wouldn’t really make sense, not unless angels also somehow existed in that universe. That’s why an alien species was created to help Padmé understand Anakin’s reference, and vice versa. Their proper name is “the Diathim,” with “Angels” being the name they’re constantly mistaken for.

13 The Jedi Code Isn’t As Strict As We Think

Even The Jedi Could Get Away With Ghosting

As confirmed by George Lucas himself, opinionhaver discusses how the Jedi can still have sexual relations with others without violating the Jedi Code, contrary to popular belief. It was the Star Wars prequels that fully established the infamous “attachments” rule, which forbids Jedi from having romantic relationships. It’s since been revealed, however, that it’s only these relationships that are forbidden. Should a Jedi choose to partake in intercourse, they wouldn’t be violating the code – and some Jedi actually did this, such as Rael Averross from Claudia Gray’s Master & Apprentice.

12 Jedi Bob Is The Real Hero Of Geonosis

LEGO Introduced A Secret Jedi Hero

It’s timely for nescartridges to mention the story of Jedi Bob, the character LEGO introduced in a Battle of Geonosis set after Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. Jedi Bob is about to get a spotlight in the canon continuity in the upcoming LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy series, which – though LEGO Star Wars isn’t technically canon – will take him to the screen for the very first time. Though Jedi Bob may not actually be a part of Star Wars canon, he’s certainly a beloved part of its extended lore, and his origin story proves that.

11 Podracing Got Banned Because Of One Character’s Death

The “Ratts Tyerell Foundation” Succeeds In Its Efforts

One character’s death in The Phantom Menace actually led to podracing getting banned, as shared by porksweats1. During the Boonta Eve Classic, Ratts Tyerell meets his demise after losing control of his pod inside the Laguna Caves. His son, Deland, went on to create the “Ratts Tyerell Foundation,” which helped to raise enough awareness to gain the galaxy’s attention. Podracing was then outlawed in the Core Worlds, and though it did not disappear completely, it did massively lower viewership of the sport – all because of Ratts’ unfortunate accident.

Podracing was then outlawed in the Core Worlds, and though it did not disappear completely, it did massively lower viewership of the sport.

10 Finn Almost Crossed Paths With A Beloved Clone Character

Finn’s Alternate Path Would Have Crossed With Kix’s

As pointed out by EPM106, one simple change in Finn’s fate in Star Wars: The Force Awakens would have seen him cross paths with a beloved clone of the 501st: Kix. The former medic of Anakin Skywalker’s clone legion, Kix was frozen by the Separatists after uncovering the inhibitor chip conspiracy that would eventually lead to Order 66. Roughly fifty years later, he was found by Sidon Ithano and his crew, the same pirate who offered Finn a job in The Force Awakens. With Kix becoming a member of the crew, he very well could have become Finn’s ally.

9 Star Wars Couldn’t Get Away With Destroying Coruscant

Now The Galaxy’s Capital Situation Is Strange

As highlighted by voidscentury, Star Wars made a bold decision in having the First Order target the galaxy’s capital, but they couldn’t quite get away with it being Coruscant. To make up for this error, new lore instead established that the galaxy adopted a rotating galactic capital system during the New Republic era to make it clear that this destroyed planet was Hosnian Prime. As the home of much of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, Star Wars could never truly succeed in destroying Coruscant like this, thus leading to the confusing capital rotation system that has since been adopted.

8 One Coffee To Go For Scarif, Please

The Rebellion’s Most Pivotal Battle Was Named After A Coffee Mistake

Even the most pivotal battle for the Rebel Alliance has some silly lore attached to it, as shared by newsandor. The planet Scarif is where the Death Star plans were kept when Cassian Andor, Jyn Erso, and the rest of Rogue One launched an attack and infiltrated the Imperial base to retrieve them. The name of this planet, however, has a much simpler origin. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards came up with the name after a barista spelled his name wrong, a real-world mistake that has since changed the Star Wars galaxy forever.

7 There’s A Surprising Inspiration For Kylo Ren’s Name

Kylo Ren… Or Kybo Ren?

As it turns out, Kylo Ren’s name may have an in-universe inspiration from a 1985 animated series, as Q_Review points out. The story of Droids was disrupted by the villainous Kybo Ren, exactly 30 years before Kylo Ren would make his debut in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Even better is the fact that another character in Droids very closely resembles Rey’s original scavenger look, which serves as further evidence that this character’s name may have been a legitimate source of inspiration for the sequel trilogy’s lead villain.

6 Darth Vader Had Space HR Called On Him

Vader Wasn’t Above The Imperials

Even Darth Vader himself wasn’t above the rules and regulations of the workplace in Star Wars. MaceAhWindu recalls the iconic scene from A New Hope that sees Vader Force choke Admiral Motti during a meeting on the Death Star. Though Darth Vader was one of the most powerful people in the galaxy at that point, his actual rank in the Empire was fairly unclear to others, and thus these officials did not recognize him as a true authority. This incident, then, led to the admiral filing a report against Vader that clearly no one bothered to deal with.

Though Darth Vader was one of the most powerful people in the galaxy at that point, his actual rank in the Empire was fairly unclear to others.

5 Ki-Adi Mundi Could Break The Jedi Code

The Character’s Hologram Makes More Sense Now

As shared by strayfromlight, the reason why Ki-Adi Mundi was attending the Jedi Council meeting in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith via hologram is because he was spending time on his homeworld with his wives. Though no longer canon, Mundi was granted special permission by the Jedi Council to wed and have children because of his species’ low birth rate. Mundi ended up having five wives and seven children, but tragically, they all died at the Battle of Cerea. It’s quite an interesting and tragic tale, though it now solely resides within the Legends continuity.

4 Darth Maul’s Cartilage Piercing Was An Accident

Ray Park’s Jewelry Has Forever Made Maul’s Canon

There’s no better lore in Star Wars than that which comes about because of accidental oversights, and acrossthestrs points out perhaps the best example of this: Darth Maul’s cartilage piercing. When filming for The Phantom Menace, Maul actor Ray Park kept his cartilage piercing in. Because of this, and Star Wars’ dedication to continuity in many respects, Maul now forever has a cartilage piercing of his own. Both his appearance in The Phantom Menace and in Star Wars animation have remained faithful to this tiny yet beloved detail of his character.

3 R5-D4 Saved The Galaxy (& The Mandalorians)

He’s More Than A Rebellion Hero

Though unnamed when mentioned by tmhector, R5-D4 is the droid who was initially picked by Luke Skywalker on Tatooine until he blew up his motivator so that Luke would pick R2-D2 instead. This was, canonically, a conscious choice by R5, who had heard from R2 that the droid was on an important mission. R5 may not have been Force-sensitive, but he did sacrifice himself for R2’s cause, which led to the galaxy’s rescue. Later on, R5 would become none other than Din Djarin’s astromech, and his actions would help to save all of Mandalore – making him a hero yet again.

2 Boba Fett Created Mandalore… But He’s Not From There

Boba’s Backstory Took A Much More Unexpected Turn

There’s no ignoring how massive Boba Fett’s impact has been on the Star Wars franchise, especially in the current The Mandalorian era – but, hilariously, ShaddollJoints points out how that impact went entirely around Boba’s own character. Boba’s armor inspired the Mandalorians to come into being, with many of their kind being skilled bounty hunters just like Boba himself. When it came time to make his own backstory, however, they opted to make him a clone of Jango Fett with no personal tie to Mandalore or its Creed whatsoever – at least, in canon. This, in retrospect, is just downright comical.

1 How Does One Attend The “Mofference?”

“Dark Greetings” To You, Too

Easily one of the most hilarious additions to this thread is “Dark Greetings” and the “Mofference,” as started by SniperSerpent. The phrase first originated in the Legends book The Glove of Darth Vader by Paul and Hollace Davids as an exchange between Grand Moffs, and the first Mofference was seen in their later novel Queen of the Empire. These two would go hand-in-hand, as the secrecy of both the phrase and the conference was of the utmost importance. Though no longer canon in Star Wars, this is easily one of the most absurd pieces of lore in the entire franchise.