Corrected entry: After the Millennium Falcon is brought on board the Death Star, Darth Vader orders the two tech people to scan the ship. They go on board and then are killed by Han and Chewie. Then Han calls down to the two storm troopers guarding the ship, and they too are killed when they come on board. There are now four dead bodies on the ship, but are never seen again or spoken of by the characters.
mikelynch
13th Aug 2024
Star Wars (1977)
16th Nov 2017
Star Wars (1977)
Corrected entry: After Luke, Han and the others make it into the communications center on the Death Star, R2-D2 says he found the princess. Luke immediately says she's the one in the message, and have to rescue her. When Luke saw the holographic message on Tatooine, C-3PO only said she was a passenger of importance. Never does he say she's the princess.
29th Oct 2017
Star Wars (1977)
Corrected entry: At the end of the movie when the rebel pilots are attacking the Death Star, red leader was able to get a shot off at the thermal exhaust port. He reports the proton torpedo didn't go in. Rather, it impacted on the surface, evidenced by a massive explosion. but when Luke gets off his shot, there is no visible damage to the exhaust port.
Correction: There is an extreme closeup when Luke's torpedo enters the port. If Red Leader missed by a significant margin, we wouldn't see the damage.
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Correction: I don't think the fact that their bodies are never seen or spoken of afterward constitutes a plot hole. Their dead or unconscious bodies no longer serve any function to the plot, so it isn't necessary to show them or talk about them. They could have been hidden inside the smuggling compartments to prevent being seen by other Imperial staff, and then once our heroes made it to Yavin IV, the dead bodies would be disposed of, or if they were still alive, would be taken captive.
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