Star Wars' Order 66 Plot Hole Is Almost Impossible to Fix
Warning! Spoilers for Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #19 and Star Wars: Crimson Reign #3
There is a massive plot hole in the Star Wars galaxy regarding Order 66, and it’s impossible for any story to fix it. Due to comics’ lack of consistency, it’s unclear if Emperor Palpatine’s command from Revenge of the Sith banned the study of the Force.
When Palpatine put Order 66 into action, it seemed like its primary goal was to eliminate the Jedi, enabling the Sith to rule the galaxy without opposition. As the Inquisitors were employed to finish the job and ensure the Jedi Order’s eradication by finding survivors, it didn’t appear that Order 66 had any other major ramifications. Recently, Star Wars comics have elaborated on the Sith’s plan, revealing that it also involved Force-based education to be banned throughout the galaxy. However, even this story point has been called into question in Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #19, written by Alyssa Wong with art by Minkyu Jung.
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When readers see the Archivist AKA Madelin Sun in Crimson Reign #3, it was revealed she worked at the University of Bar’leth, where she studied the Force. Based on her intellectual pursuit, she has come away with the understanding that there isn’t much different between the light and the dark side. After Order 66, she was kicked out and pushed into junk trading. InDoctor Aphra #19, the Archivist’s experience appears to be contradicted according to Iglan'tine Nos. As the Chair of Occult Archaeological Studies, she has also studied the Force, but hasn’t been removed from the same university. Readers aren’t given enough information to assume this is anything other than a plot hole that Star Wars comics have opened up on itself.
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