Star Wars is arguably the most famous film franchise of all time. Generations of moviegoers had been introduced up at the galaxy a ways, far away, and have seen because the epic space opera delivered countless twists in the course of the years. Some twists worked better than others, and now the long-lasting Mark Hamill has gotten honest approximately one specific plot hollow that he’s noticed during the years. And it includes R2-D2.

George Lucas’ imaginative and prescient for the Star Wars franchise commenced in the middle of a nine-film saga, before taking the story backward in time for the prequels. Revenge of the Sith become a particularly vital thing of this storytelling, as Episode III needed to wrap up the narrative threads and installation the events of A New Hope. That consists of the fate of R2-D2 and C-3PO, who were initially owned with the aid of Anakin Skywalker. 3PO’s memory became wiped to guard child Leia, however why failed to R2-D2 inform Luke the fact about his identity? A fan currently posed this question to Mark Hamill himself, and he spoke back with:

Well, that was sincere. It looks like no longer even Mark Hamill has a cause why R2-D2 wouldn’t tell Luke approximately his actual identity, and dating to Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker. After all, the little droid knew his father and Obi-Wan Kenobi pretty well. I wager there are a few components of Star Wars we should not overthink.

Mark Hamill’s blunt response (whole with a gif) involves us from the legendary actor’s non-public Twitter page. A fan tweeted on the sixty eight year-old actor while his younger daughter found out that R2-D2 should were able to talk with Luke approximately his father’s history. Unfortunately Hamill had no insight to give, and admitted he personally shrugged off this plot hole. Hey, nobody said Star Wars become a wonderfully crafted franchise.

The plot hollow gives itself on the very end of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith’s runtime. As the Skywalker twins are separated for their very own safety, Leia is given to Bail Organa and brought to his home planet of Alderaan. Both C-3PO and R2-D2 are given to Organa, and despatched to serve on the long-lasting ship Tantive IV, in which they’d in the end seem in A New Hope’s starting sequence. But at the same time as 3PO’s memory changed into wiped, R2 did not meet the identical fate.

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R2-D2 won’t communicate in English, Luke was continually in a position to communicate with the little droid. As such, it makes sense that he might screen the reality about Luke’s lineage, and Darth Vader’s authentic identity. But that never happens, with the plot twist instead happening in the iconic “I am your father” scene from Empire Strikes Back.

Despite being a little droid, R2-D2 played a chief role in each the events of authentic trilogy and prequels. What’s more, he worked with Obi-Wan and Anakin at some stage in the Clone Wars, which became given life via an animated series. He contributed to primary events in the course of the Star Wars canon, R2 took a backseat to BB-8 inside the sequel trilogy.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is to be had on DVD and Blu-ray now, and will arrive on Disney+ on May 4th. Check out our 2020 release list to devise your journey to the movies once theaters open lower back up.