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Is Takodana in the Hosnian system? Finn witnesses the destruction of Hosnian Prime and 4 other planets while standing on Takodana. If Takodana is not in the Hosnian system ( Wookieepedia doesn't seem to think it is ) how can they see the planets so distinctly? Is this just a case of "Star Wars is fantasy, not science...	Think of it as a hyperspace-window that allows you to see things that are light-years away, despite the limitations of the speed of light. Hosnian Prime isn't in Western Reaches (because "West" is very well defined in a galaxy :), it's at the outer edge of the Core.
How old are Kylo Ren and Rey? The actor for Kylo is in his early thirties, so I assumed his character is as well (which would also fit with the age of his parents), but I keep seeing people refer to him as a moody teenager (which may not be referring to age, but rather his manner). As for Rey, I assumed she was late te...	Ben, however is 29 years old at the time of The Force Awakens . The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary has details about Rey's age, 19, while I found Kylo Ren's age while researching through Wookieepedia (as unreliable as that There is no canon answer as of right now . Please be aware that Hidalgo's Twitter account e...
Did Frodo meet any of Valar or Maiar when he sailed to Valinor? It's possible he could have. It's the home of the Valar and Maiar. Since the elves could not fully cure Frodo's wounds we might assume that someone of their power would do it. Aside from Gandalf, I don't remember any canon source of Frodo meeting any oth...	In Tolkien's works Valinor is the home of the Valar (singular Vala), spirits that often take humanoid form, sometimes called "gods" by the Men of Middle-earth.
Did the Resistance know about Starkiller Base and if not, how was it hidden so well? I don't recall this being explained in the movie, but did the Republic/Resistance have any idea the Starkiller base existed before it Completely obliterated the Hosnian Prime system? Did no one notice the fact that something way ...	This isn't to suggest that there must be other inhabited planets nearby, this may may very well be completely remote, but there's no way the First Order would be able to even test this weapon without drawing suspicion. It is made of billions of stars, and apparently a majority of them have planets. If you look at the G...
Why does Poe Dameron leave Jakku without BB-8? In The Force Awakens , when Finn and Poe Dameron escape the Star Destroyer Finalizer , Poe flies back to Jakku over Finn's protests, insisting he has to pick up BB-8 — and what BB-8's carrying — as per his mission. But when they crash land and Finn goes to look for him,...	If Poe was trying to track down BB-8, it's plausible that he got as far as what was left of the scavenger settlement and learned from witnesses that BB-8 had left the planet. “I’d done that before,” he told me later. This answer is contradicted by the novelization. In particular, Unkar Plutt, the junkyard owner who had...
Why does the Millenium Falcon still work in “The Force Awakens”? In The Force Awakens , the Millennium Falcon is insanely easy to steal, considering it hasn't been flown in years. If it has been sitting out in the open for so long, why wasn't it stolen, sold, or parted years ago? The ramp was clearly open, a...	We can assume that, as pointed out by Иво Недев in the comments, the Falcon is considered to be junk, so no one wants to steal it And people probably had some clue that Plutt could track the ship (Rey didn't, but she was just 19) The Falcon is all about "interior qualities", if you get my meaning. Even Han Solo can't m...
What happened to the Starkiller Base at the end? When Starkiller Base is: destroyed, as everyone is flying away from it, it appears to turn into a planet-sized star itself. Is that what happens, or did something else happen, like the whole surface turning molten hot or something? <Q> According to the novelizati...	So when the Resistance attacked the planet the facilities supporting the containment field were destroyed, and the stolen star mass expanded to form a star where the planet had been. The jump to lightspeed was accomplished without incident, preventing them from observing the final cataclysm. The home of the Republic ha...
Is it possible to sneak up on a force user? In Return of the Jedi , Luke and Darth Vader both sense each others presence on the moon. In The Force Awakens , Kylo Ren senses Han Solo on the Starkiller Base Is it possible to sneak up on a powerful force user? Or do you have to be related to them or significan...	In the EU, force users could sneak up on each other via suppression (Force Suppression, mentioned in a previous answer), and generally they only knew when someone who wasn't force sensitive was going to get the drop on them for the same reason they can deflect blaster fire faster than they can see it -- the Force detec...
Are the Sith completely gone? According to an answer to this question , Kylo Ren is not a true Sith. As we saw in the end of episode VI Palpatine and Vader are both killed. Does this mean there are no longer any Sith in the galaxy? If there are no current Sith alive, how would the Sith come back? Clearly t...	I think the implication is that yes, the Sith are gone, though it wouldn't be the first time in Star Wars universe that people thought that. He is the archetype of a new generation of Dark Side users that have emerged to fill the void left by the Sith's demise His ability to use the Force grants him many impressive com...
Why didn't they hide BB-8 and disguise themselves when they went to talk to Maz Kanata? They went there to ask Maz to bring them to Leia. And it's like they were thinking like this: "Hey, the First Order is looking for us, but that's not a big deal, so let's just walk around and have some drinks." Why? Why not h...	It would have been ... counterproductive, not to mention impolite, to start out by attempting subterfuge, since Maz was famous for her ability to see right through people. Of course, it's also what allowed the First Order spy to recognize them, which led to their butts being in need of saving... “ The most important th...
Wouldn't a blaster rifle shot immediately cauterize the wound? Just got back from watching the latest Star Wars and it occurred to me at the start and about 3/4 of the way through that a blaster rifle is essentially a super hot bullet somewhat similar to a lightsaber. So with that in mind, when a character is shot w...	As for Kylo Bleeding as a result of the blaster shot, remember he's not the only one bleeds from blasts in this film, notice the storm trooper at the beginning who's blood got on Finn's Helmet.
Why can't the First Order scan low altitudes? In The Force Awakens there are two scenes in which the Millennium Falcon flies at low altitude in order to remain hidden from the First Order's scanners. Why can't the First Order scan low altitudes? Is some reason given in the novelization or elsewhere? Are te...	The geometry and configuration of the broadcast and receiving antenna are likely optimized to look for objects coming in from far away -- in space, for example -- which may leave "blind spots" near the ground.
Why does Gandalf say "the West that is forgotten"? Inspired by this question and namely by this passage (emphasis mine): “Many are my names in many countries: Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkûn to the Dwarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten , in the South Incánus, in the North Gandalf; to ...	The west was not forgotten but was a vital part of the intellectual and spiritual lives of millions of elves and Dunedain and non Dunedain Gordorians - the population of Gondor should have been a few million.
Who created the iconic Superman phrase 'truth, justice, and the American way'? Interestingly the term is entirely missing from Superman's wiki-page. I was wondering who coined this famous phrase? <Q> Per this article in the New York Times, the phrase was invented by the writers of the 1940s radio serial. <S> No spe...	According to Mark Waid, a former DC Comics editor, it first turned up on the innovative "Adventures of Superman" radio series, which ran, off and on, from 1940 to 1951.
Did this character lose a limb in “The Force Awakens?” Inspired by this answer which states limb loss as a recurring theme, I started thinking about the final lightsaber battle. After watching The Force Awakens the second time, I was not sure if Kylo Ren lost a limb or just lost his lightsaber. We definitely s...	Unarmed, he raised ahand and utilized the Force to fend off one slashing blow afteranother, until finally her fury penetrated his remaining defenses. Weakened, he reached out toward his lightsaber, trying to draw it to him. Taking a glancing blow to the head and chest, he went down, aprominent burn slashed across his f...
How does the compressor stress the hyperdrive? In The Force Awakens Han Solo and Rey both note that a compressor has been added to the fuel line and both agree that it puts too much stress on the hyperdrive. Rey even bypasses the compressor manually when they are not otherwise able to escape Han's freighter at light...	However due to the huge amounts of potential the hyperdrive generates the compressor soon becomes a hindrance even before the hyperdrive has reached ignition dynamo optimum levels. It was a way to learn some things.
Why did Yoda say nothing after Padme hugs Anakin after the fight with Dooku? Yoda seems to be the most sensitive to Anakin's state of mind. He has already sensed the fear in Anakin when Padme fell from the ship during the chase of Count Dooku. Surely, he must have understood what's going on between those two after seei...	At the moment of the hug, it's simply put down to her being concerned about his grievous wound. As to why nothing is mentioned later, the very short answer is that it's on their " to do " list, but not immediately problematical. Yoda evidently did not "understand what's going on" since he was still oblivious of Anakin ...
Is there a record of Gandalf's previous trips through Moria? As far as I remember, when Aragorn and Gandalf discuss the alternative of Moria Aragorn says something like "I too have journeyed through Moria...". This would imply that Gandalf has walked the halls of Khazad-dum after the fall. So my question is, why, when ...	Everything we know about Gandalf's journeying through Moria is revealed (in snippets) by his dialogue in Fellowship .
Is there an in-canon explanation for how "manual" hyperspace exits are possible? "Traveling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops, boy! Without precise calculations we could fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova, and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?" Something I've never reall...	As for how Han Solo was able to pull the trigger precisely during the last seconds (even with computer aid, the margin of error is high), the answer is gut feeling. Manual hyperspace exits at a precise moment aren't as difficult as it looks. He only proceeded with this almost-definitely-suicidal approach because he can...
Why is Miles O’Brien a Non Commissioned Officer (non-com) In Deep Space Nine it is explained that Chief O’Brien is what they call a “non-com” (Non-Commissioned Officer). It is never explained exactly what this means, or how one goes about becoming one, but it is explained that even Ensigns outrank him, and Starfleet is...	Chief O'Brien must have enlisted in Starfleet as whatever the equivalent of a Private (or Seaman, in the Navy) is, and then got promoted to an NCO position. The short reasons is that it's because he doesn't want to become an officer and/or, because he feels that his skills are best served as an NCO.
Why not keep the key in Dumbledore's office? In The Philosopher's Stone , why was the flying key not kept in Dumbledore's office safely far away from the door? Who were they trying to make the stone accessible to that wouldn't be able to simply ask Dumbledore for the key? <Q> No direct canon answer, but a strong susp...	By removing the flying keys (ostensibly enchanted by Flitwick), this would remove a layer of (potentially lethal) protection from getting to the stone.
How many X-Wings were sent out and lost in the final battle in “The Force Awakens?” I’ve seen the film once, but my impression of this last battle from the X-Wing perspective was this: We are shown about 12 (?) X-Wings arriving at the target location and going in for the attack. Then, the story switches mainly shows ...	The squadron size for X-wings as depicted at the Battle of Yavin in A New Hope is 11 (22 X-Wings spaced over 2 X-Wing squadrons). I counted 7 X-Wings returning from the assault on Starkiller base. So with 3 squads that would be about 33-35 total.
Why was River Song so slow? In this year's Christmas special The Husbands of River Song , why did River take so long to realise that the man accompanying her was in fact the Doctor? For most of the episode, I assumed she'd forgotten all about him or had her memories removed or something, as she was so dull-hea...	Because he's not supposed to exist. This all seems to stem from what River believes to be a solid fact about The Doctor.
How did Skynet obtain human skin and blood to build infiltrating Terminators? When the Terminator in The Terminator damaged itself it cut the eye tissue revealing the robotic eye and put the human eye cover in a tray. In Terminator 2 when John, Sarah and Terminator were at the Dyson's House the Terminator cuts its hu...	The Official Movie Novelization Moving down the canon scale, we see the " Cyborg Tissue Generator " in the Teaser Trailer for T2 and in the comic serials, it's made abundantly clear that the skin is grown directly onto the Terminators in " tissue incubators "
Is there any in-universe reason for a stormtrooper to use a melee weapon against Finn? It's a well-worn cliché of film and TV that, when facing off against a main character, villainous goons will use whatever strategy and weaponry makes for the most visually impressive fight scene that the hero could conceivably win, i...	The weapon the stormtrooper uses against Finn seems to be specifically crafted to defend against a lightsaber. The instructors demonstrated the use of each weapon, the vibro-axes and shock staffs and force pikes and resonator maces, elaborating at length on the respective strengths and weaknesses of each and when and h...
Why did Snape always refer to Voldemort as "Dark Lord"? Throughout the series, Snape consistently refers to Voldemort as “The Dark Lord.” As far as I could tell, he never refers to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named as Voldemort, even in candid conversations with Dumbledore. My assumption is that Death Eaters those with the ...	The Death Eaters are as scared of Voldemort as anybody else; they just happen to be on his good side.
Are there other female stormtroopers? In The Force Awakens , we see that FN-2187's superior, Captain Phasma, is a woman. Are there other female stormtroopers in any of the other Star Wars movies? What do we know about them? Do they have relationships, or children? <Q> Disney Canon: Empire. <S> Yes, at least some...	Yes, and shown explicitly in more recent canon sources. The Force Awakens , the stormtroper on Starkiller Base who reports to Ren about Rey's possible location is clearly female judging from the voice, though the WGA script doesn't say so:
Can Darth Vader use Force Lightning? He is only the most potent Force user ever . He is a dark side practitioner. The Emperor and others use it. Why didn't Darth Vader ever use Force Lightning? <Q> According to Rise of Darth Vader : <S> his arms and legs were mechanical, and he could never cast Force Lightning ...	As a result of having artificial arms, Darth Vader will never be able to conjure In the Legends continuity, he doesn't because he can't. Just because we haven't seen it, doesn't mean he can't. There is no definitive canon answer yet in the movies, the Clone Wars, rebels (tv show), nor the Marvel comics (Vader, Vader do...
What links are there between Dune and Force Awakens? It has long been opined that the original Star Wars script drew inspiration from Frank Herbert‘s novel Dune , and apparently Lucas has acknowledged it . Most of these claims focus on the first movie, but occasionally dip into episodes V and VI. But are ...	I would love to spot some good references to the Dune series, since the original Star Wars did co-opt so much, but it would have to be a pretty substantial or solid connection to distinguish itself as truly Dune in origin.
Is this the same droid in two scenes from the Force Awakens? In this scene, we see... R2-D2 waving goodbye to Rey and Chewie in the Falcon But, here, in this next scene we see... That R2 is there with Chewie in the Island So, is it a big mistake in the movie?? <Q> According to the novelization, R2-D2 wa...	Presumably it's R2-D2. I had the thought "Oh okay, must have been a different character." During the film, I recall thinking that the character in the top image looked familiar, but couldn't be who you (and I) thought it was. As you can see, the one that leaves the Falcon (pictured to the right below) has a blue top an...
Why isn't Unbreakable Vow used extensively as a common-place high security measure? The meat of the question stems from several things in HP lore: people could get falsely accused and go to jail for nothing (Sirius Black for instance) people could betray other people (Potters + Pettigrew + Fidelius charm) people co...	To have a large number of people accidentally die, or trapped by the Vow seems like a huge burden.
Why does BB-8 follow Rey? Is it because Rey just saved BB-8 from a net, and then the droid just decides to follow her about - or is it for some other reason? Does BB-8 have any idea who Rey is prior to being rescued by her? Just wondering as she literally tells the droid to go elsewhere. <Q> Contrary to much popular ...	It considered Rey his friend. It's also not obvious to me what BB-8 might recognise in Rey to mark her out from another friendly scavenger. According to the Alan Dean Foster's TFA novelization, he desperately wanted to find people (because the planet was a very unhospitable environment for him). This obviously chimes w...
What do different colors of stormtrooper pauldrons indicate? In The Force Awakens , some of the stormtroopers have a colored pauldron on their right shoulder. Some of them were white. Other ones were black. And yet other ones were red. What do the pauldron colors signify? I guess that they indicate rank. But which...	According to this, the pauldron indicates a rank of officer, at least among Stormtroopers. Don't have a full color breakdown, but Black pauldron indicates a sergeant .
How easy is it to build superweapons? In the span of 5+ decades, the galaxy witnessed the completion of construction for at least 3 planet-destroying superweapons: Two Death Stars and Starkiller Base, each one several orders larger and more powerful than the last. Their construction are massive operations with massive...	I think you'll find that death stars can fit in the "coffee and toilet paper" section of the entire military budget.
Why not take a shot at Kylo Ren when given the opportunity? Near the end of The Force Awakens , the protagonists are on a rescue mission into the enemy's Starkiller Base when they confront Kylo Ren, the main antagonist. At this point, Ren is in a fairly vulnerable position, and several of the heros are armed with bl...	I would even go so far as to say that what Chewie did was only done in extreme loss and pain and anger and that, if he had been able to step back and think it through, Chewie would not have fired upon him. My only explanations for this are that bowcaster bolts are a bit different and perhaps more powerful (as alluded t...
Why did the TIE fighter in The Force Awakens have life support? In The Force Awakens , Finn and Poe steal and escape in a TIE wearing no personal life support apparatus. TIEs have been upgraded with shields, hyperdrives (for "/sf"), weapons etc, but as far as I know they weren't upgraded with built in life support. ...	It therefore stands to reason that this variety of TIE could have a life support system built in, especially if its built for longer trips. The TIE they steal has some noticeable differences from the originals. In all fairness, Incredible cross-sections illustration of TIE/sf shows the pilot and a gunner wearing standa...
Why aren't The Mire immortal? In Series 9, "The Girl Who Died", we're introduced to Ashildr, the viking girl whose life the Doctor saved by using a Mire "Medical Kit", which will keep "repairing" her, maybe forever. The Doctor: It won't stop, the repair kit I put inside Ashildr, not ever. It'll just keep fixing her. ...	For all we know, they were immortal, but since they were a warrior race, "accidents" could've happened and wiped them out as a species. The rule of nature, the one who is born, has to die.
Why does The Dark Side keep building Death Stars? A Death Star, or its later multi-targeting equivalent the Starkiller Base, seems to have only one function, namely destroying one or more planets, and perhaps their suns too. But the Dark Lords that I am familiar with are driven not by a desire for destruction, but for...	Seems to me that just on a more 'this might make sense' level and without needing a ton of extra explanation or justifications, such a weapon would need a lot of space... and more than the space a smaller 'moon' (previous Death Star) would afford them and much less anything smaller. Because they generally reward people...
Are there planetary shields powerful enough to protect against a Death Star? If whole planets can be shielded in Star Wars , then why couldn't a planet build a huge number of shield generators and protect itself against the Death Star's superlaser? <Q> TL;DR : <S> INCONCLUSIVE <S> There are three pieces of evidenc...	The junior novelisation for Rogue One would strongly suggest that a high quality Imperial planetary shield (one that Krennic was wholly confident could repulse even the most fearsome barrage that the Rebel fleet could muster) was no match for the Death Star on its lowest setting.
Old movie about aliens and a family; father briefly abducted About 15 or so years ago, I dimly recall watching a movie on TV about aliens, which really struck a chord, but I can't remember enough to google a name or anything more specific. The action takes place on Earth, perhaps in the USA. It was a live action movie,...	I nominate The Sender (1998)
What exactly is the Rake in Anomander Rake's name? In the initial books of the Malazan Book of the Fallen , the Knight of Darkness is called Anomander Rake. Later on, in the prologue of Midgnight Tides , Scabandari Bloodeye calls him (in his thoughts) Anomandaris Irake . In the prologue of Reaper's Gale , he's call...	Purake was an honorific bestowed upon Anomander's father by an Azathanai, in the Azathanai language.
Toilets in the Galaxy Far, Far Away For many years now, I've been curious about what bathrooms - and especially toilets - look like in the Galaxy Far, Far Away 1 . I'm quite sure we never see one in the original trilogy, even in settings in which we can reasonably expect to find them - for example, Leia's detention ce...	I can find no reference to the toilets of other species or instances of other species using human toilets. Dark Rendezvous , by Sean Stewart, has a nice description of one of the stalls in a "men's refresher" in a spaceport on Coruscant:
Are there any new Disney-era examples of Leia actively using the force? (Not passively sensing things) This is a post-Force Awakens follow up to the 2012 question Did Princess Leia ever use The Force? . The fact that Leia has natural strong force sensitivity is obviously very important - but I can't think of any exam...	The fact the Leia is using a lightsaber at all is effectively a Force ability. While meditating, Leia senses that her unborn child is a boy.
Why didn’t General Hux—and others—go blind when the weapon fired on Starkiller Base? I have seen many questions about the physics of the Starkiller base. My question is this: Why didn't General Hux and any stormtroopers who watched the beam from the surface of the Starkiller base go blind? It consumed a star and s...	The only reason a beam like that is visible at all is because some tiny fraction of the energy radiates off in random directions until it reaches the eyes. In spite of the distance, everyone was pushed back and many were knocked down by the ground tremor that followed.
Did Rey have an X-wing pilot doll? In my second viewing of The Force Awakens I thought I briefly saw a crude hand-made doll in Rey’s home that looked an awful lot like an X-Wing pilot. It appeared to have a helmet and an orange suit with white vest. Am I remembering correctly? She seems to know something about the re...	This is also backed up by the Official Novelisation which describes it as a ... handmade doll fashioned from reclaimed orange flight suit material It is laughable to assume that a 10 year girl living a life of deprivation would be weaving romantic fantasies about hunky X-Wing pilots and make the doll for that reason. T...
What are the transparent boards with glowing lines? In many places in the Star Wars films we see war rooms with transparent boards/walls/displays that have lots of glowing lines on them, for example this one behind Princess Leia: What are these called? What are they used for (in-universe)? Do the lines ever change or...	They're called Plotting boards for radar, sonar or navigation or bombardment allocation within general direction of the ship and others a status board.
Why are first year flying lessons compulsory? Pottermore's page on Hogwarts School subjects reveals that all first-years must take flying lessons: All first-years at Hogwarts must take seven subjects: Transfiguration, Charms, Potions, History of Magic, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Astronomy and Herbology. Flying...	I would guess a couple of different factors - for one, it would be necessary for everyone to have access to some kind of wizarding transport, especially since so many find blending in with the muggles difficult.
What are those things in Han's Pocket? Han's fancy new jacket has plenty of pockets. What are these things? <Q> They're detonators. <S> Page 46 of the visual dictionary shows this picture: <S> While nothing states that what he has in his pocket are the detonators, the tip of what's poking out of his pocket clo...	I think detonators is probable answer, but after Han gives chewbacca a detonator he still has all three objects in his front pouch thing
A TV series where the characters travel through portals to alternative dimensions Me and my mate were talking about TV shows we watched, growing up, and we both have vague memory of the same show. In the show, the characters would jump through portals, and pop out in weird alternate universes. My mate specifically rem...	It involves characters going through a portal to jump to various parallel universes.
Did Palpatine or anyone in the Galactic Empire know about Dromund Kaas and the Sith Empire? The question is pretty straightforward. But to expand on that, did anybody in the Galactic Empire know of those regions and if so, did anything of significance happen there? <Q> Palpatine almost certainly learned of the Sith Emp...	It's not entirely clear how Palpatine discovered the planet and the Prophets -- it might been through Darth Plagueis or from the Battle of Dromund Kaas from the Clone Wars. He might not have even known that it was a Sith Empire he just would have known that there was a huge war some 3000 years ago (that number might no...
How did Finn's TIE fighter destroy the turbolasers on the Star Destroyer? I would expect that a capital ship the size of a Star Destroyer would have shields capable of blocking a single fighter's fire. Possible explanations I can think of: The shields weren't powered at the time. This would be the simplest explanatio...	That's why we have things like TIE fighters and X-wings, so they can get in under the shields. The Foster novelization doesn't seem to explain that clearly, but it does explain that the soldiers on board were not exactly in a highly-alert state: most people were described as sluggish in their response when the alarm wa...
Are there other very common non-invented English names in the Star Wars films other than Ben, Luke and Owen? George Lucas created a lot of names (e.g. Obi-Wan, Lando, Qui-Gon, Yoda). Lucas used Ben and Luke among all sorts of made up, Star Wars galaxy names. (I don't think Leia was at all common as a name before this a...	Yes Uncle Owen Ezra , a character on Star Wars Rebels Cody , a Stormtrooper commander in Revenge of the Sith Finn , a (nick)name given to FN-2187 in
What is the naming convention for capital ship classes? I was reading about the Resurgent-class Star Destroyer Finalizer , the First Order's destroyer shown in The Force Awakens , when something struck me as odd. The official site starwars.com describes it as The first of the new Resurgent class constructed in vi...	So in the Star Wars Imperial Navy, you would have the Finalizer being a Resurgent class of the Star Destroyer type. I can't find anything explaining the naming convention as intended by the filmmakers, but there is a bit of a pattern: the class names describe the state and/or intentions of the political entity at the t...
Was Kylo Ren's lightsaber destroyed? I read that Kylo Ren's trademark crossguard lightsaber was destroyed during his encounter with Rey. I don't know if him nearly having his hand cut off created this belief in somebody's mind but I simply don't recall seeing that. Did I miss it, or have I just been misinformed? <Q>...	Unarmed, he raised a hand and utilized the Force to fend off one slashing blow after another, until finally her fury penetrated his remaining defenses. All we know is that Rey hit the hilt of his lightsaber (with the blade of her saber), that it turned off and then came out of Kylo Ren's hand. Also, when Kylo Ren and R...
How would you pronounce the name "Sidheag" In Gail Carriger's series, mainly Finishing School, there is a female character named Sidheag, and I have no clue how this is pronounced. (Is it a real name in the first place or is it made-up?) <Q> According to the author's website Sidheag ~ SHEE-ak alternatively pronounce...	"Sidh-hay" as Gail Carriger states, nor "Sit-ay" as the otherwise excellent audio reader does.
Does Polyjuice Potion affect accent/language? In the Harry Potter books, people who take Polyjuice Potion get the voice as well as the physical appearance of the person they're imitating. Without needing to make an effort, they sound exactly like the person whose face they bear (source: Harry getting Goyle's voice i...	Without making any canon-arguments, I'll say that the movies obviously had to keep the character's original voice, in order for the audience to tell the polyjuiced-character from the real one; this is standard for most "mind-swapping" fantasies on film.
How did Grievous abduct Palpatine? At the beginning of Revenge of the Sith , General Grievous has kidnapped Palpatine from Coruscant, presumably secretly enabled by the same. Nevertheless, the chancellor had to come up with some believable chain of events leading to his abduction, since this would be tantamount to a...	Palpatine's kidnapping is detailed in the Genndy Tartakovsky "Clone Wars" Micro-series.
In Asimov's robot story "Liar!", why does Dr. Calvin show no mercy for Herbie? In the story "Liar!", when Dr. Calvin figures out why Herbie was acting the way he was, she drives him insane by presenting Herbie with contradictions. But as she's doing this, Herbie pleads for her to stop because he had to lie in ord...	Another story involves a robot destroying itself trying to work through a problem, because the solution involves accepting harm to a human being as a necessary step. Because it is the one time that we see Calvin revealed as a person, as a human being, as a woman.
Which button activates Skywalker's lightsaber, and why is it inconsistent? You can tell from this video that Finn is actually pushing that button to activate the lightsaber It seems like there are different on-buttons or something because the toys say the big rectangular one near the middle is the on-button. ...	One switch just controls off and on while the other can control blade length and intensity while also controlling the on off capabilities. I would say it works like a dimmer switch. In episode 2 of the unfinished episodes of the Clone Wars, which I believe are canon, Anakin turns his lightsaber on by pushing the big re...
How does Force Awakens fit into "tragedy of Darth Vader"? I read that Star Wars is "just" the tragedy of Darth Vader or Anakin Skywalker. By Episode 7 Vader is long dead. How does Force Awakens fit into this bigger picture? Is it the start of another 6 episodes about Kylo Ren? <Q> The very short answer is that the new ...	The ' Saga of Darth Vader ' is almost certainly at an end.
Why did Poe and Finn's TIE Fighter land so close to the scavenger town? In The Force Awakens , Poe and Finn steal a TIE Fighter to escape the Star Destroyer Finalizer . When they begin to argue, they are shot and tumble down to the surface below. Later, we see they crashed fairly close to the merchant village Rey fr...	As you are well aware, what we see in the film with regards to the TIE fighter's crash landing appears to be too coincidental for comfort. And not in a bad way — it's just what happened, and because it did, that's the way the story goes. Presumably he was aiming for BB-8's last known position when he turned.
Does the Federation's 24th century technology allow time travelling? Is it possible to travel in time, by technological and planned meaning? Or does it happens across all the episodes purely as an effect of some coincidence, defect, error etc. I know (from one of ST:VOY episodes), that planned time travels are possibl...	In Star Trek: First Contact (TNG crew), the Enterprise travels into a temporal wake created by the Borg sphere to earlier in Earth's history, but at the end of the film the Entrprise travels "back to the future" without assistance from the Borg.
If Luke Skywalker didn’t want to be found, why did he leave a map? We know that Luke Skywalker vanished after Kylo Ren killed his students. But, for some reason, there’s a map to his location. That seems odd for someone who doesn’t want to be found, at least not by the wrong people. <Q> Throughout the movie peopl...	The map everyone is looking for, then, isn't a map to Luke. Those requirements are never made clear, but the implication is that R2-D2 must validate that the right person and/or Wookiee found the fragment. I assume the overarching plot is going to be that Luke is a Chessmaster implementing a Xanatos Gambit against the ...
How can Ashildr pilot a TARDIS? Ashildr pilot a TARDIS with Clara, in the end of Hell Bent . But, except for short or emergency flights, normally with the presence of the Doctor alongside, no human (River Song isn't pure human) would have been able to pilot the Doctor's TARDIS by themselves. There are many di...	ANYONE can pilot a TARDIS once it's been primed with the Rassilon Imprimatur (see The Two Doctors) Clara was seen using pretty much all of the Doctor's toys, or gadgets during her run as a companion. Yes Clara piloted the TARDIS without a timelord present.
Is Maul still Darth? Darth is a title for Sith Lords. If Palpatine/Sidious no longer accepts him as his apprentice, does he still bear the title of Darth? <Q> I would say "no", but it's a conjecture and not an undisputable canon fact. <S> First of all, it really depends on your point of view <S> From that point ...	At any one time, only two Sith may use the title of "Darth" - The current master and his or her apprentice Since Maul is no longer the Master or the chosen apprentice, his title is void. You can view the name/designation as something that someone calls themselves, in isolation. If we take the point of view of "this nam...
Why is there no Borg threat in the DS9 series? The Borg are a major threat in Star Trek: TNG and Star Trek: Voyager (I haven't watched the latter, but looking at this it seems they are). Those two series happen at roughly the same time as DS9, but the Borg were barely mentioned in DS9. In fact, the only mention I r...	Bajor, and therefore DS9, is on the opposite end of Federation space near the edge of the galaxy and is the farthest region of the galaxy from the Borg. TNG only has a few episodes involving Borg after the launch of DS9, and they never face another Borg invasion/attack until the First Contact movie.
Have the rules on hyperspace changed in canon now? In Star Wars - hyperspace travel has some limitations. For one, you can't get to close to a gravitational body. We see this in Ep IV - the Falcon must lift off on repulsorlifts and travel at sublight away from Tatooine before entering hyperspace. I seem to recall som...	You can travel here if you know what you are doing and would travel into this part of a gravity well would likely only occur in emergencies.
Female Villains in The Star Wars Universe I'm a Star Wars fan, however my knowledge of Star Wars comes from the movies, not the numerous books, fan websites, and other sources of information that allow one to talk about the Star Wars "Universe." There have not been any female villains in the Star Wars movies. We have...	Brontes , also known as the "Architect of Fear", was a powerful female Sith sorceress and member of the Dread Masters. Asajj Ventress was a Sith apprentice to Count Dooku during The Clone Wars for most of the series, until she realized he was playing her so she became a rogue force-wielding mercenary-type. The main vil...
In Coraline, why does everyone call Coraline Caroline, not Coraline? In the movie Coraline all the side characters, Mr. Bobinksky, Ms. Fink and Forcible and Wybie, all call her Caroline even though she clearly tells them her name. This seems to annoy her to the extent that even the Other Mother notices, who makes sure...	They might have seen it written down and thought it was a typo. They call her Caroline (in both the book and the film) because the slightly dotty people who live in the house simply can't believe that her name is Coraline.
Can a ship tow during warp? If an item can't be stored in a hold, can a ship use a tractor beam to tow another item or ship during warp? I'm thinking of the case where, perhaps by design or through battle damage, the saucer section cannot be reattached to the rest of the ship. Without its own warp drive the saucer se...	Borg vessels also had the capability of holding starships securely while traveling at warp speed. The USS Fredrickson was towed under such circumstances.
How do Han and Chewie find Rey and Finn in the Millennium Falcon? In Star Wars: The Force Awakens , Rey and Finn hide under one of the floor panels of the Falcon while they prepare to release poisonous gas. Han somehow finds them before they can release it. How was Han able to find them so fast? <Q> In the film, one ...	In either case, it seems like Han and Chewie both overheard this sound, and they know the layout of the Falcon well enough to tell that it came from the compartments beneath the flooring. It sounds as if Rey or Finn dropped a tool on the floor. Han knows it like the back of his hand. Chewbacca tore it free and Han poin...
Is BB-8 based on xkcd 413, "New Pet"? OK, OK, so that title's a bit provocative, but take a look at xkcd #413 , and tell me you don't immediately think "Randall Munroe invented BB-8 before BB-8 was invented!" (Note that this comic is from April 21, 2008. Yes, almost 8 years ago.) Seriously, though: has anyone "offi...	The summer of 2008 is when the patent holder first started working on BB8! When it came time to create a new astromech droid for the first film of a new Star Wars trilogy, director J.J. Abrams started as anyone might: he made a sketch on a napkin.
Does Luke still have his green lightsaber? I'm referring to his second lightsaber, which he built himself after Episode V, and then used in Return of the Jedi . Does he still have it? <Q> They very deliberately showed Luke above the waist in the film. <S> ALL through that scene. <S> I'm not suire quite what they're t...	So to answer the question, Luke had his lightsaber as close as six years before the events of The Force Awakens , and most likely lost it during the destruction of his new Jedi order. There is no reason to believe that he lost it, or that it was destroyed, but he may have thrown it away when things went awry.
Which scenes from The Force Awakens trailers didn't make it into the film? There often are scenes and/or dialog shown in trailers for a film which don't make the final cut. Were there any for Star Wars: The Force Awakens ? Which trailer scenes didn't make it into the final cut? (I'm including TV Spots and Internatio...	Kylo Ren activating his lightsaber. Rey leaving the Star Destroyer wreckage. Per the super-thorough rundown on io9 , there are scenes missing: Rey driving off in her speeder.
How was Seven of Nine the seventh of nine people to be assimilated? As a girl, Annika Hansen was assimilated into the Collective, along with her parents, and named Seven of Nine. Who were the other six people who were assimilated along with them? <Q> Seven of Nine was not assimilated with nine other people. <S> She was...	"Seven of Nine" means that she was the 7th member of a group of nine drones.
Can the Jedi retire? I know that it's a lifelong commitment, but has there been any Jedi that just retired? Every Jedi who stops being a Jedi is killed, so they stop being one essentially. Can they retire? Say if someone is just so old and wounded that they can't go on any longer. Can they throw in the towel? <Q> Ye...	If a Jedi wants to retire they may counsel him or her to stay but ultimately it's the decision of the individual Jedi. As mentioned by others, Count Dooku reitred from the Jedi Order and returned to his home planet Serenno where he seized/claimed his heritage as Count.
Why do lightsabers attract Force sensitives? There are at least two incidents in the canon which suggest that lightsabers attract Force sensitives: Ezra was attracted to Kanan's lightsaber in the pilot episode of Star Wars: Rebels TV show. Rey was attracted to Anakin's lightsaber in Star Wars: The Force Awakens ...	As such, the most likely explanation is that it is not the lightsaber attracting the Force-sensitive, but the kyber crystals within.
Isn't the Millennium Falcon's cockpit placed extremely inconveniently? I'm surprised there's no question about this. With the cockpit being located far to the right of the ship, there is a gigantic pile of metal blocking a lot of view for the pilot. The Falcon seems to be (at least partially) maneuvered by vision (...	We took some components from the blockade runner, like the cockpit, and stuck it on the side of a big dish with some mandibles out in front.” The ship has the body of a freighter and an engine that's likely the most overhauled in the galaxy. The Falcon was designed in one day. As such, the cockpit placement was likely ...
Is Harry Potter a World War II allegory? JKR, when asked about the influence of Nazism on the series, answered with the following: "I wanted Harry to leave our world and find exactly the same problems in the wizarding world. So you have the intent to impose a hierarchy, you have bigotry, and this notion of purity, wh...	JK Rowling herself has drawn a likeness between the pure-blood fanaticism of Voldemort and his Death Eaters, and the Nazis' anti-Jewish bigotry.
Why wasn't it possible to completely de-borgify Seven of Nine while it was possible with Captain Picard? Captain Picard was assimilated by the Borg collective and turned into a drone. When he was freed from it, all traces of Borg hardware were removed from his body and he returned to being a fully-functional human (phy...	Lack of resources - The discrepancy in available resources between the whole of Starfleet and a lone ship lost in the delta quadrant seems like another sensible argument at first.
Does Picard have his arm removed? In Best of Both World's Picard is shown to have a prosthetic arm. Was his real arm removed, or was the prosthetic simply ontop of his real arm/hand? If his hand/arm was removed, does he then have a fake hand/arm for the rest of the series? NOTE This is not a dupe, the other quest...	He still has his original arm and hand.
Would Sauron have had the ability to appear in fair form again if he got the ring back? In the First and Second Ages of Middle Earth, Sauron had the ability to change into an appealing form to Men and Elves. He could then deceive them, and used the name of Annatar . However, once he was on Numenor and the Island was...	It seems stunningly unlikely that recovering the Ring would put him at a higher level of power than when he was at in the Second Age, so I'm inclined to say no, he could not.
Story about a time traveller who became their own mother and father I once read about a story in which, by a series of unlikely manoeuvres of time travel and a sex change operation, one person (originally a girl) managed to be her own mother and father . IIRC, she was brought up in an orphanage, travelled back in time...	'—All You Zombies—' is a short story written by Robert Heinlein.
Where does Rogue Squadron get its name? Most fighter squadrons belonging to the Rebel Alliance and the Resistance seem to have colour-based names: red, blue, green, gold, etc. Rogue Squadron stands out as different. Is there any information about where the name comes from and if it has any special meaning? Legends ma...	Although the Rebel launch controller complains at the time that the callsign doesn't exist, it seems evident that the Rebel leaders later adopted "Rogue" as an official designation in honour of Bodhi, Jyn, and the rest of the strike team who gave up their lives to retrieve the plans and give the Rebel Alliance a new ho...
Why is there a cannon at Hogwarts? In the Triwizard Tournament in the HP and the Goblet of Fire film, a cannon is used at the start of each of the three tasks. It can be seen e.g. in this video clip: Having been convinced by @Au101 that the cannon is canon , my question is: why is there such a thing as a ca...	To elaborate somewhat on points not mentioned in the previous answer, while Hogwarts was indeed founded in the 10th (or 11th) century, the Statute of Secrecy was not established until the late 17th century, by which point cannons were already fairly popular in Muggle use.
Why didn't Voldemort murder the Dursleys? Voldemort couldn't kill Harry as long as he called the Dursleys home. Why didn't he just murder the Dursleys? This would prevent Harry from being able to live there. <Q> The traditional fanon answer is "there were blood wards protecting the house". <S> It would not, however, ha...	The Dursleys were safe by the same form of magic that kept Harry safe. There is also the possibility that Vernon and Petunia Dursley created a will that explicitly transfers the full ownership of the house to Aunt Marge in case they are all dead.
How does Finn know so many details about the Starkiller Base? When the rebels are planning to attack the Starkiller base, Finn seems to know a lot about the security. And yet, later on, he mentions he was in the sanitation department. His rank was similar to a Private in the modern army. Would we expect a private to ...	Finn does not know many details about the Starkiller Base , He only knows the 'base'-ics. He says he was "in sanitation", however he was part of a ground assault on an important mission. Out of all of the people on the base, Phasma seems to have an eye on Finn (although @DVK notes it might be an eye of suspicion). The ...
How does working on a moisture farm work? In Star Wars: A New Hope Owen talks about how he needs Luke for the next harvest and stuff, but it's not like they're tilling crops or anything. Don't machines just suck water out of the atmosphere, then you just haul in barrels into town? <Q> They have lots of land to cover,...	There's also work of maintaining droids, machinery around the farm (like the skyhopper and the speeder) that take up tons of time.
Why would the borg want to assimilate Earth in the 21st century? I get that Earth was easier to defeat in post WW3 21'st century, but what would the borg gain? I mean there is no Federation or technology to speak of. Other than script writers thinking that it might be fun to have Picard and crew fight the borg in a tim...	The Borg goal in an overall sense is assimilation, however, their primary goal in First Contact was to stop Zefram Cochrane from launching his warp ship and initiating first contact with the Vulcans which set the stage for the Federation.
Did Kylo Ren ever actually start training with Snoke? Is there any canon reference that Kylo Ren actually started learning from Snoke? We hear Snoke saying something like: It's time to finish your training. But he is resuming his training of Ren or did he never train him before, giving credit for what he learned...	He started training with Luke. We hear in conversations between a few characters that Kylo Ren was seduced to the dark side by Snoke, and led him to do the massacre of the Luke's Jedi students. He must have something pure, something strong, something unbreakable, with which to work. To what ends and how you manipulate ...
Why didn't Voldemort kill Harry at King's Cross? Why didn't Voldemort, with his Death Eaters, attack Harry at the train station in Order of the Phoenix or in Half-Blood Prince ? He could have easily outsmarted the wizards and witches there with the help of his Death Eaters, or he could have just Disapparated after k...	In the fifth part, Voldemort was doing his best to keep hidden, which makes things easier for him if no one believes he came back, and because of the history, he wanted to be the one who kills Harry.
Why does Kylo Ren respond to his birth name? Kylo Ren knows the full history of Anakin Skywalker from his former master. Kylo Ren is a Darth Vader fanatic. He should therefore know the concept behind how the two are different: How Anakin died when Vader came into being, how Vader is not Anakin. Why then does he not em...	His challenge is to face that side of himself - the side that still more Ben than Kylo - overcome it, and eliminate it. He responds to it, as it's clear that Han is addressing him.
By the end of The Force Awakens, who knows about Kylo Ren's family? During the course of The Force Awakens we learn that Kylo Ren is the son of Han Solo and Leia. My question is, by the end of the film which characters know this fact? It is plainly obvious that in addition to his parents, people involved in Kylo Ren/B...	They can SEE and HEAR Han and Kylo Ren on the catwalk below . Rey and Finn witness father and son discussion , including the fact they both agree on parentage - and the script explicitly notes they can hear : HAN Ben! Visual Dictionary explicitly stated that it was forbidden to mention Kylo Ren's birth name. Also, it s...
Can the crow of a rooster petrify/kill a basilisk? It is said that the crow of a rooster is fatal to a basilisk . So, does it mean that the basilisk would get petrified if it heard the crow of a rooster, or would it be killed? If yes, then how powerful should a rooster/it's crow be in order to do the same? PS: I d...	My dictionary defines “fatal” as “causing death” – it would be killed by the crowing of the rooster, not just petrified.
Do wands have to be made of wood in Harry Potter? A recent comment exchange ( here ) got me thinking: are there any examples of non-wooden wand in canon? I always assumed it was the core of the wand itself that was being used in the channeling of magic, but I recall Ollivander mentioning something about the wood of th...	From what we know about wands they include a case of wood, which contains a magical object at its core.
Is Anakin's lightsaber the only one remaining from the 'Clone Wars' era? In discussions and info surrounding The Force Awakens , it seems that a lot of the (now ancient) Jedi knowledge has been lost to time. Luke's Green lightsaber used a synthetic crystal , a practice usually resigned to Siths, and is said to be mor...	The currently running Marvel comics 'Star Wars' series, set between episodes IV and V, features Grakkus the Hutt, a collector of Jedi artifacts on Nal Hutta (in issues 8-12). In his collection are numerous lightsabers, at least some of which are seen to be in working order.
70's or 80's book about werewolves folklore I had a number of books as a child, but one in particular keeps coming to mind and if anyone could help me identify it, that would be great. Here's what I remember... It was a book on werewolves, I believe from either the 70's or 80's, it told how people believed one could b...	The book was about werewolves.
Why was Anakin allowed to wear black robes? Within the Jedi Order, it seemed to be that the brown robe over the lighter coloured tunic, pants and belt was more uniform than merely a customary wardrobe for Jedi Knights and Jedi Masters. I can't recall any other Jedi who wore any kind of variation from this outfit (I ca...	The padawan Ahsoka Tano did not wear “typical” Jedi robes: It seems like Anakin was just another exception that everyone was okay with. However, the contrasting black robes were an indication of his personality.
When did lightsabers first appear in the Star Wars timeline? Where do we first see/read about a lightsaber in the Star Wars universe (EU and Legends count)? I mean this from an in-universe chronological perspective, not publication/release order. It’s a simple question, but I've searched some existing question and ...	In the Legends continuity, we first see a "Forcesaber" in the Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi series, which takes place about 26,000 years before the Battle of Yavin. By the time of the Duinuogwuin Contention around 15,500 BBY, Jedi studies and researches with "frozen blaster" technology yielded success; they developed a m...
Why does Rey wear the same outfit in different environments? In Star Wars: The Force Awakens , Rey can be seen wearing the same outfit wherever she goes.She wears it on a desert planet: On an ice planet: On a jungle planet: Why is this? Shouldn't different environments require different clothes? Why does Rey wear...	deserts can be freezing cold at night. This is to be expected, because she has finally had some free time to get new clothes and put them on. Chewbacca hasn't changed his clothes (i.e., his bandolier and messenger bag) since the Clone Wars, so Rey's failure to change her outfit isn't particularly unusual... She is capt...

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