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Hello there. Somehow, Star Wars memes have returned. It's not a trap, this is where the fun begins.
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Please do not post the "good friend" or similar copypasta
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None of these things are plot holes. Why is it unbelievable that Obi Wan would keep the light saber? You might not have, but that doesn’t mean Obi Wan wouldn’t. Who is Luke’s family supposed to be? Yes, Obi Wan still dresses like a Jedi when he lives as a hermit. Vader is subject to the emperor’s wishes. It’s believable that tarken is very effective and therefore the emperor sees how valuable he is and he could outrank the emperor’s useful idiot attack dog.
See, it's not about plot holes.
"Plot holes" are a pretty useless concept anyway. Star Wars as a franchise goes so far out of its way to plug "plot holes", and it does absolutely nothing for its consistency or coherence.
Case in point, Obi Wan the TV series goes out of its way to justify the goofy, inconsistent use of "Darth" as a first name during the Death Star fight and all that did was break the hell out of suspension of disbelief. See also: the entirety of Solo.
It's about how you as a human can discern meaning. And yeah, in the original Star Wars Jedi Knights are meant to mostly just have been knights, like medieval knights, and likely not fundamentally connected to the idea of the Force. And the robes hermit look is supposed to be mostly Ben's whole deal, not a Jedi uniform, and Vader is clearly supposed to mostly be a glorified henchman.
And it's fine when you come back for Empire and a bunch of those things are no longer quite true. You shrug it off. Star Wars is "from a certain point of view: the franchise" and it's absolutely to its detriment.
I'm not sure you can use the massive plot hole creation device that is the Obi-Wan series to defend anything plot related.
Why would he get rid of it? It'd be like a knight or samurai getting rid of their sword. Or a friend's sword.