Since 1977 launched the very first Star Wars (technically Episode IV), the franchise has captured the imagination and passion of fans worldwide. Yet, with that loyal dedication comes also the downside of every element being scrutinized and debated, so you c𒆙an imagine how embarrassed everyone feels if the powers behind the throne made a misstep or judgment error in elaborating and expanding on the famous brand title.

Unlike several other movies that are watched then disappear into the ether, this series is quite the opposite. Unless you have one of those MIB mind-wipe devices, quite frankly, the fans will never forget, leaving those more embarrassing fails the series took looking that much more painful – heck,♏ it has been over forty years since the series launched and we’re still discussing the errors!

With that said, there’s little doubt that the powers-that-be would love to have you completely forgot these sore💧 points once and for all - but yeah, that's never going to happen.

So for fun, let’s take a look at those prevalent instances the s🍷eries did a face plant and the studio wished you pesky fans coul💃d just forget and move on…

23 🍎 Darth Maul Returning In Solo: A Star Wars Story 🅘

The reveal of Darth Maul alive and well (via some robotic legs) in this Star Wars spi🌊n-off created a confused reaction over the unanimoꩲus cheers Disney hoped for.

For long-time fans of the animated shows Clone Wars and Rebels, the addit🌊ion of Maul was a positive yet unsu📖rprising one (although his arc has already been wrapped up).

Unfortunately, casual fans were left scratching their♈ heads at how in the heck he survived being split in half and tumbling down a garbage shoot.

22 𒊎 Leia Goes Mary Poppins 🌌

Well, there’s plenty of sore points about Last Jedi for specific fans but♊ none so ridiculous as💟 Leia flying through zero gravity like she was a native of Krypton. It doesn't work for a couple of reasons...

After decades of hyping Leia’s link to th🧜e Force, it was an underwhelming reveal.

Secondly, its almost quickly forgotten about within the plot, making it even more awkward. Lastly, it just looks straight-up silly and Mary Poppins-esque. We can notch it down as something that’ll be swept under the rug when the next෴ installment releas🍸es.

21 Boba Fett Ended By ♏The Sarlacc Pit 𓂃

George Lucas could not predict the fan-fair Boba Felt conjured. Emerging as a simple bit-part henchman in Empire Strikes Back, he’s quickly dispatched in a downright silly manner in Return Of The Jedi, as a blinded Han Solo smashes into his Jet Pack and sends him flying into the Sarlacc Pit🐷.

It was a ridiculously underwhelming wrap-up for a character that managed 🐓to conjure countless comics, toys, and video game appearances - yet was effectively done-and-dusted from the mainline continuity. Lucas tried to remedy this by🦂 including his father Jango (basically Fett 2.0) in the prequels but the misjudgment still cannot be forgotten.

20 Anakin Really Doesn't Like Sand

Likely Star Wars fan's favorite meme moment when it comes to scapegoating the prequels and spell♐ing out all that is terrible about them, really must go to the painfully cringe-worthy moment whꦫere Hayden Christen monologues about sand.

Now in all fairness, even the most championed Star Wars movies has its fair share of clunky dialogue (just ask Harrison Ford) yet this scene meant to play as a poetic moment were Anakin reveals the pain behind his past and grows romantically closer with Padme ( it plays more like nails on a 💯chalkboard and is hilariously over the top). Hey, at least it lead to some great memes.

19 Greedo Shoots Firℱst

George Lucas riled up a fan rage with his ‘revised’ Star Wars 1997 re-releases. Sure, it remastered the negative and added some♉ snazzy CGI fix-up’s to dated effects; no one will argue those benefits.

But Lucas also used this as an opportunity to re-write a movie now established as gos💯pel for fans for over two decades.

This ༒was most apparent in Han Solo’s iconic introduction that originally had him offing a villain in cold blood.

It was revised into Greedo firing first, (🐈nonsensically missing at point blank range) with Solo reacting back. Not only did it sully a classic moment, but the effect was bad and the logic didn't add up.

18 𓃲♕ Luke Passing On

Man, did this get a lot of people upset. Luke Skywalker’s return to th﷽e franchise was a much-hyped one but the results were polarising as it cut right thro🔴ugh the middle with no bigger point than his ultimate fate; as he evaporates (by choice) and becomes one with the Force.

It was a creative choice that had many perplexed and🃏 was hardly the satisfying send-off most had pictured for the character. Disney most likely wishes the fate had been left open-ended to be further discussed and explored in a future sequel.

17 🔯 Midichlorians

This hi🌸ghly controversial concept was dropped quicker than a hot potato, so much so that it's surprising 🐼that Lucas didn’t go back and actually erase it in a ‘Special Edition’ version.

In Phantom Menace, it is revealed that the secr✃et behind the Force comes down to the number of particles called Midichlorians inside our bodies.

This whittled down what has been seen as a mys🐻tical ar♊t into some unnecessary pseudo-science.

It was a direction th🍌at no fan was happy about and just as soon it as it was reveale💙d, it was never mentioned in any other entry ever again.

16 Leia R♛emembering Her Mother

This entry is less a case of being an embarrassing plot point but more about the prequels rendering a🌄 formerly enticing story element into a gaping plot chasm.

In Return Of ꦛThe J𒊎edi, Luke confronts Leia about who their father truly is; Darth Vader.

Yet, Leia gets stuck on a memory of their mother, who she remembered as a child. Why should this be forgotten? Well, because when we actually got our answers with Revenge Of The Sith, we actually witness Leia’s mothe๊r giving b๊irth but then immediately passing away. So Leia must have a darn good memory since childbirth then?

15 Rey’s Parents Being ‘Nobodies’ 🌞 ♛

Chalk this one down to the disconnect between the new trilogies director🍰s.ꦏ JJ Abram’s plants the seeds that the identity of Rey’s parents will be some sort of "A-ha- moment" to be paid off later.

Yet, director Rian Johnson purposefully pulls the rug from underneath us in The Last Jedi as 𒐪it i൲s revealed (by Kylo Ren) that they are complete ‘nobodies’...and that’s it.

It was a ma✤ssively controversial choice and one you feel Disney will retcon when Abrams returns for the next installment.

14 🌸 Jake Lloyd

You've got to feel for little Jake Lloyd. After becoming ten-🌞years-old, he landed the role of a lifetime as the little tyke version of Darth Vader in the most anticipated movie of (likely) all-timeღ – yikes.

It didn’t help that the reception of Phantom Menace was absolutely brutal, as Lloyd’s ‘gee shucks’ performance was one of th🎃e main culprits of the movie's disdain.

He certainly wasn’t in high demand to reprise his ♔role afterward.

Lloyd is no doubt terrible in the film, yet so was Natalie Portman and she went on to win an𝓰 Oscar – there must have been something in the water?