Star Wars Confirms The Empire Learned A Vital Lesson From Episode IV’s Most Famous Mistake

Warning: Contains spoilers for Star Wars: Darth Vader #49! Star Wars is not only one of the most beloved franchises in history, it is also incredibly broad, with established knowledge that continues to grow even to this day, and it all began with the original 1977 film, A new hope. Everything Star Wars is and ever will be branched from the events of A new hopeBut the only reason the events of A new hope Even happened was because of one single mistake made by the Empire – a mistake it has since learned from.

in Star Wars: Darth Vader #49 by Greg Pak and Raffaele Ienco The Schism Imperial betrayed Darth Vader, leaving him to die at the hands of the MAR Corps while the members of the Schism Imperial tracked down and attempted to kill Luke Skywalker. Skywalker is on a snowy planet with Sabé and a scoundrel named Warba, who made a deal with Vader to give him Luke and Sabé’s location once they were all together. Varba raised her end, but it wasn’t Vader who got the message, it was the Schism Imperial.

When the Shism Imperial arrived at the planet Skywalker was on, they immediately found Sabe’s ship, scanned it for life forms, and found that no living organism (including Luke Skywalker) was on board. While they were on the right track, the Schism Imperial’s first attempt to find Luke failed, which meant they needed to continue exploring the world. However, before they moved on, one of the leaders of the Shim Imperial gave an order: destroy Sabe’s ship, although there are no life form readings.

The Empire mistakenly allowed a ship with ‘no life forms’ to escape, sparking its downfall

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope

in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New HopeR2-D2 and C-3PO famously escape the Empire on an escape pod, and when they are spotted by an Imperial gunner, they are not fired upon since there were no readings of organic life. Because the Empire didn’t destroy the pod when it had the chance, R2-D2 was able to deliver the Death Star plans to the Rebel Alliance after the droid also called Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi to action.

This mistake on the Empire’s part is even more blatant considering that droids have been a major aspect of life in the galaxy for quite some time (including and especially during the Clone Wars), meaning organic life should not have been the only thing for The empire to look out for. If the Empire had just taken the precaution of destroying R2-D2 and C-3PO’s escape pod, the Death Star would have been saved, Luke Skywalker would never have joined the Rebellion, and the Empire itself would have continued to flourish indefinitely.

While it’s possible that the Empire became aware of how bad it messed up by allowing R2-D2 and C-3PO’s escape pod to escape, and made efforts to stop that from ever happening again, it seems more likely that it was more of a meta correction. The Star Wars Franchise is well aware of the gross incompetence exhibited by the Empire in Episode IVAnd is taking steps to prevent moments like that from happening again – and the Schism Imperial’s actions in this comic are a perfect example.

It seems, either in the literal or meta sense, that the empire learned a vital lesson from A new hopes most famous mistake, because it is no longer taking any chances when it comes to enemy ships. Even if there are no life form readings, the Empire will destroy a vessel all the same, which is a necessary correction in Star Wars Learn what makes the Empire a much smarter and more dangerous threat.

Star Wars: Darth Vader #49 by Marvel Comics is now available.