Star Wars fans – who, it seems, may have a little too much free time on their hands – have gone berserk on Twitter after realising that part of the storyline in Return of the Jedi has gone unexplained for 35 years.
The Twittersphere went into meltdown after Mike Ryan, a senior entertainment writer at US-based Uproxx, wrote an article in which he challenged fans to tell him what Luke’s plan to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hutt actually was.
Ryan then goes on to outline Luke’s numerous attempts to save Han and how it becomes unclear what his original plan to save the captain of the Millennium Falcon – if he even had one – was.
I wrote about the STAR WARS question that has been lingering unanswered for 35 years and I dare ANYONE to come up with an answer. https://t.co/ORYzWiiEGV
— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) February 28, 2018
Fans on Twitter praised Ryan for writing about this age-old question in the Star Wars sequel. And, judging by their tweets, it looks like some of them have been kept up at night by this continuing mystery. “Been bugging me for 30 years,” wrote one.
Thank GOD someone has written about this. Been bugging me for 30 years. The rebels coulda just sent a damn company of troops in there and shot the place up, but instead we get . . . whatever the hell this was, even if it was cool. https://t.co/HUiccu0kW8
— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) February 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/DavidKlion/status/968954909692395520
Other fans, meanwhile, attempted their own explanations regarding Luke’s pursuits to save Han from Jabba:
https://twitter.com/clawforce/status/968939839277096960
Also seems like Luke's plan was to hide his lightsaber in R2 (maybe he thought Jabba's guards would pat him down?) and then wreck shop once he got inside. Except R2 went AWOL and he had to improvise and C3P0 wasn't quick enough to tell him about the trap door 2/
— Nick Field (@nick_field90) February 28, 2018
It's a preview of Luke's plan to turn himself in and assume Vader will turn. It also highlights the inner turmoil that will lead to the failure of the New Republic and Luke's arrogance that will lead to Ben Solo's turn…I'm so good at ret-conning I could be a Lucasfilm novelist
— Nick Field (@nick_field90) February 28, 2018
So, what do you reckon Luke’s plan was – if there even was one? Scroll down to leave us a comment.