Han and Chewbacca shot one of them down at the beginning of The Empire Strikes Back, but before they destroyed it, the droid sent a message back to the Empire of shield generators on the planet of Hoth, which alerted the Imperials to the position of the Rebel base.īack on Vader’s flagship, Captain Piett relayed the probe droid's report to Ozzell: “I think we’ve got something, sir … The visuals indicate life readings.” That should have triggered an automatic investigation because Hoth was supposedly uninhabited, but Ozzell was intent on not following up on that lead and tried to brush it under the rug. It all started when the Empire sent out hundreds of probe droids to find the Rebels following the destruction of the Death Star.

RELATED: Star Wars: Darth Vader Froze Himself in Carbonite Before He Did It to Han The only other way to explain his actions in the film would be to say he was utterly incompetent, and it doesn’t make sense for such a high-ranking official to be so terrible at his job and disregard Vader’s orders. In short, the theory poses that Admiral Ozzel, who commanded Darth Vader's flagship in The Empire Strikes Back, was secretly a Rebel spy. In contrast, one particular theory just might hold its weight in credits.ĭetailed by a Reddit user several years ago and reappearing in posts from time to time, the theory comes from the original Star Wars trilogy and has to do with a rebel having infiltrated the highest rank of Palpatine’s Imperial Navy. The ' Darth Jar Jar' theory, for instance, is utterly ridiculous and unfounded, even though it might have been a better story than how the character canonically turned out. Over the years, some of them have been halfway correct while others are just plain wrong.

With a franchise as expansive as Star Wars, there’s bound to be all kinds of fan theories.

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