Star Wars fans think they've found a prequels plot hole involving Anakin Skywalker

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Star Wars fans might have found a prequels plot hole

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Star Wars fans might have found a prequels plot hole that involves Anakin Skywalker and Order 66.

Now, Order 66 is the command given to the clone army by Emperor Palpatine to wipe out all of the Jedi. As one fan points out on Reddit, in The Clone Wars finale, it's shown that the clones try and kill Ahsoka Tano even though she's no longer a Jedi. Considering Anakin was dressed as a Jedi – even though he'd fallen to the dark side and become a Sith by the time of the command – then "surely Anakin should have been killed along with the rest of the Jedi."

"I saw a breakdown that showed the Clone Wars episode when Tup’s chip broke. Tup looked right past Anakin to the other Jedi. Maybe Palps worked in an immunity thing for Anakin," speculates one fan.

The most likely answer seems to be that Anakin had built in immunity from Order 66 thanks to Palpatine, but there's no concrete answer given in canon – so far, anyway.

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Molly Edwards
Molly Edwards
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I'm the Deputy Entertainment Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating with a BA in English.