Because Star Wars was first created as its own singular movie, and the rest of the universe has simply followed behind, there are new stories being introduced to canon all the time. What began as one film is now a sprawling franchise. With such a huge universe, too, there must come some commonalities; over the decades, Star Wars commonalities have become clichés in their own right.

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Every Star Wars movie has their fair share of these clichés. Despite this, these clichés don’t really make a whole lot of sense overall. Unfortunately, while these are still often enjoyable and have now become staples of the franchise, these clichés simply don’t make sense in Star Wars.

10 Every Alien Is Either A Human Or A Total Slug Monster

jabba the hutt argues with han solo

According to the movies themselves, Star Wars takes place a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. As a result, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to assume that no creatures there would look like humans, as humans presumably have no place in that galaxy.

It might even make sense that one species could look like humans, but there are countless planets in the Star Wars galaxy that look exactly like humans and can breed compatibility with one another. If an alien doesn’t look pretty much human, they’re usually some bug- or slug-looking monster creature that nobody would ever want to get near.

9 Fun And Goofy Droid Sidekicks For Everyone

rey kneels next to the droid bb-8

While droids seem like they’re supposed to be something of their own species in the Star Wars universe, they also are still kind of toys to most people. Droids are helpful friends at times and useful tools at others, depending on what the story wants from them. In the end, every droid ends up being some goofy sort of sidekick to the main human (or humanoid) character in the plot.

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Even K-2SO, who was more of a character than droids like C-3PO, R2-D2, or BB-8, was little more than a humorous plot device. Droids are there for support and comedy above all else; there’s nothing wrong with that, but it is a standard cliché for these movies.

8 The Best Pilot In The Galaxy Keeps Showing Up

poe dameron and bb-8 running together down a hallway

In every new Star Wars story, it seems that the best pilot in the galaxy has just shown up yet again. When Han Solo was first introduced in the original trilogy, he was shown to be the best pilot that Luke and Obi-Wan could get their hands on. Afterward, Luke shows that he, too, is no slouch at piloting, and can fly just as well as Han in his own way.

Even Luke’s pal, Wedge Antilles, is an apparently incredible pilot. Before them, in the prequel trilogy, Anakin Skywalker was the apparent best pilot in the galaxy; in the sequel trilogy, it was Poe Dameron. Every new Star Wars story needs its own ace pilot to help out.

7 Stormtroopers Just Can’t Land A Shot

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While Stormtroopers are supposed to be something of a massive threat in the Star Wars universe, they’re not necessarily a real danger when viewed by the outside world. Stormtroopers just can’t land a shot, no matter who they’re firing at or from what distance.

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They’re constantly aiming their blasters and missing wildly for no apparent reason. This cliché has become something of a classic by this point. In addition, the franchise just loves showcasing their weapons, including blasters. Many Star Wars movies feature characters aiming their blasters directly into the camera at some point.

6 The Skywalkers Are Always Involved

Luke Skywalker in The Mandalorian

The main storyline in the Star Wars universe may be called the Skywalker Saga, but fans are still inexplicably shocked when the Skywalkers end up involved in everything. The original trilogy was centered around Luke Skywalker; the prequel trilogy followed his mother and father, Padme and Anakin; the sequel trilogy was about Kylo Ren (Luke’s nephew) and, again, Luke, in a way.

No matter what, the Skywalkers will always somehow end up involved in what’s going on. There’s not necessarily anything wrong with this; it’s a cliché for a reason, and, at this point, it’s a fun staple of the universe. The Skywalkers even showed up in offshoot stories like Rogue One, where Anakin made an appearance, and The Mandalorian, where Luke briefly appeared once so far.

rey on the far right faces off against a dark mass on the left

While it seemed that the sequel trilogy was going to subvert this classic cliché, in the end, they fell for it all the same. In the Star Wars franchise, everybody has to be related or connected to somebody else somehow.

It seemed that Rey was going to be the first one to be completely disconnected from everybody else, truly coming from nothing and nobody relevant to the main story. Tragically, at the last moment, the story decided that Rey would be related to Palpatine and J. J. Abrams fumbled yet another easy and excellent set-up that Rian Johnson had left for him.

4 As Many Lightsaber Battles As Possible

finn wielding a blue lightsaber

If a character has a lightsaber on or near their person at any point in the Star Wars universe, it is pretty much inevitable that they will end up wielding that weapon in a lightsaber battle sooner or later.

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The Star Wars movies feature as many lightsaber battles as humanly (or as inhumanly) as possible. Even if a character has never so much as held a lightsaber before, like Finn, Rey, or Din Djarin, they will usually do pretty well in their lightsaber battles.

3 Offshoot Stories Taking Place Between Major Movies

Darth Vader prepares to attck the Rebels in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

As more and more movies were introduced to the Star Wars universe, other stories started to use those movies as the framework for their timeline. Rather than choosing specific years for their stories to be set, these stories ended up being set “after the events of” a movie, or “between episodes” within the Skywalker Saga.

Fans want to see more stories between the prequel trilogy movies and between the original trilogy movies; now, they’re itching for more between the sequel trilogy films. However, it seems these are still a ways off, as it’s difficult to include Vader in those — and another Star Wars cliché is making sure Vader always has a place.

2 Don’t Make It If It’s Not Marketable

Boba Fett in Return of the Jedi

The very first Star Wars movie seems to be made with complete abandon. It’s an original piece of artwork that quickly became a universe, and that universe almost instantly became a marketable franchise. With each subsequent movie in the franchise, fans can watch increasingly marketable characters, locations, and droid sidekicks being added to the universe.

As the world of Star Wars grew, it became clear that characters would only be introduced to the franchise if they were perfectly marketable. In fact, in some instances, characters were included specifically to be marketed as toys or on television in spin-offs.

1 Every Planet Has One Singular Climate Overall

Luke Skywalker staring into the desert, from Star Wars Episode IV

An almost amusing cliché that has persisted throughout the years in the Star Wars franchise is the fact that every planet has one singular climate. Locations like the ice planet of Hoth, which is cold all over, or the swamp planet of Dagobah, or even Luke Skywalker’s home planet of Tatooine, which is entirely a desert, have one climate across the entire globe.

This persists throughout every installment in the Star Wars franchise, expanding to include locations like the cloudy Bespin and the forest moon of Endor. It’s strange and interesting, and even the sequel trilogy kept up the cliché, including places like the salt planet Crait.

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