Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT One of the darkest Return of the Jedi theories has been debunked by the Star Wars franchise. As seen in the 1983 film, the Empire's second Death Star was destroyed by the Rebel Alliance, marking the beginning of the end for the Imperial regime in the galaxy far, far away. However, the film's aftermath generated some justifiable fan concerns regarding the forest moon of Endor.
Essentially, Endor should have been decimated, dooming the cuddly Ewok tribes to a fiery demise as the impact would have flash-heated all the water and ignited all the trees even if any of the Ewoks were outside the primary impact zone. The entire world should have burned away to nothing with the Rebellion's victory. As such, it's an incredibly dark outcome considering all the celebrations that were held as seen at the end of Return of the Jedi.