If Rey Could Use This Power Then Why Anakin Skywalker Couldn’t Save Padme Using Force: This Star Wars Plothole Is Outrageous

SUMMARY

• Daisy Ridley's Rey could use Force healing powers to save Kylo Ren in The Rise of Skywalker.
• However, if the same power was available to Anakin Skywalker, it could've avoided the whole situation where he turned to the dark side.
• Fans believe Rey using the Force healing powers is a plot hole that ruins the original and prequel trilogy.

One of the major reasons for the fan hate towards Disney’s version of Star Wars was the fact that the latter films tore many holes in the established lore. For instance, Rey’s newfound Force healing powers made many question why Anakin Skywalker didn’t have the same powers. It would’ve helped him save Padme and thus avoid moving on to the dark side.

Daisy Ridley as Rey in Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker | Credits: Lucasfilm Ltd

It would’ve changed the entire course of George Lucas’ space opera, according to some fans. However, there are fan theories explaining why Anakin wasn’t able to use the Force healing power in Revenge of the Sith. They also cite the fact that Daisy Ridley’s movies weren’t the first to introduce Force healing powers.

Star Wars plot hole: Force healing powers helped Rey but it was never an option for Anakin Skywalker

Daisy Ridley as Rey in Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker | Credits: Lucasfilm Ltd

In Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker, Daisy Ridley‘s Rey uses the Force healing powers to save Adam Driver‘s Kylo Ren. The emotional scene from the movie led to an outrage among long-time Star Wars fans who found the scene to be illogical. They shared their concern that if Rey could use Force healing, then Anakin should be able to use it too.

However, Anakin’s desperation to save Padme in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith led him to embrace the dark side. Fans obviously wondered why Anakin wasn’t aware of the Force healing powers, which could’ve easily saved Padme during her childbirth. It would’ve avoided the future events, beginning with Anakin becoming a Sith.

While fans blame Disney Star Wars for ruining the lore with such a plot hole, it wasn’t Ridley’s film that first introduced the concept of Force healing. Some of the Jedis of the Legends-era Star Wars material used the Force healing powers. Star Wars: The Clone Wars also acknowledged the existence of such a power.

There were notable Jedi healers in the Legends material, including T’ra Saa, Stass Allie, and Barris Offee. It was also hinted that Jedi Masters like Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ki-Adi-Mundi could also use the powers. After Ridley’s Rey used the power in The Rise of Skywalker, Disney’s Star Wars also introduced Grogu’s Force healing powers in The Mandalorian.

The possible explanation of why Anakin couldn’t use Force healing powers

Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | Credits: Lucasfilm Ltd

The one possible explanation of why Anakin couldn’t use Force healing power was that it was a highly specialized discipline. The materials showed that only Jedi Masters and trained Jedi healers could use the power. It is assumed that before the events of The Rise of Skywalker, Rey studied ancient Jedi texts and learned of this advanced power.

In The Mandalorian, Grogu is said to have received training from multiple Jedi mentors before the Jedi Purge, which explains his Force healing powers. While Force healing could’ve been the ideal power to save Padme, Anakin couldn’t master the powers. Some theories claim that Anakin knew of the existence of Force healing power and it could’ve even served as his motivation to become a Jedi Master.

In the end, it either appears that Anakin was never truly skilled enough to use Force healing or the entire power is a plot hole introduced into the canon by Disney Star Wars.

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