Summary
- The upcoming Ahsoka show will introduce a new Inquisitor to Star Wars canon, potentially creating a plot hole in the original trilogy.
- The show's inclusion of a former Inquisitor raises unanswered questions about their timeline and where they were during the original trilogy.
- Star Wars can resolve this plot hole by explaining the absence of Inquisitors through future books and comics, or by exploring Marrok's backstory in Ahsoka.
The upcoming Ahsoka show on Disney+ will introduce a brand-new Inquisitor to Star Wars canon, which may create an original trilogy plot hole. First introduced in Star Wars Rebels, the Imperial Inquisitors were former Jedi who turned to the dark side and hunted their own kind, answering directly to Darth Vader. Several Star Wars TV shows, books, comics, and video games have continued adding new Inquisitors and expanding on their history, with Ahsoka featuring a former Inquisitor, Marrok, who now works for Morgan Elsbeth.
Despite the number of stories that have fleshed out the Inquisitors, there is an unfilled gap in their timeline that Ahsoka could make more confusing. Viewers will want to learn more about Marrok's time working for the Empire, and this will drudge up questions about the Inquisitors that have long gone unanswered. Ahsoka will use these questions to its advantage to create a gripping narrative or a plot hole that affects the original Star Wars trilogy.
Ahsoka Confirms Inquisitors Were Around During The Original Trilogy - So Where Were They?
The character profile of Ahsoka's Inquisitor confirms that there were still Inquisitors during the original trilogy but does not answer where they were. The Star Wars Databank entry on Marrok confirms that the Inquisitor hunted Jedi for the Empire before becoming a mercenary, making it strange that there are no Inquisitors in any stories set during the original trilogy. With Luke Skywalker fighting for the Rebellion as a Jedi Knight, the Empire could have dispatched Inquisitors to hunt him down. This question has remained unanswered since the Inquisitors stopped appearing in Star Wars Rebels after season 2, but the mystery can be resolved before it creates a plot hole.
How Star Wars Can Explain Its Original Trilogy Inquisitor Plot Hole
There are a few ways for Star Wars to solve its original trilogy Inquisitor plot hole. A future book or comic series could reveal that the Inquisitors did face off against Luke during the Galactic Civil War, but this still would not explain why they never appear as recurring villains in the ongoing Marvel Star Wars comics. Another solution would be creating a viable explanation for why Marrok and the other Inquisitors were not present during the war. After all, Star Wars has introduced new Jedi characters that were either killed or trapped somewhere else, explaining why they were neither present nor mentioned during the original trilogy.
If Marrok was the only remaining Inquisitor by the time of the Galactic Civil War, perhaps they failed a mission and chose to flee rather than face punishment. The Grand Inquisitor allowed himself to die because he feared Vader, only for his spirit to be trapped on Tempes and forced to guard a Jedi outpost. The Inquisitors could also have been exiled for failing the Sith too many times, or they may have staged a coup that only Marrok survived. Ahsoka has several options for explaining where the Inquisitors were during the original trilogy, which could create a thoroughly engaging character in Marrok.