Previous green ninjas just doesn’t make sense
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A dedicated LEGO NINJAGO fan has sparked a major lore debate by pointing out significant logical inconsistencies regarding the previous Green Ninjas in the theme's storyline. The discussion questions how prior Green Ninjas could have possibly been chosen or identified when the Golden Weapons remained under the protection of the First Spinjitzu Master, Wu, and Garmadon for thousands of years.
The community post highlights several puzzling contradictions within the official narrative. If the Golden Weapons were never lost for centuries—and if Wu and Garmadon assisted in finding previous Green Ninjas before Lloyd—the masters would inherently know about these predecessors, yet they seemingly hid this information. Furthermore, the existence of prophecies for earlier Green Ninjas raises questions about whether those past quests involved the Overlord, which directly conflicts with the established premise in seasons one and two of the original show where the Green Ninjas' sole purpose is to continue the ultimate battle between the First Spinjitzu Master and the Overlord.
Plot holes and retcons are common in long-running themes like LEGO NINJAGO as writers expand the universe over more than a decade of content. Fans organizing massive collections of these mystical sets and minifigures often utilize a LEGO storage box to keep their ninja rosters sorted, while others prefer to keep their favorite heroes safe on a LEGO display case.
No matter how you feel about the existence of previous green ninjas, you have to admit that most of it doesn’t make sense at all, how were the previous green ninjas decided if the Golden Weapons had been under the FSM/ Wu and Garmadon’s protection for thousands of years after the FSM passed away? unless they lost them for centuries, which is highly unlikely, and if they didn’t lose them and they assisted in finding the green ninjas before Lloyd, wouldn’t they know that there are other green...
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