6 convincing fan theories that blew our minds in 2015

 By 
Max Knoblauch
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It's been a big year for old movies.

The fan theorists of the Internet have been hard at work in 2015, rewatching and reinterpreting movies and television shows from years past. From a theory about a Star Wars villain masquerading as a bumbling idiot in the prequels to one speculating that the Mystery Machine is filled with draft dodgers -- you'd be hard-pressed to find a piece of entertainment that hasn't been honored with a hypothesis about a secret hidden meaning this year.

Below, we've gathered our favorites from the geniuses at Reddit.

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