19 Things You Didn't Know About Star Wars

19 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT STAR WARS SINCE BEING RELEASED IN 1977, STAR WARS HAS REMAINED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SCI-FI FILMS OF ALL TIME. IT HAS SPAWNED THREE PREQUELS, TWO SEQUELS, TV MOVIES, BOOKS AND COUNTLESS TOYS. DESPITE THE VAST AMOUNT OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT THE FAMOUS FRANCHISE, THERE STILL MIGHT BE SOME THINGS ABOUT STAR WARS THAT WOULD SURPRISE YOU. HERE ARE 19 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW... •ADVENTURES OF LUKE-STARKILLER AS TAKEN-FROM THE WHEN PRODUCTION BEGAN, THE MOVIE WAS TITLED "ADVENTURES OF LUKE STARKILLER, AS TAKEN FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE WHILLS, SAGA I: THE STAR WARS." IT WAS JOURNAL OF THE WHILLS, SAGA- THE STAR WARS EVENTUALLY SHORTENED AND.LUKE'S NAME BY GEORGE LUCAS WAS CHANGED TO LUKE SKYWALKER. NO. VOICE: JAMES EARL JONES | AM YOUR IT TOOK THREE FATHER! FACE: SEBASTIAN SHAW DIFFERENT ACTORS TO PORTRAY DARTH VADER: BODY: DAVID PROWSE STAR WARS STAR WARS IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MOVIE-RELATED TOY LINE EVER SOLD, WITH 250 MILLION FIGURES. SOLD BETWEEN 1978 AND 1986. TODDYS GEORGE LUCAS CREATED A SPECIAL EFFECTS COMPANY, "INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC", SHUT DOWN AFTER DISCOVERING THAT THE SPECIAL EFFECTS DEPARTMENT AT 20TH CENTURY FOX WAS SHUT DOWN SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO FILM STAR WARS. THE VOICE OF YODA WAS PROVIDED BY FRANK Oz, WHO IS ALSO THE VOICE OF THE MUPPETS' MISS PIGGY DO OR DO NOT. THERE IS NO TRY! MARK HAMILL, WHO PLAYED LUKE SKYWALKER, DAMAGED HIS FACE IN A CAR ACCIDENT FOLLOWING PRIMARY SHOOTING, MAKING RESHOOTS IMPOSSIBLE. BEFORE AFTER IT TOOK AS MANY AS 10 PUPPETEERS USING BOTH A SCUBA REGULATOR WAS USED TO ACHIEVE THE SOUND OF DARTH HANDS TO OPERATE VADER'S LABORED BREATHING. JABBA THE HUTT THE CHARACTER OF HAN SOLO GEORGE LUCAS WAS DIAGNOSED WITH, WAS BASED ON LUCAS'S FRIEND FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA WHO DIRECTED THE CLASSIC FILM HYPERTENSION AND EXHAUSTION AS A RESULT OF STAR WARS THE GODFATHER K PRESCRIPTION THREE WEEK VACATION!! EVERY STAR WARS MOVIE IN THE US HAS BEEN RELEASED IN MAY, ALWAYS ONE WEEK AFTER GEORGE MAY LUCAS MAY 14TH BIRTHDAY. 14 JOHN WILLIAMS WON AN OSCAR FOR THE STAR WARS SCORE. THE MUSIC WAS LATER NAMED BY THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE AS THE GREATEST FILM SCORE OF ALL TIME. SISSY SPACEK AUDITIONED FOR THE ROLE OF PRINCESS LEIA DENIED THERE WERE ALSO SOME ALTERNATE CANDIDATES FOR THE ROLE OF HAN SOLO: 1.KURT RUSSELL 2.NICK NOLTE 3.CHRISTOPHER WALKEN 4.AL PACINO 5.PERRY KNG THE CHEWBACCA CHARACTER IS BASED ON GEORGE LUCAS DOG, INDIANA. THE DOG IS ALSO THE INSPIRATION FOR INDIANA THE NAME INDIANA JONES. THE EWOK ARE NAMED AFTER THE MIWOK, A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE INDIGENOUS TO THE REDWOOD FOREST WHERE THE ENDOR SCENES WERE FILMED FOR RETURN OF THE JEDI. R2-D2 IS NAMED AFTER A PIECE OF FILM EDİTOR'S JARGON. IT THE MILLENNIUM FALCON WAS INSPIRED BY THE SHAPE OF A HAMBURGER WITH AN OLIVE ON THE SIDE. MEANS "REEL 2, DIALOG 2". REEL 2. DIALOG 2, AND ACTION! MODEL AIRPLANE PARTS AND EGG-SHAPED PANTY HOSE CONTAINERS WERE AMONG THE ITEMS USED TO MAKE THE SPACESHIP MODELS IN STAR WARS. SOURCES: HTTP://SWGUIDE.CHEZ.COM/TEXT/SWFACTS.HTM HTTP:/MOME.CC.UMANITOBA.CA/YKUPPEM/99BFACTS.HTM HTTP://NEWS.BBC.CO.UK/2/HV6679425.STM HTTP:/MEMBERS.TRIPOD.COM/YTHEUBLUEUTORPEDO/THINGSFACTS.HTML HTTP:/NWW.NEWLAUNCHES.COM/ARCHIVES/TOPU1OUSTARUWARSUFACTS.PHP HTTP:JUTVERSEL.COM/2009/09M/12-FACTS-ABOUT-STAR-WARS-YOU-PROBABLYDONTKNOW HTTP:J/BLOCZARRO.COM/2006/12/RANDOM-GEEK-FACTS DESIGN BY HTTP://Www.ILM.COM/ HTTP://STARWARZ.COM/STARKILLER/ UnlineSchools www.OnlineSchools.org. ELLIE KONING KTTP:I KTOES.COM1997/01/26/MOVIES/THE-NAMES-CAME-FRON-CARTHAT 19 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT STAR WARS SINCE BEING RELEASED IN 1977, STAR WARS HAS REMAINED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SCI-FI FILMS OF ALL TIME. IT HAS SPAWNED THREE PREQUELS, TWO SEQUELS, TV MOVIES, BOOKS AND COUNTLESS TOYS. DESPITE THE VAST AMOUNT OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT THE FAMOUS FRANCHISE, THERE STILL MIGHT BE SOME THINGS ABOUT STAR WARS THAT WOULD SURPRISE YOU. HERE ARE 19 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW... •ADVENTURES OF LUKE-STARKILLER AS TAKEN-FROM THE WHEN PRODUCTION BEGAN, THE MOVIE WAS TITLED "ADVENTURES OF LUKE STARKILLER, AS TAKEN FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE WHILLS, SAGA I: THE STAR WARS." IT WAS JOURNAL OF THE WHILLS, SAGA- THE STAR WARS EVENTUALLY SHORTENED AND.LUKE'S NAME BY GEORGE LUCAS WAS CHANGED TO LUKE SKYWALKER. NO. VOICE: JAMES EARL JONES | AM YOUR IT TOOK THREE FATHER! FACE: SEBASTIAN SHAW DIFFERENT ACTORS TO PORTRAY DARTH VADER: BODY: DAVID PROWSE STAR WARS STAR WARS IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MOVIE-RELATED TOY LINE EVER SOLD, WITH 250 MILLION FIGURES. SOLD BETWEEN 1978 AND 1986. TODDYS GEORGE LUCAS CREATED A SPECIAL EFFECTS COMPANY, "INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC", SHUT DOWN AFTER DISCOVERING THAT THE SPECIAL FO EFFECTS DEPARTMENT AT 20TH CENTURY FOX WAS SHUT DOWN SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO FILM STAR WARS. THE VOICE OF YODA WAS PROVIDED BY FRANK Oz, WHO IS ALSO THE VOICE OF THE MUPPETS' MISS PIGGY DO OR DO NOT. THERE IS NO TRY! MARK HAMILL, WHO PLAYED LUKE SKYWALKER, DAMAGED HIS FACE IN A CAR ACCIDENT FOLLOWING PRIMARY SHOOTING, MAKING RESHOOTS IMPOSSIBLE. BEFORE AFTER IT TOOK AS MANY AS 10 PUPPETEERS USING BOTH A SCUBA REGULATOR WAS USED TO ACHIEVE THE SOUND OF DARTH HANDS TO OPERATE VADER'S LABORED BREATHING. JABBA THE HUTT THE CHARACTER OF HAN SOLO GEORGE LUCAS WAS DIAGNOSED WITH, WAS BASED ON LUCAS'S FRIEND FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA WHO HYPERTENSION AND EXHAUSTION AS A RESULT OF STAR WARS DIRECTED THE CLASSIC FILM THE GODFATHER K PRESCRIPTION THREE WEEK VACATION!! EVERY STAR WARS MOVIE IN THE US HAS BEEN RELEASED IN MAY, ALWAYS ONE WEEK AFTER GEORGE MAY LUCAS MAY 14TH BIRTHDAY. 14 JOHN WILLIAMS WON AN OSCAR FOR THE STAR WARS SCORE. THE MUSIC WAS LATER NAMED BY THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE AS THE GREATEST FILM SCORE OF ALL TIME. SISSY SPACEK AUDITIONED FOR THE ROLE OF PRINCESS LEIA DENIED THERE WERE ALSO SOME ALTERNATE CANDIDATES FOR THE ROLE OF HAN SOLO: 1.KURT RUSSELL 2.NICK NOLTE 3.CHRISTOPHER WALKEN 4.AL PACINO 5.PERRY KNG THE CHEWBACCA CHARACTER IS BASED ON GEORGE LUCAS DOG, INDIANA. THE DOG IS ALSO THE INSPIRATION FOR INDIANA THE NAME INDIANA JONES. THE EWOK ARE NAMED AFTER THE MIWOK, A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE INDIGENOUS TO THE REDWOOD FOREST WHERE THE ENDOR SCENES WERE FILMED FOR RETURN OF THE JEDI. R2-D2 IS NAMED AFTER A PIECE OF FILM EDİTOR'S JARGON. IT THE MILLENNIUM FALCON WAS INSPIRED BY THE SHAPE OF A HAMBURGER WITH AN OLIVE ON THE SIDE. MEANS "REEL 2, DIALOG 2". REEL 2. DIALOG 2, AND ACTION! MODEL AIRPLANE PARTS AND EGG-SHAPED PANTY HOSE CONTAINERS WERE AMONG THE ITEMS USED TO MAKE THE SPACESHIP MODELS IN STAR WARS. SOURCES: HTTP://SWGUIDE.CHEZ.COM/TEXT/SWFACTS.HTM HTTP:/MOME.CC.UMANITOBA.CA/YKUPPEM/99BFACTS.HTM HTTP://NEWS.BBC.CO.UK/2/HV6679425.STM HTTP:/MEMBERS.TRIPOD.COM/YTHEUBLUEUTORPEDO/THINGSFACTS.HTML HTTP:/NWW.NEWLAUNCHES.COM/ARCHIVES/TOPU1OUSTARUWARSUFACTS.PHP HTTP:JUTVERSEL.COM/2009/09M/12-FACTS-ABOUT-STAR-WARS-YOU-PROBABLYDONTKNOW HTTP:J/BLOCZARRO.COM/2006/12/RANDOM-GEEK-FACTS DESIGN BY HTTP://Www.ILM.COM/ HTTP://STARWARZ.COM/STARKILLER/ UnlineSchools www.OnlineSchools.org. ELLIE KONING KTTP:I KTOES.COM1997/01/26/MOVIES/THE-NAMES-CAME-FRON-CARTHAT 19 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT STAR WARS SINCE BEING RELEASED IN 1977, STAR WARS HAS REMAINED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SCI-FI FILMS OF ALL TIME. IT HAS SPAWNED THREE PREQUELS, TWO SEQUELS, TV MOVIES, BOOKS AND COUNTLESS TOYS. DESPITE THE VAST AMOUNT OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT THE FAMOUS FRANCHISE, THERE STILL MIGHT BE SOME THINGS ABOUT STAR WARS THAT WOULD SURPRISE YOU. HERE ARE 19 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW... •ADVENTURES OF LUKE-STARKILLER AS TAKEN-FROM THE WHEN PRODUCTION BEGAN, THE MOVIE WAS TITLED "ADVENTURES OF LUKE STARKILLER, AS TAKEN FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE WHILLS, SAGA I: THE STAR WARS." IT WAS JOURNAL OF THE WHILLS, SAGA- THE STAR WARS EVENTUALLY SHORTENED AND.LUKE'S NAME BY GEORGE LUCAS WAS CHANGED TO LUKE SKYWALKER. NO. VOICE: JAMES EARL JONES | AM YOUR IT TOOK THREE FATHER! FACE: SEBASTIAN SHAW DIFFERENT ACTORS TO PORTRAY DARTH VADER: BODY: DAVID PROWSE STAR WARS STAR WARS IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MOVIE-RELATED TOY LINE EVER SOLD, WITH 250 MILLION FIGURES. SOLD BETWEEN 1978 AND 1986. TODDYS GEORGE LUCAS CREATED A SPECIAL EFFECTS COMPANY, "INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC", SHUT DOWN AFTER DISCOVERING THAT THE SPECIAL FO EFFECTS DEPARTMENT AT 20TH CENTURY FOX WAS SHUT DOWN SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO FILM STAR WARS. THE VOICE OF YODA WAS PROVIDED BY FRANK Oz, WHO IS ALSO THE VOICE OF THE MUPPETS' MISS PIGGY DO OR DO NOT. THERE IS NO TRY! MARK HAMILL, WHO PLAYED LUKE SKYWALKER, DAMAGED HIS FACE IN A CAR ACCIDENT FOLLOWING PRIMARY SHOOTING, MAKING RESHOOTS IMPOSSIBLE. BEFORE AFTER IT TOOK AS MANY AS 10 PUPPETEERS USING BOTH A SCUBA REGULATOR WAS USED TO ACHIEVE THE SOUND OF DARTH HANDS TO OPERATE VADER'S LABORED BREATHING. JABBA THE HUTT THE CHARACTER OF HAN SOLO GEORGE LUCAS WAS DIAGNOSED WITH, WAS BASED ON LUCAS'S FRIEND FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA WHO HYPERTENSION AND EXHAUSTION AS A RESULT OF STAR WARS DIRECTED THE CLASSIC FILM THE GODFATHER K PRESCRIPTION THREE WEEK VACATION!! EVERY STAR WARS MOVIE IN THE US HAS BEEN RELEASED IN MAY, ALWAYS ONE WEEK AFTER GEORGE MAY LUCAS MAY 14TH BIRTHDAY. 14 JOHN WILLIAMS WON AN OSCAR FOR THE STAR WARS SCORE. THE MUSIC WAS LATER NAMED BY THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE AS THE GREATEST FILM SCORE OF ALL TIME. SISSY SPACEK AUDITIONED FOR THE ROLE OF PRINCESS LEIA DENIED THERE WERE ALSO SOME ALTERNATE CANDIDATES FOR THE ROLE OF HAN SOLO: 1.KURT RUSSELL 2.NICK NOLTE 3.CHRISTOPHER WALKEN 4.AL PACINO 5.PERRY KNG THE CHEWBACCA CHARACTER IS BASED ON GEORGE LUCAS DOG, INDIANA. THE DOG IS ALSO THE INSPIRATION FOR INDIANA THE NAME INDIANA JONES. THE EWOK ARE NAMED AFTER THE MIWOK, A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE INDIGENOUS TO THE REDWOOD FOREST WHERE THE ENDOR SCENES WERE FILMED FOR RETURN OF THE JEDI. R2-D2 IS NAMED AFTER A PIECE OF FILM EDİTOR'S JARGON. IT THE MILLENNIUM FALCON WAS INSPIRED BY THE SHAPE OF A HAMBURGER WITH AN OLIVE ON THE SIDE. MEANS "REEL 2, DIALOG 2". REEL 2. DIALOG 2, AND ACTION! MODEL AIRPLANE PARTS AND EGG-SHAPED PANTY HOSE CONTAINERS WERE AMONG THE ITEMS USED TO MAKE THE SPACESHIP MODELS IN STAR WARS. SOURCES: HTTP://SWGUIDE.CHEZ.COM/TEXT/SWFACTS.HTM HTTP:/MOME.CC.UMANITOBA.CA/YKUPPEM/99BFACTS.HTM HTTP://NEWS.BBC.CO.UK/2/HV6679425.STM HTTP:/MEMBERS.TRIPOD.COM/YTHEUBLUEUTORPEDO/THINGSFACTS.HTML HTTP:/NWW.NEWLAUNCHES.COM/ARCHIVES/TOPU1OUSTARUWARSUFACTS.PHP HTTP:JUTVERSEL.COM/2009/09M/12-FACTS-ABOUT-STAR-WARS-YOU-PROBABLYDONTKNOW HTTP:J/BLOCZARRO.COM/2006/12/RANDOM-GEEK-FACTS DESIGN BY HTTP://Www.ILM.COM/ HTTP://STARWARZ.COM/STARKILLER/ UnlineSchools www.OnlineSchools.org. ELLIE KONING KTTP:I KTOES.COM1997/01/26/MOVIES/THE-NAMES-CAME-FRON-CARTHAT 19 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT STAR WARS SINCE BEING RELEASED IN 1977, STAR WARS HAS REMAINED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL SCI-FI FILMS OF ALL TIME. IT HAS SPAWNED THREE PREQUELS, TWO SEQUELS, TV MOVIES, BOOKS AND COUNTLESS TOYS. DESPITE THE VAST AMOUNT OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE ABOUT THE FAMOUS FRANCHISE, THERE STILL MIGHT BE SOME THINGS ABOUT STAR WARS THAT WOULD SURPRISE YOU. HERE ARE 19 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW... •ADVENTURES OF LUKE-STARKILLER AS TAKEN-FROM THE WHEN PRODUCTION BEGAN, THE MOVIE WAS TITLED "ADVENTURES OF LUKE STARKILLER, AS TAKEN FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE WHILLS, SAGA I: THE STAR WARS." IT WAS JOURNAL OF THE WHILLS, SAGA- THE STAR WARS EVENTUALLY SHORTENED AND.LUKE'S NAME BY GEORGE LUCAS WAS CHANGED TO LUKE SKYWALKER. NO. VOICE: JAMES EARL JONES | AM YOUR IT TOOK THREE FATHER! FACE: SEBASTIAN SHAW DIFFERENT ACTORS TO PORTRAY DARTH VADER: BODY: DAVID PROWSE STAR WARS STAR WARS IS THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MOVIE-RELATED TOY LINE EVER SOLD, WITH 250 MILLION FIGURES. SOLD BETWEEN 1978 AND 1986. TODDYS GEORGE LUCAS CREATED A SPECIAL EFFECTS COMPANY, "INDUSTRIAL LIGHT AND MAGIC", SHUT DOWN AFTER DISCOVERING THAT THE SPECIAL FO EFFECTS DEPARTMENT AT 20TH CENTURY FOX WAS SHUT DOWN SHORTLY AFTER HE WAS GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO FILM STAR WARS. THE VOICE OF YODA WAS PROVIDED BY FRANK Oz, WHO IS ALSO THE VOICE OF THE MUPPETS' MISS PIGGY DO OR DO NOT. THERE IS NO TRY! MARK HAMILL, WHO PLAYED LUKE SKYWALKER, DAMAGED HIS FACE IN A CAR ACCIDENT FOLLOWING PRIMARY SHOOTING, MAKING RESHOOTS IMPOSSIBLE. BEFORE AFTER IT TOOK AS MANY AS 10 PUPPETEERS USING BOTH A SCUBA REGULATOR WAS USED TO ACHIEVE THE SOUND OF DARTH HANDS TO OPERATE VADER'S LABORED BREATHING. JABBA THE HUTT THE CHARACTER OF HAN SOLO GEORGE LUCAS WAS DIAGNOSED WITH, WAS BASED ON LUCAS'S FRIEND FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA WHO HYPERTENSION AND EXHAUSTION AS A RESULT OF STAR WARS DIRECTED THE CLASSIC FILM THE GODFATHER K PRESCRIPTION THREE WEEK VACATION!! EVERY STAR WARS MOVIE IN THE US HAS BEEN RELEASED IN MAY, ALWAYS ONE WEEK AFTER GEORGE MAY LUCAS MAY 14TH BIRTHDAY. 14 JOHN WILLIAMS WON AN OSCAR FOR THE STAR WARS SCORE. THE MUSIC WAS LATER NAMED BY THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE AS THE GREATEST FILM SCORE OF ALL TIME. SISSY SPACEK AUDITIONED FOR THE ROLE OF PRINCESS LEIA DENIED THERE WERE ALSO SOME ALTERNATE CANDIDATES FOR THE ROLE OF HAN SOLO: 1.KURT RUSSELL 2.NICK NOLTE 3.CHRISTOPHER WALKEN 4.AL PACINO 5.PERRY KNG THE CHEWBACCA CHARACTER IS BASED ON GEORGE LUCAS DOG, INDIANA. THE DOG IS ALSO THE INSPIRATION FOR INDIANA THE NAME INDIANA JONES. THE EWOK ARE NAMED AFTER THE MIWOK, A NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBE INDIGENOUS TO THE REDWOOD FOREST WHERE THE ENDOR SCENES WERE FILMED FOR RETURN OF THE JEDI. R2-D2 IS NAMED AFTER A PIECE OF FILM EDİTOR'S JARGON. IT THE MILLENNIUM FALCON WAS INSPIRED BY THE SHAPE OF A HAMBURGER WITH AN OLIVE ON THE SIDE. MEANS "REEL 2, DIALOG 2". REEL 2. DIALOG 2, AND ACTION! MODEL AIRPLANE PARTS AND EGG-SHAPED PANTY HOSE CONTAINERS WERE AMONG THE ITEMS USED TO MAKE THE SPACESHIP MODELS IN STAR WARS. SOURCES: HTTP://SWGUIDE.CHEZ.COM/TEXT/SWFACTS.HTM HTTP:/MOME.CC.UMANITOBA.CA/YKUPPEM/99BFACTS.HTM HTTP://NEWS.BBC.CO.UK/2/HV6679425.STM HTTP:/MEMBERS.TRIPOD.COM/YTHEUBLUEUTORPEDO/THINGSFACTS.HTML HTTP:/NWW.NEWLAUNCHES.COM/ARCHIVES/TOPU1OUSTARUWARSUFACTS.PHP HTTP:JUTVERSEL.COM/2009/09M/12-FACTS-ABOUT-STAR-WARS-YOU-PROBABLYDONTKNOW HTTP:J/BLOCZARRO.COM/2006/12/RANDOM-GEEK-FACTS DESIGN BY HTTP://Www.ILM.COM/ HTTP://STARWARZ.COM/STARKILLER/ UnlineSchools www.OnlineSchools.org. ELLIE KONING KTTP:I KTOES.COM1997/01/26/MOVIES/THE-NAMES-CAME-FRON-CARTHAT