Apart from being an amazing story and having an immensely deep lore, the "Star Wars" movies have some fairly interesting stories behind their creation and filming. Since many of the feats achieved in the movies were ground-breaking, revolutionary, and just all-around awesome, it’s left a plethora of fascinating information and tidbits. While this is by no means a comprehensive or inclusive list of " Star Wars" Trivia, it is 25 of the more interesting pieces of information
.Original Trilogy
1. Several scenes were deleted from "New Hope," most revolving around Luke watching the space battle from Tatooine and talking to some of his Tatooine friends about it
Luke watching the space battle in one of the deleted scenes. Picture from Wookieepedia.
2. Darth Vader’s suit was originally supposed to be a spacesuit, so Vader could travel between the Star Destroyer and Princess Leia’s ship. However, it looked so cool that the film was changed so that Vader wore it throughout the film
3. Vader was played by multiple actors. David Prowse voiced him, Bob Anderson did his stunts, and Sebastian Shaw was inside the suit. Sebastian also acted as Anakin’s Force Ghost in the original cut of Episode VI.
4. Peter Cushing, who played Grand Moff Tarkin, wore slippers for much of the filming. Cushing found the shoes for his costume to be uncomfortable, so much of his shots were filmed form the waist-up
5. Mark Hamill was in a car crash between "A New Hope" and "The Empire Strikes Back." His face sustained scarring--therefore, the Wampa (you know, the abominable snowman monster thing) attack scene was inserted into the movie in order to explain why he had scars
6. Originally, there were scenes in "Empire" where Wampas attacked the Rebel base. Several Wampas were captured during the fighting, and placed in a room with a yellow sign on the door. During the escape from the Rebel base, C-3PO was going to remove a sign from one of the doors with wampas in it. A couple of stormtroopers opened the doors, and a wampa nabbed one of them, then they closed the door. You can still see the sign on the wampa door in the actual movie
Stormtroopers about to open the door to the Wampa pen. Picture from Wookieepedia
7. “I know” was improvised Han was originally supposed to say “I love you, too,” but Harrison Ford felt that Han was too cool for that.
Picture credit to RKRcreations on Etsy
8. Boba Fett’s name wasn’t mentioned in any of the movies, though he was named in the infamous Holiday Special
9. The word “Ewok” isn’t mentioned in the movies, either. It is mentioned in two Ewok-centric movies and an Ewok animated TV series
10. As stated int he film, but usually ignored, the Ewok's homeworld is actually the moon of Endor. Endor itself is a gas giant, which can be seen in the moon's sky.
The actual planet in the moon's sky. Picture from Wookieepedia
Prequel Trilogy
11. When approached for the role, Natalie Portman didn’t know the difference between "Star Wars" and "Star Trek."
12. At the end of "Phantom Menace’s" credits, Darth Vader’s iconic breathing can be heard.
Picture from Wookieepedia
13. Evan McGregor imitated Lightsaber noises while dueling
Force Awakens
14. Guinness and Evan McGregor reprised their roles in Episode VII. During Rey’s vision, Obi-Wan’s voice can be heard, saying “Rey, these are your first steps.” One of Alec Guinness’ lines was cut so that the syllable “Rey” was left. Then, Ewan McGregor recorded “These are your first steps,” putting together the line
15. The original script called for more screen time from Luke. However, whenever he appeared, people stopped caring about Rey and Finn and only cared about Luke, so the story was re-written.
Picture from Moviepilot.com
16. Finn’s Stormtrooper number is the same as Leia’s cell block number- 2187. The number is a reference to a 1964 film called “21-87,” which inspired Lucas.
17. The music that plays during Supreme Leader Snoke’s scene is very similar to the music heard in "Revenge of the Sith" when Palpatine tells Anakin about Darth Plagueis, fueling speculation that Snoke and Plagueis are the same person
18. Luke’s training remote makes an appearance as Finn is searching through the Millennium Falcon’s equipment to help Chewie
19. Poe Dameron’s name was based on JJ Abram’s production assistant Morgan Dameron, and his first name is from Morgan’s daughter’s stuffed panda bear, Po
Picture credit to Brian Kesinger
20. BB-8 was based on early concept art for R2-D2
21. Carrie Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd, makes an appearance in the Rebel’s base
Picture from MovieWeb.com
22. As of right now, it is the third-highest grossing film of all time, behind "Titanic" and "Avatar."
Misc
23. R2-D2 and C-3PO where guest stars on "Sesame Street." The episode involved, I kid you not, a UFO and R2 falling in love with a fire hydrant.
Picture credit goes to TheGeekTwins.com
24. Mark Hamill, Peter Mayhew, and the droids also appeared on "The Muppet Show"
25. In every single Phase II Marvel Movie ("Iron Man 3" through "Ant-Man") a character looses an arm. This is an intentional reference to "Empire Strikes Back."
Here's one example from scyfylove.com
