Fun Facts About Star Wars

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Yoda Was Almost A Monkey

Star Wars was originally titled The Adventures of Luke Starkiller and was later shortened to Star Wars

"May the Fourth Be With You" is a pun on the popular Star Wars line "May the Force be with you"

Han Solo's "I have a bad feeling about this" line was improvised

Anakin Skywalker is the father of both Luke and Leia

R2-D2's beeps are derived from sounds made by a baby

Princess Leia's character was almost removed from the original script

Yoda is the most powerful Force user in the Star Wars saga

Jar Jar Binks was the first fully animated life action movie character

Tenebrae is the most powerful characters in the Star Wars universe

Jedi come from Japanese traditions

Darth Vader had to eat through feeding straws

The Ewok Language Is Real

Obi-Wan Kenobi was originally supposed to survive A New Hope

R2-D2 was originally supposed to speak English and be kind of a jerk on top of that

Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan's communicator was made from a women's razor

Chewbacca's voice is a mix of bears, walruses, lions, badgers and other dying animals

Han Solo was supposed to die in Return of the Jedi

if you look in the far distance during Millennium Falcon chase scenes of A New Hope, real potatoes were actually used for the astroids

George Lucas's dog inspired the creation of Chewbacca

George Lucas made most of it up as he went along

The saga is non-chronological

Ello Asty references the Beastie Boys

NSYNC was supposed to appear in Attack of the Clones

Yoda's name in early outlines was Buffy

in The Empire Strikes Back, the line "Obi-Wan killed your father" was originally written and spoken by Darth Vader during filming to keep the twist that he is Luke's father secret

The first Star Wars TV spin-off was called Star Wars Holiday Special

Baby Yoda's real name is Grogu

Rey is Palpatine's granddaughter

Din Djarin is Mando's real name from The Mandalorian

The first Star Wars film is Episode IV

Anakin Skywalker built C-3PO

Kylo Rens real name is Ben Solo

Han Solo won the Millennium Falcon from Lando Calrissian