Wednesday, 4 May 2016

Top 10 fun facts about.....Star Wars


Welcome gentle reader to Star Wars day.
In honour of my 5th favourite science fiction/fantasy franchise, here are some facts that you may not have heard....and remember...."The force is strong with this one!"

1. George Lucas (boo) wanted Chewbacca killed. In fact in one of the Star Wars novels...he was.

2. In the infamous Star Wars Christmas holiday special we got to meet Chewbacca's family.

3. The Ewoks from Return of the Jedi are speaking Tibetan.

4. Bobba Fett's costume was designed by Joe Johnson...the director of the Captain America movies.

5. The space worm interior set from The Empire Strikes Back was made from black plastib bin bags and some dry ice.

6. Star Wars may never have been made because George Lucas was first choice to make Apocalypse Now.

7. In the original script. The Han Solo character was a green skinned alien with gills.

8. Return of the Jedi was originally called Revenge of the Jedi.


9. Tupac Shakur auditioned for the role of Mace Windu.

10. Anakin Skywalker meets 6 of the 9 criteria required for a diagnosis of
 Borderline personality disorder.

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