Top 10 Star Wars Facts
The Top Ten
1 Yoda Was Almost Played by a Monkey
2 "Ewok" Was Never Spoken In the Original Trilogy
3 Han Solo Almost Died In Return of the Jedi
4 Cliff Clavin Makes a Cameo In "The Empire Strikes Back"
5 Bobba Fett's Face Is Visible In the Original Movies
6 "The Empire Strikes Back" Uses the Most Stop Motion Animation
7 "I Have Got a Bad Feeling About This" Became a Running Gag In the Franchise
8 Harrison Ford Almost Wasn't Han Solo
Burt Reynolds, Nick Nolte, and Kurt Russel were also considered for the role of Solo.
Al Pacino and Christopher Walken were considered for the role of Han Solo.
9 Return of the Jedi Almost Had a Very Different Ending
10 Jabba the Hut Was Originally Going to Be Furry
The Contenders
11 The Face of Yoda Was Based on Albert Einstein
12 There is a Polish Death Metal Band Named After Darth Vader
They also did a song for the game The Witcher.
The band's called Vader.
13 The Original Title for Star Wars Was "Adventures of Luke Starkiller As Taken From the Journal of the Whills, Saga I: The Star Wars". It Was Eventually Shortened
14 Star Wars is the Most Successful Movie Related Toy Line Ever With 250 Million Action Figures Sold Between 1978 and 1986
15 Frank Oz, the Actor Who Voiced Yoda, Also Voiced Miss Piggy on the Muppets
16 The Sound of Darth Vader's Labored Breathing Was Achieved Using a Scuba Regulator
17 George Lucas Was Diagnosed With Hypertension and Exhaustion as a Result of Filming Star Wars
18 Every Star Wars Movie in the United States Has Been Released in May, One Week After George Lucas's Birthday
19 John Williams Won an Oscar for the Star Wars Soundtrack. The American Film Institute Later Named It the Greatest Film Score of All Time
20 Chewbacca Was Based on George Lucas's Dog, Indiana. His Dog Was Also the Inspiration for the Name Indiana Jones.
21 The Millennium Falcon Was Inspired By the Shape of a Hamburger With an Olive In Its Side
22 The Character of Han Solo Was Based on Lucas's Friend Francis Ford Coppola, The Director of The Godfather
23 It Took Up to 10 Puppeteers Using Both Hands to Operate Jabba the Hutt
24 Mark Hamill, The Actor Who Played Luke Skywalker, Damaged His Face in a Car Accident Following Primary Shooting Which Made Reshoots Impossible
25 It Took 3 Actors to Portray Darth Vader. James Earl Jones Did the Voice, Sebastian Shaw Was His Face, and David Prowse Was His Body
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