15 Astonishing Facts About The Star Wars Movies

By Editorial Staff in Entertainment On 21st May 2014
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#1 E.T's Alien Species

 E.T.'s alien species are part of the Star Wars universe. A delegation of the aliens can be seen in the Galactic Senate

#15 Bossk's Clothing

Bossk's clothing is a recycled spacesuit from the classic Doctor Who episode: The Tenth Planet

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#2 Katie Lucas

George Lucas' daughter Katie Lucas appears as a Twi'lek dancer in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones.

#3 The Shaak In Outer Space

The Shaak seen grazing in the fields behind Anakin and Padmé in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones can be seen again as an asteroid later in the film. No explanation as to how it made it there.

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#4 Blue Harvest

The working title for Jedi was Blue Harvest, to try and keep fans and journalists from stumbling onto the movie's set. The tagline for Blue Harvest was "Horror Beyond Imagination."

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#5 Galactic Empire

The top-down shot of a severely burned Anakin Skywalker near the end of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith has the character framed within the symbol of the Galactic Empire

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#6 Luke's Lightsaber

Luke's lightsaber in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi was originally going to be blue to match the lightsaber he lost in the previous film, but George didn't want to confuse people because you know people can be really dumb and thought green looked better so he changed it.

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#7 The Word “Ewok”

Is never spoken out loud in any of the movies, come on show these cute little guys some love.

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#8 Tupac Shakur

Tupac Shakur auditioned for the role of Mace Windu played by Samuel L Jackson. Could you imagine such a gangsta playing Mace?

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#9 Nsync

The members of NSYNC made a cameo in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones to make George Lucas daughters happy, but luckily he came to his senses and the scene was cut from the final version of the film

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#10 Anthony Daniels

Anthony Daniels, who plays C-3PO, makes an appearance out of costume in the background of one scene of Star Wars: Episode II

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#11 Ahmed Best

Ahmed Best, the actor that plays Jar Jar Binks also makes an appearance in Star Wars: Episode II

#12 Yoda

Believe it or not, Yoda species still does not have a name or it just hasn't been said in the movies.

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#13 Jawa Language

If you speak Zulu it might sound familiar being that it's literally just a faster version of the Zulu language.

#14 TIE Fighter Engine

The beautiful sound it makes is actually the sound of an elephant call mixed with the sounds of a car driving on wet pavement. Ah, music to my ears!