As with any legend, this film keeps a lot of unknown secrets that can surprise and delight any of you.
The first legendary film "Star Wars" appeared on television screens in the distant year of 1977 and foreshadowed the beginning of a new galactic cinema for many years. It is from then on that our planet is under the essential influence of the cosmic epic epic. Fantastic universe has created its own subculture and a huge scope of multimedia products: movies, animated series, cartoons, comics, books, video games. Literally on the eve of 2017, a new part of the stellar anthology was released, which immediately captured the world community of fans of this epic saga. As with any legend, this film keeps a lot of unknown secrets that can surprise and delight any of you.
1. The first actor, who played the Obi-Wan Kenobi Jedi, Alec Guinness had a low opinion about the upcoming film. He even called it "fabulous garbage".
2. Although, despite this, he concluded a lucrative deal, having bargained for 2% of the deductions from the total income, which, due to the success of the film, brought him $ 95 million.
3. Harrison Ford was paid $ 10,000 for the role of Han Solo in the movie "Star Wars: Episode 4 - A New Hope", which subsequently earned him world recognition and multi-million dollar royalties.
4. The English actor Peter Cushing, who played the Grand Moff Tarkin, believed that his suit, or rather his boots, was too uncomfortable, so in many shooting scenes where he could not see his feet, the actor was wearing slippers.
5. The sound of a flying TIE fighter, in fact, is a roar of an elephant, imposed on the screeching of tires on wet asphalt.
6. The famous director Steven Spielberg was gilded on the galactic saga thanks to a winning bet with the director of "Star Wars" George Lucas. Spielberg predicted the film an unprecedented success and was right.
7. During the filming of the film, many actors suffered injuries of varying severity. It was not possible to avoid this and the actor Mark Hamill, who played Luke. In one of the scenes with the garbage compartment in "New Hope" the actor had to hold his breath for a long time. As a result of a long delay, Mark burst a blood vessel on his face, which forced the director to shoot Luke only one side throughout all parts.
8. Many buildings from the film on the planet Tatooine were built in real value and still exist in Tunisia. It is noteworthy that the buildings are used by local residents for their own needs.
9. Denis Lawson, who played Wedge Antilles in the original trilogy of the film, is the uncle of Ewan McGregor, who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the prequel trilogy.
10. The famous character Luke Skywalker was originally called Luke Starkiller. This name did not change until the very moments of filming. Fortunately, just before the beginning, it was decided to change the name of the master Jedi, which was not difficult.
11. The original design for a spaceship called the Millennium Falcon was borrowed from the starship of Princess Leia.
12. The language of java in the film is based on an accelerated version of the conversation in the Zulu language.
13. Many languages in the saga actually exist on our planet. For example, the language of Grido in South America is called Quechua.
14. The clothes of Boska's movie hero, who is represented in the saga by the bounty hunter, is a spacesuit of the hero from the movie Doctor Who.
15. The race of one of the most popular characters of Yoda is unknown.
16. Probably, Mark Hamill was one of the most unlucky actors in terms of injuries. Before the filming of "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back", the actor got into a car accident and badly damaged his face, which affected the script. It was for this reason that a scene was added with the attack of the vamp on Luke.
17. Initially, the director planned that Master Yoda would be played by an ordinary monkey in a mask and with a cane.
18. During the evacuation of the Cloud City, you can see an actor with an ice cream maker, which actually contains a whole database for communication with the rebel army.
19. The word "Ewok" was never pronounced in the saga. Although several times this word was mentioned in the final credits.
20. Luke's lightsaber in Episode VI was originally supposed to be blue. Exactly the same color, the sword was lost in the previous part of the saga. But George Lucas decided that the audience might get confused and therefore the color of the Jedi sword was changed to green.
21. At some point in the filming, the sixth part of the cosmic chronology "The Return of the Jedi" was to be called "Revenge of the Jedi". With this name, posters and movie trailers were released, but it is still unclear why the title was changed. Now a poster with the early title "Revenge of the Jedi" is worth a lot of money.
22. By the way, the producers of the film "Startrek II: Khan's Revenge" changed the title of his film to "Wrath of Khan", so that there was no confusion.
23. One of the most ruthless droids of the galaxy universe of the movie "Star Wars" is IG-88, which, in fact, was created from the reworked props of the film. For example, his head is a dispenser in the scene from the bar Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.
24. In the sixth part of the film on the barge of Jabba three aliens were named Klata, Barada and Nobody. It is noteworthy that in the film "Army of Darkness" these words had to be pronounced to destroy the book of the dead. In fact, these three words belong to the original 1951 film "The Day the Earth Stood Still." With the help of these codewords, it was possible to disable the robot.
25. By the beginning of the filming of the sixth episode, the saga was already so popular that the film company decided to come up with a code word for the project so as not to disclose which film would be released. According to legend, in all documents the film was held as a thriller called "Blue Harvest" with an advertising slogan "Horror beyond imagination".
26. The film crew seriously considered the creation of the film "Blue Harvest", when the shooting of the star saga was interrupted for several days due to sandstorms.
27. The title of the film "Blue Harvest" - a direct reference to the horror of 1929 "Red Harvest" by Jahr Shreiber. The book served as the inspiration for the Japanese director's shooting of the film "The Bodyguard", and subsequently, the "Star Wars" saga.
28. Initially, in one part of the chronology ("Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi"), Obi-Wan Kenobi and Master Yoda had to leave the Possessions of Power and take their physical form to help Luke fight Darth Vader and the Emperor or join him during the celebration on Endor.
29. In theatrical productions, "Star Wars: Episode I - The Hidden Menace" was designated as "Doll House."
30. No shell of clone soldiers was created in reality. Each clone in the saga was designed using computer graphics.
31. Prototype of the communicator Qui-Gon Jinn was the usual female shaving machine company Gillete.
32. According to Samuel L. Jackson, who played Mace Windu, on one of the Jedi swords was engraved obscene phrase.
33. During the filming of sword fighting scenes, young Ewan McGregor was so addicted to what was happening that he mimicked the sounds of Jedi swords, which later had to be removed.
34. Tupac Shakur was auditioned for the role of Mace Windu.
35. The initial version of Star Wars began with the words: "This is the story of Mace Windu, a respected Jedi band with Opuchi, a descendant of Asbi Teip, the Padawan pupil of the famous Jedi." Although Mace Windu and Padawan appeared only in the fourth part of the saga "Star Wars: Episode I: The Hidden Menace", released on the screens.
36. The waterfalls in Naboo are real salt deposits.
37. "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" in theaters was called "Bitok".
38. The corpse-like creature in the "Attack of the Clones", grazing in the field next to Anakin and Padmé, can later be seen among the asteroids.
39. The director of the saga, George Lucas, filmed the members of the musical group 'N Sync as episodic characters to please their own daughters. But from the final part these scenes were cut out.
40. Actor Ahmed Best, who played Jar Jar Binks, appears in one scene without a suit.
41. The same thing happened with the actor Anthony Daniels, who played the role of C-3PO.
42. Daughter of George Lucas-Cathy-appears in one of the parts of the saga as a dancer.
43. Her sister - Amanda Lucas - appeared in the crowd of "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones."
44. The son of the director - Jett Jackson - was awarded the role of the young Padawan from the archives of the Jedi.
45. "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" was renamed "Most" during theatrical productions.
46. At the Galactic Council, Jar Jar Binks gave his vote in favor of Order 66, which required the destruction of all Jedi and the dawn of the Empire.
47. The real climax with Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars finale: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith symbolically embodies the Galactic Empire.
48. In the Star Wars galaxy, the music style during the scene from the bar is called "Jiss".
49. In Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader), six of the nine symptoms of borderline personality disorder are observed. And this is one more than is required for an accurate diagnosis.
50. In the team "Lucasfilm" there must be a person who supports the canon of the "Star Wars" chronology.
51. Extragalactic races of aliens are part of the "Star Wars" universe. The delegation of the alien race can be found in the Galactic Council.
52. In the initial versions of the movie, the famous robot R2-D2 speaks English and behaves like a moron.
53. The name of the R2-D2 droid was invented by George Lucas during the shooting of the film "American Graffiti". During the filming, there was a small hitch and the sound engineer asked for an additional second coil, which in the abridged version sounds like R-2-D-2.
54. The phrase "I have a bad feeling" sounds in every Star Wars movie.
55. On planet Earth, there is an island nation of Niue, which accepts the currency of the Star Wars for payment.
56. Each film of the space saga went out for hire one week after the birthday of director George Lucas, that is, after May 14.
57. Darth Vader has played 6 different actors in the history of the saga: David Prouse, James Earl Jones, Bob Anderson, Sebastian Shaw, Jake Lloyd and Hayden Christensen.
58. Disco version of the musical soundtrack "Star Wars" was a real hit in 1977 and lasted at the top of the charts for 2 weeks.