There are so many facts that have remained
associated with Star Wars. Some of them are interesting while others are not
interesting. It is true that the Star Wars franchise is officially one of most successful,
bringing lots of entertainment for Hollywood fans. Here are mentioned 37 things
you might not know about Star Wars.
1. Thousands of faces of Luke Skywalker
It has been an inspiration of 1930s sci-fi serial
and fairytale. George Lucas has input lots of efforts in the Star Wars (1977).
2. Lucas relies on Akira for story
Lucas had to struggle a lot to become one of persons
favorite of sci-fi operas. He really gave outstanding performances in his
characters.
3. Initial story scripts of Lucas were long
During 1973, Lucas submitted thirteen pages of his
story named as “The Star Wars”. This submission was done to Universal Studios
and United Artists after he got succeeded in American Graffiti.
4. Visual ads were used for selling movie
In 20th century, Lucas made use of visual
aids for selling the movie at $10 million. Some of the remarkable performances
include The Millennium Falcon in Docking Bay 94, and others.
5. Harrison Ford was cast accidently
Lucas was able to share a casting session of several
months with his friends and fellows especially Brian De Palma. Harrison Ford
was in the cast of solo accidently as he had no intention to work.
6. Sound designer came up with excellent sounds
Ben Burtt had come up with an excellent world of
music. He was given the task of completing soundscapes of this movie, and he
really did excellent job.
7. Orson as darth vader
George Lucas loved Orson Welles to give voice for
Darth Vader, but could not do so because of Welles’s involvement.
8. Iconic crawls of movie
Practical effects were used for creating the iconic
opening crawls of this movie. It proved to be highly inspiring and wonderful.
9. Luke and Leia’s surprise
The movie was shot in England too. Mark Hamill and
Carrie Fisher gave their services in this regard.
10. Falcon had looked different
The concepts of millennium were superbly presented
and were given completely new and unique look.
11. Lucas had used war footages
Industrial Light and Magic have acted like the
backbone in invention technology used during the shooting of this movie.
12. In theaters, show was rarely shown
Around forty theaters accepted to book the show of
this movie, while mostly were not ready to accept it.
13. Lucas’s huge investment
Lucas had given funds of around ten million dollars.
He approached 20th Century Fox for help.
14. New director hired for sequel
It was the decision of Lucas to not continue
directing The Empire Strikes Back, but he had kept on working as the movie
producer. A new director was hired for this particular project later on. It was
none other than Kershner whom Lucas could convince after a series of
conversations and meetings.
15. Norwegian Hoth
Besides the desert planets of Tatooine, the movie
was filmed in Norwegian Hoth too. The production of The Empire Strikes Back
consisted of so many challenges. Kershner and crew coped up with all of them in
collaboration with Lucas.
16. Yoda with initial name
Initially, the screenplay was written keeping in
mind Yoda. Yes, it was the initla name. This puppet is the creation of Stuart
Freeborn. When The Empire Strikes Back was released, Lucas decided to lob for
Oz for getting him Oscars because of his spectacular performance.
17. Stanley causes delay
Because of Stanley, the movie was delayed. The
shooting of The Shining could not be completed as per the plans.
18. Special effects went crafty
The special effects had started going crafty. Some
of the effects of the aliens in The War of the Worlds were not properly done.
Details were needed which could not be provided timely.
19. Alec had no desire to work
Sir Alec once told to media that he never had any
desire to work in this movie. It was because of friendly pressure from Lucas side
that Alec finally took up the work that could net Guinness millions of dollars.
20. Han Solo gave dialogues with powerful wording
Han Solo had given powerful dialogues here. His
overall performance was quite satisfactory. Before that, he could not showcase
his skills with such determination and potential.
21. Vader’s appearance remained hidden
In the early draft of screenplay, the appearance of
Vader remained hidden, as per the writer Leigh Brackett who actually wanted it
to remain hidden.
22. Controversies associated
So many controversies were associated with Lucas
project as well as from the side of filmmaker. On Star Wars, Lucas faced
problems of low budget. So he attempted to come up with something that could
easily be managed in small and limited amount.
23. Jedi’s return in the movie
Jedi’s return in the movie was not less than a
surprise. He came because of being signed by Fox Studios.
24. Shortlisted were some major celebs
Some celebs that were shortlisted include Steven
Spielberg, David Lynch and David Cronenberg. All were offered roles by Lucas
for some biggest screen adaptations.
25. Jodi’s return was postponed
The return of Jodi, in 1983, was postponed. This
left somewhat serious effects on the movie.
26. Different puppeteers were used here
The Jabba puppet was catching all attention. But he
was followed by some other puppeteers that were used during the movie. They
were hired for performing movements of hands, jaw, and others.
27. Han Solo about to die
Solo’s fate that he could hardly save himself from
death during the shooting of The Empire Strikes Back.
28. Endor’s war had to take place on Wookiee
Endor’s war took place on Wookie.
29. Speeder bike chase was captured
Yes, speeder bike chasing was finally captured.
30. Ewok had gotten big break
Ewok could get the chance to take some break from
his performance during the shooting of movie.
31. Filmmaker wished to have big stars
Filmmaker considered some big celebs for the
project.
32. Saga’s differences
Sag was to end with difference during the early
shooting days.
33. Episode 1 was to be kept as secret
The movie’s episode 1 was kept as secret by Lucas by
1994.
34. Audience had seen Joe Black
Back in 1998, no one could see Joe Black in The
Phantom Menace.
35. No official clone trooper present
There was no official clone trooper present in the
movie sequences.
36. Han Solo showered up as the Sith
As per the character, Han Solo showered up as the
Sith.
37. Revenge received no rating
Revenge could receive no rating at all.
Had you any idea of these?
