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Harrison Ford was frozen…

September 7, 2021September 7, 2021Weirdo

Harrison Ford was frozen in The Empire Strikes Back because, unlike Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill, Ford had only signed on for two films. After the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Lucas didn’t think Ford would return for the 3rd Star Wars film, but left him frozen just in case.

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While filming Star Wars (1977)…

August 22, 2021August 22, 2021Weirdo

While filming Star Wars (1977), a prop Sandcrawler located close to the Tunisian-Libyan border caused Libyan dictator Mu’ammar Al-Gaddafi to threaten war against Tunisia because he believed it was a military vehicle.

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When filming the TV series “The Mandalorian”…

December 13, 2020December 13, 2020Weirdo

When filming the TV series “The Mandalorian” in 2019, the crew ran out of Stormtrooper costumes, so they reached out to the local branch of a Star Wars fan organisation, whose members came to join the filming in their own home-made Stormtrooper costumes.

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“Chewbacca defense”, a legal strategy…

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020Weirdo

“Chewbacca defense” is a legal strategy in which a criminal defense lawyer tries to confuse the jury rather than refute the case of the prosecutor.

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Teach you, I will

November 26, 2019Weirdo

In 2017, Saudi Arabia accidentally printed history textbooks that showed Yoda presiding over a committee at the founding of the United Nations.

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Sir Alec Guiness hated his role…

July 25, 2019Weirdo

Sir Alec Guiness hated his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: “Apart from the money, I regret having embarked on the film,” calling the dialog “lamentable.” An autograph seeker told him he’d seen the movie over 100 times; he gave him an autograph on the condition he never see the movie again.

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May the 4th be with you…

May 4, 2019May 4, 2019Weirdo

May the 4th be with you! George Lucas originally planned for Yoda to be played by a monkey wearing a mask and carrying a cane.

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A 4-month-old Cinnamon bear…

May 3, 2019Weirdo

A 4-month-old Cinnamon bear provided much of the voice of Chewbacca. Other Chewbacca noises were voiced by three other bears, a badger, a lion, a seal, and a walrus from Long Beach.

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In 1975 Al Pacino was offered the role…

December 17, 2018Weirdo

In 1975 Al Pacino was offered the role of Han Solo in the film Star Wars, but he refused the role because “The script was too confusing”.

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The iconic font for “Star Wars” was derived from…

January 28, 2018Weirdo

The iconic font for “Star Wars” was derived from Helvetica Black because designer Suzy Rice thought that it was the most Fascist typeface she could think of.

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