1Qui-Gon Jinn
The communicator used by Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace is actually a Gillette Sensor Excel women's razor.
2. Chewbacca had a nephew named Lowbacca, who was a Jedi and used a bronze-colored lightsaber.
3. The sound of Darth Vader mask's respiratory function is trademarked in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office under Trademark #77419252 and is officially described in the documentation as "The sound of rhythmic mechanical human breathing created by breathing through a scuba tank regulator."
4. Obi-Wan Kenobi’s home planet is called "Stewjon" because Jon Stewart asked George Lucas what it was and Lucas made it that as a joke.
5. In The Phantom Menace, Yoda has three toes. But in The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and Revenge of the Sith, he has four.
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6Count Dooku
In the Brazilian translation of Star Wars, Count Dooku's name was changed to Dookan because in Portuguese “Dooku” can be roughly translated to “from the ass” or even “of the ass.”
7. Jabba The Hutt puppet was 2,000 lbs, took 3 months to build, 3 men to operate, and cost half a million dollars to construct.
8. In the Galactic Senate scene, when Queen Amidala is asking for a vote of no confidence, and the whole Senate is on their feet shouting, in the lower-left corner you can see that there are E.T. species (as in movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)). George Lucas included them as a tribute to his long-time friend, Steven Spielberg, as well as showing them existing in the same universe.
9. In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rey continues the tradition of disparaging the Millennium Falcon when she calls it "garbage". In the original trilogy, Luke called the Millennium Falcon a "piece of junk", and Leia referred to it as a "bucket of bolts."
10. The original lightsaber prop used in Star Wars by Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker is inside the International Space Station and was flown by STS-120 in August 2007.
11Sheev Palpatine
The holograph of Sheev Palpatine in The Empire Strikes back was played by a woman with chimpanzee eyes superimposed on her face.
12. The Star Wars character Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader meets six of the nine diagnostic criteria for borderline personality disorder (BPD), one more than necessary for a diagnosis.
13. According to the script, the chance cube that Watto rolled with Qui-Gon was fixed to land on red. That's why he was so mad when Qui-Gon tampered with it to land on blue.
14. The face of Yoda in 'The Empire Strikes Back' was based on the face of Albert Einstein and to a lesser extent, the face of E.T.
15. The inspiration for Chewbacca was George Lucas' Alaskan Malamute who had a habit of riding in the passenger seat as Lucas drove. The dog's name was Indiana and would go on to inspire another famous character. Dr. Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr.
16Boba Fett
Boba Fett had hair braids on his armor, and they were braided Wookie scalps.
17. The lettering on Darth Vader's chest plate is in Hebrew. It reads "His deeds will not be forgiven until he merits. (triumphs)."
18. Jar Jar Binks was based on Goofy, the Disney cartoon character and Michael Jackson once wanted to play Jar Jar using prosthetics.
19. The language of Jabba the Hutt "Huttese" is based on Quechua - The Incan language still spoken in parts of South America.
20. In the Return of the Jedi, during the shot in which Salacious Crumb (the small, annoying, rat-like thing that sits with Jabba in his palace) is chewing off C-3PO's eye, Anthony Daniels had a panic attack while in the C-3PO suit. While filming, he didn't actually say his lines (all of his lines were dubbed in post-production anyway), but repeated "Get me up. Get me up." over and over. This is the take used in the final cut.
21General Grievous
Some of the audio effects for the coughing General Grievous were taken from George Lucas himself, who had had bronchitis at the time of principal photography.
22. Admiral Ackbar was voted by students to be the Ole Miss Rebel's mascot. Lucasfilm declined to allow the characters to use for the role stating he would have trouble finding time to attend games as he was leading the Rebel Alliance Fleet on a critical mission so it will be difficult for him to show up for the games.
23. 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.
24. Princess Leia's iconic metal bikini was inspired by Fisher's complaints that the loose-fitting outfits she wore in Star Wars concealed her feminine physique.
25. The uniform worn by General Hux (Domhnall Gleeson) is modeled after the uniforms worn by Nazis mixed with some naval influences.
