26Admiral Ackbar
Admiral Ackbar from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi was not played by an actor, but was in fact a puppet.
27. Poe Dameron (played by Oscar Isaac) is named after J.J. Abrams' former personal assistant, Morgan Dameron, and her daughter's stuffed polar bear named Poe. Morgan Dameron herself appears as Commodore Meta.
28. In the Revenge of the Sith, the images of the volcanic eruption on Mustafar is real footage of Mt. Etna in Italy, which was erupting at the time of production.
29. Yoda from "The Empire Strikes Back" was almost played by a monkey, but was decided against because the monkey kept pulling off the mask.
30. In the Revenge of the Sith, in the opening sequence when the second Separatist ship is destroyed, a piece of debris flies into the clone Star Destroyer that shot it. That piece of debris is a kitchen sink. It was put in there by Industrial Light & Magic as a joke from someone saying, "We're throwing everything in the sequence, including the kitchen sink."
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31Boba Fett
Boba Fett's armor was originally all white and the character was derivative from the original idea of Darth Vader being a Bounty Hunter and Lucas was also kicking around the idea of revealing that Vader and Fett were actually brothers in one of the prequels.
32. Jabba the Hutt is a hermaphrodite.
