26Lowbacca
Chewbacca had a nephew named Lowbacca, who was a Jedi and used a bronze-colored lightsaber.
27. The communicator used by Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace is actually a Gillette Sensor Excel women's razor.
28. The desert planet of Tatooine in Star Wars was originally meant to be a jungle planet. One of the producers found sites in the Philippines but thought director George Lucas would be "itchy" from all of the filming in the jungle, so Lucas decided to make Tatooine a desert planet.
29. The name of Yoda's race and the home world is never mentioned in any film, book, or media. He is officially said to be of a "species unknown."
30. The "vocalizations" for Chewbacca were inspired by a sad walrus in an emptied out pool.
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31Kylo Ren mask
The design of Kylo Ren's repaired mask is possibly based on kintsugi, a centuries-old Japanese art to repair broken pottery by joining them together with golden lacquer, giving the fractures a unique golden pattern. In Japanese culture, the kintsugi technique also stands for highlighting imperfections and giving new life to a broken object, which may be symbolic for the character: By repairing his mask, he attempts to revive his Kylo Ren persona, despite the failures he had endured in his past.
32. The characterization of Emperor Palpatine in the Star Wars saga as an ambitious and ruthless politician dismantling a democratic republic to achieve supreme power is in part inspired by Julius Caesar, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Adolf Hitler. Other elements of the character come from the American president Richard Nixon.
33. Not only is Jar Jar Binks one of the most hated characters in the Star Wars franchise, but he is also one of the most hated characters in the history of film.
34. In Star Wars, Yoda's unusual speaking style is maintained in the Estonian dubs of the movie, where it is grammatically correct.
35. The crowds of the pod races in Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace were half a million painted q-tips. With a blowing fan underneath the model stands, the q-tips would move around like a live crowd.
