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95 unusual facts about Star Wars


165612 Stackpole

It is named in honor of Michael A. Stackpole, a science fiction and fantasy author known for his Star Wars and Battletech books.

2005 New Zealand election funding controversy

In an interview the following day she gave the example of a cartoon on the Young Nationals' website which had been there since before the election campaign, and indeed before Brash's leadership of the Party, depicting her as Star Wars villain Darth Vader telling Luke Skywalker she is his "lesbian father".

A-wing

The A-wing is also flyable in Battlefront II and the Rogue Squadron series, and it appears in other LucasArts Star Wars titles such as Empire at War.

Aerican Empire

The group's activities are permeated by a great deal of humour and a love of science fiction and fantasy, with recurrent references to Star Wars, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and similar works.

Alex McCrindle

He is best known for his role as General Jan Dodonna in Star Wars.

Audio signal processing

overdrive effects such as the use of a fuzz box can be used to produce distorted sounds, such as for imitating robotic voices or to simulate distorted radiotelephone traffic (e.g., the radio chatter between starfighter pilots in the science fiction film Star Wars).

The voice of C-3PO from Star Wars was created by taking the actor's voice and treating it with a phaser.

BFN

Star Wars: Episode I: Battle for Naboo, a video game released for the Nintendo 64 and Microsoft Windows

Bianca Lawson

Aside from film and television, Lawson provided her voice in 2011 to the video game Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Boston Science Fiction Film Festival

The following year featured a sneak preview of a then unknown "Star Wars."

Bubbleworks

Riders continue past these gags and into a dark, UV lit scene, whilst the Bubbleworks theme becomes triumphant, including an excerpt from the Star Wars theme.

C-3PO

portrayer = Anthony Daniels (films, TV, Monopoly Star Wars, Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels and all other appearances)
Ross King (Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter)
Tom Kane (Various video games, Jedi Training Academy, Robot Chicken and Pink Five fan film series)
Chris Bartlett (guest appearance in A.N.T. Farm)

Christopher Allport

Around 1975 or 1976, Allport did a screen test with actress Amy Irving for the part of Han Solo and Princess Leia respectively for the upcoming filming of the 1977 movie Star Wars.

Darth Bane

He is a major antagonist in the Jedi vs. Sith comic book series, and the protagonist of the novels Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, Darth Bane: Rule of Two and Darth Bane: Dynasty of Evil.

Delta Squad

They first appeared in the video game Star Wars: Republic Commando and later were seen in the novel Triple Zero.

Doug Wheatley

Doug Wheatley, sometimes credited as Douglas H. Wheatley or Doug Tropea-Wheatley, is a Canadian comic book artist that has illustrated numerous comic books including several Star Wars stories for Dark Horse Comics.

Free Fall Associates

For their first title, inspired by sword-and-sorcery themes and the holographic chess-like game featured in Star Wars, they set to work on Archon.

Gloria Victoria

Gloria Victoria uses mixed media techniques to create images that evoke bloody battlefields and the horrors of war, with imagery of combat and massacres from the bombing of Dresden in World War II to Guernica, from the Spanish Civil War to Star Wars, in a style inspired by expressionism, constructivism, cubism as well as surrealism.

Grand Admiral Thrawn

Star Wars: TIE Fighter Played by Tris King, Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire audio drama, Tim Russell.

High Wizardry

She names them in a variety of ways ranging from computer programs to Star Wars characters.

Howie scream

Star Wars: Dark Forces (1995): Used whenever the player falls a long distance.

Jake Gannon

Gannon is believed to have been the inspiration for Star Wars character Kit Fisto and is the great grand-nephew of the inventor of the popular parlor game Tiddlywinks.

John Shelton Lawrence

Matthew Kapell and Lawrence’s co-edited book, Finding the Force of the Star Wars Franchise: Fans, Merchandise, and Critics (2006), examines the myths, the stereotypes, sexualities, the toys, and the critical response to the two Star Wars trilogies.

In Matthew Kapell and William G. Doty's Jacking In to the Matrix Franchise: Cultural Reception and Interpretation (2005), he explores the kind of fascism that is symbolically conveyed by heroic figures such as Luke Skywalker of Star Wars (1977) and Neo in The Matrix series.

Joseph Gatt

Gatt voices Lord Scourge in the LucasArts/Bioware game Star Wars: The Old Republic and several characters on the game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Juan Tyrone Garcia

It is rumored that in between Six Deadly Fingers of Fury and Pimp Madness, Garcia was approached by then up and coming director George Lucas to play the lead in his sci-fi film Star Wars.

Katarn

Katarn can refer to several things, primarily in relation to the Star Wars video game series Dark Forces/Jedi Knight

Kia Asamiya

He is well known for using influences from American comics, television, and films in his work, and describes himself as a big fan of Batman and Star Wars.

Knights of the Old Republic

Star Wars: The Old Republic, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game released in December 2011.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, a role playing Star Wars video game released in 2003

Lava planet

In Star Wars, one such planet is Mustafar, with its heat caused by tidal forces from nearby gas giants.

Lawrence Leung

Leung has a Star Wars character named after him (Lar Le'ung, a Jedi Knight) in the 2009 Star Wars comic book series Star Wars: Invasion, written by Tom Taylor and illustrated by Colin Wilson.

Old Republic

Star Wars: The Old Republic, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game based in the Star Wars universe

Os Tarados

The movie reuses (probably without authorization) many themes from the 'Star Wars' series.

Phalanx CIWS

Because of their distinctive barrel-shaped radome and their automated nature of operation, Phalanx CIWS units are sometimes nicknamed "R2-D2" after the famous droid from Star Wars.

Photonic molecule

Researchers drew analogies between the phenomenon and the fictional "light saber" from Star Wars.

Qi

Elements of the qi concept can also be found in Western popular culture, for example "The Force" in Star Wars.

Raphael Sbarge

He also has voice acted for video games such as Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords as Carth Onasi; as RC-1262 "Scorch" in Star Wars: Republic Commando; and as Kaidan Alenko in Mass Effect and its sequels Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3.

Roy Conrad

He has also appeared in another LucasArts game, Star Wars: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire, as the rebel pilot Ace Merrick.

Screwed in Tallinn

Lasse Kongo's lines are mostly incomprehensible to the audience, expect for intermittent outbursts of "Shut up!", yet Percy seems to understand him perfectly, something that is reminiscent of the interaction between Chewbacca and Han Solo in Star Wars

SoundDroid

Lucasfilm started putting together a computer division right after Star Wars as an in-house project to build a range of digital tools for filmmaking.

Star Pilot

In the fall of 1977, to quickly capitalize on the public's fervor for sci-fi movies following the unexpected success of Star Wars, the film was dubbed in English and released in the United States under a new title.

Star Wars Miniatures

; Imperial Entanglements: Released March 17, 2009, this set consists of 40 figures from the Original Trilogy era, including figures from Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.

Star Wars Saga

The Star Wars media franchise created by George Lucas, including films, novels, television series, video games, and comic books.

Star Wars: Battlefront

As Episode III had not been released at the time, the Clone Wars campaign ends with the Battle of Kashyyyk.

Battlefront features several locales from major Star Wars battles, and includes voice acting from veteran voice actors Temuera Morrison, Tom Kane, and Nick Jameson.

Star Wars: Behind the Magic

The box includes a limited-edition full-color print of a painting by artist Ralph McQuarrie, "Yoda and R2-D2 in the swamps of Dagobah".

Among these is the Anchorhead Story of Star Wars, which includes the famous "Biggs Scene", where Luke Skywalker and Biggs Darklighter talk on Tatooine, and a scene where Luke talks to his friends after witnessing the opening space battle.

Star Wars: Dark Forces

The Dark Forces soundtrack uses the iMUSE system to create interactive music using the Star Wars soundtrack composed by John Williams.

His investigation reveals the Imperial Dark Trooper project, led by General Rom Mohc (Jack Angel).

Steven Kent of The Seattle Times believes that the general aspects of the game appeal to most computer gamers, not just Star Wars fans.

Although set in the Star Wars universe, lead artist and author Justin Chin "invented" new weapons for the game, such as the Bryar pistol and Packered mortar gun, which were named after his personal favorites, such as composer Gavin Bryars and 1950s Packard automobiles, respectively.

Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi

A novel released on May 7, 2013 is written by fantasy author Tim Lebbon.

Star Wars: Empire

Star Wars Empire: Idiot's Array is a story-part story arc in the Star Wars: Empire series of comic books written by Ron Marz.

Star Wars Empire: "General" Skywalker is a two-part story arc in the Star Wars: Empire series of comic books written by Ron Marz.

Star Wars Empire: In the Shadows of Their Fathers is a two-part story arc in the Star Wars: Empire series of comic books written by Thomas Andrews.

Star Wars: Empire at War

The campaign explores how the X-Wing is pressed into the service of the Rebel Alliance, the liberation of Kashyyyk, the first whisperings of a brand new Imperial superweapon and ultimately the Battle of Yavin.

The player(s) can use only the equipment they brought to the battle (be it an X-wing squadron or an AT-AT).

Star Wars: Force Commander

:Force Commander is also the name of a character in the Micronauts toy line.

As well as the Tatooine training missions, the player participates in the Battle of Hoth (from the Imperial point of view) and the Battle of Endor (as a Rebel).

One feature of note in Force Commander is its music, which consists of remixes of John Williams' original Star Wars scores, done by Peter McConnell.

The game ends with the battle to capture the Imperial Palace on Coruscant, and ultimately the liberation of Dellis.

Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter

There are also nine unlockable craft which can be played on any mission: the X-wing, TIE fighter, Reti's advanced Zoomer, Adi's advanced Jedi starfighter, Saboath fighter, Jenkin's advanced Freefall, Nym's advanced Havoc, a Republic gunship, and Jango Fett's Slave I.

Star Wars: Rebel Assault

The game largely takes place during the events of Episode IV: A New Hope; however, the sequences on Hoth from The Empire Strikes Back are included.

The game begins with Rookie One's training, followed by an attack on the Star Destroyer Devastator, after its capture of the Tantive IV in the events of the film.

For example, Han Solo and the Millennium Falcon are replaced by Commander Jake Farrell in an A-Wing who saves "Rookie One" just before he has to take the final shot on the Death Star.

The game follows the adventures of a young pilot known as Rookie One, a farmer from Tatooine in the style of Luke Skywalker.

Star Wars: Republic

Character development builds on the films, including appearances by Mace Windu, whose image is fashioned after actor Samuel L. Jackson.

Star Wars: Republic Commando

These Clone commandos have been specially bred at the clone factories on Kamino.

The commando team travels to various locations in the Star Wars universe, including Kashyyyk, Geonosis, and the derelict spacecraft Prosecutor.

The main bulk of the soundtrack is a break from convention of previous Star Wars games that use abridged versions of John Williams' original score, instead using a combination of Williams' music and new music composed by Jesse Harlin.

Delta Squad sabotages a vital Trandoshan supply depot and proceeds to the key battle of Kachirho, the beginning of the battle of Kashyyyk.

A plea for help is heard by the Republic from the Wookiee homeworld of Kashyyyk.

Star Wars: Revelations

Shortly after the film's premiere in April 2005, the director, Shane Felux, appeared on many news and talk shows promoting the film, notably CNN's Anderson Cooper 360° and MSNBC's Connected: Coast to Coast with Ron Reagan and Monica Crowley.

Star Wars: Starfighter

The player unites alongside three starfighter pilots and is allowed to take control of several different spacecraft to help stop the invasion that threatens Naboo.

Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Lightsaber Duels

The events of the game's "Campaign Mode" take place during the film and select episodes from the first season of the television series, specifically "Duel of the Droids", "Cloak of Darkness", "Shadow of Malevolence", and "Destroy Malevolence" (in that order), finishing with a scenario original to the game.

Star Wars: The Old Republic: Fatal Alliance

This is the fifth of six Star Wars novels by Sean Williams, who also wrote the Force Heretic trilogy from the New Jedi Order series and the novelization of the 2008 video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and its sequel.

Star Wars: Threads of Destiny

Justin R. Durban composed an original soundtrack for Threads of Destiny, which utilizes certain Star Wars themes.

Starchaser: The Legend of Orin

The New York Times described it as "such a brazen rip-off of George Lucas's Star Wars that you might think lawyers would have been called in".

The film has since gained a small cult status, but has been criticized over the years due to similarities to Star Wars.

Sterling submachine gun

Sterling submachine guns with minor cosmetic alterations were used in the production of the Star Wars movies as blaster rifle props.

Strike Suit Zero

Strike Suit Zero takes its inspiration from numerous different franchises, most notably Elite and related franchises: Homeworld, Freelancer, Colony Wars, Star Wars, Gundam, Macross and Freespace.

Supercult

Some sets focused around a theme which was often humorous, such as models posing with Star Wars figures and Memorabilia, or dressed as a (sexy) French mime.

Susan Eisenberg

She continued her animation work in cartoons such as Jackie Chan Adventures (Viper) and video games Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Shaak-Ti), Jak II (Ashelin), Daxter (Taryn), Mass Effect 3 (Councilor Irissa) and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Tataouine Governorate

This is where George Lucas filmed part of Star Wars, and the city eventually influenced the naming of the home planet of the Skywalker family (Tatooine).

TFU

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, the video game component of the eponymous multimedia project

The Breakfast

Other Freakout themes have included The Big Lebowski and the Star Wars series, where the band has played sets that interspersed their own music with songs from the movies.

The Charge at Feather River

The movie is most notable for originating the name of the "Wilhelm scream", a sound effect used in the Star Wars film series, as well as countless other movies including Indiana Jones (franchise), Disney cartoons and The Lord of the Rings (film series).

The Horror of Frankenstein

In the mid-1960s, David Prowse, later famous for his portrayal of Darth Vader in the first Star Wars trilogy, had actually gone into the Hammer offices to express his desire to portray one of their movie monsters, but was rather abruptly dismissed.

The People vs. George Lucas

The People vs. George Lucas is a 2010 documentary/comedy film which explores the issues of filmmaking and fanaticism pertaining to the Star Wars franchise and its creator, George Lucas.

Tomorrowland Terrace

It currently hosts the Jedi Training Academy, where children between the ages of 4 and 12 are randomly chosen to participate in the show to become Jedi padawan and face off Star Wars antagonists.

Tusken Raiders

A Tusken Raider named Hoar appears as a playable character in the PlayStation fighting game Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi.

Universal Life Church

Other charter churches, or ministries, that operate include an Order of Jedi, inspired in part by the philosophy of the Star Wars motion pictures.

Utapau

See Planets of Star Wars.

Year of the Black Rainbow

I don't know if it was necessary to make prequels for Star Wars, but this is where Coheed and Cambria came from.


Andrew Hewitt

At Abbey Road and Air Studios he has performed on many film scores, for such conductors as John Williams and Howard Shore - including the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Doomsday, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Golden Compass and A Christmas Carol.

Battle Through Time

Each level has its own music theme, which consist of computer renditions of various famous melodies, such as Symphony #5 by Ludwig van Beethoven and The Blue Danube by Johann Strauss the Younger, and contemporary classics such as the Star Wars theme.

Cad Bane

Cad Bane is a fictional character Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas, Dave Filoni and Henry Gilroy, as a recurring antagonist voiced by Corey Burton in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Conrad Phillip Kottak

He believes that various American legends and stories, such as Star Trek, Star Wars and the Thanksgiving story are growing into a type of mythology which someday might be comparable to Greek, Roman, or other stories which today are considered to be myths.

Dave Filoni

He is most known for his work on Avatar: The Last Airbender and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls

The attraction's queue area passes through: Snidely Whiplash's hideout; a theater that spoofs movies such as "Jaws," "The Silence of the Lambs", "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", "Three Men and a Baby" and "Star Wars"; and a room with a talking bear head and a talking beaver head on a wall.

Ertl Company

Ertl has also, on different occasions, acquired the licenses to produce die-cast vehicles and figurines as well as model kits for Looney Tunes, Garfield, Thomas the Tank Engine, Super Mario Bros. DC Comics, and Star Wars.

Fog City Mavericks

The film also shows some of the movies made by these filmmakers such as American Graffiti, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, The Black Stallion, Home Alone, Mrs. Doubtfire, Toy Story and many others.

From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga

It also includes the original deleted scene from the first Star Wars film featuring Han Solo's meeting with Jabba the Hutt, who was then played by Irish actor Declan Mulholland (the scene was later restored for the 1997 Special Edition of Star Wars in which a CGI Jabba was superimposed over Mulholland and his dialogue dubbed).

Grand Moff Tarkin

Grand Moff Tarkin, real name Wilhuff Tarkin and also known as Governor Tarkin, is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe, portrayed by Peter Cushing and Wayne Pygram and voiced by Stephen Stanton.

James Georgopoulos

The "Guns of Cinema" series also expresses his affinity for the film and television industry by photographing a number of motion picture and television cameras; which include those from Titanic, Star Wars, Thriller, James Bond, Kill Bill, and Apocalypto).

Linda Woolverton

In 1984 she worked as a children's television writer, penning scripts for shows such as Ewoks, The Real Ghostbusters, Alvin and the Chipmunks,"My Little Pony" Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers and Ducktales.

Margit Sandemo

Besides these she is fond of Star Wars films, thriller film The Silence of the Lambs directed by Jonathan Demme and earliest episodes of TV-series The X-Files.

Michael Kingma

Outside of basketball, Kingma, along with fellow Australian basketballers Axel Dench and David Stiff, played a part in Star Wars: Episode III as Wookiees.

Motion Pictures, S.A.

Coinciding with early nineties when the video boom was over the company began to buy American film catalogs for television distribution, with titles such Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, The Return of the Jedi, Apocalypse Now, and Tucker.

Nerf Blaster

Cross-promotional models have also been released, themed around Marvel Super Heroes, Star Wars, G.I. Joe and Transformers.

Phil Hawkins

Carrie Fisher (Actress Star Wars and writer) said his work "was the most visual they have seen" whereas fellow judge and director Brett Ratner said he was "a big fan".

Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe

Some gameplay elements included, such as the historic missions section, are evident in later Lawrence Holland games including X-Wing.

Star Wars Scrapbook: The Essential Collection

Star Wars Scrapbook is a book with pull-out reproductions of Star Wars merchandise/artifacts, in a similar fashion to the books Greetings From E Street: The Story of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and Tupac Shakur Legacy.

Sterling Hershey

Sterling Hershey is a full-time architect and freelance game designer, who has worked on two different incarnations of the Star Wars role-playing game for both West End Games and Wizards of the Coast and also on the Star Wars Miniatures game.

The Moore Show

Notable names which have been on the show include British Astronomer Patrick Moore, Coronation Street actor William Roache, Star Wars actor David Prowse and psychic medium, Colin Fry .

Tusken Raiders

In the Xbox Original game Star Wars: Battlefront II players are allowed to play as Tusken Raiders in a special game mode called "hunt".

X-Bomber

Two of the English voice actors, Jay Benedict and Garrick Hagon, had appeared in Star Wars (1977) portraying Deak and Biggs, two of Luke Skywalker's friends on Tatooine (though Hagon's role was reduced in editing and Benedict's scenes were cut altogether).

ZenGems

Former LucasArts game designer Hal Barwood known for several Star Wars and Indiana Jones titles of the early to mid 1990's designed several of the levels of ZenGems.