10 Star Wars Facts You Probably Already Knew Deep Down

what exactly were the Empire's iconic Troopers originally designed to look like which actor has popped up in way more Star Wars outings than the average person likely knew and who was really responsible for one of the last Jedi's most memorable one-liners you likely already know somewhere in that head of yours so let's ReDiscover those Star Wars truths together as Father and Son Gareth here from what culture Star Wars and here are 10 Star Wars facts you probably already knew deep down number 10 Mark Hamill was photoshopped into the 2005 Star Wars reunion photo there was actually a moment back in 2005 when it seemed as though Vanity Fair had managed to pull off the admirable feat of getting absolutely every one of the famous Jedi Sith Rebels droids and alien beings from across the prequel and original trilogies inside of a room together for an epic photo reunion of sorts only as eventually revealed by Luke Skywalker himself it turns out that General Grievous Yoda and jar jar Bings weren't the only Stars thrown into their shot impulse production with Mark Hamill performing in eight shows a week on Broadway at the time of the shoot photographer Annie labovitz instead shot him alone on that same set before eventually just photoshopping him into the mix later on you knew he was always going to be a tall order trying to land on an exact date where this many massive Star Wars names were all free to pose and sure enough some 15 plus years later the hero of the original trilogy finally confirmed that his theater responsibilities for some digital tinkering George Lucas would be proud 9. Rey was almost a Kenobi heading out of the force awakens the question on just about every Star Wars Fan's lips was exactly when did Stormtroopers learn how to hit the damn Target oh and who were Rey's parents and while the answer to that question would finally come during The Last Jedi only for it to then be hilariously retconed in the rise of Skywalker as Rey went from no one to Palpatine in truth your initial instincts may not have been as far from the truth as you thought or an early version of it at least as revealed by Daisy Ridley herself on Jimmy Kimmel Live in 2020 one of the most popular fan theories of the time her character actually being Rey Kenobi was the direction JJ Abrams and Cole were toying with going down after Ray picks up Anakin's lightsaber in episode 7. fans were quick to notice the voices of Obi-Wan actors sir Ali Guinness and new McGregor telling her Rey these are your first steps so it was only natural for folks to join the dots and Ponder whether Rey was actually somehow a part of the Kenobi family tree and Ridley's comments seemingly confirmed that Abrams was at least leaning towards this being a possible outcome back before episode 8 and 9 were Unleashed on this galaxy number 8 Stormtroopers were designed to look like mechanical skeletons what's the first thing that comes to your mind when looking at the Infantry constantly found firing their blasters at Rebel skirma apart from the fact it must be bloody hard to see in those helmets just ask Mark Hamill it's probably that the Imperial Stormtroopers often looked like a bunch of creepy plastic skeletons when moving around various hangers and alien locations and this was actually George Lucas's specific intentions when it came to the design of the Empire's troops confirmed during a wired interview with lucasfilm vice president Doug Chang the Mind behind the galaxy far far away wanted to create some particularly iconic imagery when forging his Stormtroopers and a design that made the soldiers look like living skeletons whenever they were on screens you probably always knew these threatening troops get ups were somewhat inspired by your own bones and that was very much part of Lucas's plan a long time ago number seven Leia's hairline was all Carrie Fisher in The Last Jedi on top of being a formidable thespian and the Galaxy's favorite princess the late great Carrie Fisher was also one hell of a writer but you likely already knew that based on the star's work as a script doctor and the fact that she'd penned her fair share of novels screenplays and plays over the years so you also probably knew deep down that the Leia Organa star would have had a hand in writing some of her iconic characters dialogue during her long-awaited return to the the galaxy far far away from the force awakens onwards and that's precisely what went down while shooting Ryan Johnson's The Last Jedi in particular with the director eventually noting how one of the most typically layer moments of the flick came right from the mind of Fisher because of course it did speaking to the Daily Beast Johnson noted that when Leia jokingly tells Luke that she knew he was gonna spot that she changed her hair during the first moment the parents shared the screen together since Return of the Jedi obviously that was her rest in Power Princess number six attack of the Clones recycled The Phantom Menace footage in their Council chamber episode 2 in the Skywalker Saga includes a scene which sees Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker talking to the council within the Jedi Temple none of this scene involving the likes of Mace Windu and Yoda telling the two Jedi to track down a bounty hunter always felt a touch familiar well that's because this moment was actually created thanks to a Little Help from some recycled footage from the prior entry with a number of the actors who brought the various July Masters on their Council to life in the Menace not actually being available to shoot scenes in the follow-up George Lucas instead opted to Simply reuse the background footage scene when Qui-Gon was chatting to the council about his trip to Tatooine in episode 1. it was likely a whole lot cheaper and simpler to just copy and paste this Coruscant backdrop into the 2002 sequel rather than go through the process of having to completely recreate the council chamber digitally and recasting various Masters number five Palpatine's theme is actually present in The Phantom Menace as episode 1 reaches its rousing conclusion a gigantic parade takes place on the streets of theed in the wake of defeating the Trade Federation and establishing peace between the people of Naboo and the gungans would listen very closely to the theme playing as gungans and other Naboo natives cheer on the likes of Jar Jar Binks and KOA and a rather frightening piece of foreshadowing gradually becomes noticeable when you speed up the emperor's theme from Return of the Jedi it sounds remarkably just like the Augie's great Municipal bantune heard here in The Phantom Menace and with the first step of Chief Palpatine's eventual grand plan to take over the Galaxy being completed during the closing stages of episode 1. it's clear that Lucas and the Gang wanted to subtly inform audiences that despite this initially looking like a triumphant day for the heroes it was actually secretly a win for the dark forces of evil it's pretty hard to unhear the similarities between the two themes once you play them back to back number four Mark Hamill has had a voice over cameo in every Star Wars movie since 2015. though under before Mark Hamill has forged quite the voiceover career over the last five decades so it was pretty inevitable that the Luke Skywalker star would eventually find a way to lend his epic vocal talents to a number of other Star Wars figures at some stage but what you may not be fully aware of is that the voice of the Joker Chucky and much more has actually popped up in every Star Wars movie since 2015 in a vocal capacity from the little alien being found shoving coins into bb-8 known as W scay in The Last Jedi to the character of avicium boolio seen telling Finn to win the war in the rise of Skywalker Hammer can actually often be found being credited as William M Patrick or Patrick Williams for these particular big screen cameos a reference to his real-life Brother's first names and it also probably won't come as that much of a shock to discover that this voiceover icon has popped up in the Mandalorian as the voice of Droid ev99 and the Clone Wars series as Darth Bane 2. number three The Godfather reference in Return of the Jedi you probably we already knew that the likes of George Lucas Steven Spielberg Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola were all real-life Pals and as a cheeky salute to his movie making friends Lucas found a way to throw the odd reference to his legendary director mate's work into his Skywalker Saga it turns out that you were right to feel like he was somehow watching a rather iconic death scene unfolding once again during the opening stretch of Return of the Jedi episode 6 co-writer Lawrence kazdan suggested the idea of Leia killing off the Despicable Jabba the hot to Lucas only for the Star Wars Creator to decide that this would be the perfect opportunity to throw a nod to The Godfather into the latest chapter in the epic adventure so Lucas settled on the strangulation of the giant space logger with this moment being a direct homage to mob enforcer Luca brasi's grisly end in Coppola's gangster classic the way the camera lingers on a struggling Java as the life is squeezed out of him clearly mirrors The Savage choking scene in that 1972 Masterpiece and the fact this was an entirely intense tribute of sorts confirms something you likely always subconsciously assumed anyway number two Darth Vader was only 45 when he died at 22 years old at the time of his turning to the dark side and ultimately becoming a crispy fried Apprentice to the emperor and with the end of episode 3 and beginning of episode 4 only being 19 years apart that eventually meant that by the time Darth Vader bit the dust in Return of the Jedi the Jedi turned Sith turned Jedi was only 45 admittedly most likely assumed before the prequel trilogy was released that the Fallen Jedi was well into his 70s at the time of his passing in Luke's arms on the Death Star 2. he was played by a Sebastian Shaw who was 78 at the time of Return of the Jedi after all and it's still easy to lose sight of the fact that Anakin was only in his mid-40s when taking in that emotional helmet reveal today but after watching the likes of episodes one to three and other pulse prequel offerings whilst also looking at where these events sit on the timeline the fact that the most iconic big bad in the Galaxy isn't actually as old as he appears in episode 6 is evident and it's a detail that has no doubt long been present somewhere deep within you too number one it took years for an on-screen reference to a bathroom to happen can you honestly remember a single moment in the Skywalker Saga when a character nipped off to the lou for a second mid-adventure and while you may have assumed that you at least saw some version of a Star Wars bathroom or toilet at one stage in the original and prequel trilogies in truth it actually took nearly 40 years for the first ever Cannon lavatory to pop up in an on-screen Star Wars project said quote unquote refresher arrived in the sixth season of the clone wars during the orders episode as fives wandered into one in the middle of a clone bar on coruscants with various toilets AKA vac tube appearances then coming in Andor and the Mandalorian in the years that followed too it does seem somewhat bizarre to note that it took decades for the Star Wars Universe to unleash its first few bathroom cameos but the more you think about it the more you've likely always known that this galaxy is far far away had long been oddly restroomless when it came to their Tales being told on screen and that's our list of any other Star Wars facts people probably already you deep down well let us know all about them in the comments section right down below and don't forget to like share and click on that subscribe button while you're down there I've been Gareth from what culture Star Wars May the force be with you have a wicked day wherever you are in this galaxy and hopefully we will see you very very soon bye bye

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Published: Sun Jun 11 2023