Day 77: The speeder bike chase scene from “Return of the Jedi” seemed like a fast-paced race across the forested moon of Endor. But the reality was nearly as interesting. The chase was filmed in a grove of Redwood trees taht were slated to be… Read More »100 Days of Star Wars trivia – Day 76: Redwoods
Day 77: Master makeup artist and puppet designer Stuart Freeborn created many creatures for the original Star Wars trilogy. Among them are Yoda and Jabba the Hutt. The crime lord Jabba the Hutt was a massive puppet that took up to seven puppeteers to operate.… Read More »100 Days of Star Wars Trivia – Day 77: Hutt
Day 78: If that whole “Frozen” thing doesn’t work out in EPCOT’s Norway pavilion they can retheme it to the planet Hoth from “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.” Scenes on the ice planet of Hoth were partially filmed on location at the Hardangerjøkulen glacier… Read More »100 Days of Star Wars Trivia – Day 78: Frozen
Day 79: A lot of matte paintings were used to make the small sets of England’s Elstree Studios appear to be the size of a Death Star. In the scene where Luke and Leia perform that iconic swing to escape Stormtroopers, the production couldn’t afford… Read More »100 Days of Star Wars trivia – Day 79: The Swing
Day 80: It took George Lucas seven months to cast Star Wars. He was looking for mostly unknown faces that he had never worked with before. He brought in Harrison Ford — who he had cast as street racer Bob Falfa in “American Graffiti” —… Read More »100 Days of Star Wars Trivia – Day 80: Finding Ford
Day 81: George Lucas was inspired to write the original Star Wars movie because he wanted to create his own version of Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers. In order to add story structure that would stand the test of time, Lucas used theories taken from… Read More »100 Days of Star Wars trivia – Day 81: Myth
Day 82: Every previous Star Wars film has been released in the month of May. Star Wars hit theaters on 5/25/1977, The Empire Strikes Back on 5/21/1980, and Return of the Jedi on 5/23/1983. There was then a 16 year pause until Episode I –… Read More »100 Days of Star Wars trivia – Day 82: Release
Day 83: Actor Mark Hamill, who portrays farmboy-turned-jedi-knight Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars saga, turned 64 today. That’s a couple years older than Alec Guinness was when he began work on the original Star Wars film. Like Guinness’ Obi-Wan, Hamill sports a “contractually obligated”… Read More »100 Days of Star Wars Trivia – Day 83: Mark Hamill