As the biggest film franchise of all time turns 40, here’s a few of brilliant Star Wars facts you might not know.
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The words “I have a bad feeling about this” are said in every Star Wars film.
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“Yoda” and “Yoda-like”, referring to a wise elder, appear in the Oxford English Dictionary.
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The second part of Darth Vader’s name is Dutch for “father”.
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One of the asteroids seen floating in outer space in The Empire Strikes Back is actually a potato.
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George Lucas’s birthday is not May 4 but May 14. Star Wars films have always been launched in the week after that date.
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The design of the Millennium Falcon spacecraft was based on a hamburger.
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In The Phantom Menace Yoda has three toes. But in three later films he has four.
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Many of the buildings constructed to be used in shots of Tatooine are still standing in Tunisia. In fact, some of them are still used by locals.
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Yoda was originally going to played by a monkey carrying a cane and wearing a mask.
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The bounty hunter Bossk’s clothing is a recycled spacesuit from Doctor Who.
May the facts be with you…
