Curated playlist
Fictional space pilots
- Obi-Wan KenobiAlec Guinness later said he begged George Lucas to kill Obi-Wan Kenobi. Lucas agreed.
- Luke SkywalkerLuke Skywalker was originally going to be named Starkiller. George Lucas dropped the surname months into filming.
- Mara JadeMara Jade posed as a dancing girl to kill Luke Skywalker, but Jabba the Hutt dropped him into the Rancor's lair.
- Darth VaderThe actor inside Darth Vader's suit never knew his voice would be replaced. James Earl Jones voiced him instead.
- Kylo RenKylo Ren kills his own father, Han Solo, on Starkiller Base. He later turns back and becomes Ben Solo again.
- Poe DameronPoe Dameron was originally written to die early in The Force Awakens.
- Han SoloHan Solo was first written as a green-skinned alien with gills. George Lucas's earliest draft gave him no nose.
- Boba FettBoba Fett first appeared in public on the 24th of September 1978, at the San Anselmo Country Fair parade. The armor was worn by Duwayne Dunham, then an assistant film editor and later a film and television director. Fett is a Star Wars…
- Lando CalrissianLando Calrissian welcomes his friends to Cloud City, then hands them to Darth Vader.
- Rey (Star Wars)Rey began as a scavenger on Jakku and ended by naming herself Rey Skywalker. She says it near Luke's childhood home.