Curated playlist
Film characters introduced in 1977
- 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.
- R2-D2R2-D2 got its name when a sound editor asked for a reel. George Lucas heard it half asleep and called it a great name.
- Darth VaderThe actor inside Darth Vader's suit never knew his voice would be replaced. James Earl Jones voiced him instead.
- Stormtrooper (Star Wars)In 2019, biologists named a Colombian spider genus after Star Wars stormtroopers.
- C-3POC-3PO's golden face was modeled on a robot from a 1927 silent film. Artist Ralph McQuarrie copied Metropolis.
- Princess LeiaPrincess Leia began as a spoiled teenage princess in George Lucas's early drafts.
- Balin (Middle-earth)Balin, the Dwarf in The Hobbit, died in the same valley where his father fell. Both were killed in Dimrill Dale.
- Han SoloHan Solo was first written as a green-skinned alien with gills. George Lucas's earliest draft gave him no nose.
- GandalfIn early drafts of The Hobbit, the name Gandalf belonged to a dwarf-king, not the wizard.
- Bilbo BagginsBilbo Baggins won the dragon Smaug's fate with words, not a weapon.
- Droid (Star Wars)George Lucas completed the second draft script of Star Wars on the 28th of January 1975, and it is where he first used the word droid. A single clipped syllable was enough to name a whole population of machines that translate, repair…