Curated playlist
Lucasfilm films
- The Mandalorian and GroguHollywood's 2023 labor disputes turned a planned Mandalorian TV season into a movie.
- Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars TrilogyKurt Russell and Perry King both auditioned for Han Solo. Empire of Dreams shows the audition footage.
- Ewoks: The Battle for EndorEwoks: The Battle for Endor, a 1985 American television film set in the Star Wars universe, took root in a weekend viewing. The weekend before he sat down to plan a new story, George Lucas had watched Heidi with his daughter. That evening…
- Star Wars (film)George Lucas forgot Star Wars was opening the day it came out. That night, he saw crowds lined up outside a theater.
- Star Wars original trilogyGeorge Lucas could not get the rights to Flash Gordon, so he built his own space universe. That choice led to Star Wars.
- Return of the JediReturn of the Jedi was briefly renamed Revenge of the Jedi. Lucas reverted it after posters were printed.
- Star Wars prequel trilogyTwo Jedi Knights stumble upon a nine-year-old slave boy, Anakin Skywalker, on Tatooine.
- Star Wars: StarfighterStar Wars: Starfighter is set in a part of the galaxy never seen on screen. Ryan Gosling leads a mostly new cast.
- Star Wars: The Last JediIn Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Luke hesitates to burn the Jedi library, so Yoda's spirit does it.
- The Empire Strikes BackOn the set of The Empire Strikes Back, the actor playing Vader was given a fake line.
- Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom MenaceA sudden sandstorm wrecked the Tunisian set of The Phantom Menace. The shoot still left Tunisia on schedule.
- Rogue OneRogue One first had an ending where the heroes lived. Director Gareth Edwards wrote it, but it was never filmed.
- Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerJohn Boyega left a Rise of Skywalker script in a hotel room, and it turned up on eBay.
- Star Wars: The Force AwakensIn early drafts of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Luke took over every scene. So he became the one being sought.
- Star ToursStar Tours began as a proposal for a ride based on the film The Black Hole. Disney shelved it, then turned to Star Wars.
- Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the ClonesAttack of the Clones was the first Star Wars film not to be its year's top earner. It grossed $653.8 million worldwide.
- Star Wars sequel trilogyGeorge Lucas said in 2008 there would be no Star Wars Episodes VII through IX. Three more films still followed.
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)George Lucas liked early footage of a Clone Wars TV series so much that he made it a movie.
- American GraffitiEvery major Hollywood studio refused American Graffiti before Universal agreed to distribute it.
- Solo: A Star Wars StoryRon Howard reshot around 70 percent of Solo: A Star Wars Story after taking over.
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of DestinyIndiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny first left out Marion until Karen Allen wrote a letter.