Curated playlist
Star Wars Rebels characters
- Obi-Wan KenobiAlec Guinness later said he begged George Lucas to kill Obi-Wan Kenobi. Lucas agreed.
- 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.
- PalpatinePalpatine's first name stayed off screen for decades. Fans learned it was Sheev only in the 2014 novel Tarkin.
- Grand Admiral ThrawnAs his bodyguard turned on him, Star Wars villain Thrawn said it was so artistically done.
- Darth MaulDarth Maul was cut in half in his first film, yet he came back. George Lucas chose to bring him back.
- Lando CalrissianLando Calrissian welcomes his friends to Cloud City, then hands them to Darth Vader.
- YodaYoda, the small green Jedi Master of the Star Wars films, dies at the age of 900. That is not the end of his story. His voice returns decades later, and he keeps turning up in new tales. He is tiny and elderly, and he arranges his words in…