Curated playlist
Star Wars Skywalker Saga characters
- 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.
- Kylo RenKylo Ren kills his own father, Han Solo, on Starkiller Base. He later turns back and becomes Ben Solo again.
- 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.
- Qui-Gon JinnQui-Gon Jinn dies in The Phantom Menace, yet his voice keeps returning. Liam Neeson voiced him in later films.
- PalpatinePalpatine's first name stayed off screen for decades. Fans learned it was Sheev only in the 2014 novel Tarkin.
- Poe DameronPoe Dameron was originally written to die early in The Force Awakens.
- Finn (Star Wars)Finn, a Star Wars stormtrooper, abandons his post on his first combat mission.
- 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…
- 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.
- Padmé AmidalaPadmé Amidala sponsored the motion that opened the way for Palpatine to become chancellor.
- 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.
- Supreme Leader SnokeAndy Serkis first played Snoke without knowing what Snoke looked like. He stood on a 25-foot podium for his first day.
- 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…
- Skywalker familyRey chose the Skywalker name after the whole bloodline had died. She wanted to honor the family.