In the Star wars trash compactor scene, Mark Hamill held his breath for so long that he broke a blood vessel in his face.

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When 20th Century Fox tried to distribute Star Wars, fewer than 40 theaters wanted to show it. They had to threaten the theaters by saying they had to show it or they would not be able to show The Other Side of Midnight.

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Imagine a Star Wars with a girl Luke Skywalker, Alien Han Solo,  Chewbacca called a Jawa instead of a Wookie, R2-D2 called A-2, and a C-3PO named C-3. As we know Star Wars know, that seems just plain weird.

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Have you ever wandered how they got the name Tie Fighters. Its from an acronym meaning twin ion engines.

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The gun the stormtroopers used in Star Wars was the Sterling L2A3 9mm SMG. The only modification was they took away the curved entry side for the magazine. The longer sand trooper gun was the German MG-34 machine gun.

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In the scene where Luke and Leia swing to escape stormtroopers in the Death Star there are no stunt doubles used. The original actors did the scene in one try.

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Did you know that Chewbacca never actually flew in the millennium falcon. When they created the ship they did not know how big Chewbacca would be. When he showed up to film they found out he was to big. They had to edit the film and place Chewbacca in their.