The lost ark
Star Wars was not the only project that George Lucas and Harrison Ford worked on together, there was another small project you might have heard of: Indiana Jones.
So, obviously, when Making Solo: A Star Wars Story, the creative team had to make a reference to the other iconic Harrison Ford character. During the film, the sharp-eyed viewers will be able to spot the golden idol that Dr. Jones steals at the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
R2 smoking fools
R2 might not be the strongest fighter, but he can do his part in helping our heroes save the day, and sometimes that can even be pretty funny.
In Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, during a battle, some viewers will be able to notice R2 doing his part, and tripping over a Battle Droid in the background of the scene. We expected no less from the warrior that Artoo is, and we’re so proud of him.
Everyone loves Anakin
The tragedy of Anakin is that in search of love he turned to the dark, and never realized that what he thought he was lacking was there all along.
In the prequel trilogy, the last words that Anakin hears from the people closest to him all have to do with them expressing their love for him. If only he’d have listened maybe his dark turn could have been avoided, and the galaxy could have been a better place.
Crossing over
Star Wars is a very influential franchise, but is there a chance that it actually exists in the same universe as the Men In Black franchise?
If you listen carefully during a scene in Men in Black (1997), you can hear a bunch of aliens sitting around speaking Huttese – Jabba the Hutt’s language which he speaks in the galaxy far far away. Although, these aliens do look a bit too small to be actual hutts.
Real-life injuries
Mark Hamill was involved in a pretty severe car accident in 1977, that actually caused him severe injuries to his nose and cheekbone.
Instead of entirely ignoring this, when it came time to film Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, George Lucas wrote in the Wampa attack as a way to explain Luke’s new appearance and injuries. If you pay close attention, you can tell that he has them at the beginning of the film, before the attack.
The iconic look
Leia’s iconic look in Star Wars: A New Hope was not a fluke and has some pretty cool details behind it. First, George Lucas asked the actress not to wear a bra under his white dress, because according to him, those didn’t exist in space (sure, George).
Second, he modeled her iconic hairdo after the ‘Soldaderas’, revolutionary women in Mexico’s 20th-century uprising. All put together, Lucas did manage to achieve a look that went down as one of the most recognizable in film history,
