May the 4th be with you: 10 Interesting Star Wars Facts

On May 4th, fans of the legendary films have a real holiday - Star Wars Day. Ten interesting facts about the saga, reports Tochka.

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The importance of Star Wars in mass modern culture is difficult to overestimate. Movies, books, video games over the years have created a whole subculture dedicated to the "galaxy far, far away." The film has gathered millions of fans around its amazing story.

Here are 10 amazing facts about Star Wars.

1 May 4th Was Born Because Of A Pun

Fans heard this date in the phrase May the Force be with you (“May the Force be with you”). By ear it can be interpreted as May the fourth be with you (“The fourth of May will be with you”).

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Interestingly, this verbal pun was first mentioned not by fans, but by admirers of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - on May 4, 1979, she became the first female prime minister in Great Britain. That day, the entire capital was decorated with posters with the words May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. Congratulations (“The Fourth of May will be with you, Maggie. Congratulations”).

2. The phrase "Luke, I am your father" never sounded

Perhaps the most amazing fact. Darth Vader's phrase, which has become a legend, a meme and one of the most quoted in the world, actually did not sound like that. In a dialogue with his son, the Sith Lord says No, I'm your father.

3. The name Chewbacca is a derivative of the Russian word

Director George Lucas had a favorite dog: Indiana, an Alaskan Malamute. He considered her his “co-pilot” because Indiana rode everywhere with him in the front seat. When Lucas came up with a co-pilot for the Millennium Falcon, he combined the pet's appearance with the Russian word for "dog" (possibly because Alaska was once Russian). And so Chewbacca was born.

4 Yodo Was Almost Played By A Monkey

According to The Making of Star Wars, Lucas originally planned for Yodo to be played by a magical monkey wearing a mask and carrying a cane. But, as we know, it was a very complex puppet - at the same time it was led by several people. To model the doll, makeup artist Stuart Freeborn mixed two faces: his own and Albert Einstein's.

5. Return of the Jedi had a different ending.

While working on the script for Episode 6 (Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi), Lucas planned for Luke to turn to the dark side! In the scene where he takes off Vader's dying helmet, he was supposed to put it on and say "I am Vader now" and turn to the dark side.

6. Vader's breathing was voiced by the director himself

The famous heavy breathing of Darth Vader in the black mask is actually a recording of George Lucas himself wearing an oxygen mask. Filming was so difficult and exhausting that the director was hospitalized with hypertension. In the hospital, he made this record.

7. Asteroids played potatoes and shoes

In the scene with asteroids in the fifth episode, the boot played. George Lucas is said to have had this scene redone dozens of times - the special effects guys were so pissed off they added a boot. But in principle, ordinary potatoes played the role of asteroids.

8. All the alien languages ​​in the movie really exist.

The languages ​​spoken by the aliens are of Earth origin. For the Ewok language, they took the Filipino Tagalog dialect. The Javos speak accelerated Zulu, and the Grido (Rodians) speak the dialect of the Peruvian Quechua Indians, but in reverse notation.

9. All the stormtroopers in the movies are left-handed.

The prototype for the E11 blasters carried by Star Wars stormtroopers was the Sterling L2A3, a nine-millimeter submachine gun produced by British forces during World War II. The pistol has a special design through which it can only be held with the left hand. That's why all the stormtroopers in the film turned out to be left-handed.

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10. Han Solo was supposed to be green and without a nose

The director based Han Solo on his friend Francis Ford Coppola, and played him by Harrison Ford. However, at first Han Solo was supposed to be a green monster with no nose and gills. It's good that Lucas changed his mind!

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