What's the most useless Star Wars fact you know?

1. When filming a scene where R2-D2 was supposed to roll behind a sand dune, then stop, they were using a remote to control him, and he rolled out of range and the remote failed to stop him, and he ended up wandering onto the nearby set of Jesus of Nazareth.
   — smolfloofyredhead


2. Han Solo was frozen in carbonite because Harrison Ford wasnt ready to commit to doing a 3rd movie. This way if he chose not to, they didnt have to over-explain it, change the actor or kill him off...
   — wlane13


3. Ewan McGregor's uncle is Denis Lawson who plays Wedge Antilles
   — trimonkeys






4. The sound of laser fire was replicated by hitting a thick tension wire (as you might see on the Golden Gate Bridge).
   — all4reddit


5. the darksaber makes more of a **twang** sound when it hits another lightsaber, as opposed to the common **clash** sound
   — itsmeduhdoi


6. * Carrie Fisher was a hugely successful script doctor in the 80s and 90s, and one of her earliest projects in that field was re-writing parts of her role in *Return of the Jedi*. * The drug dealer who tries to sell Obi-Wan death sticks in the ~~Blade Runner underworld~~ Coruscant bar is named Elan Sleazebaggano. * Mace Windu's lightsaber is purple because that was Samuel L. Jackson's stipulation to joining the prequels.
   — Last_Gallifreyan






7. The original lightsaber props were made out of a [Graflex camera flash tube](http://starwarsvintage.us/pictures/Original_Vintage_Graflex_3_Cell_camera_flash_for_Star_Wars_lightsaber_replica_01_nxbf.jpg), pieces of windshield wiper blades, and a few random electrical components. Vintage Graflex flashes are now incredibly rare and expensive because of enthusiasts buying them to chop up into lightsaber handles.
   — OffBrandToothpaste


8. A few: 1. "I love you / I know" was ad-libbed. 2. "I am your father" was such a secret, the actor playing Darth Vader wasn't told; he was given the line "Obi-wan killed your father." 3. Nute Gunray was named after Newt Gingrich and Ronald Reagan. 4. George Lucas has a cameo in III as a blue alien at the opera. 5. Count Dooku is named for Count Dracula, whom Christopher Lee famously played. 6. James Earl Jones, voice of Vader, was a stammerer as a child. 7. The Ewoks were originally intended to be Wookiees. 8. Daniel Craig was a stormtrooper in The Force Awakens.
   — uruk_low


9. The dude who played Vader in the OT said the lines thinking his voice would go on the final cut not knowing all along the plan was to have a voiceover. Dude was pissed to shit later.
   — f0k4ppl3






10. Luke's last name was going to be Starkiller not Skywalker.
    — kaj1981


11. Vader's buttons on his suit have Hebrew lettering on them
    — crusaderblings2