50 Fun Facts About Star Wars Trivia for Kids

In which year did the very first Star Wars movie come out?

It opened in only a handful of theaters on May 25 and became a surprise blockbuster.

Who created Star Wars and directed the first film?

He had loved the old Flash Gordon serials since he was a kid.

The small green Jedi Master Yoda dies at what age?

His body vanishes as he becomes one with the Force.

On which swampy planet does Yoda live in hiding during the original trilogy?

Luke goes there to train after Obi-Wan's ghost tells him to.

Chewbacca belongs to which tall, hairy species?

His growls were made by mixing recordings of bears, a badger, a lion, a seal and a walrus.

What is the name of Chewbacca's crossbow-like weapon?

It is a traditional weapon of his people, and Han claims to understand every growl.

R2-D2 belongs to which class of droid?

He has appeared in ten of the twelve theatrical Star Wars films.

How many forms of communication is C-3PO fluent in?

He is a protocol droid built for etiquette and translation, and he never stops reminding everyone.

Who built C-3PO, according to The Phantom Menace?

He put the droid together from spare parts while living as a slave on Tatooine.

How did Han Solo get the Millennium Falcon from Lando Calrissian?

The game was called sabacc, and Lando still made Han promise not to scratch the ship years later.

What gives a lightsaber blade its colour?

Blue and green are the most common Jedi colours, with purple and yellow much rarer.

Which Jedi Master carries a purple lightsaber, at the request of the actor who played him?

Samuel L. Jackson asked for it so he could be spotted easily in big battle scenes.

Darth Vader is the father of which two twins?

He is also the grandfather of Ben Solo, better known as Kylo Ren.

Who provided Darth Vader's deep voice in the films?

David Prowse wore the suit, but his West Country accent was replaced in the recording booth.

Princess Leia is a princess of which planet?

She was adopted by Senator Bail Organa and Queen Breha after her mother died.

What shape is the Death Star?

It is hundreds of kilometres wide, which is why Obi-Wan says that's no moon.

What is unusual about the sky over the desert planet Tatooine?

The twin-sunset scene is one of the most famous images in all of movies.

Where was the desert planet Tatooine filmed for the original Star Wars?

The filmmakers fell in love with the desert and the strange buildings on the island of Djerba.

The furry little Ewoks live on the forest moon of which planet?

They helped the Rebels win the battle there in Return of the Jedi.

Where were the Ewok scenes filmed?

Lucas named the Ewoks by flipping the syllables of Miwok, a Native American tribe from that redwood country.

What does the crime lord Jabba the Hutt look like?

He keeps the frozen Han Solo on the wall of his palace like a trophy.

Which pilot owns the rolling round droid BB-8?

The crew nicknamed the droid Surly before J.J. Abrams named it BB-8.

The character everyone calls Baby Yoda has what real name?

He is adopted by the Mandalorian and takes the family name Din, becoming Din Grogu.

What is special about Darth Maul's red lightsaber?

He swings it like a staff, and the actor Ray Park is a martial artist.

How old is Anakin Skywalker when we first meet him in The Phantom Menace?

He is a slave living with his mother Shmi on Tatooine when Qui-Gon Jinn finds him.

Attack of the Clones revealed that the armoured bounty hunter Boba is a clone of which man?

He seemed to die in the sarlacc pit but survived and later got his own TV show.

Star Wars Day is celebrated on which date, thanks to a pun?

May the Fourth be with you was even said in the British Parliament in 1994.

The porgs in The Last Jedi were invented because of what real animals on the filming location?

Rather than digitally erase the birds on the Irish island, the crew turned them into porgs.

Hoth, home of the Rebels' Echo Base, is covered entirely in what?

The Rebels ride shaggy tauntauns and try to avoid the wampa, a big snow monster.

What does Darth Vader freeze Han Solo in at the end of The Empire Strikes Back?

Boba Fett delivers the frozen Han to Jabba, who hangs him on the wall.

Kylo Ren was born with which name?

His parents are Han Solo and Leia Organa, and his lightsaber has an unusual crossguard.

Which two orders of Force users are always fighting each other?

The dark-side order is meant to have only two members at a time: a master and an apprentice.

How many Sith Lords are supposed to exist at any one time?

Always two there are: a master and an apprentice.

Which actor plays Han Solo in all five of his films?

He beat out dozens of actors, including Sylvester Stallone and John Travolta, for the part.

Which actor played Chewbacca in the original trilogy?

He also played him in the Holiday Special and Revenge of the Sith.

What language does Chewbacca speak?

Han Solo understands every growl even though he answers in English.

The first Star Wars film won how many Academy Awards?

It also won two BAFTAs and thirteen Saturn Awards.

Which droid fixes the Falcon's hyperdrive as the heroes flee Cloud City?

Lando Calrissian, the ship's former owner, helps everyone get aboard.

What planet do the Wookiees come from?

In Revenge of the Sith the Wookiees fight the Separatists when their home is invaded.

Which actor played the little robot R2-D2 from inside the costume in the original films?

In the prequels R2 was mostly a radio-controlled prop, and Baker was credited as R2-D2 consultant.

Rey, the hero of The Force Awakens, grew up scavenging parts on which desert planet?

She was abandoned there as a child and survives by pulling machine parts out of crashed Star Destroyers to trade for food.

Finn was a First Order stormtrooper before he ran away. What was his trooper number?

The digits are a nod to Princess Leia's cell number on the Death Star in the very first Star Wars film.

Who moved and voiced the Yoda puppet in The Empire Strikes Back?

Jim Henson was too busy with another project and recommended his Muppets partner, who also performed Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear.

What is the real name of the helmeted bounty hunter in The Mandalorian?

Pedro Pascal plays him, and the show begins five years after the fall of the Empire in Return of the Jedi.

Mandalorian armour is made from which special metal that lightsabers cannot cut through?

The Empire stole huge amounts of it when it purged Mandalore, which is why a single bar of it is such a prized payment in the show.

Jar Jar Binks, the clumsy friend from The Phantom Menace, belongs to which species?

His own tribe banished him for being so clumsy, yet he ends up leading their army against the Trade Federation's droids.

How old is Padmé Amidala when we meet her as the elected queen of Naboo?

Natalie Portman was 16 when she filmed the role, and the queen's elaborate costumes and white face paint helped her look regal rather than young.

In The Empire Strikes Back, Lando Calrissian is in charge of what floating place?

Billy Dee Williams played him, and Lando's cane in The Rise of Skywalker was designed to look like the city he once ran.

Han Solo brags that the Millennium Falcon made the Kessel Run in less than how many parsecs?

In The Force Awakens, Rey says fourteen and Han corrects her; the film Solo finally shows the famous run in full.

Ahsoka Tano, the Padawan from The Clone Wars cartoon, belongs to which species?

She was 14 when the cartoon began, and Rosario Dawson later played her in live action in The Mandalorian.