Star Wars Original Trilogy
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50 free Star Wars Original Trilogy trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Star Wars arrived in 1977, The Empire Strikes Back in 1980 and Return of the Jedi in 1983, and between them the three films changed what a blockbuster could be. Decades on, people still argue about the special editions, retell the twists and can pick out the hum of a lightsaber with their eyes shut. This quiz sticks to Episodes IV, V and VI: the farm boy, the princess and the smuggler, Darth Vader and the Emperor, the planets, creatures and ships, and the story of how the films were written, cast, shot and scored. It opens with questions most fans can answer and builds to production details that test even people who own the making-of books. It is written for anyone who grew up with the original films, for quiz hosts who need a reliable Star Wars round, and for newer fans who want to see how much of the old trilogy they have picked up. Every answer comes with a short explanation, so a wrong guess still leaves you with a story to tell.
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Q 01Which furry forest warriors of Return of the Jedi are never once named aloud on screen?
Ewoks
Ewoks are named only in the end titles, where a few such as Wicket and Teebo are credited. George Lucas first planned the battle for the Wookiee home planet.
Q 02Which toy company sold a mail-in certificate instead of Star Wars figures for Christmas 1977?
Kenner
Kenner signed its licence too late to fill the shelves, so buyers got a promise of four figures by post. The first were Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Chewbacca and R2-D2.
Q 03Which Star Wars ship's shape was said to be based on a hamburger with an olive on the side?
Millennium Falcon
The Millennium Falcon was redesigned after its first, longer model looked too much like the Eagle ships of TV's Space: 1999.
Q 04Which self-taught carpenter did George Lucas hire just to read lines at the Star Wars auditions?
Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford was only meant to feed lines to the hopefuls, but his readings won George Lucas over and landed him the part of Han Solo.
Q 05Yoda's face was modelled on which famous scientist to make the Jedi master look intelligent?
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein's features were blended with those of make-up artist Stuart Freeborn, so Yoda is partly a self-portrait of the man who sculpted him.
Q 06Star Wars became the highest-grossing film of its day by overtaking which Steven Spielberg hit?
Jaws
Jaws, released two years earlier, lost the record to Star Wars, and Steven Spielberg won it back when E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial took over in 1982.
Q 07Which animal wore a shaggy costume to play the banthas of Tatooine in the original Star Wars?
An elephant
An elephant named Mardji, borrowed from an amusement park, carried a saddle dressed with palm fronds and yak hair to become a bantha.
Q 08In The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo is frozen in which substance and handed to a bounty hunter?
Carbonite
Carbonite was a trial run: Darth Vader freezes Han Solo first to test whether the process could safely hold Luke Skywalker.
Q 09Tatooine takes its name from a town in which country, where the original Star Wars was filmed?
Tunisia
Tunisia's southern town of Tataouine lent its name while George Lucas was scouting locations and still writing his fourth draft.
Q 10Which colour was Luke Skywalker's Return of the Jedi lightsaber made to stand out against the desert sky?
Green
Green was a late change in the edit, which is why an early trailer and the first posters show Luke Skywalker's blade in its earlier colour.
Q 11Which actor voiced Darth Vader in the first two Star Wars films but asked to go uncredited?
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones won the part after Orson Welles was judged too recognisable, while David Prowse wore the suit on set. He was first billed for the role on Return of the Jedi.
Q 12Which British actor earned an Oscar nomination for playing Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original Star Wars?
Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness later said it was his idea to kill off Obi-Wan Kenobi, having persuaded George Lucas that death would make the old Jedi a stronger character.
Q 13Which Muppets performer worked the puppet and supplied the voice of Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back?
Frank Oz
Q 21Which Star Wars character debuted in a 1978 Holiday Special cartoon before reaching cinemas in The Empire Strikes Back?
Boba Fett
Boba Fett's cartoon look was drawn from footage of his unpainted film costume, and the animators say their advice to scuff it up shaped the live-action armour.
Q 22Darth Vader's mask was designed by combining a breathing mask with the helmet of which warriors?
Samurai
Samurai armour shaped Ralph McQuarrie's concept, and costume designer John Mollo then added clerical robes, a motorcycle suit and a military gas mask.
Q 23Star Wars won the most Oscars at the 1978 ceremony but lost Best Picture to which romantic comedy?
Annie Hall
Frank Oz got the job because Jim Henson, whom George Lucas approached first, was too busy and suggested him as chief puppeteer instead.
Q 14Which composer recorded the Oscar-winning Star Wars score with the London Symphony Orchestra in 1977?
John Williams
John Williams recorded the music in twelve days that March, and in 2005 the American Film Institute named it the best film score of all time.
Q 15Which peaceful planet, Princess Leia's home, is destroyed to demonstrate the Death Star in Star Wars?
Alderaan
Alderaan is destroyed on Grand Moff Tarkin's orders, both as a full-power test of the superlaser and as a warning to the galaxy about the price of resistance.
Q 16On which swamp planet does Luke Skywalker train under Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back?
Dagobah
Dagobah never left the studio: scouts looked at Central Africa, Kenya and Scandinavia, but George Lucas chose to build the bog on a soundstage instead.
Q 17Which outpost does Lando Calrissian run in The Empire Strikes Back?
Cloud City
Cloud City is where Han Solo's group flees the Imperial fleet, only for his old friend to betray them to Darth Vader under threat of an Imperial takeover.
Q 18In The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo shelters a freezing Luke Skywalker inside which creature's carcass?
A tauntaun
A tauntaun copes with the daytime cold but cannot survive the night. A mounted head of one hangs beside the frozen Han Solo in Return of the Jedi.
Q 19What does Luke Skywalker lose to Darth Vader's lightsaber during their duel in The Empire Strikes Back?
His right hand
His right hand is replaced by a robotic one, and in Return of the Jedi an enraged Luke Skywalker severs Darth Vader's mechanical hand in turn.
Q 20Which hooded desert traders capture C-3PO and R2-D2 and sell them to Luke Skywalker's uncle?
Jawas
Jawas cross the desert in long-abandoned mining sandcrawlers and have a reputation among the locals as swindlers and thieves.
Annie Hall took Best Picture and three other awards, while Star Wars went home with six Oscars plus a special award for its alien and robot voices.
Q 24A glacier near Finse in which country stood in for the ice planet Hoth in The Empire Strikes Back?
Norway
Norway met the crew with its worst snowstorm in fifty years, so many scenes were shot just outside the hotel as the weather kept changing the scenery.
Q 25Which Tatooine spaceport holds the cantina where Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi hire Han Solo?
Mos Eisley
Mos Eisley's cantina bars droids at the door, and its crowd of alien drinkers became one of the scenes that made the biggest impact on audiences.
Q 26In Return of the Jedi, Jabba the Hutt drops Luke Skywalker through a trapdoor to which monster?
The rancor
The rancor was a puppet filmed at high speed, though George Lucas had first wanted a stunt performer in a suit in the style of the Godzilla films.
Q 27Which bounty hunter's cantina shootout with Han Solo was re-edited for the 1997 Special Edition?
Greedo
Greedo never gets a shot off in the 1977 cut, where Han Solo kills him from under the table. The 1997 version has him fire first and miss.
Q 28Which towering hospital orderly did George Lucas cast as Chewbacca in the original Star Wars?
Peter Mayhew
Peter Mayhew kept his hospital job between the three films. David Prowse had been offered the Wookiee first but chose to play the villain.
Q 29Which British mime artist played C-3PO after a concept painting changed his mind about a robot role?
Anthony Daniels
Anthony Daniels was won over by Ralph McQuarrie's first painting of the droids, and played the part in eleven Star Wars films between 1977 and 2019.
Q 30George Lucas wrote Star Wars after failing to buy the film rights to which 1930s serial hero?
Flash Gordon
Flash Gordon was out of reach because its owners, King Features, were courting Federico Fellini to direct a film version.