Q 01/05

What colour is the lightsaber Luke builds for himself before Return of the Jedi?

A) Blue

B) Green

C) Purple

D) Yellow

Answer · why

B) Green

Green was a late change: the new blade was blue in the first trailer, until the filmmakers saw it vanish against the blue desert sky in the sail-barge...

Q 02/05

What was Luke's surname in the script until a few months into filming?

A) Starwalker

B) Starkiller

C) Skykiller

D) Sunrider

Answer · why

B) Starkiller

Starkiller lasted so long that Hamill had already filmed the cell-block rescue, announcing himself by that name, before George Lucas changed it.

Q 03/05

George Lucas dropped Luke's first surname because it called to mind which criminal?

A) Son of Sam

B) Ted Bundy

C) Charles Manson

D) The Zodiac Killer

Answer · why

C) Charles Manson

Charles Manson, whose followers murdered actress Sharon Tate in 1969, was the man Lucas feared the name suggested; he said it had very unpleasant conn...

Q 04/05

On which desert planet was Luke raised?

A) Jedha

B) Jakku

C) Geonosis

D) Tatooine

Answer · why

D) Tatooine

Tatooine was a hiding place: the newborn was taken there to be raised by his father's stepbrother, Owen Lars, out of Darth Vader's sight.

Q 05/05

What do Luke's aunt and uncle farm?

A) Moisture

B) Bantha

C) Spice

D) Blue milk

Answer · why

A) Moisture

Moisture is pulled from the desert air by machines called vaporators, which is why Uncle Owen shops for a droid that understands their binary language...