Q 01/05

Which furry forest warriors of Return of the Jedi are never once named aloud on screen?

A) Wookiees

B) Ewoks

C) Ugnaughts

D) Gamorreans

Answer · why

B) 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 ...

Q 02/05

Which toy company sold a mail-in certificate instead of Star Wars figures for Christmas 1977?

A) Mattel

B) Hasbro

C) Mego

D) Kenner

Answer · why

D) 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,...

Q 03/05

Which Star Wars ship's shape was said to be based on a hamburger with an olive on the side?

A) Millennium Falcon

B) Rebel blockade runner

C) Imperial shuttle

D) Mon Calamari cruiser

Answer · why

A) 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 04/05

Which self-taught carpenter did George Lucas hire just to read lines at the Star Wars auditions?

A) Mark Hamill

B) Kurt Russell

C) Harrison Ford

D) Christopher Walken

Answer · why

C) 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 05/05

Yoda's face was modelled on which famous scientist to make the Jedi master look intelligent?

A) J. Robert Oppenheimer

B) Albert Einstein

C) Charles Darwin

D) Isaac Newton

Answer · why

B) 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.