Q 01/05

Which music superstar wanted to play Jar Jar Binks in The Phantom Menace wearing prosthetic makeup?

A) David Bowie

B) Michael Jackson

C) Bruce Springsteen

D) George Michael

Answer · why

B) Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson wanted to wear prosthetics for the part, but George Lucas insisted on a computer-generated character, and Stomp performer Ahmed Best w...

Q 02/05

Which erupting volcano gave the Revenge of the Sith crew real lava footage for the planet Mustafar?

A) Mount Kilauea

B) Mount Vesuvius

C) Mount Etna

D) Mount St. Helens

Answer · why

C) Mount Etna

Mount Etna erupted in Italy while the film was shooting, so camera crews were sent to capture it from several angles and the shots were spliced into t...

Q 03/05

Which lightsaber color did the actor playing Mace Windu personally request for Attack of the Clones?

A) Yellow

B) White

C) Orange

D) Purple

Answer · why

D) Purple

Purple broke the rule of blue or green blades for heroes and red for villains. The actor had not even known which part he had until his first day on t...

Q 04/05

Which famous droid turns out to have been built by the young Anakin Skywalker in The Phantom Menace?

A) R2-D2

B) C-3PO

C) R5-D4

D) IG-88

Answer · why

B) C-3PO

C-3PO appears without his metal covering, so on set a puppeteer dressed to blend into the background worked a skeletal figure while Anthony Daniels re...

Q 05/05

Which actress, cast as Natalie Portman's lookalike, plays the decoy queen in The Phantom Menace?

A) Rose Byrne

B) Jennifer Connelly

C) Keira Knightley

D) Mila Kunis

Answer · why

C) Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley looked so like Natalie Portman in costume that, by her own account, their mothers could not tell them apart. She plays the handmaiden ...