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October 21, 2023

Who doesn’t like learning how much power it would take to make a Death Star work? Or how many stormtroopers it would take to crew the Imperial Fleet? And yet, the interesting Star Wars facts don't end there. For instance, did you know Michael Jackson wanted to be Jar Jar Binks? Or that the Porgs were just a workaround for an island full of birds? Chewie could be out here making wigs for so many people that need them, but he’s selfishly hoarding his luxurious locks just so Leia can jab at him.

More on that and a bunch of other Star Wars facts below…

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37 ‘Star Wars’ Facts As Surprising As That Whole ‘I Am Your Father’ Thing — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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THE DEATH STAR HAS A SURFACE ALDERAAN HAD A AREA OF ROUGHLY 487 BILLION POPULATION OF ABOUT SQUARE FEET TWO BILLION PEOPLE A GALLON OF PAINT COVERS THE AVERAGE HUMAN CARRIES 350 SQUARE FEET 1.4 GALLONS OF BLOOD SO, YOU'D NEED THAT MAKES FOR A TOTAL OF 2.8 BILLION GALLONS 2.8 BILLION GALLONS TO GIVE IT TWO COATS OF BLOOD SPILLED CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 In-Universe Facts About 'Star Wars'

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CORUSCANT THE ENTIRE PLANET IS ONE BIG CITY ONE BIG CITY WITH A POPULATION OF NEARLY 120,000 NEW YORKS (ABOUT ONE TRILLION RESIDENTS) CRACKED COM .... — Source: 15 In-Universe Facts About 'Star Wars'

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CRACKED.COM SCIENTISTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER HAVE CALCULATED THAT THE DEATH STAR WOULD REQUIRE AT LEAST 2.25 x 1032 JOULES OF POWER TO DESTROY A PLANET THE SIZE AND MASS OF EARTH. THAT'S ABOUT A WEEK'S WORTH OF OUR SUN'S ENERGY OUTPUT CONCENTRATED IN A SINGLE BEAM OF IMPERIAL TYRANNY. OF COURSE, THAT'S INSIGNIFICANT NEXT TO THE POWER OF THE FORCE. — Source: 15 In-Universe Facts About 'Star Wars'

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CRACKED.COM At its height, the Empire had 25, 000 Star Destroyers in its fleet. Each ship was crewed by: -9,235 Officers -27,850 Enlisted -9,700 Stormtroopers The total number of soldiers serving aboard Star Destroyers? Over 1.1 BILLION. That's more than the population of AFRICA. — Source: 15 In-Universe Facts About 'Star Wars'

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If the Empire were to invade Washington, D.C. AT-AT walkers would stand as tall as the White House CRACKED COM — Source: 15 In-Universe Facts About 'Star Wars'

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Endor Hoth Dagobah Yavin 4 Tatooine Naboo Coruscant Alderaan Earth Bespin CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 In-Universe Facts About 'Star Wars'

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According to a research paper from Washington University, the destruction of both Death Stars will have generated huge economic depression across the galaxy. The construction of both Death Stars would have cost approximately $419 quintillion, and their destruction would have yielded a loss of $515.5 quintillion. This financial loss would be equivalent to 2.57 million 9/11 attacks ($2 trillion loss each) CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 In-Universe Facts About 'Star Wars'

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Lightsabers are powered by diatium power cells. This is insanely advanced technology. According to Star Wars fan XZorbys, if Qui-gon's lightsaber was battery- powered he would have needed 650 car batteries to do this. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 In-Universe Facts About 'Star Wars'

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CRACKED.COM ASTROPHYSICIST CURTIS SAXTON ARGUES THAT, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SECOND DEATH STAR, THE FOREST MOON OF ENDOR SHOULD HAVE BEEN SHOWERED BY A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS. METEORIC EXPLOSIONS, NUCLEAR WINTER, AND CHEMICAL CHANGES IN THE IS THERE SOMETHING AIR AND THE SOIL SHOULD HAVE SENT THE PLUCKY REBELS EWOKS THE WAY OF THE DINOSAURS. AREN'T TELLING US? — Source: 15 In-Universe Facts About 'Star Wars'

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Golden Gare National THE ENTIRE CITY OF Recreation does t. SAN FRANCISCO PAR TENDERCOIN San Francisco COULD USE CLOUD MISSION DISTRIC lot CITY AS A PARASOL. 200 Daly City Brisband Colma CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 In-Universe Facts About 'Star Wars'

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Han Solo's snow jacket was brown, not blue. The coat the Rebel pilot dons on Hoth is often mistaken for navy blue due to lighting. Even the toy companies get it wrong. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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E.T.

The actress who provided the voice for Boushh had only one other speaking role. And it was a big one. The raspy-voiced Pat Welsh was discovered in a camera store by a sound designer who needed someone to voice E.T. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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Rian Johnson briefly considered bringing Lando Calrissian back for The Last Jedi. The director revealed he contemplated different ways to include the fan- favorite Rebel hero, possibly even as the codebreaker on Canto Bight. But he ultimately decided to leave his return up to J.J. Abrams in Episode IX. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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The Death Star spent years in a country bar. After being abandoned in storage, the original prop found its way to an antique store, where it was scooped up by a country music dive called Star World. When the venue closed shop a few years later, a collector found it at the liquidation sale ... being used as a trash can. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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Samuel L. Jackson's lightsaber is unique in more ways than one. Not only did he convince George Lucas to break canon and allow the lightsaber to be purple so he could find himself in the Battle of Geonosis, but the effects team surprised him by engraving it with the words BAD MOTHER F*CKER. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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CRACKED.COM CARBON FREEZING WEATHER CHAMBER VANE Twice the height of BURJ KHALIFA The tallest That makes building puny for a fall Earthlings of about have ever A MILE made. Had Luke found nothing to cling to for life, he'd have had 37,000 MILES (For reference: geostationary orbit to fall until the on Earth is about planet's core. 22,200 miles.) — Source: 15 In-Universe Facts About 'Star Wars'

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Star Wars cost Mark Hamill a chance at the lead role in Amadeus. Hamill, who had experience playing the part on stage, really wanted to audition for the role in the film. The actor revealed that director Miloš Forman turned him down, worrying that people wouldn't believe that the Luke Spacewalker is the Mozart. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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Assuming that nearly all of Chewbacca's body is covered in hair, we can calculate that he would produce approximately 91 ponytails worth of hair. According to Locks of Love, it takes about 6 ponytails... ...to create one wig for a child. If we shaved Chewbacca, we could make about 15 wigs. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 In-Universe Facts About 'Star Wars'

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Solo

Christian Bale was almost in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Bale was in talks to play Han's mentor Tobias Beckett, an offer he called very tempting. The role wasn't the actor's only close call with Star Wars casting. Не was also Lucas (rumored) first choice to play Anakin in Attack of the Clones. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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Mark Hamill found a David Bowie review inside a Dewback. In what might be the ultimate Easter egg, the actor said he crawled inside a Dewback while filming in Tunisia and discovered the bar that controlled the lizard's head was wrapped in papier-mâché. The newspaper that was used included a review of concert in Paris given by The Thin White Duke, which Hamill read by flashlight. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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The Emperor's throne in The Rise of Skywalker is not a new design. The stone chair with claw-like outcroppings is based on a Ralph McQuarrie concept sketch from nearly four decades ago. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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Rogue One totally ripped off an MS-DOS video game. The film's plot mirrors that of 1995's Star Wars: Dark Forces. A spy and a criminal, one of whom had parents who were murdered by the Empire, help steal the Death Star plans. The spy in Dark Forces? A woman named Jan Ors. The criminal in Rogue One? A woman named Jyn Erso. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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The Emperor was originally portayed by a woman... with chimpanzee eyes. 78-year-old Marjorie Eaton played the Sith lord in the original 1980 release of The Empire Strikes Back. The character's menacing peepers were created by superimposing an ape's eyes over the actress's. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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Toto's lead singer helped write the Yub Nub song. Joe Williams wrote the English lyrics for Ewok Celebration and the Jabba's palace number Lapti Nek from the original release of Return of the Jedi. Не recorded the words with his father, composer John Williams, which were then translated into Ewokese and Huttese. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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David Prowse casually guessed that Darth Vader was Luke's father. The actor spoiled the plot twist of The Empire Strikes Back on at least two occasions in 1978... before the top-secret scene was even written. Decades later, Prowse said even he didn't know until the movie premiered and had no memory of blowing the reveal. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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George Lucas kept giving his children (awful) prequel cameos. His son Jett played a Padawan slain during Order 66. His two daughters each had several roles, including Katie playing a clubbing Twi'lek and Amanda as a senator with terrible fashion sense. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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Han Solo was frozen because Harrison Ford didn't want to come back. Unlike his costars, Ford did not sign up for two sequels after Star Wars was a hit. The actor famously told George Lucas he thought Han Solo should just die. With no promise of his return, Lucas had to change his original plans, literally putting the character on ice at the end of The Empire Strikes Back. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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Luke and Leia may be twins But they are not the same age! And it's all thanks to space travel. An example of this would be the travel made by both to Cloud City, while Luke makes the journey from Dagobah in his X-wing, Leia instead travels from the Anoat system - 25 times closer - in the Millennium Falcon. Students Duleep Vasudevan, Tom Griffiths, Mark Phillips and Katie Herlingshaw from the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the university of Leicester have calculated that the time dilation experienced by Leia on her trip was 62.6 days, but for Luke it is 700.8 days — Source: 15 In-Universe Facts About 'Star Wars'

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Michael Jackson really wanted to play Jar-Jar Binks. LUCA At a concert, George Lucas introduced Ahmed Best to Jackson as Jar-Jar, after which the King of Pop acted awkward. Lucas later told Best that it was because MJ wanted the part, but he wanted to do it in prosthetics and makeup like Thriller. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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The Mandalorian's rifle is straight out of the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special. The titular character's weapon of choice is an Amban phase-pulse blaster, which first appeared in an animated segment of the disavowed Life Day spectacular. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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A race car travelling at 230mph will exert about 5 G forces on the driver. This is about the top limit for a human. (The space shuttle only generates about 3 Gs at takeoff.) Anakin's podracer has a maximum speed of 947 km/h, or 588 mph. Anakin would have suffered close to 10 G forces! Far more than any being, let alone a 9 year old human with no protection, can survive (This doesn't even account for the wind) Anakin showed no ill effects other than getting a little dirty CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 In-Universe Facts About 'Star Wars'

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A rare Boba Fett action figure just sold for over $185,000. The record sale was for the J-slot Rocket-Firing prototype, which was never released due to safety concerns. The rare figurine is one of only three known to exist. CRACKED.COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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Jango Fett

The actor who plays Jango Fett is Maori, the indigenous people of New Zealand. They were famous warriors. There were 4.2 million clone troopers who underwent the cloning process. That means the clone troopers contain 7 times more Maori warriors than there are Maori people on Earth. In fact, the number of clone troopers is almost exactly equal to the population of New Zealand. CRACKED COM — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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37 ‘Star Wars’ Facts As Surprising As That Whole ‘I Am Your Father’ Thing — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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37 ‘Star Wars’ Facts As Surprising As That Whole ‘I Am Your Father’ Thing — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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37 ‘Star Wars’ Facts As Surprising As That Whole ‘I Am Your Father’ Thing — Source: 22 Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Facts

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