History Trivia / StarWars

* DuelingMovies: To a degree the first three films dueled with the first three ''Franchise/StarTrek'' films. In the ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'' parody ''The Empire Strikes Out'' an off panel person hits Creator/GeorgeLucas with a snowball. A reader a few issues later suggested that the snowball was thrown by Creator/GeneRoddenberry.

* FollowTheLeader: Inspired so many. The original ''Star Wars'' film itself drew from many sources. The ''[[Film/TheHiddenFortress Hidden Fortress]]'' connection is well known. The ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''-Tatooine inspiration is pretty obvious. You can tell Creator/GeorgeLucas must have seen at least ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' episodes 26, 1, and 8, in that order, so we can probably pin his famous trip to Japan down to early 1975, when the series went into reruns. Creator/IsaacAsimov noticed some similarity to his ''{{Franchise/Foundation}}'' series but didn't take it personally. Plus plenty of ideas and concepts from ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars''. As [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson_Mizner Wilson Mizner]] observed, stealing from ''everybody'' is just called "research".

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The reason Disney didn't release the unedited Theatrical Versions of the Original Trilogy prior to the purchase of 20th Century Fox: [[http://www.slashfilm.com/20th-century-fox-still-owns-rights-to-first-six-star-wars-films-making-original-box-set-difficult/ they still technically owned the rights to the films until 2020.]] Even after that, they were slated to have '''perpetual''' ownership of ''A New Hope''.

** Boba Fett is so popular that he's [[FauxbaFett inspired other bounty hunters in fiction]].

** Tim Rose, the costume actor for Admiral Ackbar, felt humiliated during the character's retirement after the crew, especially Rian Johnson, turned the event into a [[https://boundingintocomics.com/2019/06/04/admiral-ackbar-actor-tim-rose-details-humiliation-on-the-set-of-disneys-star-wars-the-last-jedi/ big joke.]] During an interview, he admitted to breaking down crying and having to leave the event for an extended period of time. After the interview, Twitter users flocked together to mock the aging actor. Needless to say, many fans were furious at the treatment he was receiving.

** On social media and in interviews, Creator/OscarIsaac and Creator/JohnBoyega have made it adamantly clear that they dislike where both Poe and Finn's characters ended up at the end of the Sequel Trilogy, and have zero interest in reprising their roles in any future projects relating to Disney+ (Isaac explicitly saying he'd only consider coming back [[MoneyDearBoy if he needed the money for a new house]]). Boyega has also expressed anger and disappointment at the violent racism that he, Isaac and Kelly Marie Tran experienced from the fandom, and that in his opinion Disney gave all the nuance in the Sequel Trilogy to its white characters. In [[https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/john-boyega-interview-2020 an interview]] with ''GQ'', he said:

** Darth Vader has enough that it [[DarthVaderClone warrants its own page]]. To a lesser extent, Palpatine inspired a ''lot'' of "lords of all evil" characters. You can even expect to see a Palpatine-esque character with a raspy voice, dark cloak and rugged looks every time a show wants to display its ultimate villain.

* [[ImageSource/StarWars Image Sources]]

* ImageSource:
** TheDragon
** FromNobodyToNightmare
** {{Leitmotif}}
** MyGreatestFailure
** RedemptionEqualsDeath

* QuoteSource (in the order in which they appear in the films):
** ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''
*** {{Prequel}}
*** UngovernableGalaxy
*** MadonnaArchetype
*** CityPlanet
*** CorruptBureaucrat
*** RuleOfTwo
** ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''
*** TheApprentice
*** CallForward
*** AggressiveNegotiations
*** MasterApprenticeChain
** ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''
*** IdiotBall
*** ExpectingSomeoneTaller
*** [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation/StarWars Alternative Character Interpretation.Star Wars]]
*** YouFool
*** PleaOfPersonalNecessity
*** DrunkOnTheDarkSide[=/=]{{Power}}
*** CrushingThePopulace
*** NewEraSpeech
*** ThePoorlyChosenOne
** ''Film/{{Solo}}''
*** TheTysonZone
** ''Film/RogueOne''
*** RebelTropes
*** GalacticSuperpower
*** ApocalypseWow
*** StealingTheCredit
** ''Film/ANewHope''
*** ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway
*** IWantThemAlive
*** ALightInTheDistance
*** InformedObscenity
*** TurnOutLikeHisFather
*** ActuallyIAmHim
*** ElegantWeaponForAMoreCivilizedAge
*** BeforeTheDarkTimes
*** APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil
*** CharmPerson
*** PayingForTheActionScene
*** WhatAPieceOfJunk
*** LetTheBullyWin
*** YourEyesCanDeceiveYou[=/=]BlindfoldedVision
*** SwordOfDamocles
*** PsychicStrangle
*** RebelLeader
*** MySignificanceSenseIsTingling
*** ThatsNoMoon
*** DependingUponTheUndependable
*** DressingAsTheEnemy
*** TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne
*** BelligerentSexualTension
*** TheWallsAreClosingIn
*** WeMeetAgain
*** DeathActivatedSuperpower[=/=]ObiWanMoment
*** TrickAndFollowPloy
*** NotInThisForYourRevolution
*** AirstrikeImpossible
*** PointDefenseless
*** AerialCanyonChase
*** IGotYouCovered
*** MacGuffinBlindness
** ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''
*** BravingTheBlizzard
*** CarcassSleepingBag
*** YouHaveFailedMe
*** RunningTheBlockade
*** AsteroidThicket
*** NeverTellMeTheOdds
*** EvilIsEasy
*** PsychologicalTormentZone
*** ThereIsNoTry
*** ThereIsAnother
*** MovingTheGoalposts
*** TheDarkSide
*** DontMakeMeDestroyYou
*** LukeIAmYourFather
*** BastardUnderstudy
** ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''
*** DispenseWithThePleasantries
*** ElderlyImmortal
*** FallenHero
*** LethallyExpensive
*** BilingualDialogue
*** IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight
*** TheDarkSide
*** ExplainExplainOhCrap!
*** LuredIntoATrap
*** YouHaveNoChanceToSurvive
*** StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred
*** YouRebelScum
*** JoinOrDie
*** DeathlyUnmasking
*** Heartwarming.{{Film}}
** ''Film/TheForceAwakens''
*** SelfImposedExile
** ''Film/TheLastJedi''
*** TheDreadedDreadnought
*** LaserBlade
*** SurpassedTheTeacher
*** RayOfHopeEnding
** ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker''
*** AirborneMook

* CharacterSpecificPages:[[note]]Note that most of these sheets only cover the Reboot versions of the characters aside from some notable exceptions (i.e. Darth Traya or Din Djarin). If you are looking for their pre-Disney EU counterparts, see the index for characters in ''Star Wars Legends''[[/note]]
** [[Characters/StarWarsLukeSkywalker Luke Skywalker]]
** [[Characters/StarWarsLeiaOrgana Leia Organa]]
** [[Characters/StarWarsHanSoloCharacterSheet Han Solo]]
** [[Characters/StarWarsObiWanKenobi Obi-Wan Kenobi]]
** [[Characters/StarWarsDarthVaderAndServants Darth Vader]]
** [[Characters/StarWarsEmperorPalpatine Sheev Palpatine / Darth Sidious]]
** [[Characters/StarWarsBobaFett Boba Fett]]
** [[Characters/StarWarsAnakinSkywalker Anakin Skywalker]] [[note]]This sheet only covers tropes that apply to the character's pre-Darth Vader self in the Prequel Trilogy.[[/note]]
** [[Characters/StarWarsDarthMaul Darth Maul]]
** [[Characters/StarWarsPadmeAmidala Padme Amidala]]
** [[Characters/StarWarsCountDooku Count Dooku]]
** [[Characters/StarWarsGeneralGrievous General Grievous]]
** [[Characters/StarWarsRey Rey]]
** [[Characters/StarWarsKyloRen Kylo Ren]]
** [[Characters/StarWarsTheMandalorianCharacterSheet Din Djarin ("The Mandalorian")]]
** [[Characters/KnightsOfTheOldRepublicIITheSithLordsKreia Kreia]] '''(spoilers)'''
** [[Characters/StarWarsAhsokaTano Ahsoka Tano]]
** [[Characters/StarWarsAlexsandrKallus Alexsandr Kallus]]
** [[Characters/StarWarsEzraBridger Ezra Bridger]]
** [[Characters/StarWarsThrawnCharacterSheet Grand Admiral Thrawn]]

** And then there's ''Film/TheLastJedi''... It's the eighth film in the saga, the final book of the ''Literature/CoruscantNights'' trilogy, or an issue of Creator/MarvelComics' ''ComicBook/{{Star Wars|Marvel|1977}}''. Creator/MarkHamill poked fun at all of these, saying they had spoilers for the film.

** The entire Disney Sequel Trilogy was never planned in much detail, with Disney's original plan being for each director (Abrams, Johnson and Trevorrow) to come up with their own scripts. Reportedly, one reason Trevorrow left the production of ''The Rise of Skywalker'' was because many of his ideas were not compatible with what Johnson had written. In September 2020, Daisy Ridley admitted that Rey's backstory changed many times even ''during'' the shooting of the films, with early plans for her character to be connected to Obi-Wan Kenobi being scrapped after ''The Force Awakens.'' Even the connection with Palpatine was only pitched when ''The Rise of Skywalker'' was being rewritten after Trevorrow's departure, and it was ''still'' being flip-flopped on up until the end of the film's production.

** Creator/TemueraMorrison is not the first actor to play Boba Fett (played by Jeremy Bulloch and voiced by Jason Wingreen in the original trilogy), but he's the one who played him when he got canonically fleshed out in live-action in the Creator/DisneyPlus series (''Series/TheMandalorian'' and ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett''), and he also got to do ADR on the Original Trilogy. It also nicely/logically fits since Boba is a clone of Jango Fett from ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', who was also played by Morrison. And Bulloch's face was never seen anyway.

* NamesTheSame: Bound to happen in a franchise with over a thousand works.
** ''[[Literature/StarWarsBloodline Bloodline]]'', a Disney canon standalone novel, is not ''Bloodlines'', the second novel in the ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce'' ''Legends'' series.
** ''[[Literature/AftermathEmpiresEnd Empire's End]]'' is the final work in Chuck Wendig's Aftermath trilogy, as well as the final chapter in Tom Veitch's ''ComicBook/DarkEmpire'' trilogy.
** ''Knights of the Old Republic'' can refer to a [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic well-known video game]], [[ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic a comic series based off of the former]], or the first story arc of ''ComicBook/TalesOfTheJedi''.
** ''Rebellion'': The comic book successor to ''Empire'', [[VideoGame/StarWarsRebellion a computer game known as Supremacy in the UK]], or a board game from Creator/FantasyFlightGames?
** ''Crucible'' is both the [[Literature/StarWarsCrucible final chronological book in the Legends continuity]] or one of the very first works in it, being an issue title for ''ComicBook/StarWarsMarvel1977''.
** ''Rebel Strike'' is either the third title in the ''Videogame/RogueSquadron'' series or a ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels''-based browser game.
** ''Jedi Under Siege'' was for years one of the books in the ''Literature/YoungJediKnights'' books. In December 2018, it also became the latest story update for ''The Old Republic''.
** And then there's ''Film/TheLastJedi''... It's the eighth film in the saga, the final book of the ''Coruscant Nights'' trilogy, or an issue of ''Marvel Star Wars''. Mark Hamill poked fun at all of these, saying they had spoilers for the film.

* SleeperHit: ''Nobody'' expected ''Franchise/StarWars'' to be as popular as it is today.

** Creator/TemueraMorrison is not the first actor to play Boba Fett (played by Jeremy Bulloch and voiced by Jason Wingreen in the original trilogy), but he's the one who played him when he got canonically fleshed out in live-action in the Creator/DisneyPlus series (''Series/TheMandalorian'' and ''Series/TheBookOfBobaFett''), and he also got to do ADR on the Original Trilogy. It also nicely/logically fits since Boba is a clone of Jango Fett from ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'', who was also played by Morrison.

* ThePeteBest: For the French dub, François Chaumette voiced Darth Vader in ''Film/ANewHope'' (he didn't sound like Creator/JamesEarlJones). He was replaced with the more memorable Creator/GeorgesAminel as of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. Aminel's voice sounded closer to Jones, and he would voice Vader again for ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. Though Chaumette's voice still remains famous for being that of HAL 9000 in the French dub of ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.

** The anthology film ''Rogue Squadron'', like the Johnson trilogy, has been put on hold thanks in no small part to multiple prior commitments on the part of its filmmaker, as director Creator/PattyJenkins had also committed to making a sequel to ''Film/WonderWoman1984'' and a Cleopatra biopic.

* FanNickname:
** Luke's nickname amongst the fans is "Farmboy" or "Wormie".
** The Jedi as a whole are called "Space Wizards". Became AscendedFanon in ''Literature/StarWarsLightOfTheJedi'', where a character in-universe calls the jedi Space Wizards.
** For Palpatine, Sid, Palpy, Palps, or Palpidious.
** "Vaderkin" to refer to Vader between taking the name Darth Vader and the Mustafar incident.
** Anakin is sometimes known as "Little Orphan Ani/Annie" on account of his AffectionateNickname of 'Ani' and the fact he's an orphan by ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''.
** AT-[=STs=] are commonly referred to as "chicken walkers". Doubles with AscendedFanon in ''VideoGame/StarWarsBattlefront 2'', where the rebels will call the AT-[=STs=] chicken walkers on occasion.
** After Disney bought out the franchise from George Lucas and commissioned a sequel trilogy, the first of which was directed by Creator/JJAbrams (''Film/TheForceAwakens''), some call its current state "Disney Wars", "[=NuWars=]", "Mouse Wars" and most belligerently, [[PunnyName "Rats Wars" or "Rat's Wars"]]. "[=NuWars=]" parallels [[Film/StarTrek2009 "NuTrek"]], which Abrams also kicked off with [[Film/StarTrek2009 a new film]].
** Other nicknames for Palpatine are [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Frank]],[[note]]Palpatine tells Amidala "[[AmbiguousSyntax I must be frank]], Your Majesty."[[/note]] [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Alright, The Senate, Weak, and Too Weak]].[[note]]Windu asks "Are you alright?" which Palpatine answers with "Yes." Much later after his identity is discovered, Palpatine boasts that "I am the Senate." And while begging Anakin to help him, he says "I'm weak, too weak."[[/note]]
** "Space Latinos" for Poe Dameron, Cassian Andor, and Din Djarin, played respectively by Guatemalan Oscar Isaac, Mexican Diego Luna, and Chilean Pedro Pascal.
* FlipFlopOfGod: Over the years, George Lucas has made many contradictory claims about the development, conceptual background, and future plans of the franchise, always claiming that whatever his current plans are is what he had in mind all along. Of special note is the prospect of a Sequel Trilogy. Lucas made statements claiming that he both had and did not have plans to create episodes ''VII'', ''VIII'' and ''IX''. It was even stated at one point early on that the saga could go up to twelve episodes. For a long time, Lucasfilm's official stance was that the saga culminated with Luke saving his father and confronting The Emperor, and since that had happened there was no need to create further feature films. However, in late 2012 he sold Lucasfilm to {{Creator/Disney}} Pictures for an estimated $4.05 billion, so they could produce new films every "two to three years" with the franchise continuing "well into the future".