10 Lies About Star Wars You Probably Believe
Sexual assumptions, apparent pieces of iconic improv and many more Star Wars lies you believe...
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00:00 From iconic spur-of-the-moment one-liners being anything but that, to certain supposed character
00:05 inspirations being far from the actual truth, it's time to uncover just how valid these Star Wars
00:11 facts actually are. I'm Gareth from WhatCulture Star Wars and here are 10 Lies About Star Wars
00:16 You Probably Believe. 10. Jedi Knights Are Celebrate
00:21 Largely framed as monk-like figures for the most part, it's not hard to see why most Star Wars
00:27 fans would assume the galaxy's supposed forces of good were very much sworn to celibacy from the
00:32 second they decided to follow the path of the Jedi. However, as George Lucas would later reveal to the
00:36 BBC around the time of Attack of the Clones, it turns out that the likes of Anakin Skywalker
00:41 bumping uglies with another isn't as off-limits as you initially expected. As Lucas put it,
00:46 "Jedi knights aren't celibate. The thing that is forbidden is attachments and possessive
00:51 relationships." So in other words, settling down to start a family with someone you're very much
00:56 in love with? That's a big no-no. Feeling that the force is particularly strong with someone else for
01:01 one night only, no strings attached, however? That's apparently all good according to the
01:05 Jedi Order's questionable rulebook. 9. Lando Calrissian was designed purely
01:11 as a Han Solo replacement Not for the last time on this collection of
01:15 supposed Star Wars truths, I direct you to an intriguing Twitter thread created by Lucasfilm
01:20 creative art manager Phil Sjostak back in August 2019. Going out of his way to reveal whether a
01:26 number of intergalactic myths were right on the money or drastically far from the truth,
01:30 one of the most notable facts Sjostak targeted with a social media proton torpedo came in the
01:35 form of the truth behind why Lando Calrissian came into being in the first place. According to a
01:40 popular urban legend, Billy Dee Williams' character was only unleashed into this galaxy far, far away
01:46 as a way of replacing Han Solo, with Harrison Ford not being nailed on to return for either
01:50 The Empire Strikes Back or Return of the Jedi before the sequels were written. Yet after
01:55 happily resigning to appear in Episode V and eventually Episode VI, the fact Lando wasn't
01:59 swiftly brushed to one side all but confirmed that, while still possibly being a fallback should Ford's
02:04 character be permanently frozen in carbonite, the smuggler was much more than a simple Solo substitute.
02:10 8. Ralph McQuarrie's artwork convinced 20th Century Fox on Star Wars
02:16 Sticking with Lucasfilm creative art manager Phil Sjostak's intriguing Twitter revelations now,
02:21 and to what many felt was a supposed dealbreaker when it came to 20th Century Fox giving this
02:26 galaxy far, far away the all-important green light. According to some corners of the old interweb,
02:32 prolific Star Wars concept artist Ralph McQuarrie was the one responsible for blowing the minds of
02:37 the various directors on the Fox board, to the point of simply having to pump money into this
02:41 game-changing endeavour. But as Sjostak would reveal in said thread, despite being handed
02:46 various pieces of compelling artwork in an attempt to pitch and sell this sprawling tale to the
02:51 studio, this still wasn't enough to entirely convince Fox to commit to the project. In the
02:56 end, it was actually George Lucas' relationship with Fox executive Alan Ladd Jr. which helped seal
03:01 the deal for the incoming flick, with it being noted in the making of Star Wars book that Ladd's
03:05 backing was the key. 7. Mark Hamill said "Carry" after destroying the Death Star
03:11 Never one to muffle his freakishly talented voice should the opportunity arise to sprinkle
03:16 some additional Star Wars details onto his Twitter feed, Mark Hamill was at it again back in 2019,
03:22 when he was confronted with an age-old myth about what actually tumbled out of Luke Skywalker's
03:27 mouth upon greeting his pals post-Death Star destruction in A New Hope. To many, it's clear
03:32 that the rebel hero was accidentally blurting out the real-life name of his co-star Carrie Fisher,
03:37 when gleefully greeted by Leia Organa and Han Solo in the hangar.
03:44 But Hamill has consistently denied this to be the case, with his most recent debunking of the
03:49 theory coming on his Twitter account in a reply to a curious fan. As the actor behind the iconic
03:54 Jedi Master put it, "No matter how often this is debunked, it still comes back. The entire scene
04:00 was dubbed. I said, 'There she is,' when I saw her. George would have never allowed me to say
04:06 Carrie even if I wanted to as a joke, which I didn't. It makes no sense." While some Star Wars
04:11 moments are most definitely open for interpretation, Hamill himself draws the line at a piece of
04:16 dialogue that he feels just makes no sense in the grand scheme of things.
04:19 It's been well-documented how a number of intriguing sources reused as inspiration for
04:29 the fiery, wookie sidekick by the name of Chewbacca. Away from George Lucas' dog, Indiana,
04:34 giving the director the initial idea for a big, furry side character in Star Wars, though,
04:38 another widely-circulated rumour isn't actually as valid as his canine origins.
04:43 Again uncovered during Phil Solstak's Twitter thread of Force-sensitive goodness,
04:47 the idea of Chewbacca's name deriving from the Russian words "shudov", "shiai" and "sobaka"
04:51 (yes, I'm terrible at Russian), meaning "monster" and "dog", respectively, was thoroughly dissected
04:56 by the Lucasfilm Creative Arts manager. As Solstak noted, Lucas himself went on record in the making
05:02 of Star Wars books to admit that the likes of Chewbacca and other wookie names were created
05:06 by simply changing words around, as you do, with there being zero mention of the aforementioned
05:11 Russian inspirations. On top of this, the site that originated this particular myth did not
05:16 come equipped with a source for said information either, again suggesting that its validity is
05:20 questionable at best. Much like my terrible Russian pronunciations.
05:24 George Lucas had 9-12 movies mapped out from the start
05:30 The creator of Skywalkers and Solos alike has often been cited for having a whopping 9-12
05:36 Star Wars features bubbling over in his mind from the very beginning. But the game changer himself
05:41 has gone on record to reveal that this wasn't actually entirely the case. Regardless of Mark
05:45 Hamill once noting how the creator told him it was four trilogies during the filming of that first
05:50 cinematic trip into space. While it would undoubtedly take on a life of its own in the
05:54 decades that would follow A New Hope, George Lucas once told MTV that this was never planned
05:58 as a nine-episode work. Going further, the father of Star Wars would add, "The media pounced when I
06:04 made an offhand comment. It might be fun to come back when everyone's 80 and do another one of
06:08 these, but I never had any intention of doing that." Despite eventually committing to crafting
06:13 some sequel trilogy treatments later down the road, Disney opted to go down their own route
06:18 for episode 7 onwards, and steered mostly clear of Lucas' intriguing, layer-led new trilogy concept.
06:24 The Millennium Falcon was inspired by a hamburger
06:29 Han Solo and Chewbacca's Millennium Falcon has long come equipped with a rather bizarre
06:33 origin story of sorts, with George Lucas himself once noting how he cited a "hamburger" as an early
06:39 design idea for the ship. However, as Phil Sostak would again unpack in his compelling Twitter
06:44 mission to uncover the truth behind many of Star Wars' often debated "facts", this half-bitten
06:49 burger with an olive on the side concept may not have actually been the source of inspiration for
06:53 the finished article. As Falcon designer Joe Johnston would note later down the road, Lucas
06:58 may have said that it could have the essence of a flying saucer, and that the designer landed on
07:02 the disc-shaped hull after a series of very rough sketches. And adding further weight to the claims
07:08 of the visual of a hamburger with an olive on the side providing the foundations for this eventual
07:12 pop culture icon being all false, Johnston would also call the fact little more than an urban myth
07:18 in a Facebook post too. 3. One specific C-3PO trading card is worth a fortune
07:25 As seen in the likes of one particular NBA legend LeBron James sporting piece of cardboard,
07:30 being put up for grabs for around $6 million recently, highly exclusive trading cards have
07:36 a habit of being quite valuable from time to time. And in the case of one specific Star Wars
07:41 trading card that first reared its head in the midst of 1978's Topps Star Wars Collection,
07:46 fans had long believed that a certain enhanced edition of a C-3PO card had substantial market
07:51 value should you get your lucky paws on it. As uncovered by Snopes.com though, the 207
07:56 trading card which depicted Anthony Daniels' hapless robot sporting a rather well-upgraded
08:01 apparatus was initially thought to be extremely rare and therefore rather valuable. Yet in reality,
08:06 the same number of cards were printed of this obscene 3PO as any other of the Topps collection
08:11 before the card was reprinted without the additional, um, length. Meaning that if you
08:16 do just so happen to stumble upon a well-endowed protocol droid, you're likely not going to fetch
08:20 LeBron levels of cash for the risky bot. 2. Harrison Ford improvised the
08:26 "I know" line in the moment Far from being a spur of the moment
08:30 outburst from Harrison Ford upon hearing Carrie Fisher's Princess Leia confess her love for the
08:34 defiant smuggler, it turns out that the actor actually forged this plan sometime before the
08:39 cameras rolled on that Cloud City set. As revealed in journalist Alan Arnold's transcription of a
08:45 spot of brainstorming between Ford and director Irving Kirshner on the day of shooting, the actor
08:49 pitched "If she says 'I love you' and I say 'I know,' that's beautiful and acceptable and funny."
08:55 It was still entirely Ford's idea, but one that was discussed and negotiated,
08:59 admittedly without a frustrated Fisher's input, before the director had ever called action.
09:04 1. The Wampa Scene was written in specifically for Mark Hamill's injuries
09:09 An awful lot was made out of the evident change of appearance Luke Skywalker and the star behind
09:14 the lightsaber Mark Hamill underwent in the time between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back.
09:19 With Hamill being involved in a car accident in 1977 and sustaining significant facial injuries
09:24 that required doctors to take cartilage from his ear to mend his nose, a rumour would eventually
09:29 snowball into a full-blown myth involving George Lucas writing in a specific scene to explain away
09:35 his leading man's change of appearance. And while Skywalker's mauling at the hands of a
09:39 Wampa early in the episode 5 day did partially help keep the real life injuries from distracting
09:44 away from the story being told, Lucas has since noted in Empire's Blu-ray commentary,
09:48 "There's a scene in the film where Mark gets beat up by the monster, which helps even more,
09:52 but that wasn't really the meaning of why we wrote the monster in the beginning.
09:56 We needed something to keep the film suspenseful at the beginning while the Empire is looking for
10:00 them." While admittedly giving the folks behind the feature a way of utilising a terrible and
10:05 unfortunate situation for the Skywalker star. It's clear there was so much more to this
10:09 particularly gnarly opening sequence than merely acting as a cover job for Hamill's mishap.
10:14 And that's our list, know of any other lies about Star Wars people probably believe?
10:19 Let us know all about them in the comments section right down below and do not forget to like,
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10:27 Star Wars, thank you as always for clicking on this video today and I'm sure I'll see you very,
10:32 very soon. Bye!
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