Fun Facts About Star Wars
May 4th is widely recognized as Star Wars Day, so today, we have some fun facts about Star Wars. The creative design behind the films set in a galaxy far, far away relied on a variety of unique real-world inspirations. For instance, the inspiration for Chewbacca came from George Lucas’s own Alaskan Malamute, Indiana, who would often sit upright in the passenger seat of Lucas's car like a co-pilot. To achieve the iconic "used universe" look of the spacecraft, model makers utilized a technique known as "kitbashing," which involved gluing small plastic pieces called "greebles"—scavenged from…
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