10 Behind The Scenes Reasons For Star Wars Character Traits

10. The Contact Lenses Sucked - Darth Maul's Refusal To Blink

Almost instantly immortalising himself as one of the all-round coolest figures ever to terrorise the galaxy upon first arriving on the scene in The Phantom Menace's initial round of trailers, the disturbing sight of Ray Park's Darth Maul, voiced by Peter Serafinowicz, instantly captivated audiences out of the gates coming into George Lucas' first Prequel.

And while his distinct Dathomorian Zabrak red and black markings and terrifying horns were menacing in their own right, it was Maul's piercing yellow eyes that really stood out upon taking in the mostly silent Sith enforcer.

As it goes, the practicalities of having to boast a set of entirely unnatural and uncomfortable contact lenses for pretty much all of his screen-time led to Parks actually doing his utmost to refrain from blinking as often as he could, leading to the unsettling reality of Maul spending the majority of his time in the Episode I spotlight maintaining a chilling stare.

All in all, the bisected Sith blinks just three times in the 1999 flick before falling to his once-assumed death at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi on Naboo.