10 Origins Of Star Wars Props You Won't Believe

10. A Collection Of Random Items Were Thrown Into The Franchise

When you stop to think about it for a moment, who really knows what kind of equipment people used a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away? Take C-3PO's communicator from A New Hope - that thing was nothing more than plumbing valve thrown together at a moment's notice.

In that same film, Luke's home on Tatooine was filled with blue milk and other sci-fi contraptions, but look a little closer, and you'll see something familiar. Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen's shelves were filled with all kinds of tupperware.

Then there's Willrow Hood, a random background character from Empire, who is seen escaping from Cloud City when the Empire takes over. He's holding a strange white device, which turns out to be nothing more than a standard ice cream maker... and it's included with his officially licensed action figure!

Many of these objects (and more) were modified only slightly to make them appear used, but for the most part, what you saw was what you got — at a local hardware store. The tradition continues in The Mandalorian and elsewhere, which was evident when Jon Favreau shared a pic of a familiar ice cream maker during the filming of the show's first season, which was eventually revealed to contain a batch of precious Beskar.