20 Things You Somehow Missed In Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope

20. Stormtroopers Were Largely Left-Handed

While most are quick to shine a light on the fact that the average stormtrooper wasn't blessed with supreme accuracy with a blaster, another interesting detail that pops up during the white-armoured Imperial troops' debut often slips through the cracks.

If you look closely at the Empire's soldiers and the way they hold their anything but effective weapons, you'll spot that the majority of stormtroopers are actually left-handed in A New Hope.

Far from there randomly just being a lot more left-handed folks walking around in this particular galaxy far, far away, though, this was likely brought on by the fact that the E-11 weapons used in The Original Trilogy by the troopers are based on the real 1950's submachine gun known as the Sterling Mark 4 L2A3. This weapon had its magazine clip on the left, meaning that it would repeatedly bang into the chest of right-handed stormtroopers.

So, those tasked with playing the hopeless soldiers seemingly just decided to switch and make their lives that little bit easier on set.