10 More Star Wars Scenes Even More Impressive When You Know The Truth
Yet more astonishing tales from a galaxy far, far away.
The brainchild of everyone's favourite toy salesman George Lucas, Star Wars is one of the biggest media franchises in the world today.
Ever since that iconic opening crawl first hit cinema screens in 1977, the world of the Skywalkers has dominated pop culture. Today, it seems like a new Star Wars related project is premiering every week, as the Disney machine continues to propel the property to new heights.
Like any great piece of art, Star Wars has encountered its fair share of obstacles over the years. There were plenty of times where the odds were stacked firmly against it. However, to paraphrase a certain smuggler, never tell a production team the odds.
Behind the scenes stories from the films and TV shows are littered with accidents, incidents, and misfortunes that had to be overcome in order to produce iconic scenes.
Damaged equipment, injured actors, crazed fans, Star Wars has seen it all and is still going strong.
You may already love some of these scenes, but be prepared to view them in an entirely new light once you find out just how much stress they caused those working on them.
10. A Rainstorm Almost Ruined Everything - A New Hope
Tatooine. Arguably the most important planet in all of Star Wars.
It's the first planet we visit in the Skywalker saga and the final one. In the order in which they were made, of course. Otherwise we'd be sat here talking about Naboo.
The surface of the twin-sunned desert world was mimicked here on Earth in Tunisia, a very dry country right next to the Sahara. Great, thought George Lucas, what could possibly go wrong? Then the heavens opened.
The shooting of the first scenes on Tatooine was significantly delayed because of a rare rainstorm. And when we say rare, we mean rare. That spot hadn't seen rain in seven years.
Thankfully, Lucas did what he does best and ignored the obvious signs. He persisted, and finally captured those iconic scenes on the Skywalkers' home world.
Here's a bonus factoid for you about the filming in Tunisia. C-3P0 actor Anthony Daniels had a rough old time when he first got into the costume, as a piece of it broke off and stabbed him in the leg!
Seriously, whatever divine being is up there, they did not want to see Star Wars get made.