20 Lesser Known Facts Surrounding The Making Of Star Wars

12. Star Wars: No Title

We've grown accustomed to labelling each Star Wars movie by its subtitle, of course: Empire Strikes Back (ESB), The Phantom Menace (TPM), etc., are all adequate titles that give you sense of what the movie will be about before you settle down to watch it, right? But this was not the case with the first movie released. The movie we all know so well as "A New Hope" was originally just titled "Star Wars," as George Lucas did not know what kind of success his movie would have and didn't feel the need to factor in the episode factor. The name was officially changed to Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope on January 1st, 1978, around eight months after the movie was first released (if it was actually renamed while it was still in theaters is debatable).

11. Female Sith Lord

Female fans of Star Wars have been clamoring to see more gender equality in their saga - not only as heroes, but as villains, too. Sure, Leia and Padme are great characters, but the scale clearly tips in favor of the men throughout all six movies. Count Dooku was originally supposed to be a female Sith Lord. In the beginning, Lucas wanted to have a "Sith Villainess" who would look almost as a hag-like samurai. While the idea was ultimately rejected in favor of Count Dooku, the original concept art for this Sith Villainess was later used in The Clone Wars, for the character of Asajj Ventress. Asajj played many pivotal roles throughout The Clone Wars series, but one of her key jobs saw her as Commander of the Confederacy of Independent Systems, under Count Dooku's supervision.