STAR WARS DAY is TODAY as in "May the FOURTH be with you". And to celebrate, here's a little "Star Wars" FACT or FICTION...
1.) In "The Empire Strikes Back" Luke Skywalker cuts off the arm of a Bumble with his lightsaber on the ice planet of Hoth.
(FICTION! It was a Wampa. A Bumble is from the icy domain of Christmas Town in the animated classic, "Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer.")
2.) C-3P0 claims that he is fluent in over 6 million languages.
(FICTION! He claims it's over 60 million languages.)
3.) In early drafts of "Star Wars", Yoda had the first name Minch.
(FACT!)
4.) The Bothans are credited with stealing the plans to the Death Star in the original Star Wars trilogy.
(FACT!)
5.) George Lucas never directed any movie other than Star Wars.
(FICTION! He also directed "American Graffiti" and "THX 1138.")
6.) Jessica Alba got her big break by playing Natalie Portman's main decoy in "Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace".
(FICTION! It was Keira Knightley.)
7.) A toy company in the 1970s passed up on the opportunity to make the "Star Wars" toys to instead focus on "Love Boat" action figures.
(FACT! That company was called MeGo)
8.) Captain Needa is the name of the Death Star's original commander.
(FICTION! It was Grand Moff Tarkin.)
9.) According to a ridiculous petition in 2012 to build their own Death Star, The White House estimated the total cost of building one to be $850 quadrillion.
(FACT!)
10.) In the first Death Star, Princess Leia was being held in "detention block" AA-BB.
(FICTION! It was AA-23.)