Peter Mayhew eventually played Chewbacca again after the original Star Wars trilogy, but it took much longer than George Lucas had initially led him to believe.

While the lightsaber will always be Star Wars' most important weapon, it's not necessarily its most effective.

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The 20th Century Fox film, which eventually became known as Star Wars: Episode IV — a New Hope, was the top film of 1977 with a domestic gross of $307 million. (Adjusted for inflation, that’s $1.3 ...