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Thanks to the generation-defying success of "Star Wars" and the obsessive passionate fanbase that followed, no stone has gone unturned in documenting the making of George Lucas' epic, fantastical space opera. Whether it's acknowledging how Lucas revived a 1950s form of filmmaking technology to pull off the effects or how Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund, helped Mark Hamill land the role of Luke Skywalker, you don't have to be a film historian to put together a timeline of how "Star Wars" came to be. As impressive as it is to hear all about the technical mastery that went into making spaceships, planets, alien creatures, and the iconic costume designs, there's also a lot of fun to be had to learn about the backstage hijinks the cast and crew got into.

Like the time Biggs Darklighter, Luke Skywalker, and Laze "Fixer" Loneozner went on an unsanctioned horse riding adventure.

If that...

The closing scene of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker featured an old woman who's been theorized to have been Luke Skywalker's secret wife. Episode IX marked the end of Star Wars' sequel trilogy. Following a climactic battle against Emperor Palpatine that resulted in Ben Skywalker/Kylo Ren's death, Rey embraced her role as a fully-fledged Jedi. The movie's closing scene saw the hero visiting Luke Skywalker's childhood home on Tatooine. There, she buried Luke and Leia's lightsabers as a tribute to her former teachers. After burying them, an old woman (played by Annie Firbank) approached her. It's this interaction that has prompted numerous theories as to her identity.

During their interaction, Rey identify herself as "Rey Skywalker," and while the woman was not given a name, only being identified as "Tatooine Elder" in the credits, her appearance nonetheless raised some serious questions. Her presence in the middle of the Tatooine desert,...

This Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett article contains spoilers.

In the flashback portion of The Book of Boba Fett episode 2, “The Tribes of Tatooine,” Boba Fett is on the hunt for something that can help the Tusken Raiders take down the Pyke Syndicate’s hovertrain, but it isn’t power converters. When the bounty hunter visits a cantina in the desert, he’s searching for the speeder bikes he needs to catch up with the Tuskens’ spice-smuggling enemy, and he has no problem punching and shooting his way through a biker gang to get what he needs.

But eagle-eyed Star Wars fans know that this is no ordinary cantina in the middle of nowhere. Boba Fett has brought us to one of the most famous locations from A New Hope.

Tosche Station

“But I was going into Tosche Station to pick up some power converters!” young Luke Skywalker...

This Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett article contains spoilers.

Despite the desert planet’s reputation as the middle of nowhere of the galaxy, a lot of things happen on Tatooine. In the second episode of The Book of Boba Fett, the bounty hunter turned crime lord digs further into Mos Espa’s underworld and learns from the Tusken desert-dwellers. Along with the Tusken culture we detailed last week, there are quite a few Star Wars deep cuts to see in “The Tribes of Tatooine.”

Take a look at all the Star Wars easter eggs and references we spotted in this episode…

Black Krrsantan

The Hutt twins’ Wookiee bounty hunter is Black Krrsantan, a key character in Marvel’s Doctor Aphra series and other comics. He worked for Jabba the Hutt in the era of the Empire as well as Darth Vader. During this part of his career he...

By Bill Duelly

We’ve seen them at sci-fi or collectibles conventions shows; some more so in England than the Us. They man tables with stacks of photos, offering autographs or pictures for a fee. In many cases their faces aren’t familiar, as their characters wore heavy makeup or masks in their appearance in the original “Star Wars” film. Still, even as you approach them face-to-face some of these people still don’t ring a bell. Maybe it’s because their scenes were deleted or they were an extra amongst many. Others, you discover are a familiar masked character and you are happy to chat for a few moments with them, as that movie, and its two sequels (I am only referring to the original trilogy starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher), had such a lasting impact on your childhood.

“Elstree 1976” is a recent documentary that follows ten such actors who,...

Everybody knows Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher. When Disney bought Lucasfilm from George Lucas and announced they’d be producing a new Star Wars trilogy and spin-off features, everyone knew those three would be back in the fold. Even guys like Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels, and Kenny Baker were known commodities to consult if not star underneath the costumes they made famous. But what of the other actors — the nameless, sometimes faceless, and almost always uncredited performers who were a part of something so universally revered? Does their being extras mean they weren’t as important to the legend? Fans lining up for autographs don’t think so. Anyone on set and immortalized in one of history’s greatest cinematic franchises is an unequivocal hero.

To people like me who love the series but never rendered it into a cornerstone of daily life, however, these smaller, hidden roles prove an intriguing curio.

The BFI's Days of Fear and Wonder programme celebrated Star Wars Day this weekend (Saturday, December 12) to screen George Lucas's original trilogy back-to-back.

The Southbank venue played host to showings of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi with special guests Paul Blake (Greedo), Garrick Hagon (Rebel pilot Biggs Darklighter), Anthony Forrest (Mos Eisley roadblock stormtrooper), Anne Skinner (script supervisor) and Harley Cokeliss (2nd Unit Director) on hand to discuss the sci-fi movies.

Lando Calrissian star Billy Dee Williams also took part in an exclusive filmed interview before Empire Strikes Back and Jabba the Hutt puppeteer Toby Philpott joined in for a post-Return of the Jedi Q&A.

The BFI's Benugo bar offered fans Mos Eisley Cantina-themed drinks, while Lego tables decked out the foyer for those wanting to build Star Wars models.

The day also saw prizes being dished out for the best...

As part of BFI's sci-fi festival "Days of Fear and Wonder", this exhibition of rare behind-the-scenes snaps from Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope are on display at the Atrium of the British Film Institute's Southbank location, and will be running through Jan. 4. The photos are from the personal collection of the continuity supervisor on the film, Ann Skinner. As you can see theer are some very nice shots, including actors David Prowse and Paul Blake (as Darth Vader and Greedo repetitively) without their masks. There's also pics of Anthony Forrest as Laze Loneozner, Koo Stark as Camie, and Garrick Hagon as Biggs Darklighter from the deleted Toshe Station scene.