Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[discussimdb]

Fan of Star Wars: The Force Awakens or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Star Wars: The Force Awakens

[christina]

Grossed $247 million in its opening weekend in North America, surpassing Jurassic World (2015), which previously held the record with $208 million. This marks the fourth occasion a Star Wars film has set the weekend gross record in North America: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) set the record twice, first in its eleventh weekend in 1977 with $7 million, and again in the first weekend of its 1978 re-issue, with $10 million, and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) set the record with $23 million in its opening weekend.

[caroline]

The name of the First Order's weapon is "Starkiller". This was Luke Skywalker's original last name when George Lucas wrote the Star Wars story. The name was given to the character Galen Marek, who was Darth Vader's secret apprentice in the video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (2008), as a code name. It's Starkiller's actions in the game, that leads to the creation of the Rebel Alliance.

[clayton]

J.J. Abrams always wanted General Hux to be played by a young actor. He wanted the character to have a sense of tragedy and the fact that he appears to be too young to be in charge of a murderous group added to that. According to Abrams, the character's name was created after he noticed an old, abandoned grave site with the name Hux engraved on the stone.

[beth]

George Lucas was initially opposed to anyone else making Star Wars movies after he did, and he was personally divided on whether or not he wanted to make another trilogy. When Disney acquired Lucasfilm, they got Lucas' story treatments for Episodes VII, VIII, and IX, however, the new writing team chose not to use them. However, when he attended the film's red carpet premiere, he said he liked the film, and even received a standing ovation from the audience (despite having nothing to do with the film). A couple of weeks later, however, Lucas seemed to change his tune, and criticized the film for being too "retro", and compared Disney to "white slavers". Lucas quickly took back his comments.

[carl]

Maz Kanata was originally supposed to accompany the heroes back to the Resistance base, which is why there is a scene in the trailer, which was cut from the film, showing her giving Anakin's lightsaber to Leia. Lupita Nyong'o filmed her scenes at the base, but they were cut after being deemed unnecessary.

[sophie]

As of this film, C-3PO and R2-D2 are the only characters to be in all seven live-action "Star Wars" films.

[kristen]

Harrison Ford grew his hair out to play the older Han Solo.

[jessie]

Michael Arndt worked on the script for eight months, but felt he needed 18 more, such is the complexity of the Star Wars universe. J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan then took over and completed their first draft in six weeks.

[linda]

It was revealed on September 8, 2015, that the UK release date was to be brought forward a day, and that the UK would see it before the U.S.

[nina]

Mark Hamill receives second billing, despite only being in one short scene with no dialogue at the end of the film (as a result of having the majority of his scenes cut). Also, the first one after the original three stars is the villain (Adam Driver), instead of the protagonist that follows (Daisy Ridley). This is because billing is decided on star power. Mark Hamill, despite his limited screentime was the star of the original trilogy, and Adam Driver was the best known actor of the new cast. Whereas for Daisy Ridley, this is her motion picture debut.

[richard]

According to Poe Dameron's official backstory, he was born on the moon Yavin IV, the location of the Rebel Base in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). Oscar Isaac suggested this detail himself because he's from Guatemala, where the scenes on Yavin IV were filmed.

[bernice]

Contrary to popular opinion, Harrison Ford stated in an Entertainment Weekly November 2015 interview, that he was happy Lucas didn't listen to his request to be martyred in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). He was very glad to be back on set of a new Star Wars film. Interestingly, in the making of segments of this movie, Harrison Ford is careful in admitting the character's death moves the story forward, but does not confirm or deny making cameo appearances in the future films. Possibly a ghost brought back by Luke Skywalker.

[lynn]

Jesse Plemons, Ed Speleers, John Boyega, Matthew James Thomas, and Ray Fisher were the final candidates for one of the lead roles. The role eventually went to John Boyega.

[scarlett]

According to the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary," the helmet Rey wears belonged to an X-wing pilot named Captain Dosmit Ræh, who flew for the Tierfon Yellow Aces.

[gfyiffraulky]

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[jesse]

Ben Schwartz was recruited by J.J. Abrams to provide voice effects for BB-8 after the two met and became friends on the short-lived NBC show Undercovers (2010), where Schwartz was a supporting actor, and Abrams was an executive producer. Schwartz and co-voicer Bill Hader, a friend of both men, were asked by Abrams to not disclose their involvement in the film until it had its world premiere. They agreed, and Schwartz broke the news by posing for an Instagram post with him standing next to a BB-8 figure at the event.

[janice]

This film marks the fourth time that John Williams has received an Academy Award nomination for the original film score of a Star Wars film. The other three are for the original trilogy. Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) is the only film to receive the award.

[dustin]

The prefix of the First Order's Stormtroopers is "FN", as Finn presents himself as FN-2187 to Poe Dameron. FN is an acronym for "Footsoldier Number".

[aaron]

In an interview with Daisy Ridley during the press tour, she recounted her first day on-set, where she nearly had a panic attack when her performance wasn't up to snuff. Ridley said about the first day on set, "I was petrified. I thought I was gonna have a panic attack on the first day. J.J. Abrams ...he probably doesn't remember telling me that my performance was wooden. This was my first day! And I honestly wanted to die. I thought I was gonna cry, I couldn't breathe."