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The Star Wars Portal

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

Star Wars is an influential space opera saga and fictional universe created by producer George Lucas in the early 1970s. The saga began with the film Star Wars, which was released on May 25, 1977. The film, later retitled Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, became a pop culture phenomenon, and spawned five more feature films and an extensive collection of licensed books, comics, video games, spin-off films, television series, toys, and other products — all of which are set within a fictional "galaxy far, far away."

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Jabba the Hutt is a fictional character in George Lucas's science fiction saga Star Wars. He first appeared on film in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) as a slug-like alien. Jabba was originally portrayed by an immense latex puppet, but in other films he is a computer-generated image (CGI). Besides the films, Jabba the Hutt is featured in Star Wars literature and is sometimes referenced by his full name, Jabba Desilijic Tiure The character's role in Star Wars is primarily antagonistic. He is a 600-year-old Hutt crime lord and gangster who employs a retinue of criminals, bounty hunters, smugglers, assassins, and bodyguards to operate his criminal empire. Jabba the Hutt's palace on the desert planet Tatooine is a former monastery for a group of mystics known as the B'omarr monks. There he keeps a host of entertainers, slaves, droids, and alien creatures at his disposal. Jabba has a grim sense of humor, a bellicose laugh, an insatiable appetite, and an affinity for gambling, slave girls, and torture.

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Luke Skywalker's name was originally supposed to be Annikin Starkiller, according to early versions of the original scripts? The name was later recycled for Bendak Starkiller.

The shooting location for Return of the Jedi was masked as the shooting location of the fictional film Blue Harvest? Lucasfilm allegedly wanted to avoid the publicity associated with a new Star Wars film, and even went as far as to have Blue Harvest shirts and caps made for the cast and crew. Another reason for this was people charging extra for props, sets, etc. on the films because the film was Star Wars.

During the shooting of The Empire Strikes Back, Lucasfilm was in grave danger of bouncing its paychecks? Bank of America, its primary lender, yanked its financing as the film's costs climbed over budget. Lucasfilm's management pointed out that Empire was the sequel to the most successful film of all time, but the bank's new entertainment manager refused to back down. This debacle forced George Lucas to return to Twentieth Century Fox for financing, a threat to his creative autonomy that he had wanted to avoid. (Source: Empire of Dreams documentary.)

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Star Wars WikiProject

The Star Wars WikiProject is dedicated to improving and maintaining the Star Wars section of Wikipedia.

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Here are some tasks you can do, as organized by WikiProject Star Wars:

Copyedit/extensive work: Yuuzhan Vong invasion, List of Star Wars ranged weapons, List of Star Wars podracers, Star Wars: Galaxies, Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Order 66
Expand: Mara Jade, Secrets of the Jedi, Clone Wars, Ambush at Corellia, Assault at Selonia, Showdown at Centerpoint
Requests: All missing Star Wars Novels
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A Wookiee is a member of a race of hairy bipeds in the fictional Star Wars universe. The most famous Wookiee is Chewbacca, a companion to Han Solo. Other prominent Wookiees include Lowbacca (the nephew of Chewbacca, and a Jedi), Tyvokka, Zaalbar, Chuundar, Attichitcuk, Tarfful, and Hanharr. A common, though incorrect, spelling is Wookie (with only one trailing "e").

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Quotes

"You are part of the Rebel Alliance and a traitor, Take Her Away!!!" Darth Vader to Princess Leia
"So this is how liberty dies... with thunderous applause." —Padmé Amidala
"The Force is with you young Skywalker....but you are not a Jedi yet..." - Darth Vader
"I have a bad feeling about this." -At least one character in each Star Wars film.
"There is good in him. I know, I know, there is still..." —Padmé Amidala's dying words, as Obi-Wan Kenobi looks on, holding newborn infant Luke Skywalker.
"So be it...Jedi." - Emperor Palpatine to Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi.
"You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! Bring balance to the Force, not leave it in darkness!"-Obi-Wan Kenobi to Darth Vader in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
"Apology accepted, Captain Needa." - Lord Vader chokes Captain Needa in The Empire Strikes Back.
"Are you an angel? They live on the moons of Iego, I think." - Anakin Skywalker to Padme Amidala in The Phantom Menace.
"Then my father is truly dead." - Luke Skywalker to Lord Vader in Return of the Jedi.
"Don't try it!" - Obi-Wan Kenobi to Darth Vader in Revenge of the Sith.
"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back.
"It is too late for me,son"-Lord Vader to Luke in Return of the Jedi
"No! That's impossible! - Luke Skywalker to Lord Vader in The Empire Strikes Back.
"No. I am your father" spoke by Lord Vader to Luke in The Empire Strikes Back.
"I HATE YOU!" - Darth Vader screaming to Obi-Wan Kenobi after having his arms and legs cut off by him in Revenge of the Sith.
"Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed." -Darth Vader to Admiral Motti in Star Wars.
"I find your lack of faith disturbing." -Vader's dry remark as he throttles Motti, later in the same conversation.
"Mos Eisley Spaceport. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." -Ben to Luke in Star Wars.
"Didn't we just leave this party?" -Leia to Han, Luke and Chewbacca in Star Wars.
"This party's over." -Mace Windu to Count Dooku in Attack of the Clones.
"I hope so, Commander, for your sake. The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am." -Darth Vader to Moff Jerjerrod, in Return of the Jedi.
"Remember the Force will be with you..always." -Obi-Wan Kenobi to Luke Skywalker in Star Wars.
"Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen!" - Emperor Palpatine to Darth Vader in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.
"Execute order sixty six." - Emperor Palpatine to all clone troop commanders in Revenge of the Sith.'

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Episodes

I: The Phantom Menace
II: Attack of the Clones
III: Revenge of the Sith
IV: A New Hope
V: The Empire Strikes Back
VI: Return of the Jedi

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News

All nine books of the legacy of the Force series are on book shelves. last book came out on may 13.

The first three books of the Legacy of the Force series- Betrayal, Bloodlines and Tempest- were released on May 26, 2006 August 29, 2006 and November 28, 2006, respectively.

The unaltered versions of the original trilogy were released on DVD on September 12, 2006.

Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy was released on September 12, 2006 and will cover the events of the original Star Wars trilogy.

The novel Star Wars Republic Commando: Triple Zero by Karen Traviss was released on 28 February 2006.

A new comic series, Star Wars: Legacy, is set 140 years after A New Hope and will be about Luke Skywalker's descendant Cade Skywalker.

A Star Wars live-action television series is in development, with an expected release date of 2008. There is also a new 3D cartoon called Star Wars: The Clone Wars which is set in the Clone Wars timeframe and is scheduled to be released in 2007.