"It's over, Anakin. I have the high ground!" – Obi-Wan Kenobi, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Did You Know? George Lucas made the working title of Star Wars Episode II "Jar Jar's Great Adventure" to troll the cast and crew, even labeling the script as such in the original drafts. (source) Hey Reader, it’s Vance here! 👋 When I was a kid, I never questioned Anakin’s leap. It looked cool. The dramatic flip, the blue sabers clashing, it was peak Star Wars. But as I got older and rewatched...

"Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You’re my only hope." - Leia Organa, A New Hope. Did You Know? George Lucas believed that Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind would outperform Star Wars, so he proposed a trade—each would receive 2.5% of the other's film profits. Spielberg accepted the deal and, to this day, continues to earn 2.5% of Star Wars' profits. (source) Steven Spielberg & George Lucas Good morning Reader! 👋 Growing up, I thought Leia naming her son "Ben Solo" was a perfect...

"This will be a day long remembered. It has seen the end of Kenobi; it will soon see the end of the Rebellion."– Darth Vader Did You Know? John Williams is so badass that he lost the Oscar for best original score in 1977 to himself because he was nominated for both 'Star Wars' and 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'. Hey Reader, it’s Vance here! 👋 As a kid, I saw Darth Vader as this unbreakable wall of power—the ultimate villain. No one could stop him, right? But then I grew up and started...