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3. Did You Know: Luke Skywalker might have been a very different character if George Lucas had followed his original plans? Originally, Lucas wanted Luke, Aunt Baru and Uncle Owen to be midgets. Suave, handsome Han Solo might not have been so debonair had Lucas gone with his original instinct to portray Solo as a big green monster with gills and no nose. But, then Lucas decided to make Han Solo African American. He later nixed that idea, and Harrison Ford earned the role. Ford won out over some stiff, well-known competition including Nick Nolte, Kurt Russell and Christopher Walken. Lucas preferred to have a lesser-known actor than one with name recognition. Two decades later he would opt for name recognition when casting Liam Neeson as Qui Gon Jinn in the Phantom Menace and Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu in The Attack of the Clones.
93. What is the most popular mode of transportation on Coruscant? Answer: Air taxis are popular in Coruscant because they are fast, able to whip safely through tight spaces between buildings and get their passengers to their destinations quickly. Air taxis are simply open-air speeders and are extremely important because Coruscant is among the most heavily populated planets in the galaxy.
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