Star Wars Helmets

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.

73. Did You Know: Like Hayden Christensen performed all of his own stunts, Mark Hamill did all of his own stunts except one. The only time a stunt double was used was in The Empire Strikes Back in the scene where Luke is pulled through a Cloud City window. Liam Neeson also performed all of his own stunts with the exception of the two lightsaber fights with Darth Maul.

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X-Wing Fighter Pilot Collector's Helmet The X-wing starfighter has become a symbol of the Rebellion's starfighter corps. Luke Skywalker and the Red Squadron piloted their X-wing starfighters through a barrage of laser fire and attacking TIE Fighters in hope of destroying the Galatic Empire's Death Star. This X-Wing Fighter Pilot collector's edition helmet comes with an official Stars Wars box and is made from injection-molded plastic.