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17. Did You Know: Wookie Chewbacca is a native of the planet Kashyyyk? Kashyyyk, though we haven’t seen it on screen yet, is a planet of forests. As is evidenced by Chewbacca, Wookies are a strong, determined, technologically advanced species, but even they were susceptible to the evil of the Empire. The Empire took over Kashyyyk and turned the Wookies into slaves. Chewbacca was eventually sprung free by Han Solo, and the two became partners from then on.
70. How did George Lucas try to throw the media off track prior to the release of The Return of the Jedi? Answer: Well, according to Lucas, “we called the film 'Revenge of the Jedi' to throw people off. The title was always intended to be 'Return of the Jedi', but we made the film under the code name 'Revenge of the Jedi'. Unfortunately, what happened is Fox started promoting the film before we could tell them not to use the title.” Legend also has it that Revenge of the Jedi would never be acceptable because Jedis are not vengeful and therefore do not seek revenge on those who have wronged them.
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