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12. Did You Know: Burger King and Coca-Cola teamed up to produce collectors’ glasses customers would get anytime they purchased a drink? The glasses were produced during the period of all three movies: from 1977 to 1983, and each set had four different scenes. A new glass was unveiled each week. While the value of a set of original Star Wars glasses only ranges from a few dollars to about $20, they are still rare and a must have for any Star Wars fan. A new Burger King promotion is set to begin to celebrate the upcoming release of Episode III.
64. Did You Know: A radar dish was the inspiration behind Boba Fett’s spaceship? According to Nilo Rodis-Jamero, “Johnston showed me some of the ideas he has for Boba Fett, and I remember asking myself what his spaceship would look like. I remember seeing a radar dish and stopping to sketch it very quickly to see if I could get something out of it. The original design I had was round, but when you looked at it from the side, it became elliptical. For some reason, when I drew it, George thought it was elliptical, so that's what it became. When we were building the ship at ILM, somebody looked at street lamps and pointed out that they looked like Boba's ship. So everyone began to think that was where I got the idea for the design.”
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