NewStarWars.com :: Pins
8. Little Known Fact: If you watch any of the Star Wars trilogy, you might notice the majority of Vader’s Stormtroopers are actually left-handed. Actually, they’re left-handed by necessity. Their guns—which were designed based on real guns—were created with the magazine on the left side. Because the magazine was on the left side, the originally right-handed Stormtroopers would whack themselves in the chest every time they held their guns. Therefore, they had to use their left hands to carry the guns, which made them appear left-handed.
68. Did You Know: Lando was almost a clone rather than the suave smuggler turned head of Cloud City? George Lucas had originally considered making Lando one of the sole survivors of a planet of clones. Regardless of what happened to the planet, Lando would have been perceived as its lost leader. However, in the end, Lando became Han’s buddy, a former smuggler and eventually a member of the Rebellion.
Enjoy these facts? Keep coming back, we have lots more for you!