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WHAT WOULD STAR WARS BE
MENTION ALL THE IN-JOKES AND CAMEOS FROM THE REAL WORLD? JOIN US AND TAKE YOUR
UNIVERSE SEEN IN THE SAGA OF FILMS AS WELL AS THE
FIRST STEPS INTO A LARGER WORLD AS WE REVEAL THE SECRETS OF STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS.
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WORDS: BRYAN YOUNG

BUILDING BB-8

In an interview with Entertainment
4 4 eekly, director J.J. Abrams
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chose the name BB-8 because he looked
round and bouncy, saying, “I named
him BB-8 because it was almost
onomatopoeia… It was sort of how he
looked to me, with the 8, obviously,
and then the 2 Bs.”
Bill Hader of Saturday Night Live and
Ben Schwartz of Parks and Recreation
fame helped create digitally altered
sounds for BB-8’s voice, and are
credited as “vocal consultants”.

FATAL SLIP

FN-2003, also

5 5 nown as Slip, is
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the stormtrooper who
drags his bloody hand
across Finn’s helmet
during the First Order’s
siege on the Jakku village
of Tuanul. Slip made his
first appearance in Before

the Awakening written by
Greg Rucka.

SQUEAK WARS

We get an initial glimpse of
M
6 6 ouse Droids aboard the

Finalizer, which were first seen on
the Death Star in A New Hope.

CAPTAIN

3 3PHANTASM

Captain Phasma’s name and chrome
armor were a tribute by director
J.J. Abrams to the 1979 horror
movie, Phantasm. In fact, Abrams’
company Bad Robot recently oversaw
a 4K restoration of the cult classic,
which was written and directed by
Don Coscarelli.

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