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ESCAPE PLAN

It is revealed in Alan Dean
7 7Foster’s novelization
of The Force Awakens that the
vehicle stolen by Poe and Finn
aboard the Finalizer is a Special
Forces TIE fighter.

ARRRGGGH!

The Wilhelm scream, which is
8 sed at least once in every Star
u
Wars film, is heard during Poe and

Finn’s daring escape. This famous sound
effect was first used in the 1951 film

Silent Drums, and was popularized by
the character Private Wilhelm in the

1953 film The Charge at Feather River.
THE EYE’S HAVE IT

According to the The Force PEGG PAL
9 wakens Visual Dictionary, In addition to his role
A
Rey’s goggles 12as the junk boss, Unkar
are cobbled Plutt, actor Simon Pegg also
together using served as a valuable resource to
lenses from a director J.J. Abrams,
stormtrooper’s who said, “His support
helmet left on the and friendship [was]
planet after the massively important
Battle of Jakku. and helpful in
the process.”

RANCID RATIONS

The polystarch ration, or
10instant bread, Rey prepares at
her “home” on Jakku was a real effect,
not computer generated. According
to special effects supervisor Chris
Corbould, it took three months to
develop, and it tasted terrible.

DESERTED DESTROYER

The downed Star Destroyer Rey passes on her way
11to the Niima Outpost is called the Inflictor, which is
mentioned in the novel Lost Stars by Claudia Gray.