Did You Know Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - Easter Eggs, Trivia, Inspirations, and More!

[@StarWarsExplained]

One fix: The book the wampa appears in the novel Darksaber, not Crystal Star, as a few people have pointed out.

[@jacenstarhunter8988]

Star Wars Explained: Alex we all make mistakes, I made a couple blunders myself today, thanks for notifying us anyway, appreciate it! ❤👍

[@notinuseanymoreabcdha]

Star Wars Explained i am from Norway

[@joaoandrade9463]

ig-88 model in bespin is the bounty hunter that we see in tje star destroyer it made canon on Star wars character encyclopedia

[@starwarsshorts235]

hey Alex, what are favourite EU novels top 10?

[@elijahblechman8633]

it had a name, what the hell EU

[@negyt7665]

The thought of 3PO being told to piss off by another droid is hilarious. It's canon in my head now.

[@DoctorWho]

Our favourite bit of trivia is at 7:16! 😉

[@_cameroncarey_]

Doctor Who omg

[@kade_2647]

_cameroncarey_ literally my exact reaction

[@raph2954]

Oh crap the doctor who channel on a star wars video?

[@kaloyang_8729]

Impressive. Most impressive.

[@oldkingspook]

9:19 I don't fault him at all for saving the ice cream maker. Personally I would have gone for the cake batter...but that is just me. The Empire already has the cookies, so I'm not about to let them take anything else. *Greedily hoards all the sugar*

[@deadsaige]

Wow, I actually never noticed that Fett turns his head the many times I've watched it. Explains why he immediately starts firing at Luke. Good job.

[@gavinoonoo]

What? I was just quoting Luke's lines in TFA...

[@Matt-en4yg]

Lol

[@jacenstarhunter8988]

Scorched Apples: Yes it was an awkward pause wasn't? XD

[@ohhaimark8867]

Hate to be a nuisance, but I kinda came up with that comment on the Last Jedi trailer, you thief

[@brettgb1314]

+Screen Ninja, I'm sure many people have come up with this one. Many even before you, even if you didn't see it.

[@gavinoonoo]

Screen Ninja make a copyright claim if your so bothered about it m8

[@renatonigro]

In the Shadows of the Empire game, you can find trapped Wampas in rooms while exploring the sieged Echo base.

[@jacenstarhunter8988]

"No I am your father!" Vader +It's such an iconic line, unforgettable! lol

[@HuntSD]

Ron Kelley Yet is misquoted by almost everyone.

[@chelmrtz]

Awesome! I literally just finished watching Empire so this perfect timing :)

[@jacenstarhunter8988]

"Never tell me the odds." Han Solo

[@twstf8905]

The guy standing outside Vader's meditation chamber, (3:45) and later descends to the surface of Hoth to command the AT-AT ground assault, ("Yes, Lord Vader. The shield will be down in moments. You may start your landing.") General Maximilian Veers, is played by the same actor who plays Grand Maester Pycelle on Game of Thrones. Julian Glover. 🤘👍✌️🤙and, of course🖖

[@jacenstarhunter8988]

"He's no good to me dead!" Bobba Fett

[@supremeleaderm]

0:27 You mention that the car accident was months after the release of Star Wars. However, multiple sources state including Star Wars: Year by Year-Updated and Expanded states that the accident was on January 11, 1977, 4 months before the premier of the OG Star Wars.

[@viktornapolitano6113]

He might have meant months after filming.

[@thrdstooge]

Star Wars "fans" can say what they will about George Lucas and his prequels but in his personal life he is one incredibly generous man. I think just knowing that lead me to see prequels in a different light.

[@jacenstarhunter8988]

Edwin Collazo I totally agree! :D

[@seedyrahm3428]

he also donated most (if not all) of the money Disney gave him to charity.

[@yanguskhan8513]

CDRomBeta at first i didnt believe you, and after a little bit of research, you are right. Hes already made so much money from star wars that he didnt need that disney money, but very admirable to donate it instead of being a greedy dumb-dumb.

[@ChevyChase301]

Correction the Bossk outfit was in Wheel in Space but they are easily confused for being 60s cyber men episode

[@tnertsuntan8944]

I had to laugh at the comment about the Crystal Star, "just avoid it. it's for the best." That book was horrible to the point it made me quit reading the EU (in its relative infancy) and why I was glad to see it made Legends!

[@VictorIV0310]

Tnert Suntan What's so bad about the book?

[@ZacksRockingLifestyle]

Archivista Goldenyoreins Legends let some really wild and inconsistant things through. A lot of the magic of Star Wars came from the fact the audience had to be seeing the story. When using written storytelling, one tells more than they show. Writers wayyyy “overtold” the force and the galaxy. I don’t mind the Holdo Ram from TLJ (though I dislike most of how they got to that point), but a solid portion of the stories had crazy and sudden stuff similar to that go on. IIRC, one story described Grandmaster Luke as being fast enough to seem as though he was wielding 30 lightsabers at once. Stuff they could likely almost never really show on live action film without looking just bad or forced.

[@easucks1776]

that legends IG-88 story you briefly mentioned at 8:09 is actually​really interesting. It's in the book Tales of the bounty hunters and it's the best story in that book

[@CountryBredJedi]

Hi. Your speaking is easy to listen to, so automatic subtitle system works well. I always use your videos for information of Star Wars and practices of my English skill. Thank you!

[@DeltaWolf1000]

What's the average temperature inside a Taun-Taun? Luke Warm. Ba-dum-tss...I'll see myself out.

[@zakthewarcat3172]

lmao that's funny

[@ZacksRockingLifestyle]

DeltaWolf1000 as a Junior in high school, I walked into my US History class and that question was on the board, without an answer. Half way through class, in the middle of a lecture, the teacher turned around and put “Luke Warm” under it, before stepping away to look for something to explain the next part of the lesson, I don’t remember what, but he had found it well before we finished laughing... Except for Anne, because she had never seen Star Wars, and was not someone to laugh at jokes she didn’t understand xD

[@bryansmall6933]

Get out

[@twstf8905]

Hahaha I'm stealing that one lol 😂

[@harrylynch4545]

You are what the world needs. Top class joke. 10/10 would recommend. May the force be with you

[@jacenstarhunter8988]

"Apology Accepted Captain Needa!" Darth Vader

[@obhatti]

Accepted, not excepted!

[@jacenstarhunter8988]

obhatti: I always get those two confused thanks!

[@obhatti]

The way he pronounces it, does sound like excepted, so it's an easy enough (and minor) mistake :)

[@UltronPrime]

Empire Strikes Back is my favorite

[@Naminski1a]

It's from 20th Century-Fox and Lucasfilm Ltd.

[@TrainerNomed]

Favorite movie of all time! Awesome that you're doing trivia vids on the films now! :)

[@twstf8905]

Luuuuuuke! You must go to the Dagobah System! Ben?! BEN?! Dagobah System... Yoda... Zima Soup.... 🤣

[@ajoyuen25]

The Norwegian rescuers portrayed Rebel Hoth troopers, whose scenes where filmed in exteriors (in Finse). The scenes inside Echo Base where filmed in Elstree Studios in London, including the Snowtrooper sequences (which must have been British extras).

[@yordanvassilev4272]

"I have killed very many fathers" Darth Vader

[@TheCsabi987]

I've been waiting for this, ever since the New Hope video! Thanks Brah

[@RTL2L]

"Even back then we nerds were getting the stuff done" Ha-ha!

[@goblinsrevenge]

Good video ^_^ 5:00 I remember that door also making an appearance in the force unleashed hoth DLC during a boss fight with Luke.

[@lukeskywalker2955]

Great ch!!!! Keep up the incredible work on STAR WARS EXPLAINED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ig-8869]

#EmpireFan

[@AsianCheeseToaster]

These videos (including the ones on the clone wars) are some of your best, Alex! Keep up the good work :)

[@gentlebabarian]

this is why empire strikes back is the best movie.

[@jacenstarhunter8988]

"I know!" Han Solo

[@JanPeverell]

I did not expect this kind of video for the movies

[@jfrance649]

As both a Star Wars and a Doctor Who fan. I find it brilliant a costume from Doctor Who has appeared in Star Wars. I never knew that fact and now when I see Bossk in that costume in ESB I will think of The Tenth Planet.

[@Kronecraft]

I went to Phoenix Comicon today and saw a group inside to doing laps composed of 3 Willrow Hoods (the leading one was also the Joker) and 2 Jizz Wailers.

[@IronDuke1815]

4:00 Derek Hobbie Klivian was played by the Actor Richard Oldfield, I went to school with his daughter, Allie Oldfield. :)

[@hyrumsolo3203]

At 3:33-This is just me nitpicking but the "shield generator" is actually the power generator from a battle cruiser. I forget which type, but even Veers calls it a power generator in the film.

[@mikevfaraci]

Hey Alex! Love your channel and content. I know you are a stickler for details, so I thought I would clarify that Mark Hamill's accident happened before the release of a new hope. He was actually on his way to do reshoots in his brand new bmw, I believe!

[@Abeja1225]

I thought it was interesting that the Darth Vader solo comic by Marvel did have ties to the movies and showed Vader learning of Luke, and keeping it a secret. Definitely was an interesting way to change the lore a bit and show Vaders motivation before the ending of Jedi.

[@noahhenson1669]

Great video! Very informative and entertaining. Keep up the good work!

[@exxonthegamer2739]

30 Transports were used to evacuate Rebels and only 13 made it out alive feom Hoth, Imperials just rekt tons of Rebels.

[@LoveThisRealWoman]

E-3-P-0 is my hero.

[@Andrew-zv4fm]

The reason why the actor who played the Imperial officer because the original actor was sick. Also another Easter egg was on Hoth. 3 Rebel officers were talking and in the background you see a transport. The Rebel officer walking was the guy who created the concept art.

[@SaturnCanuck]

You forgot two things. The AT-ST on Hoth is different. The design (model) was reworked for Jedi, and this information comes from "The Return of the Jedi Sketchbook". Lobot did not get an official name until his action figure was sold by Hasbro. Here, he was named Lobot but in the "original" 1980 release he is listed as "Lando's Aide"

[@anthonypayen2190]

great video, can't wait to see the other movies done

[@Evan_Adams]

HIGHLY recommend you watch the Laser Disk audio commentary. They talk about the Potato.

[@ShakaarGaleed]

Originally, it was Yoda, himself, that killed the Dark Jedi (from Bpfassh) in "Visions of the Future". As of subsequent changes in the EU, it was changed to the other member of his species (named Minch). I believe it was also alluded to have been Yoda as far back as "Heir to the Empire", another Timothy Zahn book (or at least at some point in that trilogy).

[@Naminski1a]

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Rogue One are the greatest sci-fi blockbuster movies ever from 20th Century-Fox and Lucasfilm Ltd.

[@1heKing]

rouge 1 was disney

[@PheonixScale]

You can tell the difference between somebody who is a fan of starwars and one who is a superfan by what tense they refer to starwars.

[@theleftisttimemachine8196]

Quick question/possible idea for a future video: Is there any way you'd do a video of all the new stuff Boba Fett has done in the new cannon? You mentioned he fought Luke in the comics and I had no idea that happened! Boba Fett is my favorite character in Star Wars and I would love to know what he's done in the new cannon. Thanks!

[@butterboy6572]

YES i love this series!

[@starwarsdude2018]

I really like these kids of videos. Keep them going!

[@Joshml98]

I could tell you all sorts of trivia about doctor who, but I never knew that about bossks suit.

[@Lamartine111]

Gundarks are also seen early in Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds.

[@generalgrievous5761]

Hello there.

[@bobmarine7392]

General grievous HELLO THERE

[@KatiaBarga]

wonderful vídeo! can you do something like this for return of the jedi too? loved it!

[@IDdrifter102]

1:12 That's where I want the Han Solo movie to take place, in Ord Mantell it is also the great opportunity to give a little bit more of screen time to various bounty hunter's like, Boba Fett, Dengar, Bossk, maybe Cad Bane, or Zuckus and 4-LOM but I think they're not taking that path. Which is starting to worry me a little bit, but what I heard is that they're going to explore Han's origins along with Lando and the Falcon and Chewie too in which case I'll be ok. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

[@IDdrifter102]

Gamma_249 What I was afraid of, well now I officially believe that his death is canon.

[@joeiorio9654]

8:16 also I think I see 4 loms head in the right corner

[@ajzeg01]

Psshhh, Winnipeg is about as cold as Hoth, and I live there!

[@Jmoss7]

Now I don't know what to believe... I've seen so many sources say the car accident is the reason for the wampa scene, but I've also seen many say that's a myth and that Hamill confirmed the car accident didn't damage his face that badly and that the scene is unrelated. Anyways, I think the scene matters more as giving a sense of the treacherous hoth and luke's first telekinesis (one of my favorite moments to this day)

[@evanoconnor3781]

When an IG head is visible, just to the right (on the wall), there is the head of a 4LOM droid!

[@hardnotsoft111]

Why don't the people in Star Wars seem to not care about friendly droids as much as we do?

[@petercook360]

The actor who played Dak also played Boba Fett in some scenes.

[@jackalblades6822]

thats why there was a wampa in that room in shadows of the empire game!

[@rajkapadia164]

Do one for Revenge of the Sith!

[@thomasoliver6570]

Thanks bro. awesome vid

[@TheCactusKnights]

I am realy intersted to see what you will say about the AT-AT at Endor at episode 6. Because we never saw it in action

[@KamilMB]

Deam, I am a nerd. The only one I din't know was about that snake from the asteroid field (and the games refs, since I never played any Star Wars games).

[@negativeexpert128]

A nerf cut off head can be seen in starwars battlefront- jabba's palace.

[@AnonimanPiotr]

C-3PO had silver leg in OT. But not in the Special...

[@bitchfacedmgee7433]

the suit bosk wears is actually a high altitude pressure suit used by the royal air force

[@cameronadams1125]

Can you do a vid on why Vader was surprised about the whole son of skywalker thing when he was talking to Palpatine or was that just a fake out as Vader never told him he already found out this was true, which is why Vader wanted to convert Luke

[@Conneromance]

You forgot to point out the shot in the Ugnaught junk room where you can see the cameraman in the reflection on 3P0s head

[@mangrove]

Mark Hamill Tweeted that he didn't like that Luke had sliced off the Wampa's arm, because the creature was just hungry, not evil. He was assured during filming that Luke just slashed it, superficially.

[@laguaridadelgremlin]

Bit late, but, the demon-ape-looking gundarks were also shown in the old game Galactic Battlegrounds.

[@temaharatamehana9071]

4:46 Thats an AT DP?

[@kaleeshmatriarch455]

Cool video!! 🙂👍🌠

[@monkeyfett8]

Bossk's suit was an British RAF flight suit from the early 1960s. It's not just a doctor who prop, they got them from the same surplus. Come on, man! It's not even necessarily the same suit as multiple originals were made. "High-Altitude Windak Pressure Suit developed in 1962 by Baxter, Woodhouse and Taylor Ltd."

[@orinanime]

Question: The initial budget of The Empire Strikes Back was $18 million. By the time production was finished, The Empire Strikes Back cost a total of $33 million. Not including marketing. So who put up the rest of the money?

[@gracida6]

Barack obama

[@j.s.oliver2447]

Please do more on the movies

[@brettgb1314]

"Sir, it is quite possible that this asteroid is not entirely stable."- C-3PO

[@jacenstarhunter8988]

"Not entirely stable, Chewie plug the Professor into the Hyperdrive Computer!" XD

[@jmorgan3977]

K-3PO's dead body can be seen in the movie too, not just in that video game...

[@rayden120]

i saw a darth vader mediation chamber on Corasant next to the emperor office I think or close to it in a comic book darth vader the nine assassin's

[@zetahoven4556]

On the Hoth level of the Star Wars Original Trilogy Arcade game, one has to engage the Wampas locked in the door

[@pietropietro5466]

is it true that you can even see zuckus' head in the scene where the ughnats are playing with c3p0's head?

[@rayden120]

can you explain a bit more why the falcon was such in needed of repairs and not working properly working. was do to the cold?

[@jacenstarhunter8988]

"Bounty Hunters we don't need their scum!" Admiral Piett

[@a_Minion_of_Soros]

Why did you not include the FACT that Boba and Luke met on that ocean planet in The Hollyday Special? It's really important!

[@JackQSmith]

Han and Leia had their first kiss inside that giant asteroid worm.

[@rayden120]

I've always got confuse about gundarts being something different especially when they were mentioned in episode 2. they always seems to me something completely different then what we saw in clone wars. and at the same time I don't know why in the clone wars they didn't know what planet they were on where the gundarts. since they had a mission there in between episode 1 & 2

[@99jarjarbinks]

Alex, so "dragon snake" is your "Bespin"? lol :)

[@RaulGonzalez-nz3xy]

I just love ur vids

[@jacenstarhunter8988]

"Why you stuck-up half-witted scruffy looking Nerf Herder!" Princess Leia Organa

[@shrektheogre4349]

Ron Kelley *Who's Scruffy Looking?*

[@jacenstarhunter8988]

Shrek The Ogre 😁XD

[@jacenstarhunter8988]

Rubellite Fae :) lol

[@DitchBankBandits]

Shadows of The Empire told us some of these.

[@hrishik_]

'The Infamous Ice Cream Maker Guy', your second video was about him, right?

[@abramsullivan7764]

Gorge gave his emploeis 5,000,000 dollars to everyone what a guy.

[@AlfonsoSRT]

Is there a video like this on Episode IV that I missed?

[@Little-Oshawott-2010]

Star Wars Explained, why didn't you did the other four films prior to this video?

[@StarWarsExplained]

I've done A New Hope.

[@Little-Oshawott-2010]

Star Wars Explained, where can I find it?