Star Wars trivial

• The popular "I love you"-"I know" bit was tried with a number of different variations by Ford (who didn't like his scripted line). "I know" was decided upon much later by director Irvin Kershner, and Lucas was surprised by the dialogue change, thinking such humor was out of place for that scene, but he grew to accept it.

• Han and Chewie try to start their ship up in the hangar, but a big cloud of smoke shoots into Han's face, alarms blare, Chewie becomes frantic, and Han screams at him to "Turn it off!" We then cut over to a quiet scene of a calm Luke suiting up for battle.
• Han snapping at 3PO about obviously having to replace the power coupling, then making sure he's not looking before telling Chewie to do just that, then 3PO looking around when Han leaves.
• The whole introduction of Yoda: the way Yoda "eats" Luke's cracker-stick-thing (he's a puppet after all)... Luke sarcastically calling Yoda "friend" before sniffing and tossing the food... R2 mumbling at Yoda's antics... and Yoda's delight at closing R2's panel.
• Later on in his home, Yoda (what's he doing back there anyway?) happily urging Luke to eat like any grandmother would... His abrupt warning him that the food is "hot!"... Luke's grimace after trying it... The brief-but-proud way Yoda tells him that he cooked the rootleaf stew.
• The start of the lightsaber duel is just soaked in atmosphere: the smoke, the lighting, the two figures in silhouette. Then there's Vader's menacing opening lines, the staredown, and Vader toying with Luke as he duels with one hand. Lucas apparently wasn't too thrilled to discover that last one (he didn't direct the movie and wasn't on-set at the time). So despite Lucas's creative autonomy, dissenting opinion can be a good thing.
• Vader's "Big Revelation" always gets shivers down the spine, but Hamill's face in reaction amuses some. But put it in context: how would you react if the guy you thought had killed your dad had come close to killing you, then he tells you he's really your dad. I bet ya'd look just like Hamill did, if not funnier!
• The Falcon escapes the Empire's clutches in the end, but instead of taking it out on a scared Piett, Vader -- with his mind on other things -- merely walks away.
• The melancholy music that plays as the final scene begins with the Falcon docked on the Rebel cruiser, and the "sweeping" Han/Leia theme as it swells up and segues into the closing credits. I can only imagine how surprised the crowds at the original screenings were about the movie ending this way (and their dismay over having to wait another three years for the continuation).

• The Piett character as the "sympathetic bad guy." He's chasing down the heroes, but you almost feel for him. He's not some twisted vengeful bad guy, but just an officer doing what he thinks is right: getting those "Rebels." After the group of bounty hunters is introduced (and Piett makes a comment about them), you can sense his satisfaction when he tells Vader later on that they've found the Falcon.
• Chewie's reaction to the gang's brushes with death in the asteroid field: even he thinks Han has flipped his lid, and surely he'd thought he'd seen everything by that point.
• An asteroid smashes part of a Star Destroyer, and in the next shot when Vader is having a hologram conference call, one of the officers raises his arms in front of his face before his signal disappears.
• R2 shaking his head in disapproval after he's dropped from mid-air by Luke during his training.
• Lando asking Leia to join him for refreshments, which quickly catches Chewie's attention
• Lando fearfully reaching for his own neck after one of Vader threats. Even Lando's been watching the movie.
• In the carbon-freezing scene: the way Leia and Han both look at Chewie, then to each other, before kissing. Very touching. Oh, and the "I know" line is cool, too. I like to think that Anakin and Padme's kiss as they enter the arena in AOTC is a bit of a variation on this, and works pretty well.

After the discussion about the Rebels' being on Hoth breaks up, Ozzel turns around and it seems that Piett is closer than he expected.

Lando hunched over at the Falcon's controls, peeking back to see if Luke and Leia are clear of the cockpit before he closes the door.

Luke apparently saying something after Leia leaves him to head back to the cockpit. If it's just "Thank you" then, well.. forget this entry.

• We see R2 tiptoe up to peek through Yoda's window, and throughout the scene he can then be seen looking at Yoda and Luke (apparently he gave up on watching after the camp).

The "17-decimal-28" line? The military doesn't actually say "decimal" instead of "point" does it?

The odds of successfully navigating an asteroid field, or surviving a direct assault on a Star Destroyer? Are those even possible to calculate?

Wookese. Chewie utters one grunt, which Han understands to mean "junkpile." Interesting how that works, ain't it?

Boba Fett's popularity? Sure, he looks cool and there's an air of mystery about him, but he's just a bit player who has only one scene of any importance (and besides, when he starts chasing after the Falcon, he seems to follow a bit too closely...). Lucas himself wasn't exactly fond of the character (which explains the way the character dies).

• The Wampa's extra scenes are supposed to make the viewer realized what danger Luke is really in, but it all seems overdone, as if the Wampa were trying to make the most of his limited screen time as he writhes in pain. Leaving it up to the imagination seems to suffice.
• Luke's new scream was apparently just recycled from the Emperor's in ROTJ. I'm not sure if the change hurts or helps, although as a kid I always did wonder why he didn't scream as he fell. Others say Luke was trying to kill himself, and wouldn't be screaming like that. I guess the only way to test its validity is to fall from a high place on purpose and see if a scream results.
• The addition of Vader flying up to and boarding his "Star Destroyer" are completely unnecessary (it's really just the opening scene in ROTJ anyway, and further, why would the troops be lined up to greet him in a situation like this?). It wasn't that crucial, but even worse is that a ticked-off Vader's terse delivery of the line "Bring my shuttle" is now gone. Some of the dialogue changed for the SE was originally heard on some versions of the original films' soundtracks when they were first released (Luke's line after Artoo is spit out by the swamp monster, for example). Whether this is one example, or a brand-new change, I don't know.

• In the Battle of Hoth (as in Yavin's), the Rebel pilots call each other by name, and you can sort of bond with them. The similar battles in Episodes VI and I seem chaotic and random, they have to split screen time with parallel storylines, and it all makes for less involving action.
• One of the fun quirks about Chewie and R2 is that you can't really understand what they say, but you can often figure out the gist of it. A RASSMer once suggested that after Lando asks "Are you still hanging around this loser?" Chewie responds with a good-natured "You're the loser, pal!"
• A lot of online fans like to call Ben a liar because of the whole "Vader murdered your father" business, but Yoda never really helps either. Obi-Wan might've sincerely believed in the whole "Point of View" thing (a Jedi falling to the Dark Side is the same as a dead Jedi?), but Yoda outright tries to dodge the issue when asked face-to-face by Luke. It seems clear neither felt Luke was ready to learn the truth, but to risk his learning it from Vader?
• I could be mistaken, but I think Chewie is guffawing at 3PO's outrage about his head being on backwards.