25. The Music In The Cantina Scene Is Called Jizz

24. R2-D2 Used To Have A Foul Mouth

Ever since the Disney acquisition of the biggest franchise on the planet, Star Wars has been hot on everyones lips. Not that its ever been out of our sight in the past near four decades, but with the production of its third trilogy and spin-offs, Star Wars hysteria is starting to bubble once again. George Lucas opus has been a definitive part of contemporary pop culture since its release. Half of todays filmmakers credit it for their cinematic inspiration and ultimate ambitions. And for the most part they are a magnificent set of films, full of adventure, menace and heart that incite a childhood wonder in every generation. Every part of their history is legend. From development difficulties to production hell, release phenomenon to the extended universe lore. If any film is chock-full of well documented and entertaining behind the scenes stories and tribulations, its the Star Wars films. We have to wait over a year for Episode VII, but as theyre shooting it at the moment, theres no doubt that all kinds of charming shenanigans, frustrating struggles and moments of inspiration are going on right now that will later become a concrete part of film history. So join us in a list of 25 awesome facts about the making and world of one of cinemas greatest treasures.No, that isnt a joke. Whether its a joke on Lucas behalf or simply an innocent and unfortunate piece of nomenclature we cant be sure, but in the Star Wars canon, the music that the band Figrin Dan and the Modal Nodes play in the iconic bar scene is called jizz. Its obvious to see where its derived from, and its a genre that is described as upbeat and swinging. The artists that play jizz are called jizz wailers and it also has sub-genres that include jizz-wail, aubade and glitz. Wonder if they have jazz too. They do however have a similar and less juvenile sounding genre of music called jatz.'In early drafts of the script, R2-D2 could speak proper English, and had a rather foul vocabulary. Although all of R2s English speech was eventually removed, many of C-3POs reactions to it were left in. Suppose those beeps are substituting something or other. Ben Burtt claimed that R2-D2s voice was the most difficult challenge in his work on the original trilogy. He struggled to make it have character and personality, unhappy with what he tried on a small electronic synthesizer. The end result was 50% synthesizer and 50% Burtt doing baby-talk, as he considered R2-D2 to be like a toddler. Quite far from the filthy original vision indeed.