Written by 20-year Lucasfilm veteran Pablo Hidalgo, Star Wars: Fascinating Facts (Oct. 13, 2020) is a compendium hundreds of little-known facts about all nine episodes in the Skywalker Saga, including behind-the-scenes on-to stories about how the tale of Star Wars was created. Star Wars: Fascinating Facts profiles important characters takes a look at early drafts of scripts to show what might have been.

Just one of the many fascinating anecdotes included in the book, “Frank Oz was the voice and puppeteer of Piggy and Yoda. Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) was a big fan of the Muppets, so when Oz arrived on set, Hamill him to do his Miss Piggy voice, but Oz refused. A week later, during rehearsals, Oz was hidden underneath the holding up the Yoda puppet, which was ‘talking’ to Luke. ‘Follow your feelings, you must,’ Yoda said. Luke responded, am following my feelings!’ Just then, right next to Yoda, up popped Miss Piggy, who exclaimed, ‘You want feelings? show you feelings, punk! What is this hole? I’ve been booked in some dumps before, but never like this. Get agent on the phone!’”

With details of how famous scenes were filmed, and other firsthand accounts from cast and crew members Animation Supervisor Rob Coleman, Writer-Direction Rian Johnson, Actor Warwick Davis, and more, Star Wars:Fascinating Facts is the perfect gift for Star Wars fans of all ages.

Author Pablo Hidalgo has long been writing professionally about the depths and detail of the Star Wars saga, with supporting material for the original role-playing game. He has written numerous definitive guides on Star serves as a researcher for new storytellers developing film, TV, and other projects. He lives in San Francisco.

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