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Fact #4201
While filming in summer 2014, Harrison Ford broke his ankle on the door of the Millennium Falcon. About a year later, J.J. Abrams revealed that he broke his back while trying to help get Ford out from under the door.

Fact #4202
John Boyega was so nervous and frightened at the prospect of not getting the role that he didn't tell his parents that he had been cast until after a cast photo was posted online by the official Star Wars twitter page. 

Fact #4203
Mark Hamill rerecorded his monologue from Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi ("the Force is strong in my family") to be used in the teaser trailer, but it was decided to mix his newly recorded lines with those originally recorded, as a reverberation, so as to subtly tease his reprisal of his role.

Fact #4204
After he was cast, Oscar Isaac revealed to director J.J. Abrams that his uncle is a huge Star Wars fan. As a result, arrangements for Isaac's uncle to visit the film set were made. To the great surprise of both Isaac and his uncle, Abrams then asked if he would be interested in appearing in the film as an extra. Isaac's uncle quickly agreed. 

Fact #4205
Kevin Smith and Benedict Cumberbatch visited the set. Smith, infamous for his open and talkative nature, was forced to sign a non-disclosure agreement, and J.J. Abrams had World War 2 style propaganda posters titled "Loose Lips Sink Starships" hung up around the set as a reminder to Smith not to reveal spoilers for the film to the public. True to his word, the only tidbit Smith revealed about his visit was that he cried when he stood on the Millennium Falcon set, as it reminded him of how much he loved Star Wars as a child. 

Fact #4206
J.J. Abrams always wanted General Hux to be played by a young actor. He wanted the character to have a sense of tragedy and the fact that he appears to be too young to be in charge of a murderous group added to that. According to Abrams, the character's name was created after he noticed an old, abandoned grave site with the name Hux engraved on the stone.

Fact #4207
The symbols on the flags hanging outside Maz Kanata's castle include Boba Fett's Mythosaur skull, Ziro the Hutt's Black Sun tattoo and Hondo Ohnaka's pirate symbol. There is also the symbol of the 501st Legion on one of the flags. The 501st is an international fan-based organization dedicated to the construction and wearing of screen-accurate replicas of Imperial Stormtrooper armor, Sith Lords, Clone Troopers, bounty hunters, and other villains from the Star Wars universe. The 501st Legion also refers to an in-canon Clone War regiment that gained the name "Vader's Fist", as they were utilized by Darth Vader when he turned on the Jedi Order, during the first years of the Empire.

Fact #4208
Because of the secretive nature surrounding the film, several cast members found out that they had gotten parts in the film with very short notice. Domhnall Gleeson found out the day after he auditioned which was only one day before the table read. Oscar Isaac found out only several hours before the table read and was instructed to wait in a London hotel room to receive a call telling him whether he was to go downstairs and into a waiting car that would take him to the table read or book a flight back to the United States. 

Fact #4209
The first Star Wars film to not have Kenny Baker cast as R2-D2. He is however credited as R2-D2 Consultant. 

Fact #4210
Rey continues the tradition of disparaging the Millennium Falcon when she calls it "garbage." In the original trilogy, Luke calls the Millennium Falcon a "piece of junk" and Leia refers to it as a "bucket of bolts."

Fact #4211
In an interview with Daisy Ridley during Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) press tour, she recounted her first day on set, where she nearly had a panic attack when her performance wasn't up to snuff. This is what Ridley said about the first day on set: "I was petrified. I thought I was gonna have a panic attack on the first day...J.J. [Abrams] ...he probably doesn't remember telling me that my performance was wooden. This was my first day! And I honestly wanted to die. I thought I was gonna cry, I couldn't breathe". 

Fact #4212
When Finn bumps against the Dejarik (Chess) table, the game that appears is the same game played by Chewbacca and R2-D2 in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). The small creature that was thrown to the ground by the considerably larger creature is seen getting back to its feet and then smashing his larger opponent with a mace-like weapon. 

Fact #4213
George Lucas, while maintaining that he was at peace relinquishing his material, admitted to having mixed feelings before seeing the film, likening the experience to attending an ex-wife's wedding. 

Fact #4214
Stormtroopers are seen using flamethrowers for the first time in this film - this method explains the state Luke finds his home in during A New Hope. 

Fact #4215
Elizabeth Olsen, Jennifer Lawrence and Shailene Woodley were considered for the role of Rey. Olsen refused the audition for role because she already had a contract with "Marvel Studios" for the role of Scarlet Witch in the Avengers' franchise and because the shoot dates for "The Force Awakens" overlapped with Age of Ultron. 

Fact #4216
By signing on to direct this film, J.J. Abrams became the first director to direct a Star Trek (2009) film and a Star Wars film. 

Fact #4217
Carrie Fisher and Ellen DeGeneres gave away tickets for the premiere show dressed up as Princess Leia at the side of the road stopping people as they were driving. 

Fact #4218
The Millennium Falcon has a rectangular antenna in The Force Awakens. That's because it lost its original antenna in the Battle of Endor in 'Return of the Jedi'. 

Fact #4219
Joel Edgerton was considered for the role of Poe Dameron even though he had already appeared in the franchise as Luke's adoptive uncle Owen Lars in Episodes II and III. 

Fact #4220
This was the first live-action Star Wars movie to be released in December. All previous ones had been released in May. 

Fact #4221
The character of Maz Kanata was based on J.J. Abrams' former English teacher, Rose Gilbert, whose large glasses apparently also matched those of Maz. When beginning pre-production, it as revealed that production designer, Rick Carter also had Gilbert as a teacher and when coming up with the design of Maz, tried to contact Gilbert to let her know but sadly she had passed away at the age of 95. 

Fact #4222
The first Star Wars film since Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) in which Yoda does not appear, though dialogue of Yoda is heard during Rey's Force vision. 

Fact #4223
Rey's outfit is inspired by early drawings from Star Wars concept artist Ralph McQuarrie for Luke Skywalker at a point when Lucas and McQuarrie were playing with the idea of making Luke a woman. 

Fact #4224
Seven different BB-8 units were used in the making of the film. 

Fact #4225
During a scene as Finn and Rey return to Jakku, she mentions a place called Liwa Outpost. It is a nod to the Liwa Desert where the planet Jakku is filmed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 

Fact #4226
Lando Calrissian's co-pilot, Nien Nunb, makes an appearance as a Resistance fighter along with the puppeteer who originally controlled the character, Mike Quinn. 

Fact #4227
According to the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary", the helmet Rey wears belonged to an X-wing pilot named Captain Dosmit Ræh, who flew for the Tierfon Yellow Aces. 

Fact #4228
Despite claiming to have never met a Resistance fighter, it appears that Rey has had other run-ins with the New Republic, since she crafted a small Alliance pilot doll that can be seen in her quarters on Jakku. 

Fact #4229
In the beginning of the film, Kylo Ren tells General Hux that it would have been wiser to use clones rather than ordinary people as Stormtroopers. In the prequels, Clone Troopers were the soldiers for the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars. 

Fact #4230
Remember the scene where Rey uses the force to activate the "Jedi Mind Powers" to convince the StormTropper to release her and drop his weapon? That Stormtropper was played by none other than Daniel Craig, the current actor of James Bond.  

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