Fabrics & Materials
What is the C-3PO robot (Return of the Jedi) plating made of?
Brass
Which actor appears in all 9 movies?
The actor playing C-3PO, Anthony Daniels
Where did Yoda go for his exile?
Dagobah
What orbit/type of satellite runs satellite TV broadcasts and stay at the equator?
GEO
Due to the absence of atmospheric oxygen, two metals touching each other in space will bond in a process known as?
Cold welding
Name a fur included in Chewbacca’s costume.
Yak, rabbit, mohair (Angora goat hair)
Which line is a line in every movie that ends with panning to a space shot?
“I’ve got a bad feeling about this”
What is the name of the planet destroyed by the Death Star in A New Hope?
Alderaan
What is the third brightest object in the night sky?
ISS
Which Star wars prop was sent to space in 2007?
Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber
The blanket Yoda dies using is a ___ belonging to ___
Robe, Qui Gon
Which popular Disney character inspired JarJar?
Goofy
Name of the bar (cantina) in A New Hope
Mos Eisley Cantina
What is currently the largest telescope in orbit?
JWST (James Webb Space Telescope)
Which space probe is furthest out in space and (as of the beginning of this year) still returning data?
Voyager 1
Star Wars costuming can be rich and elegant – or sometimes very simplistic. What pants is Luke wearing in Episode 4?
Levi’s jeans
There is a species in the senate scenes in the prequels that exists in another science fiction movie, released in 1982. What is the movie?
E.T.
Chewbacca’s home planet?
Kashyyyk
The United States has a Global Navigation Satellite System, called GPS. What is the European Union’s equivalent called?
Galileo
What percentage of the universe (approximate) do astronomers think we can detect – the rest being categorized loosely as dark matter or dark energy?
5%
What is Yoda’s head (Empire Strikes Back) made of?
Green foam latex & fiberglass
Garindan (A New Hope) is a masked spy character with goggles and a long snout. Who voiced him?
John Wayne
Where were most of the scenes for Tatooine filmed in A New Hope?
Death Valley National Park
What is the oldest man-made satellite still in orbit?
Vanguard 1
NASA recently announced new technology is ready for launch that uses the pressure of sunlight for propulsion. What is this method called?
Solar sailing