Choose the correct answer

1. The Star Wars films are _______ to have been inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s films Yojimbo and The Hidden Fortress.

a. say

b. said

c. saying

2. The name Jedi is said to have come from “Jidai Geki” (“period dramas”) which was the name ______ in Japan to films about samurai.

a. give

b. gave

c. given

3. Alec Guinness _____ played Obi-Wan Kenobi, is an anagram of “genuine class”.

a. who

b. where

c. what

4. George Lucas’s birthday is not May 4 ____ May 14. Star Wars films have always been launched in the week after that date.

a. that

b. but

c. because

5. In The Phantom Menace Yoda has three toes. But in three ______ films he has four.

a. late

b. later

c. latter

6. Commemorative Star Wars coins _______ legal tender on the Pacific island of Niue in 2011.

a. become

b. becoming

c. became

7. The phrase “I have a (very) bad feeling about this” is _____ in every Star Wars film.

a. speak

b. spoke

c. spoken

8. The name of R2-D2 was taken from the parlance of sound men in the film industry. It ______ the second reel of the second dialogue track.

a. mean

b. means

c. meant

9. The design of the Millennium Falcon spacecraft was based ____ a hamburger.

a. on

b. in

c. at

10. Yoda’s face (and particularly his eyes) are said to have ____ modelled on Albert Einstein’s.

a. be

b. was

c. been

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Activity 2: Video Practice

Watch this video and write down the 10 hidden Star Wars facts mentioned therein.