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I’ve got a couple of little Star Wars fans at home, playing lightsaber fights and making LEGO Star Wars stop motion films. As such, I’ve recently been subjected to a lot of Star Wars trivia. This can happen at any time, like at the breakfast table (Star Wars is currently a banned topic at the dinner table). Here’s just a small sample of all the SW facts that I’ve recently learned:

• The Jedi Master Kit Fisto was a Nautolan. His Padawan was Nahdar Vebb who was a Mon Calamari and was killed by General Grievous.

• There are many different, named styles of lightsaber combat. You can pretty easily tell that, for example, Anakin (Shien and Djem So variants of Form V) and Dooku (Makashi) have very different styles. One interesting but rare style is called Tràkata, and it involves turning the blade on and off during a fight.

• Darth Sidious’s master was Darth Plagueis, whose master was Darth Tenebrous.

• A Mon Calamari named Ephru Shinn temporarily replaced Yoda in the Jedi High Council in 232 BBY (Before the Battle of Yavin) when Yoda went on a sabbatical.

• Ahsoka Tano is a Togruta, like the Jedi Master Shaak Ti. Talking about Jedi Masters, Agen Kolar is a Zabrak, like the Sith Lord Darth Maul. Maul has a brother named Savage Opress.

So, that’s a few pieces of Star Wars trivia you’ll most likely never need, but who knows. Hopefully the links above didn’t send you too far into any rabbit holes – or rather any worm holes.