About Tocneppil, ducks & dogs: nuances between the novel and the movie: 'Star Wars A New Hope'

Originally created on May 31, 2006


Last week I decided to pick up an old friend. The novelisation of 'Star Wars' was the first novel I ever read and now I thought it was time to read it again. Although the cover says George Lucas himself wrote it, it was actually Alan Dean Foster who ghostwrote the novel from the script. It's a novel every fan should have read and in this blog you'll see why you should. 

In this blog entry, I have studied the nuances and differences between the novel and the movie 'Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope'. These differences include changes in quotes, deleted scenes, added planets, added characters, added information, etc ... I've come to the conclusion that these changes are weird, funny and interesting. 

PROLOGUE: The novels starts with one of the most bizarre and interesting pieces ever written in 'SW'-literature. If you read it you already know the rough layout of the prequels. I never understood the wild speculations about prequel stories on the Internet. The true story was right before our own eyes, but nobody knew, because they hadn't read it. I have quoted a small piece of it: "So it was with the Republic at its height. Like the greatest of trees, able to withstand any external attack, the Republic rotted from within though the danger was not visible from outside. Aided and abetted by restless, power-hungry individuals within the government, and the massive organs of commerce, the ambitious Senator Palpatine caused himself to be elected President of the Republic ... Having exterminated through treachery and deception the Jedi Knights, guardians of justice in the galaxy, the Imperial Governors and bureaucrats prepared to instute a reign of terror...". 

What's also notable is that this is the only official time the 'Journal of the Whills' is mentioned. The prologue is an excerpt 'From the First Saga'. This Journal could be some kind of history of the 'SW'-galaxy, written many, many years after the Galactic Civil War. Also pay attention to a neat quote by Princess Leia that concludes the prologue: "They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Naturally they became heroes."

CHAPTER I
* Threepio says: "There'll be no escape for the Captain this time". This line explains better why Threepio has never heard nor seen the Princess. This behaviour was explained in the Radio Drama.
* Deleted Scene: Threepio tumbles into wires of the Tantive IV. He calls Artoo a 'half-sized thermocapsulary dehousing assister'.
* Character: Lieutenant Hija is mentioned being the gunner who reported there was another Escape Pod flying away from the Tantive IV.

CHAPTER II
* In the book, Luke is introduced much earlier than in the movie. The chapter starts with threeDeleted Scenes: Luke & Treadwell, Luke arrives at Tosche Station, Luke and his friends look at the sky. The book says that Luke is 20 years (he's twice the age of the ten-year old Vaporator). The Fixer, Camie, Deak, Windy and Biggs Darklighter are also mentioned.
* Creatures: 'Sandflies buzzed lazily in the cracked eaves of pour stone buildings. A dog barked in the distance ...'. This is mentioned when Luke is about to enter Anchorhead. But then again we knew that dogs were known in the SW universe "Die, Jedi-dogs!" (C-3PO / Battle Droid).
* Creature: "I thought you'd be here with these other two nightcrawlers" (Biggs).
* Vehicle: Biggs reports that he has been made First Mate on the Rand Ecliptic.
* Have you ever noticed that there is a red glow behind Vader's eyes in 'ANH'? 'Above her towered the threatening bulk of Darth Vader, red eyes glaring...'
* When Vader is questioning Leia, she dares to spit at his mask.
* The novel gives the full version of the official statement of what happened to the Tantive IV: "Send out a wide-band distress signal. Indicate that the Senator's ship encountered an unexpected meteorite cluster it could not avoid... Inform her father and the Senate that all aboard were killed." (Darth Vader)
* The novel also explains what the Empire did to the Tantive IV: "Vaporize this fighter - we don't want to leave anything". (Darth Vader)
* Then comes another famous Deleted Scene where Luke and Biggs say goodbye.
* Planet: "A friend of mine from the Academy has a friend on Bestine who might enable us to make contact with an armed rebel unit." Bestine is the homeplanet of Jek Porkins and Zev Senesca.

CHAPTER III
* The Imperial briefing takes place much sooner in the novel. During the conversation the lines from Tagge, Motti and Tarkin are often changed. Its Tagge who gets Force choked. 
* Character: "I beg to differ with you, Romodi" (Tagge). Romodi is an Imperial Officer who says a line that belongs to Motti in the movie. Romodi could be one of two unknown Imperials during the conference.
* During this scene, Vader grabs a cup with the Force. What he was planning to do with that is unknown.
* 'Hidden Fortress': Tagge snares that Vader hasn't been able to find the Rebel's hidden fortress. This could well be a link to Kurosawa's movie, which has been of great influence to Lucas. It's not the only time 'hidden fortress' is used in the novel.
* The Jawas only auction five Droids in the novel.
* Technology: 'A few seconds later they were striding down a ramp kept clear of drifting sand by electrostatic repellers'.
* Threepio says he's a third degree Droid to Luke. According to 'SW'-lore Droids are divided into five-degree classes. Luke actually mentions the name Tatooine when Threepio wants to know on which planet he's.
* The famous line that Leia speaks in her holo message has been slightly changed. In the novel she says "Obi-Wan Kenobi, help me! You're my only remaining hope".
* The name Obi-Wan is always spelled: 'Obi-wan' in the novel.
* Character: "Our last master was Captain Colton" (C-3PO). Instead of Antilles, Colton is the master of the droids in the novel. This - of course - is a wonderful link to the character in 'RotS'.
* In the novel Luke explains a bit more about what he knows of Ben Kenobi: "He's kind of a local character - a hermit. Uncle Owen and a few of the other farmers say he's a sorcerer. He comes around once in a while to trade things. I hardly ever talk to him, though. My uncle usually runs him off."

CHAPTER IV
* Contrary to the movie, the character of 'Tank' (Janek Sunber) is not mentioned by Luke.
* Droid: "Astromech droid are becoming too iconoclastic even for me to understand, sometimes" (C-3PO). The name 'Astromech Droid' already appeared in the novel it seems.
* The "Look, sir. Droids!" scene where the Sandtroopers discover the pod takes place much later in the movie. It takes place after Owen finds out that Luke has gone out with the droids in the morning.
* Creature: '... that Threepio might not know a Bantha from a panda'. Now, we know what a Bantha is, but what is a panda? This earth creature must somehow have found its way into the SW universe as well.

CHAPTER V
* This is quite funny. "I can't seem to remember owning a droid, least of all a modern Artoo Unit" (Ben Kenobi). Obi-Wan's memory must really be fading away because these modern Artoo Units were exactly the same when he was still a Padawan learner.
* Creature: "That's a Krayt Dragon call!" (Luke). The novel explains what Ben's call really was.
* In Obi-Wan's hut, the message that Artoo carries is played before Kenobi explains to Luke who his father really was.
* In Leia's holo message, the name Bail Organa is mentioned: "I break your solitude at the bidding of my father, Bail Organa, Viceroy and First Chairman of the Alderaan system" (Leia).
* Obi-Wan smokes a waterpipe (hookah) in the novel. That would have been a neat link to 'Lawrence of Arabia' where Guinness plays the Arabian prince Feisal.
* Creature: "Still, even a duck has to be taught to swim" (Obi-Wan) and Luke responds, "What's a duck". 
* Another weird thing Obi-Wan says: "Your father's Lightsaber. At one time they were widely used. Still are, in certain galactic quarters." I wonder where that's supposed to be... Two of the four remaining Jedi / Sith never use their Lightsaber in the classics (Sidious & Yoda).
* Technology: 'Anyone can use a blaster or fusioncutter...'
* Kenobi does say some very interesting stuff about the Jedi: "In many ways they were too good, too trusting for their own health. They put too much trust in the stability of the Republic, failing to realise that while the body might be sound, the head was growing diseased and feeble, leaving it open to manipulation by such as the Emperor".
* At Leia's torture, Tarkin is present as well.

CHAPTER VI
* Creatures: 'He would consign no one to the bone-gnawers and gravelmaggots, not even a filthy Jawa'. These creatures are mentioned when the dead Jawa corpses are being burned.
* Location: "No ... no, we live in the west, near Bestine Township". (Luke to Sandtrooper patrol) This is the 2nd time Bestine is mentioned. This however, is the official capital city of Tatooine, named after the planet.
* Characters: "Corellians - pirates, most likely" (Obi-Wan). The novel says that Ben talks to Corellians before talking to Chewbacca. This implies that Bo Shek is indeed Corellian.
* The name Wookiee is always spelled with one 'e'. This could be the result of George Lucas' spelling that seemed to be always changing in the drafts.
* Ponda Baba and Dr Evazan are not the same in the novel. Here, Luke's attacked by three goons: a large squarish monstrosity of multiple eyes, a cross between a capybara and a small baboon and a short grubby-looking human. The two aliens are halved and the human has its arm cut off.
* Character: 'At their approach the man sent the humanoid wench who had been wiggling on his lap on her way'. The man is Han Solo and the wench could be 'Jenny', one of Solo's girlfriends who appeared in the Cantina Deleted Scene.
* Han Solo says they will be leaving in the morning instead of immediately after the encounter in the cantina.

CHAPTER VII
* Wioslea (name not mentioned in the novel) is here believed to be a male by Luke. It seems Luke has a lot to learn about Vuvrian sexes.
* The Deleted Scene with Jabba the Hutt (that was inserted once more during the SE and the dvd editions) is also present.
* Hutt is spelled with one 't'. Same explanation as Wookiee
* In the dialogue, Han agrees to have Jabba 20% instead of 15% from the final version.
* Deleted Scene: Here's the rough scene between Chief Bast and Vader that can be seen in the Holiday Special where the two are talking about the Rebel Base. It takes place right after Jabba has left Docking Bay 94.
* More Star Destroyers join the hunt for the Falcon in the novel and 'jump to Hyperspace' is called supralight jump.
* Creature: 'Oddly, Luke was thinking of a dog he had once owned ...' Yep ... here it is again: Canis lupus familiaris.
* Creature: '...wrenched at the ship's hull with a strength of a fallen angel'. Now this is interesting because we know Angels exist on the Moons of Iego.
* The destruction of Alderaan is not really 'shown' in the novel as in the movie. The scene where Obi-Wan feels the destruction of Alderaan is not in the novel.

CHAPTER VIII
* Character: "Yes, what is it, Cass" (Tarkin). Officer Cass is mentioned, the high ranking officer who told Tarkin that Dantooine was deserted.
* Character: "THX-1138, why aren't you at your post? THX-1138, do you copy" (Lt. Treidum). In the novel TK-421 was called THX-1138. No reason to explain why. I'm happy they replaced it, because the Belgian Fanclub would have been named differently.
* When Ben leaves Luke at the Death Star, he does not say "The Force will be with you. Always".
* Technology & Food: "... I traded it for a ten-carat Chrysopaz and three bottles of good brandy ..." (Han Solo)
* Planet: "I traded it for a ten-carat Chrysopaz and three bottles of good brandy about five years ago on Commenor" (Han Solo). Commenor is a planet in the Colonies near Corellia and Neimoidia.

CHAPTER IX
* Character: "Prisoner transfer from block TS-138" (TK-421). Where the real link to THX is in the movie, this was no THX reference in the novel.
* Vader speaks highly of his former master: "He is the last of the Jedi - and the greatest". If only Obi-Wan could have heard that.
* Luke is the last one to jump in the Trash Compactor in the novel
* Something strange is written when Threepio and Artoo are to leave the Docking Bay patrol room where they tricked Stormtroopers to head to the prison levels. When two (instead of one) guards remain, the novel says: '... it occurred to the guard that the taller of the two droids was of a type he had never seen before.' This trooper must have been freshly squeezed from the clone labs for sure.
* The number of the Trash Compactor is different. In the novel its: 366117891 instead of 3263827.

CHAPTER X
* Even wondered what happened to the real TK-421 and TK-422? The novel says they were found, unconsciously in the service lockers of the Falcon. It still doesn't explain what happened to the scanning crew, though.
* Location: "Getting back to the ship's going to be like flying through the five Fire Rings of Fornax" (Han Solo). Another great Solo quote from the novel where he mentions something that has widely been ignored ever since in the 'SW'-universe.
* When Leia and Luke are to make their swing across the chasm, the bridge only seems to work in one direction, so the explanation used in the movie (Luke shot it) isn't used here. In the novel Luke has to throw his cable two times before it remains stuck. There are also no Stormtroopers firing at them from a higher ledge.
* Character: "Of course I can find the ship from here - Corellians can't get lost. Tocneppildoesn't count; he wasn't Corellian. Besides, I was drunk." (Han Solo). A marvellous quote where a character is mentioned that has never been seen afterwards in the 'SW' lore.

CHAPTER XI
* Planet: 'Yavin was not a habitable world. The huge gas giant was patterned with pastel high-altitude cloud formations...' The novel gives a detailed description of the planet Yavin. Grant Boucher (author of Galaxy Guide 1) once told me that because he had forgotten this passage WEG had skipped his Yavin passage in 'Planets of the Galaxy 1'. Grant had portrayed Yavin to be a Martian world colored in red hues.
* Commander Willard and General Jan Dodonna are mentioned. 
* During the briefing its Red Leader (Garven Dreis) who asks what good are snub fighter going to be against the Death Star. In the movie its Gold Leader (Jon Vander) who asks this.
* During the Battle of Yavin, the novel implies that there are 4 squadrons participating. "Yellow squadron will cover for Red on the first run. Green will cover for Blue on the second" (Dodonna).
* In the novel Blue Squadron is the name of Red Squadron and Red Squadron is the name for Gold Squadron.
* Leia says 'May the Force be with you' to Luke when he departs from Yavin 4.
* Deleted Scene: The scene where Biggs and Luke meet each other at Yavin is longer in the novel than it is in the SE or dvd editions. In this scene Red Leader speaks to his newest pilot.
* Ship: "Have you been checked out on the Incom T-65?" (Garven Dreis).
* "I met your father once when I was just a boy, Luke. He was a great pilot. You'll do all right out there. If you've got half your father's skill, you'll do a damn sight better than all right" (Garven Dreis). Red Leader actually flew with Anakin during the Battle of Virujansi during the Clone Wars. It would be the same Anakin Skywalker who would spell certain doom for Red Leader during the battle.
* The slogan of Luke and Biggs is also present in the novel: "We're a couple of shooting starts that can't be stopped'. In the movie 'they'll never stop is, is all that remains.
* In the novel there is no Death Star countdown as there is in the movie.

CHAPTER XII
* Characters: "Execute" Blue Leader commanded, when John D. and Piggy had indicated their readiness. Piggy could be Jek Porkins.
* Character: "You pinned it, Pops,' Red Leader admitted. Pops is the nickname for Gold 5: Davish Krail.
* Creature: "We're sitting ducks down here," (Jon Vander). This is the 1st time this expression is used in the 'SW'-universe.
* Character: "Sorry ... it's your baby now. So long, Dave..." (Davish Krail). Since he's talking to Garven Dreis, you could assume that Dave is a nickname for Garven. Perhaps Krail was talking to himself and saying goodbye to Dave (his son? Friend? lover?).
* The death of Biggs is portrayed more dramatically in the novel. Luke gets tears in his eyes when Wedge reports that Biggs has died.

CHAPTER XIII
* Threepio walks along Luke, Han and Chewbacca during the Yavin Ceremony. He does step aside to take place beside Artoo.
* And finally ... Chewie gets his medal in the novel!

I hope you have enjoyed this blog entry. If you know any important changes that I have forgotten to mention over here, please let me know.

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Star Wars & Prehistory

I never thought I'd ever combine these two together. When I was a kid, I was really into dinosaurs and other prehistoric life. Remember, this was in the early eighties and there was absolutely to dinosaur revival. I always thought I was going to be a palaeontologist, but chemistry and biology weren't my favourite subjects in school. Besides dinosaurs, other prehistoric life has also captured my interest. Life in the ancient oceans and the prehistoric mammals, that lived after the dinosaurs, are just as interesting. 

In this blog I've tried to collect the visual (and sometimes other) links between the 'SW'-movies and prehistoric fauna. I have tried to stay away from concept art as much as possible.

A NEW HOPE
# Casts of Apatosaurus bones were used as the bones for the Krayt Dragon that lies in the desert on Tatooine when Threepio passes.
# The word Ronto hails from Brontosaurus (the former name of Apatosaurus)

THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
# The Bog-Wings of Dagobah look a lot like certain shot headed species of Pterosaurs like Anurognathus.

RETURN OF THE JEDI
# The Chevin Ephant Mon resembles the prehistoric elephant Platybelodon.

THE PHANTOM MENACE
# The Opee Sea Killer doesn't look exactly like a Dunkleosteus, a gigantic fish from the Devonian era, but his armoured head and jaws does remind me of the fish. In fact, the entire sea life of Naboo in the Caves of Eleuabad is reminiscent of the dangerous ancient oceans that contained enormous predators such as Liopleurodon, Kronosaurus, Elasmosaurus, gigantic sharks (Megalodon) and huge crocodiles.
# The Falumpaset from Naboo looks a bit like a hairless Moropus and Ancylotherium, two mammals that lived during the Miocene era.
# The Ikopi doesn't have the thin neck of Syndyoceras or Synthetoceras (Miocene), but both wear strange antlers at the head.
# The Pikobis looks like small therapod dinosaurs such as Compsognathus or Coelophysis, but only with a very sharp birdlike beak. These dinosaurs could have been feathered for they were the ancestors of the birds.
# The Kaadu also resembled therapod dinosaurs, the Ornithomimidae, consisting of bird like species like Gallimimus and Ornithomimus. Only the Kaadu had no pair of front paws. 
# The Gorg shares a clear resemblance to the Amphibian creature calledDiplocaulusthat lived in the Carboniferous and the Permian eras.
# The species of the Nosaurian are perhaps a fine example what might have happened if the dinosaurs had continued to live. Not only is their name reminding us of their heritage, their horned head looks a lot like an evolved ceratopsian such as Styracosaurus or Centrosaurus.

Note: When 'TPM' was released, it seemed that the final Naboo celebration looked a lot like a scene from the Dinotopia series. George Lucas himself gave a call to the makers of Dinotopia to tell them about his concern about this sequence.
http://www.dinotopia.com/statement.html

ATTACK OF THE CLONES
# The Kouhuns remind us of the gigantic insects, myriapods and arachnids from thecarboniferous era.
# The Reek may look like a rhinoceros or a triceratops, it's basic idea was actually aPlacerias from the Triassic era.
# The head of the Vurk species resembles the head of the Hadrosaurian Parasaurolophus.

REVENGE OF THE SITH
# The large Dactillion from Utapau looks like enormous pterosaurs such as Quetzalcoatlusor Ornithocheirus.
# The Can-cell is a gigantic dragonfly from Kashyyyk but during the carboniferous period, there live a dragonfly with a wingspan of 75 cm called Meganeura.

BATTLE FOR ENDOR
# I wanted to include this creature from the spin-offs as well.The Boar-Wolf from Caravan of Courage reminds me of the Entelodonts, giant omnivorous pig like beasts such asDinohyus.

In the Droid animated species you will also find creatures such as the Miridon and the Shamunaar that really resemble prehistoric creatures.

If you know more species or creatures from the 'SW' movies or spin-offs that resemble prehistoric creatures, please let me know.

Unnamed Characters in the Star Wars Movies

In this blog entry I've collected the most important characters that still haven't received a proper name. Of course these characters do not have a prominent role, but are clearly visible in the Saga. 

UNKNOWN CHARACTERS / CREATURES
The Phantom Menace
Gungans:
* Gungans who guard Jar Jar Binks in High Tower Boardroom

Theed:
* Some members of Naboo Advisory Council: tall bearded man & female
* Officers and Guards on Naboo 
* Citizens of Theed at the Celebration (behind Amidala)
* Gungans playing instruments at celebration
* Neimoidians without any headgear.

Mos Espa:
* Droids in Watto's shop (R1, Otoga, Protocol Droid)
* Aleena tourists on Mos Espa
* Small man (played by Warwick Davis) on Mos Espa 
* Pacithhip who passes by with a Dewback on Mos Espa
* Bald human who receives money from Watto after the Podrace
* Nikto Guard of Jabba the Hutt 
* Boonta Race Musicians & spectators of the Boonta Eve
* Dignitaries behind Gardulla
* Some podrace technicians (Pacithhip, Gran, Aleena)

Coruscant:
* Aqualish / Aleena / Xexto & Ithorian Senators 
* Sy Myrthian / Wookiee / Swokes Swokes / Quarren & Roonian Consorts 
* Human senator wears kind of a drape around him with squares. Seen on 'Insider's Guide' cd-rom
* One of the Neimoidian Senatorial Aides 
* Palace Guard who said: "Boy to see Padmé"

Naboo Battle:
* Gungan Guard on statue with Gungan farseein 
* Gungans on Fambaa & Falumpaset 
* Gungan soldiers (blowing the huge horn)
* Neimoidians without any hats in Theed Palace
* Royal Naboo Forces

Attack of the Clones
Coruscant: 
* Naboo Soldiers that escort Cordé (the Lieutenant has been named)
* Gossam, Neimoidian & Ishi Tib that watch Zam's speeder crash 
* Some Outlander Club Patrons 
* Bear Clan members
* Balosar Jedi in Temple
* Refugees in Jendirian Vallery

Naboo:
* Residents of Theed and Theed Palace (Handmaidens)
* Who are all the Naboo Advisory Council members this time ?

Tatooine:
* Mos Espa residents

Geonosis
* Consort of Shu Mai 
* Background Jedi on Geonosis

Revenge of the Sith
Coruscant:
* Some Senators that await the return of Palpatine
* Droids that await the return of Palpatine
* Aliens visible in the Coruscant Opera House

Utapau:
* Utau & Pau'ans

Felucia:
* What are the flying creatures called?

Saleucami:
* Neyo's companion has a number, but does he also have a name?
* What are the flying creatures called?

Kashyyyk:
* Wookiees
* What's Gree's second in command called, the green Scout Trooper?

Mustafar:
* Do the Mustafarians have particular names? Who are they?
* Neimoidian guards & other CIS dignitaries without a name

Tantive IV:
* Copilot of the Tantive IV

A New Hope
Rebel Blockade Runner:
# Who are all those imprisoned Rebel Fleet Troopers in Tantive IV ?

Tatooine:
# Power Droid in Lars Homestead

Mos Eisley
# Who's the Swoop Mercenary who nearly crashed into the Ronto ? 
# The Mos Eisley guy: the one that keeps coming back for more
# R1 Droid at Mos Eisley & several other Droids.
# When the Landspeeder has stopped at Chalmun's Cantina and Luke asks Ben Kenobi how they got passed the Troopers, you can see a Bespin Air-Taxi. Underneath the Speeder is a small man. Who is he?

Mos Eisley Cantina: More than 70 characters have got their proper names. Due to the early Elstree scenes, there are still several characters who don't have a name. Most of the time, they're seen on the left side. 
# The left side in the Cantina is terribly dark. There are three Spacers. One is Danz Borin, but who are the other two? One wears a yellow spacesuit and even sits next to Borin. 
# There's a strange spacer (no. 3) behind Ben in the Cantina when he's talking to Han. 
# There is the unknown Moisture Farmer with the white blouse who stood next to the Tonnika Sisters. He often gets a fanon name on websites but it's unofficial.
# There is an ugly balding guy standing next to the Tonnika Sisters. Who's he?
# Who are the 2 guys who walk in the Cantina before Ben, Luke and the Droids enter. 

Streets of Mos Eisley:
# All of Jabba's Henchmen had been named in Docking Bay 94, except for the big one with his beard. Who is he? 
# Rodians in Docking Bay 94. 
# Who is the Saurin in the Mos Eisley streets. You can see him when Garindan starts to follow Ben and Luke.
# "Ralltiir Freighter Captain" (given this name by Decipher)
# Several Mos Eisley residents 

Death Star: 
# In the Death Star Conference Room are the most prominent Officers present. However, there is one man that has not been named. He is balding and not very young (not Officer Cass !). Perhaps he's Motti's or Bast's aide since he can also be seen (his back) in the central control tower.
# Officer in Death Star Conference Room who sits with his back to the door opening (not Cass). 
# When the Falcon has just arrived in the Death Star there is a scène where an Officer without any rank insignia's says to Stormtroopers "Come with me". He should be a Stormtrooper Officer. 
# Who are the Scanning Crew who checked the Falcon for life readings ? 
# Lt. Pol Treidum is accompanied in the control Room by an unknown Officer. This is the only time an Officer is seen with only two Rank Insignia markings.
# Many older unknown Officers pass by (one ISB as well) while the heroes march to AA-23. Perhaps off-duty Pilots or NCO's.
# Officer who gets shot down in the cellbay of AA-23.

Rebel Alliance:
# Who is the Rebel Officer who accompanied Leia when she kissed Luke good luck on Yavin 4? Is he from Alderaan? What is his rank? I don't think he's got a very high rank, since we cannot see him in the Briefing or during the battle. Perhaps he commanded another department of the Yavin base? I do remember seeing him when Luke returned after the battle.
# Who's the engineer who asks Luke if he wants a new Artoo Unit? 
# Who is the one who takes care of Artoo after the Battle? 
# What are Garven Dreis' black Arfive Unit and Wedge's Artoo Unit called? 
# Most unknown characters come from the Yavin 4 scene where Dodonna briefs the Rebel Pilots. Most of the Pilots' faces did not appear in the movie, but they were filmed.
# What are the names of the Communication Technicians / Officers who follow the Yavin Battle from Base One? 
# At the Celebration on Yavin 4 stands an unknown Officer at the right. He's got no beard or moustache. 
# During the Celebration there is also a very stern looking technician in the back and a female one as well who hands the medals to Dodonna. Who are they?

The Empire Strikes Back
Hoth:
# In the Echo Base are several Rebel Officers without a name. There is an older, balding Rebel Major who can be seen when Han tells Leia about the Probe Droid 
# There is also a Rebel General who can be seen when Star Destroyers were spotted in Sector 4.
# Not only does R-3PO wonder around in the Echo Base, there is another Protocol Droid at Echo Base.
# Shawn Valdez talks to two other Soldiers. Who are they ? 
# Who are all the Rebel Pilots, except for Kesin Ommis, Hobbie, Wes Janson and Dak Ralter. Who from these Pilots are Tarrin Datch, Zev Kabir, Kit Valent & Tenk Lenso ? 
# Who is the Rebel Trooper who fired the Atgar Anti Vehicle Laser Cannon? 
# Who is the Rebel Trooper Officer who shouted "Come on!". Is he Colonel Ledick Firest?
# What's the name of the Snowtrooper Officer who entered Veers' Cockpit ? 

Imperial Fleet:
# Who are the Holographic Officers? One of them is Needa ...
# Who's the older Officer who stands next to Needa? He could be Needa's Lieutenant. 
# At the end of ESB, when the Falcon has escaped, there is an Officer behind Piett. He wears an insignia with 8 squares and 1 Code Cylinder. He should be a General.

Cloud City:
# On Cloud City many Wing Guards, Ugnaughts and residents haven't got a name ...
# What about the Protocol Droid in Background (not E-3PO) when Lando invites his guests for a little refreshment. What about the children in that scène ? 
# What about the man who wears the same outfit as Lobot ?

Alliance:
# What type of ships are in the Rebel Fleet at end of ESB ? There is the Redemption, several Medium Transports, Y-Wings and X-Wings. What type ar the other Bulk Freighters? Assault Frigates?

Return of the Jedi
Jabba's Palace: More than 100 characters have got a name but not all of them:
# H'nemthe at Jabba's Palace (seen when Luke and Han are brought before the Hutt) 
# Aqualish at Jabba's Palace (seen in the same scène) 
# Crew of Second Skiff. There are two unknown Humans, a 'Geranian' (species of Sgt Doallyn) and a Kajain'sa Nikto.
# Human on Sail Barge who fires Sail Barge Cannon
# Human on Sail Barge who confronts Luke (not Garen)
# There is a 2nd Rodian in Jabba's Palace besides Beedo.
# The Nimbanel in Jabba's Palace looks a lot like Mosep Binneed from ANH
# Gamorreans (?)
# Prisoners in the Dungeon
# Name of tortured Protocol Droid
# Species of Dungeon Rats
# Species of Desert Rodent (gets eaten by Worrt)

Home One & Alliance: 
# Several Rebel Pilots at Home One: Y-Wing / A-Wing / B-Wing and X-Wing Pilots 
# 1 Rebel General at Home One behind Mon Mothma 
# Mon Calamari at Home One behind Mon Mothma
# Rebel Dignitaries at Home One behind Lando 
# Female Dignitaries behind Ackbar 
# Dresselian with Black Cape at Home One who enters Tydirium, also seen at the Endor celebration 
# Ishi Tib in Home One
# Rebel Technicians at Home One 
# Astromechs at Home One
# Rebel Commandoes: Black Rebel Commando on Endor & Home One / Bearded Commando with long jacket, seen on promotional pictures

Ewoks: No ... not all of them 
# Ewok mother 
# Ewok smoking pipe 
# Dead Ewok 
# Ewok in Hang Glider 

# Endor Iguana
# Endor Bait

Imperials:
# Death Star Controller / Trooper: "The deflector shield will be deactivated when we have..." 
# Officer in Executor Pit, played by Alan Flyng: "Sir, we've just lost our Bridge Deflector Shield." 
# "Big" Mouse Droid present in Death Star Docking, black Arfive Unit
# Two remaining Imperial Advisors
# Officer with Insignia who shouts on Endor "Bring those two down here ..."

Please refer from using any non-official names coming from Red 6 of other websites that invent their own names.