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Star Wars Trivia Questions
Questions on the Star Wars films, from the 1977 original through the prequels and the sequel trilogy. Characters, the actors who played them, the ships, the planets and the people behind the camera.
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Star Wars began as a single 1977 film and grew into a nine-part story told across three trilogies, plus a run of spin-offs. For a quiz, the films are the safest ground: they are finished, widely seen, and full of answerable detail about who played whom, which planet is which and who sat in the director's chair.
This round sticks to the numbered films. The easy questions cover the faces and places almost everyone recognises, the medium band moves into the prequel cast and the directors of the original trilogy, and the hard round asks about council members, bounty hunters and homeworlds. Notes under each answer explain the reasoning, which matters here more than in most topics because Star Wars fans argue from memory and are often confidently wrong about release titles.
Characters: star wars trivia questions
Han Solo's Wookiee co-pilot is called what?
Answer: Chewbacca EasyChewbacca was played in the original trilogy by Peter Mayhew.
Which astromech droid travels alongside the protocol droid C-3PO?
Answer: R2-D2 EasyBB-8 is the rolling droid introduced in the sequel trilogy, not the original films.
Which horned Sith apprentice with red and black facial markings appears in The Phantom Menace?
Answer: Darth Maul MediumMaul was played by Ray Park and voiced by Peter Serafinowicz in the film.
Which cyborg general commands the droid armies in Revenge of the Sith?
Answer: General Grievous HardGrievous is a computer-generated character voiced by Matthew Wood.
Which bounty hunter delivers the carbonite-frozen Han Solo to Jabba the Hutt?
Answer: Boba Fett HardFett collects him on Bespin at the end of The Empire Strikes Back.
Cast: star wars trivia questions
Luke Skywalker was played by which actor?
Answer: Mark Hamill EasyHamill played Luke across the original trilogy and returned for the sequel films.
Princess Leia was played by which actress?
Answer: Carrie Fisher EasyFisher was nineteen when the first film was shot.
Han Solo was played by which actor?
Answer: Harrison Ford EasyFord had worked as a carpenter before the role made him a lead actor.
Darth Vader's voice in the original trilogy was provided by which actor?
Answer: James Earl Jones EasyDavid Prowse wore the suit; his lines were replaced with Jones's voice in post-production.
Lando Calrissian was played by which actor?
Answer: Billy Dee Williams MediumWilliams returned to the role decades later in the sequel trilogy.
Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original trilogy was played by which actor?
Answer: Alec Guinness MediumGuinness received an Oscar nomination in a supporting role for the 1977 film.
Who played the younger Obi-Wan Kenobi in the prequel films?
Answer: Ewan McGregor MediumMcGregor studied Guinness's speech patterns to link the two performances.
Emperor Palpatine was played by which actor?
Answer: Ian McDiarmid HardMcDiarmid played him in Return of the Jedi and again throughout the prequels.
Rey was played by which actress?
Answer: Daisy Ridley HardRidley led the three sequel-trilogy films.
Kylo Ren was played by which actor?
Answer: Adam Driver HardDomhnall Gleeson played General Hux and Oscar Isaac played Poe Dameron.
Films and directors: star wars trivia questions
The 1977 Star Wars film was written and directed by whom?
Answer: George Lucas EasyLucas directed the first film and later both the opening and closing prequel instalments.
Which Star Wars film reached cinemas in 1977?
Answer: A New Hope EasyIt was released simply as Star Wars; the subtitle A New Hope was added to later prints.
The Empire Strikes Back was directed by whom?
Answer: Irvin Kershner MediumKershner had taught Lucas at film school before taking the second film.
Return of the Jedi was directed by whom?
Answer: Richard Marquand MediumMarquand directed the third original-trilogy film, released in 1983.
Who composed the music for the Star Wars films?
Answer: John Williams MediumWilliams scored every numbered instalment of the Skywalker saga.
The third prequel film carries which subtitle?
Answer: Revenge of the Sith HardIt was released in 2005 and closes the prequel trilogy.
The Force Awakens was directed by whom?
Answer: J.J. Abrams HardAbrams also directed the final film of the sequel trilogy.
The Last Jedi was directed by whom?
Answer: Rian Johnson HardJohnson wrote as well as directed the middle film of the sequel trilogy.
Ships and planets: star wars trivia questions
Han Solo's freighter is named what?
Answer: Millennium Falcon EasyThe Tantive IV is Leia's ship in the opening of the 1977 film.
Luke grows up on which desert planet?
Answer: Tatooine EasyTatooine's twin suns and moisture farms appear in both the original film and the prequels.
The Empire's moon-sized armoured battle station is called what?
Answer: The Death Star EasyThe Executor is Vader's flagship star destroyer, a ship rather than a station.
Yoda trains Luke on which swamp planet?
Answer: Dagobah EasyLuke crashes his X-wing there in The Empire Strikes Back.
Cloud City hangs in the atmosphere of which planet?
Answer: Bespin MediumIt is a tibanna gas mining colony administered by Lando.
The forest moon where the Ewoks live is called what?
Answer: Endor MediumThe moon shares its name with the planet it orbits.
Padmé rules which planet as its elected queen?
Answer: Naboo MediumNaboo's monarchy is elected rather than inherited, which the prequels state plainly.
The Jedi Temple and the Galactic Senate stand on which city-covered planet?
Answer: Coruscant HardThe whole planet is one continuous city, which the prequels use as the seat of government.
The Wookiee homeworld, seen in Revenge of the Sith, is named what?
Answer: Kashyyyk HardYoda fights alongside the Wookiees there when Order 66 is given.
Jedi and Sith: star wars trivia questions
The traditional weapon of a Jedi is called what?
Answer: A lightsaber EasyJedi build their own, and the blade colour varies by wielder.
The order of Force users who oppose the Jedi are known as what?
Answer: The Sith EasySith names traditionally carry the title Darth.
Emperor Palpatine's Sith name is what?
Answer: Darth Sidious MediumDarth Tyranus is Count Dooku's Sith name, not the Emperor's.
Which Jedi Master on the Council was played by Samuel L. Jackson?
Answer: Mace Windu HardJackson asked for a purple blade so he could pick himself out of crowd scenes.
Count Dooku was played by which actor?
Answer: Christopher Lee HardLee had a long horror career before taking the fallen Jedi turned Sith lord.
The prequels: star wars trivia questions
The young Anakin Skywalker in The Phantom Menace was played by which actor?
Answer: Jake Lloyd MediumDaniel Logan played the young Boba Fett in the following film.
Anakin Skywalker in the second and third prequel films was played by which actor?
Answer: Hayden Christensen MediumChristensen took the role for Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.
Padmé Amidala was played by which actress?
Answer: Natalie Portman MediumKeira Knightley played her decoy Sabé in The Phantom Menace.
The clone army of the prequel films is grown from the genetic template of which bounty hunter?
Answer: Jango Fett HardBoba is an unaltered clone of Jango raised as his son.
Qui-Gon Jinn was played by which actor?
Answer: Liam Neeson HardQui-Gon is Obi-Wan's master and dies at the end of The Phantom Menace.
Answer key
- Mark Hamill
- Carrie Fisher
- Harrison Ford
- Millennium Falcon
- Chewbacca
- R2-D2
- George Lucas
- Tatooine
- A lightsaber
- James Earl Jones
- The Death Star
- Dagobah
- A New Hope
- The Sith
- Irvin Kershner
- Richard Marquand
- John Williams
- Billy Dee Williams
- Bespin
- Endor
- Alec Guinness
- Ewan McGregor
- Jake Lloyd
- Hayden Christensen
- Natalie Portman
- Naboo
- Darth Maul
- Darth Sidious
- Mace Windu
- Christopher Lee
- Jango Fett
- Liam Neeson
- Revenge of the Sith
- Coruscant
- General Grievous
- Boba Fett
- Kashyyyk
- Ian McDiarmid
- Daisy Ridley
- Adam Driver
- J.J. Abrams
- Rian Johnson
How to play
- Pick a mode: multiple choice, true or false, a 60-second sprint, or the daily quiz.
- Answer with a tap, or press 1 to 4 on a keyboard. The right answer appears straight away with a line explaining it.
- Finish the round to see your score, copy the result grid, and step up a difficulty.
- Hosting a night? The full star wars list and a separate answer key are printed below, and the print layout drops the game and keeps the paper.
Tiebreaker questions
Closest guess wins. Read one out when two tables finish level.
In what year was the first Star Wars film released?
Answer: 1977 It opened in American cinemas in May 1977, before the subtitle A New Hope was added.
In what year was The Empire Strikes Back released?
Answer: 1980 The second film of the original trilogy reached cinemas in 1980.
How many numbered episodes make up the completed Skywalker saga?
Answer: 9 films Episodes one to nine form the saga, split into the prequel, original and sequel trilogies.
Common mistakes in star wars trivia
- The first film was called A New Hope on release.
It opened in 1977 as simply Star Wars. The subtitle Episode IV: A New Hope was added to later releases once sequels were planned.
- George Lucas directed all three original films.
He directed only the 1977 film. Irvin Kershner directed The Empire Strikes Back and Richard Marquand directed Return of the Jedi.
- David Prowse spoke Darth Vader's lines.
Prowse performed the role physically, but the voice heard in the films is James Earl Jones, dubbed in afterwards.
- Boba Fett is Jango Fett's clone soldier like the rest of the army.
He is an unaltered clone raised by Jango as a son, deliberately left out of the growth acceleration and training given to the clone troopers.
- Endor is the name of the forest moon only.
The moon takes its name from the planet it orbits, so both carry the name in the films.
Running this round at a quiz night
Star Wars rounds split a room by generation, so deal the themes evenly: some original trilogy, some prequels, some sequels, and a few on planets that anyone can picture. Directors are the fairest hard questions because each film has exactly one answer. The dependable argument is the title of the 1977 film, which was simply Star Wars on release and only later carried the subtitle A New Hope, so accept either and say so in advance. Ask about films rather than spin-off shows or novels, since those split a table into people who follow everything and people who watched the movies. Keep tiebreakers for real draws.
Frequently asked questions
Should I include spin-off films and series?
Keep them out of a general round or flag them clearly. The numbered films are common ground for almost everyone, while the shows and novels split a room into specialists and casual viewers and make the scores meaningless.
How do I handle the naming of the first film?
Say at the start that you will accept both Star Wars and A New Hope. The film was released under the shorter name in 1977 and the subtitle came later, so both answers are defensible.
How many Star Wars questions make a round?
Eight to ten works inside a general quiz. For a full Star Wars night, build one round per trilogy plus one on planets and one on the people behind the camera, so no single era decides the winner.
Not in a quiz mood?
The question games are a different kind of round: no right answers, just prompts you read out and argue about. Would You RatherNever Have I EverTruth or DareThis or That