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Medium Star Wars Trivia Questions
The medium questions from our star wars set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
Keys 1-4 pick an answer, Enter moves on. Nothing is saved to an account.
The medium band brings in the directors of the second and third films, John Williams, Lando, Cloud City and the prequel cast. It is the band where people who watched only one trilogy start to drop marks, so it separates a table cleanly.
14 medium star wars trivia questions with answers
The Empire Strikes Back was directed by whom?
Answer: Irvin Kershner Kershner had taught Lucas at film school before taking the second film.
Return of the Jedi was directed by whom?
Answer: Richard Marquand Marquand directed the third original-trilogy film, released in 1983.
Who composed the music for the Star Wars films?
Answer: John Williams Williams scored every numbered instalment of the Skywalker saga.
Lando Calrissian was played by which actor?
Answer: Billy Dee Williams Williams returned to the role decades later in the sequel trilogy.
Cloud City hangs in the atmosphere of which planet?
Answer: Bespin It is a tibanna gas mining colony administered by Lando.
The forest moon where the Ewoks live is called what?
Answer: Endor The moon shares its name with the planet it orbits.
Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original trilogy was played by which actor?
Answer: Alec Guinness Guinness 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 McGregor studied Guinness's speech patterns to link the two performances.
The young Anakin Skywalker in The Phantom Menace was played by which actor?
Answer: Jake Lloyd Daniel 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 Christensen took the role for Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.
Padmé Amidala was played by which actress?
Answer: Natalie Portman Keira Knightley played her decoy Sabé in The Phantom Menace.
Padmé rules which planet as its elected queen?
Answer: Naboo Naboo's monarchy is elected rather than inherited, which the prequels state plainly.
Which horned Sith apprentice with red and black facial markings appears in The Phantom Menace?
Answer: Darth Maul Maul was played by Ray Park and voiced by Peter Serafinowicz in the film.
Emperor Palpatine's Sith name is what?
Answer: Darth Sidious Darth Tyranus is Count Dooku's Sith name, not the Emperor's.
Answer key
- 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
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.
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