How well do you know the galaxy far, far away? Perhaps you can identify Luke Skywalker’s call sign without blinking, but can you remember the creature lurking inside the Death Star’s trash compactor? This collection of 198 Star Wars trivia questions travels through the Skywalker Saga, animated adventures, streaming series, famous planets, legendary spacecraft, and behind-the-scenes movie history.
The questions begin at Padawan difficulty and gradually venture into Jedi Master territory. Challenge yourself, divide friends into teams, or use the list for a Star Wars trivia night. Answers appear immediately below each question, so appoint an honest quizmasterpreferably someone who cannot be influenced by Jedi mind tricks.
Editorial note: These questions primarily follow current on-screen Star Wars canon and official Lucasfilm terminology. Major spoilers from the movies and television series are included.
Original Trilogy Star Wars Trivia Questions
Our first round returns to the films that started everything: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi.
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Question: What was Luke Skywalker’s occupation at the beginning of A New Hope?
Answer: He worked on his uncle’s moisture farm.
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Question: Which two droids did the Jawas sell to Luke’s family?
Answer: R2-D2 and C-3PO.
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Question: For whom was Princess Leia’s recorded message intended?
Answer: Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Question: Which peaceful planet was Princess Leia’s adopted home?
Answer: Alderaan.
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Question: Who hired Han Solo to transport Luke and Obi-Wan?
Answer: Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Question: What is the name of Han Solo’s famous ship?
Answer: The Millennium Falcon.
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Question: Who served as Han Solo’s Wookiee co-pilot?
Answer: Chewbacca.
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Question: What vulnerable target allowed the Rebels to destroy the first Death Star?
Answer: A thermal exhaust port.
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Question: What was Luke’s call sign during the first Death Star attack?
Answer: Red Five.
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Question: Who fired the shot that destroyed the first Death Star?
Answer: Luke Skywalker.
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Question: On which planet did Luke begin training with Yoda?
Answer: Dagobah.
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Question: In what substance was Han Solo frozen?
Answer: Carbonite.
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Question: What shocking family secret did Darth Vader reveal to Luke?
Answer: Vader was Luke’s father.
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Question: Who administered Cloud City when Han arrived there?
Answer: Lando Calrissian.
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Question: Which bounty hunter delivered the frozen Han Solo to Jabba?
Answer: Boba Fett.
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Question: Where was Jabba the Hutt’s palace located?
Answer: Tatooine.
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Question: Around which forest moon was the second Death Star constructed?
Answer: Endor.
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Question: Who ultimately saved Luke from Emperor Palpatine?
Answer: Darth Vader, reclaiming his identity as Anakin Skywalker.
Prequel Trilogy Trivia Questions
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Question: What is the title of Star Wars Episode I?
Answer: The Phantom Menace.
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Question: On which planet did young Anakin Skywalker live?
Answer: Tatooine.
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Question: What species was Anakin Skywalker?
Answer: Human.
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Question: Which major podrace did Anakin win?
Answer: The Boonta Eve Classic.
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Question: Which Jedi first believed Anakin might be the Chosen One?
Answer: Qui-Gon Jinn.
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Question: Who was Qui-Gon Jinn’s Padawan?
Answer: Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Question: Which Sith Lord killed Qui-Gon?
Answer: Darth Maul.
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Question: Who became Supreme Chancellor during the Naboo crisis?
Answer: Palpatine.
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Question: On which planet was the Republic’s clone army created?
Answer: Kamino.
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Question: Who supplied the genetic template for the clone army?
Answer: Jango Fett.
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Question: On which planet did the Clone Wars begin?
Answer: Geonosis.
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Question: Whom did Anakin secretly marry?
Answer: Padmé Amidala.
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Question: What was Count Dooku’s Sith name?
Answer: Darth Tyranus.
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Question: What was Palpatine’s Sith identity?
Answer: Darth Sidious.
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Question: Which command ordered the clones to turn against the Jedi?
Answer: Order 66.
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Question: On which volcanic planet did Obi-Wan duel Anakin?
Answer: Mustafar.
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Question: Who defeated Anakin during that duel?
Answer: Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Question: What were the names of Anakin and Padmé’s twins?
Answer: Luke and Leia.
Sequel Trilogy Star Wars Quiz
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Question: On which planet did Rey live as a scavenger?
Answer: Jakku.
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Question: Which droid carried part of a map leading to Luke?
Answer: BB-8.
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Question: What was Finn’s stormtrooper designation?
Answer: FN-2187.
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Question: Which Resistance pilot became Finn’s first ally?
Answer: Poe Dameron.
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Question: What was Kylo Ren’s birth name?
Answer: Ben Solo.
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Question: Who were Ben Solo’s parents?
Answer: Han Solo and Leia Organa.
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Question: What First Order weapon destroyed the Hosnian system?
Answer: Starkiller Base.
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Question: Who killed Han Solo?
Answer: Kylo Ren.
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Question: On which planet had Luke gone into exile?
Answer: Ahch-To.
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Question: Who commanded the First Order stormtroopers pursuing Finn?
Answer: Captain Phasma.
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Question: Who killed Supreme Leader Snoke?
Answer: Kylo Ren.
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Question: What ship did Vice Admiral Holdo send through Snoke’s flagship?
Answer: The Raddus.
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Question: Who was revealed to be Rey’s grandfather?
Answer: Emperor Palpatine.
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Question: What military title did Leia hold in the Resistance?
Answer: General.
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Question: On which hidden world did the resurrected Palpatine wait?
Answer: Exegol.
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Question: Who finally gave Chewbacca a medal?
Answer: Maz Kanata.
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Question: Why was C-3PO’s memory temporarily wiped?
Answer: So he could translate a forbidden Sith inscription.
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Question: Which family name did Rey adopt at the saga’s conclusion?
Answer: Skywalker.
Jedi, Sith, and Character Trivia
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Question: What is Yoda’s species called?
Answer: Its name has never been officially revealed.
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Question: Which Jedi famously carried a purple-bladed lightsaber?
Answer: Mace Windu.
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Question: Who trained Obi-Wan Kenobi as a Padawan?
Answer: Qui-Gon Jinn.
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Question: Which Jedi trained Ahsoka Tano?
Answer: Anakin Skywalker.
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Question: Which Sith identity belonged to Count Dooku?
Answer: Darth Tyranus.
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Question: Who was Palpatine’s Sith master?
Answer: Darth Plagueis.
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Question: Which ancient Sith established the Rule of Two?
Answer: Darth Bane.
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Question: What color was Luke’s new lightsaber in Return of the Jedi?
Answer: Green.
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Question: Who trained Leia in the ways of the Jedi?
Answer: Luke Skywalker.
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Question: Which dark-side order did Kylo Ren lead?
Answer: The Knights of Ren.
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Question: How does a Sith traditionally turn a kyber crystal red?
Answer: By corrupting or “bleeding” it through the dark side.
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Question: What were young Jedi students commonly called?
Answer: Younglings.
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Question: Which three Force spirits appeared during the celebration on Endor?
Answer: Obi-Wan, Yoda, and Anakin.
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Question: What act brought Anakin back to the light?
Answer: Saving Luke from Emperor Palpatine.
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Question: Who supervised Rey’s Jedi training after Luke’s death?
Answer: Leia Organa.
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Question: Approximately how old was Grogu when Din Djarin found him?
Answer: About 50 years old.
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Question: Who fulfilled the prophecy of the Chosen One by defeating the Sith in Return of the Jedi?
Answer: Anakin Skywalker.
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Question: Who served as chief librarian of the Jedi Archives?
Answer: Jocasta Nu.
Star Wars Planets, Species, and Creatures
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Question: Which desert planet orbits twin suns?
Answer: Tatooine.
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Question: What is the Wookiees’ homeworld?
Answer: Kashyyyk.
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Question: Which furry species lived on Endor’s forest moon?
Answer: Ewoks.
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Question: What aquatic species shared Naboo with its human population?
Answer: Gungans.
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Question: Which ocean-covered world housed the Republic’s cloning facilities?
Answer: Kamino.
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Question: Which world was dominated by lava flows and volcanic terrain?
Answer: Mustafar.
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Question: Which planet was known for enormous sinkholes?
Answer: Utapau.
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Question: Above which gas giant floated Cloud City?
Answer: Bespin.
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Question: What icy planet housed Echo Base?
Answer: Hoth.
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Question: Where did Yoda spend his years in exile?
Answer: Dagobah.
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Question: Which city-covered planet served as the galactic capital?
Answer: Coruscant.
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Question: Which frozen world contained a major Jedi source of kyber crystals?
Answer: Ilum.
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Question: Which planet did the first Death Star destroy?
Answer: Alderaan.
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Question: What covered the surface of the mineral world Crait?
Answer: White salt over red mineral soil.
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Question: On which planet did Rey encounter porgs?
Answer: Ahch-To.
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Question: Which insectoid species built factories on Geonosis?
Answer: Geonosians.
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Question: What is the Twi’leks’ homeworld?
Answer: Ryloth.
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Question: Which planet was the ancestral home of Mandalorian civilization?
Answer: Mandalore.
Ships, Droids, Weapons, and Vehicles
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Question: Which ship did Luke initially dismiss as a piece of junk?
Answer: The Millennium Falcon.
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Question: From whom did Han Solo win the Millennium Falcon?
Answer: Lando Calrissian.
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Question: What are the movable wings on an X-wing called?
Answer: S-foils.
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Question: What does TIE stand for?
Answer: Twin Ion Engine.
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Question: What type of fighter did Darth Vader pilot during the Battle of Yavin?
Answer: A TIE Advanced x1.
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Question: What class of ship was Boba Fett’s famous vessel?
Answer: A Firespray-class patrol craft.
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Question: What kind of droid was R2-D2?
Answer: An astromech droid.
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Question: What kind of droid was C-3PO?
Answer: A protocol droid.
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Question: Which spherical astromech belonged to Poe Dameron?
Answer: BB-8.
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Question: Which reprogrammed Imperial security droid joined the Rogue One team?
Answer: K-2SO.
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Question: What was Chopper’s official designation?
Answer: C1-10P.
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Question: Which bounty-hunting droid was reprogrammed to protect Grogu?
Answer: IG-11.
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Question: Which ancient black-bladed weapon symbolized leadership of Mandalore?
Answer: The Darksaber.
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Question: What model was Han Solo’s signature blaster?
Answer: A DL-44 heavy blaster pistol.
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Question: What projectile weapon did Chewbacca commonly use?
Answer: A bowcaster.
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Question: What crystals helped power the Death Star’s superlaser?
Answer: Kyber crystals.
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Question: What does AT-AT stand for?
Answer: All Terrain Armored Transport.
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Question: Who owned the Razor Crest?
Answer: Din Djarin.
The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels Trivia
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Question: Who became Anakin Skywalker’s Padawan?
Answer: Ahsoka Tano.
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Question: What was Captain Rex’s clone designation?
Answer: CT-7567.
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Question: What was Commander Cody’s designation?
Answer: CC-2224.
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Question: To which species did General Grievous originally belong?
Answer: The Kaleesh.
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Question: What was the name of Darth Maul’s brother?
Answer: Savage Opress.
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Question: Which pacifist duchess governed Mandalore?
Answer: Satine Kryze.
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Question: Why did Ahsoka leave the Jedi Order?
Answer: She lost faith in it after being falsely accused of bombing the Jedi Temple.
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Question: What compelled most clones to execute Order 66?
Answer: Inhibitor chips implanted in their brains.
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Question: What was the name of the ship used by the main Star Wars Rebels crew?
Answer: The Ghost.
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Question: On which planet did Ezra Bridger grow up?
Answer: Lothal.
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Question: What was Kanan Jarrus’s original name?
Answer: Caleb Dume.
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Question: To which species did Hera Syndulla belong?
Answer: Twi’lek.
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Question: Which Mandalorian artist joined the Ghost crew?
Answer: Sabine Wren.
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Question: To which species did Garazeb “Zeb” Orrelios belong?
Answer: Lasat.
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Question: Which Imperial agent eventually aided the Rebellion?
Answer: Alexsandr Kallus.
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Question: To which blue-skinned species did Grand Admiral Thrawn belong?
Answer: Chiss.
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Question: What creatures carried Ezra and Thrawn into deep space?
Answer: Purrgil.
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Question: Which famously temperamental droid served aboard the Ghost?
Answer: Chopper.
Star Wars Stories and Live-Action Series
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Question: Who was the central hero of Rogue One?
Answer: Jyn Erso.
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Question: Who was Jyn Erso’s father?
Answer: Galen Erso.
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Question: What secret nickname did Galen give the Death Star project?
Answer: Stardust.
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Question: Which droid accompanied Cassian Andor during the mission to Scarif?
Answer: K-2SO.
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Question: On which planet was Cassian Andor born?
Answer: Kenari.
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Question: Which childhood friend became an important figure in Han Solo’s early life?
Answer: Qi’ra.
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Question: How old did Chewbacca say he was in Solo?
Answer: 190 years old.
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Question: What is the Mandalorian’s real name?
Answer: Din Djarin.
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Question: What is the name of the Force-sensitive foundling protected by Din Djarin?
Answer: Grogu.
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Question: Which Imperial officer possessed the Darksaber?
Answer: Moff Gideon.
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Question: Who took control of Jabba’s former criminal territory?
Answer: Boba Fett.
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Question: On which world was Cassian imprisoned in an Imperial factory?
Answer: Narkina 5.
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Question: Which young royal did Obi-Wan rescue from kidnappers?
Answer: Leia Organa.
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Question: Whom did Ahsoka begin training as a Jedi apprentice?
Answer: Sabine Wren.
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Question: Which New Republic pilot repeatedly crossed paths with Din Djarin?
Answer: Carson Teva.
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Question: What was the seemingly ordinary homeworld of the children in Skeleton Crew?
Answer: At Attin.
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Question: What was the name of Maarva Andor’s loyal red droid?
Answer: B2EMO.
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Question: What valuable metal is used to create Mandalorian armor?
Answer: Beskar.
Famous Star Wars Quotes: Who Said It?
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Question: Who wished the Rebel pilots “May the Force be with you” before the Battle of Yavin?
Answer: General Jan Dodonna.
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Question: Who first expresses a “bad feeling” while approaching the Death Star?
Answer: Luke Skywalker.
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Question: Who teaches Luke, “Do or do not”?
Answer: Yoda.
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Question: Who declares, “Never tell me the odds”?
Answer: Han Solo.
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Question: Who tells Luke, “No, I am your father”?
Answer: Darth Vader.
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Question: Who shouts, “It’s a trap”?
Answer: Admiral Ackbar.
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Question: Which group repeatedly says, “This is the Way”?
Answer: Din Djarin’s Mandalorian covert.
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Question: Who often concludes explanations with “I have spoken”?
Answer: Kuiil.
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Question: Which Jedi is strongly associated with the greeting “Hello there”?
Answer: Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Question: Who says that rebellions are built on hope?
Answer: Jyn Erso.
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Question: Who repeats that he is one with the Force?
Answer: Chirrut Îmwe.
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Question: Who announces that Palpatine has somehow returned?
Answer: Poe Dameron.
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Question: Who first realizes the Death Star is “no moon”?
Answer: Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Question: Who promises Luke that the Force will be with him “always”?
Answer: Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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Question: How does Han respond when Leia tells him she loves him?
Answer: “I know.”
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Question: Who excitedly announces, “Now this is podracing”?
Answer: Anakin Skywalker.
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Question: Who observes that liberty is dying “with thunderous applause”?
Answer: Padmé Amidala.
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Question: Who cries, “You were the Chosen One”?
Answer: Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Behind-the-Scenes Star Wars Trivia
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Question: Who created Star Wars?
Answer: George Lucas.
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Question: In what year was the original Star Wars movie released?
Answer: 1977.
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Question: Who directed A New Hope?
Answer: George Lucas.
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Question: Who directed The Empire Strikes Back?
Answer: Irvin Kershner.
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Question: Who directed Return of the Jedi?
Answer: Richard Marquand.
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Question: Who composed the music for all nine Skywalker Saga movies?
Answer: John Williams.
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Question: Who provided Darth Vader’s iconic voice in the original trilogy?
Answer: James Earl Jones.
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Question: Who originally performed Chewbacca?
Answer: Peter Mayhew.
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Question: Which actor has portrayed C-3PO throughout the saga?
Answer: Anthony Daniels.
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Question: Who performed R2-D2 inside the droid in the original trilogy?
Answer: Kenny Baker.
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Question: Who performed and voiced Yoda in the original trilogy?
Answer: Frank Oz.
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Question: Which sound designer created many of the saga’s signature effects?
Answer: Ben Burtt.
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Question: Who developed the original lightsaber sound effect?
Answer: Ben Burtt.
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Question: In what year did George Lucas establish Industrial Light & Magic?
Answer: 1975.
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Question: Which earlier adventure serial particularly influenced George Lucas?
Answer: Flash Gordon.
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Question: Which country provided many of the original Tatooine locations?
Answer: Tunisia.
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Question: At which English studio were many original-trilogy interiors filmed?
Answer: Elstree Studios.
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Question: How many competitive Oscars did the original Star Wars win at the 1978 ceremony?
Answer: Six, plus a Special Achievement Award for sound effects.
Expert-Level Star Wars Trivia Questions
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Question: What was the first name of Luke Skywalker’s aunt?
Answer: Beru.
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Question: What was the name of the band playing in the Mos Eisley cantina?
Answer: Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes.
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Question: What creature grabbed Luke in the Death Star trash compactor?
Answer: A dianoga.
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Question: What was the name of Jabba’s rancor keeper?
Answer: Malakili.
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Question: Who co-piloted the Millennium Falcon with Lando during the second Death Star attack?
Answer: Nien Nunb.
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Question: What was Emperor Palpatine’s first name?
Answer: Sheev.
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Question: Who erased Kamino from the Jedi Archives?
Answer: Count Dooku.
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Question: On which planet did Darth Vader build his fortress?
Answer: Mustafar.
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Question: What type of crystal forms the heart of a lightsaber?
Answer: A kyber crystal.
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Question: Who was the first Mandalorian inducted into the Jedi Order?
Answer: Tarre Vizsla.
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Question: What is the name of Poe Dameron’s astromech?
Answer: BB-8.
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Question: In which department did Finn work while stationed on Starkiller Base?
Answer: Sanitation.
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Question: On which planet was Leia raised?
Answer: Alderaan.
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Question: What were the caretakers on Luke’s island called?
Answer: The Lanai.
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Question: What color was Rey’s newly constructed lightsaber?
Answer: Yellow.
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Question: What was the first live-action Star Wars television series?
Answer: The Mandalorian.
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Question: Which animated Star Wars movie received a theatrical release in 2008?
Answer: Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
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Question: What sentence appears before the opening crawl of the main Star Wars films?
Answer: “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….”
How to Turn These Star Wars Questions Into an Unforgettable Experience
Host a Cantina-Style Trivia Night
The most entertaining way to use these Star Wars trivia questions is to turn them into a full quiz-night experience. Divide players into teams of two to six and invite each group to choose a suitably dramatic name. The Nerf Herders, Rebel Scum, Bad Batch, and Bothan Spies are dependable options. Anyone selecting “The Senate” must deliver at least one suspiciously theatrical speech.
Choose a host to read the questions while another person keeps score. Present the quiz in rounds of 18 questions, matching the categories above. Give teams roughly 20 seconds to answer easy questions and up to a minute for expert-level challenges. Phones should be placed face down. Searching the Star Wars Databank during the game is not research; it is a disturbance in the Force.
Create a Fair Scoring System
A straightforward question earns one point. Award two points for the expert round or for questions answered without multiple-choice clues. You can also add a “hyperspace bonus”: once during the game, each team may declare that its next answer is worth double. A correct answer launches the team up the scoreboard, while a mistake sends it directly into an asteroid field.
Use the final totals to assign playful rankings. Players scoring below 50 points are promising younglings. Scores from 50 to 99 earn Padawan status, while 100 to 149 indicate a capable Jedi Knight. Anyone reaching 150 or more deserves the title of Jedi Master. A perfect 198 suggests either extraordinary knowledge or an unusually close relationship with a holocron.
Add Costumes, Music, and Themed Snacks
The atmosphere matters almost as much as the questions. Play instrumental Star Wars music as guests arrive, decorate tables with stars, and use colored lights to suggest glowing lightsabers. Costumes can range from elaborate Mandalorian armor to a brown bathrobe labeled “Jedi.” Enthusiasm beats accuracy, especially when the budget is closer to moisture farmer than galactic senator.
Serve easy themed snacks such as Wookiee cookies, thermal-detonator popcorn balls, blue milkshakes, and twin-sun cupcakes. Keep food names recognizable so guests know what they are volunteering to eat. Surprise is useful in trivia; it is less welcome in a beverage.
Make the Questions Work for Every Generation
Star Wars fandom spans decades, so a balanced game should include the original trilogy, prequels, sequels, animation, and live-action series. Older fans may dominate questions about the 1977 film, while younger viewers could sweep rounds involving Grogu, Ahsoka, or Skeleton Crew. That variety prevents one person from ruling the evening like an overconfident Emperor.
If children are participating, begin with recognizable characters, droids, and planets. Save production history and deep-cut names for adults or experienced fans. You can also turn difficult questions into multiple-choice challenges. The goal is spirited competition, not forcing someone to remember the spelling of “Kashyyyk” under interrogation.
Finish With a Dramatic Final Question
Conclude with one wager-based question. Teams secretly risk any number of accumulated points before hearing the challenge. Choose a difficult but recognizable subject, such as identifying a character from three clues or arranging the Skywalker Saga films by theatrical release date. This creates suspense and gives teams trailing behind one final opportunity to make a heroic comeback.
Whether the game is played at a birthday party, family gathering, classroom event, or online call, the best experience comes from shared memories. People will quote favorite scenes, debate tiny details, and inevitably imitate a lightsaber at least once. That mixture of knowledge, nostalgia, and good-natured argument is precisely why Star Wars trivia remains fun after generations of storytelling.
Conclusion
These 198 Star Wars trivia questions cover everything from Luke’s humble life on Tatooine to the hidden world of Exegol, with plenty of Jedi, Sith, droids, bounty hunters, and temperamental spacecraft along the way. Use them to test your own knowledge or host a complete Star Wars quiz night. However you score, remember that even Jedi Masters began as younglingsand none of them had 198 answers to memorize before snack time.