Had Abbadon
in the rough drafts for Return of the Jedi, this world was the capital of the Galactic Empire. It was covered by overcrowded cities, and was perpetually shrouded in a brown haze.
(TAS)
Ham Salad
Han Solo's counterpart from the Star Wars: A New Hope send-up, Hardware Wars.
(HW)
Hardware Wars
a parody of Star Wars: A New Hope, Hardware Wars was written and directed by Ernie Fosselius, and was filmed and produced by Michael Weiss. The film was shot is six days, on a budget of about $8,000. It featured a number of household appliances as replacments for the high-tech Star Wars: A New Hope universe: a waffle iron replaced the Death Star, the Millennium Falcon was a steam iron, Artie Deco (R2-D2) was a vacuum cleaner. This 13-minute film became immensely popular.
(HW)
Haya
this Kenyan dialect served as the basis for Nien Nunb's Sullustan language in Return of the Jedi.
(SWI67)
Helpmus
an alien who frequented Ackmena's cantina.
(SWH)
Hermi Odle
in the second draft of Return of the Jedi, Hermi Odle sat on C-3PO during Luke's attempt to escape from Jabba the Hutt. His part in detaining C-3PO was replaced by Salacious Crumb.
(TAS)
Hidden Fortress, The
this 1958 film by Akira Kurosawa influenced much of the early story of Star Wars. In the film, a young princess escapes from an enemy clan with her faithful commander. They travel through the countryside dressed as peasants, hiding their fortune in bundles of firewood. They are helped along by a pari of farmers who hoped to share in their wealth.
(TAS)
High Beeser of Hoth
in the rough drafts of Return of the Jedi, this was title given to Bib Fortuna.
(TAS)
High Tundra
this was the name used to describe the Gotal character Feltiperrn Trevagg, during the filming of Star Wars: A New Hope.
(OWS)
Holdaack, Montross
a large, portly man whose body has been augmented over the years with prosthetics, he is the science officer on the ship run by Jabba the Hutt and Oxus. He appeared in the second screenplay draft of Star Wars: A New Hope. He and Han Solo are close friends. Montross' character was eventually replaced with Chewbacca.
(2D)
Human-Cyborg Relations
this group produced humanoid androids to ease the friction inherent in human-droid interaction. From the first draft of Star Wars.
(TAS)
Hutt Spaceport
the Millennium Falcon was parked here after Han Solo and Chewbacca escaped from Jabba the Hutt, in the rough draft of Return of the Jedi.
(TAS)
Huu Tho
this was the name given to Owen Lars' anthropologist character in the first draft of Star Wars.
(TAS)
Hyena Man
this was the name used to describe the Shistavanen character Lak Sivrak, during the filming of Star Wars: A New Hope.
(CHRN)
Hyperradio
this was the name given to one form of hyperspace communication.
(CHRN, SWH)
Hyper-skip
a term used in the second screenplay draft of Star Wars: A New Hope for a jump through hyperspace.
(2D)