It's about as out-of-this-world as a planet can get—a harsh, desert world that orbits twin suns, home to marauding "Sand People," miniature cloaked Jawas and fiendish Hutts. But the Star Wars ...

Daniels almost quit on the first day of filming because of the heat and sand. The first film he starred in, Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope), was released in 1977 ...