What does it smell like?
Star Wars has often been hailed as a visual masterpiece, but one of the things that sets it apart is the lived-in quality of the sets and props. Far from the antiseptic feel of other science fiction franchises, ships and droids have a certain verisimilitude; they get dirty, they have smell. This has led to the eternal question (normally posed by Alex) "What does it smell like?"
Examples
| What is it? | Minute | What does it smell like? |
|---|---|---|
| The Death Star | SWM 37 | Fear |
| Cloud City | ESB 80 | Either like a casino or like farts (from all the beldon gas.) |
| George Lucas | ROTJ 98 | Chicken sandwiches |
| Qui Gon's "Defiance" | TPM 128 | Burlap and hair grease |
| The Jawa Sandcrawler | SWM 44 | WD-40 and poop |
| The Millennium Falcon | SWM 60 | Lots of things, and none of them pleasant |
| The smuggling compartments on the Millennium Falcon | SWM 60, 65 | Strong spices, curry, and garbage |
| Luke and Leia's clothes | SWM 87 | Garbage masher stench (starting Minute 77, and throughout the rest of the movie.) |