Five Fascinating Film And TV Facts #8

Incredibly, George Lucas originally planned for rapscallion Han Solo to die early on in Return of the Jedi. He soon changed his mind, because of worries that fans would be outraged.

Francis Ford Copolla's 1979 epic Apocalypse Now is already quite a long movie at two hours 33 minutes, but it could have been even longer! The original raw footage consisted of 2,250,000 feet of film. Over 230 hours!

The king of independent horror, Paranormal Activity, was a production company's dream upon it's realease in 2007. It only cost $15,000 to make, but grossed a huge $210 million in total.

Before the days of CGI, designers had to create special effects in other ways. Artists working on The Little Mermaid hand drew everything. The two minute storm scene alone took them over a year to finish.

Friends is one of the most iconic sitcoms ever made, but we could know have know it by a completely different name. The show was originally titled Insomnia Cafe. It was then renamed to Friends Like Us, and then Six of One before sticking with the title we all know and love.