Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones

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• A number of subtle visual clues were incorporated into the design of the shots to help audiences keep track of who's who. The good guys - the Republic Clones Troopers - always move from screen right to screen left, while the Separatist Battle Droids moved from screen left to screen right. The sun is behind the clones, resulting in a gloomier sky behind the Separatists. Finally, the missile contrails were color-coded to denote allegiance: the Republic rockets leave clean white trails, while the villains launch missiles that leave noxious black/purplish exhaust.
• The fight between Yoda and Dooku was envisioned quite differently. Originally, Yoda was to come in and immediately have the fight with Dooku, but many of the creative team felt that was too quick a transition for Yoda, and the audience needed to feel the power of good and evil going against each other, so George Lucas added in the preamble to the fight with the blue lightning and rock falls, because it showed how powerful Yoda was. The light saber battle was a culmination of all that energy. There was also footage shot of Dooku using either Obi-Wan's or Anakin's light saber in addition to his own against Yoda, but these moves did not make the final cut.
• Dexter Jettster's surname comes from George Lucas nickname for his son Jett. The character was partly inspired by Mel, the gruff chef from Alice. Another hidden reference to this series can be found on the droid waitress WA-7: her name-tag reads 'Flo' in the Star Wars font 'Aurebesh'.
• Dex's backstory was that he was a former mercenary and explorer. He and Obi-Wan had served together on a couple of missions.