The sand crawler in [i]A New Hope[/i] almost started an actual war, since Libya thought it was an actual tank. The communicator Qui Gon Jin used in [i]The Phantom Menace[/i] is just a women’s razor. Most of the base gun models in Star Wars are just decommissioned World War 2 weapons. It was cheaper than getting new props for the movie, and and they just added attachments. The dent in Boba Fett’s helmet was caused from Cad Bane.