Potatoes in space
You may be wondering just what exactly we are talking about here when we say that there were potatoes in space. Well, one of the reasons that Star Wars was such a massive hit when it came out was that the special effects were like nothing ever seen before on the big screen.
No one could believe what they were watching at the time and rumors began to spread that some of the effects were not as fantastic as people thought. For example, in the asteroid belt scene, it was speculated that potatoes and shoes were used to look like giant rocks flying around.