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For those keeping count, we're at present up to eleven Star Wars feature films: nine mainstay titles (Episodes I through IX) and two spinoff films, Rogue One (2016) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). Between all of these films, we besides have two high-profile, laurels-winning animated series, Clone Wars and Rebels; the live-activity TV miracle The Mandalorian; and countless other shows, books, and games.
The creatives behind the beloved space opera accept packed a lot of details into the milky way far, far away. Whether you're spending today rewatching the original films, defending the prequels, or catching The Bad Batch equally information technology drops on Disney+, spend some fourth dimension checking out a few of the all-time Easter eggs, cameos and hidden details sprinkled throughout the franchise. And, as y'all enjoy our findings, "May the Fourth be with you lot" — always.
"The Phantom Menace" Features a Reference to Stanley Kubrick'due south "2001: A Space Odyssey"
If y'all're a cinephile, you may notice The Phantom Menace includes a few more nods to sci-fi classics. The first is more self-referential: In the background of a scene in Mos Espa, groovy viewers tin spot Luke Skywalker's landspeeder from 1977'due south A New Promise. But that's non all.
Certain, a tip of the lid to Steven Spielberg's East.T. feels almost expected, but George Lucas had another famous manager in heed when populating Watto'southward junkyard with spare parts, broken droids and half-busted machines. While Watto gives Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) a tour of the scrap heap, yous can spot an EVA pod from Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
It'southward no hush-hush that The Mandalorian is packed with nifty cameos. Not to mention, the show serves every bit a great way to connect the diverse animated serial with the franchise'south movies. From mentions of Chiliad Admiral Thrawn to portraying Ahsoka for the start time in live-activity, The Mandalorian is all about detail, which is why we tin can't aid but admire these casting decisions.
First upwardly, we have Bo-Katan Kryze, a former member of the Death Watch faction on Mandalore. In both Clone Wars and Rebels, Bo-Katan is voiced to perfection by Katee Sackhoff. In The Mandalorian'southward second flavor, Bo-Katan makes her live-action debut — also played by Sackhoff. Nosotros beloved to see that kind of continuity.
Next up? Boba Fett. Originally, actor Jeremy Bulloch donned the now-infamous armor in The Empire Strikes Dorsum and Render of the Jedi, and, in the prequel Attack of the Clones, a immature Boba was played past Daniel Logan. Since and so, nosotros've seen an animated version of the graphic symbol, but, nonetheless, fans have been clamoring for his live-action revival.
Equally fans know, Boba is Jango Fett's "son" — a clone whose aging process wasn't sped up. Information technology's fitting, and so, that Temuera Morrison, the actor who played Jango in Attack of the Clones, has been cast as Boba in both The Mandalorian and The Volume of Boba Fett (2021). Nosotros likewise couldn't assistance simply love the moment Boba told Mando (Pedro Pascal) that he's "a elementary homo, making his fashion through the galaxy" — a articulate nod to the fourth dimension Jango told Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) "I'1000 just a unproblematic homo, trying to make my manner in the universe."
In TROS, Rey Hears the Voices of Several Significant Jedi From "Clone Wars" & "Rebels"
In order to take down Emperor Palpatine in The Ascension of Skywalker (2019), Rey channels the power of "a 1000 generations" of Jedi who came earlier her and hears the voices of Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen), Obi-Wan Kenobi (both Ewan McGregor and Sir Alec Guinness), Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Yoda (Frank Oz), Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and Mace Windu (Samuel L. Jackson). Some lesser-known Jedi — and those who appear exclusively in animated series similar The Clone Wars and Rebels — also drop by.
Luminara Unduli (top left; voiced by Olivia D'abo) appears in Clone Wars and wards off enemies on Geonosis in Episode II. Aayla Secura (top right; voiced by Jennifer Hale) besides appears in Clone Wars and meets her untimely demise in Episode III. Adi Gallia (bottom left; voiced by Angelique Perrin) appears on the Jedi Quango in the prequels and in several Clone Wars storylines. Most excitingly, Ahsoka Tano (bottom correct; Ashley Eckstein), a fan-favorite character from Clone Wars and Rebels, and Kanan Jarrus (summit centre; Freddie Prinze Jr.), a Rebels alum and one of the few Jedi who survived Order 66, can be heard.
Leia's Jail cell Number from "A New Promise" Connects to Finn's Stormtrooper ID in "The Force Awakens"
Later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope, the get-go Star Wars film hitting theaters in 1977, grossing an unprecedented $775 million. But, at the time, the many pocket-sized details in this game-changing film didn't seem poised to connect to annihilation larger. For example, Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) is taken prisoner by Darth Vader and thrown in cell 2187.
Afterwards, Jedi-in-grooming Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), smuggler Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Wookie co-airplane pilot Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) bosom Leia out of her property cell. Cut to 2015. Star Wars: Episode Vii—The Force Awakens launches the serial' tertiary and concluding trilogy of films. And one of the stars is Finn (John Boyega) — a stormtrooper who defects from the First Club and whose ID number was FN-2187.
George Lucas & Katie Lucas Accept Some Prequel Cameos
The Force is strong in creator George Lucas' family unit, especially when it comes to his daughter Katie. These days, Katie is an achieved screenwriter, with quite a few credits on the Star Wars: The Clone Wars blithe TV series. Before that, she had minor roles in all iii prequel films. In The Phantom Menace, she plays Amee, one of young Anakin Skywalker'southward friends on Tatooine.
In Assault of the Clones (pictured, left) she plays a Twi'lek woman named Lunae Minx who is hanging out at a bar Anakin and Obi-Wan Kenobi stumble into while tracking an assassin. (The person side by side to her? Ahmed Best, who voiced and provided mo-cap for Jar Jar Binks.) Finally, Katie played Senator Chi Eekway Papanoida in Revenge of the Sith, seen here (right) speaking to her father George Lucas, who has a cameo every bit Baron Papanoida.
The Ark of the Covenant Has Origins in "A Galaxy Far, Far Away"
In 1981'due south Raiders of the Lost Ark, managing director Steven Spielberg throws in a nod to writer/producer George Lucas' Star Wars. No, it'due south not the fact that Harrison Ford (a.chiliad.a. Han Solo) plays Indiana Jones — it's a much deeper cut. When Indy finds the titular Ark, there are some pretty recognizable hieroglyphics on the left-hand side.
Wait closely and you'll discern R2-D2 and C-3PO. So, does that mean the Ark has its origins in a galaxy far, far abroad? Potentially. During The Clone Wars TV serial, Techno Matrimony Leader Wat Tambor terrorizes the planet Ryloth, ransacking it of its riches earlier the Commonwealth staves him off. One of those treasures looks suspiciously similar the Ark of the Covenant… (Just don't look too closely!)
"Rebels" Characters Appear Briefly in "Rogue One"
Rogue One does fan service right: Easter eggs and cameos never eclipse the story the film is trying to tell, simply instead experience similar fun nods that help cement the story's place in the larger Star Wars universe. While the fledgling Rebel Alliance scrambles to the Battle of Scarif, an intercom pages a "General Syndulla."
Lucasfilm'southward Dave Filoni confirmed this was a reference to Rebels' Hera Syndulla, the Twi'lek captain of the series' send, the Ghost. While fans tin't actually spot Syndulla on-screen, Filoni has said that "Hera will eventually become a general in the Rebel Alliance," even helping out at the Battle of Endor. Another graphic symbol from Rebels does make it onto the screen, however; the e'er-cross astromech droid Chopper can be seen rolling through the rebels' hangar.
The Number 42 Holds Special Significance in "The Rising of Skywalker"
Toward the beginning of Episode IX, our heroes — Rey, Finn, Poe, Chewie and protocol droid C-3PO — travel to the desert planet of Pasaana. They're searching for an object that will pb them to Exegol, the subconscious globe of the Sith located in the milky way's Unknown Regions. Just, on Pasaana, things are much more festive than our heroes predictable.
C-3PO explains that the native Aki-Aki people are jubilant the renowned Festival of the Ancestors, which is known for its colorful kites and tasty sweets. Co-ordinate to the movie'south visual dictionary, the festival is too known for honoring the past and looking forward to the future. If that didn't audio on-the-nose for a terminal film, this will: The celebration takes place every 42 years — pregnant the last one happened around the fourth dimension Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Promise (1977) took place.
"Rogue One" Ends Mere Minutes Before Episode IV Begins
Spinoff Rogue One (2016) tells the story of how the Rebels nabbed those pesky Decease Star schematics, which are cardinal to Luke Skywalker destroying the gigantic space station in A New Hope. At the end of Rogue One, those schematics are transmitted to a nearby Insubordinate flagship. Withal, Darth Vader himself boards said ship to retrieve the schematics. In a twist of fate, Princess Leia's ship, the Tantive IV, is docked on the Insubordinate flagship, undergoing repairs.
Before Vader cuts everyone down, the rebels aboard the flagship are able to hand off the schematics (on Star Wars' equivalent of a thumb drive) to Princess Leia's crew — just as Tantive 4 launches away from the flagship. At the cease of Rogue Ane, Vader looks on as Leia escapes; at the start of A New Hope, the Tantive Iv is being chased down by Vader.
Co-ordinate to sources at Lucasfilm, the catastrophe of Rogue One happens a mere 14 minutes before the start of A New Hope.
The Force Is Stiff in Denis Lawson's Family unit
Fan-favorite character Wedge Antilles fabricated his first appearance in 1977's Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope. His lasting power probably comes in part from the fact that he fights aslope Luke Skywalker and the iconic Red Squadron at the Battle of Yavin, where Skywalker destroys the Death Star. Antilles and Skywalker end upwards being the only surviving members of the Reddish Squadron.
Antilles crops up at Episode V's Battle of Hoth and Episode VI'south Battle of Endor — and he survives to meet the fall of the Empire. Although Antilles isn't initially role of the Resistance in Episode VII — actor Denis Lawson turned down the part, saying it would "diameter" him — he makes a cursory appearance at the finish of Episode IX. Fun fact: In existent life, Lawson is uncle to Ewan McGregor, who plays Obi-Wan Kenobi in the prequel films.
Steven Spielberg's "E.T." Phones It in During "The Phantom Menace"
Dorsum when Star Wars: Episode Iv—A New Hope premiered in 1977, it became the highest-grossing film of all time, eclipsing Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975). Withal, a few years afterward Episode IV'southward $775 1000000 record was beaten past Spielberg's own space- and alien-themed blockbuster E.T. (1982). Only the Star Wars/E.T. connexion doesn't end at the box office.
In The Phantom Menace (1999), George Lucas includes a small nod to his friend Spielberg. When Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) proposes the Galactic Senate remove Supreme Chancellor Valorum from part, the camera pans around the senate sleeping accommodation, showing us the reactions of a few intergalactic senators. One grouping of E.T.-looking aliens, called Asogians, is led by Senator Grebleips — that's Spielberg backwards.
"The Empire Strikes" Back Features a Type of Droid Familiar to "Mandalorian" Fans
In the first episode of Disney+'s The Mandalorian, the commencement-ever live-activeness Star Wars series, the titular bounty hunter-for-rent runs into IG-11, an assassin droid programmed to impale. Due to their fierce nature, IG-serial droids are largely outlawed in the Star Wars universe, simply fans of The Mandalorian will nearly likely recognize this type of droid from the original series of films.
In The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader puts out a call for compensation hunters to track downward the Millennium Falcon, our heroes' trusty ship. IG-88, along with his rival Boba Fett, compete for the compensation. Eventually, the hunters tail Han Solo and Leia Organa (who are aboard the Falcon) to the planet Bespin, where Boba Fett leaves IG-88 for scrap metal. Literally. You tin spot him subsequently in Bespin'south glorified dumpster.
YT-1300 Freighters Appear in the Prequels
Fans honey when at that place's a bit of connective tissue betwixt the Star Wars films. The original trilogy (Episodes IV, 5 and VI) centered on Luke Skywalker and his (spoiler!) father Darth Vader, who was formerly the Jedi known as Anakin Skywalker. In the prequel films (Episodes I, II and III), Anakin — and his descent into villainy — become the series focus, so the connections are obvious.
Nonetheless, the devil is truly in the details. In Episode Two, a YT-1300 Freighter ship can exist seen landing on Naboo when Anakin and Senator Padmé Amidala arrive there. Why is this exciting? Information technology'due south the same type of ship equally Han Solo's Millennium Falcon, arguably the most iconic ship in the galaxy. In Episode 3, a YT-1300 — confirmed past George Lucas and some subsequent novels to exist THE Falcon — docks in a spaceport on Coruscant.
Maz Kanata'south Castle in Episode VII Connects to "The Mandalorian" & Episode I
In Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens, Maz Kanata'south (Lupita Nyong'o) castle on the planet Takodana holds a lot of fun connections to the larger Star Wars universe — some more obvious than others. Kanata, a "pirate queen" who welcomes smugglers of all sorts, has decked her castle out in a multifariousness of banners.
Most notably, one of the banners in the very heart portrays the Mandalorian Diamond or "Iron Heart" — a skull-looking emblem that'south never been fully explained in canonical Star Wars lore. Additionally, quite a few of the brightly colored flags seen on Kanata's castle represent to those carried across the race track in The Phantom Menace'south podracing scene.
A Clone Trooper From the Prequel Films Has a Role in a Movie Made Nearly xx Years Earlier — Well, Maybe…
Perchance ane of the most fun Easter eggs was never meant to exist one at all — that is, until the Star Wars: Rebels animated serial ended and flashed forward a bit, showing the states which characters made it to meet the autumn of the Empire in Episode VI. Thankfully, Rex, a former clone trooper and mainstay in The Clone Wars series, survives and even participates in the Boxing of Endor.
An older, bearded Insubordinate known in canon as Nik Sant bears a striking resemblance to Male monarch. Before Rebels' finale aired, creator Dave Filoni said, "I really do remember that King is that guy (Nik Sant) on Endor. …I'm gonna make that happen. I'1000 getting like Palpatine; I'g getting power crazy." Later on, Filoni told IGN that he decided against making the "Rex is Nik Sant" thought Star Wars canon considering Sant was already an established character. Still, some fans similar to run with the thought that the characters are one in the same — or that Rex is at least on the woods moon.
The Stormtroopers of "A New Hope" Are Barely Holding It Together
The Empire'due south stormtroopers aren't known for being sharpshooters — nor are they known for their intelligence. They certainly tin can't bullseye womp rats or evade Jedi mind tricks, simply even simple tasks get difficult for these impuissant characters — something that's been blamed on the awkwardness of the costumes in the original films.
In A New Promise, a group of stormtroopers runs afterward our heroes and, on the right-hand side, abrupt-eyed viewers will detect that one of the troopers bangs his head on the doorway. And while these troopers aren't specially cunning — or capable — they're at least…resourceful? Equally seen here, one trooper barely keeps his armor together thanks to some Majestic duct tape.
References to George Lucas' Beginning Brusk Film Keep Cropping Upward
George Lucas wrote and directed a social sci-fi short film chosen THX-1138 4EB in 1967 while attending film school at the University of Southern California. In 1971, Lucas reworked the project into a theatrical characteristic under the new championship THX 1138. And nods to this early moving-picture show crop upwards all the fourth dimension in Star Wars. In A New Hope, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo — disguised as stormtroopers to save Leia — say they're transferring their "prisoner" Chewbacca to cell 1138.
In The Phantom Menace, the battle droid that deactivates in front end of Jar Jar Binks has "1138" imprinted on its back. Perhaps most importantly, entering the lawmaking 1-one-3-8 on your remote while watching the DVD version of Episode II brings up a boner reel of a clumsy Hayden Christensen and reveals a clip of Yoda and some troopers chatting, as if caught being coincidental betwixt scenes. Inbound the code on Episode III's DVD menu cuts to a clip of Yoda breakdancing.
007 Joins the Commencement Guild
This next Easter egg isn't actually i you can meet — and not because it takes precipitous eyes to spot it. Instead, this cameo appearance is i that fans learned nearly later on the fact. In The Force Awakens, Rey finds herself being held earnest on Starkiller Base, the Get-go Guild's stronghold. Afterward existence interrogated past Darth Vader-wannabe Kylo Ren, Rey finds herself alone with some stormtroopers.
Having recently realized her potent connexion to the Forcefulness, Rey attempts to use a Jedi mind trick on the unsuspecting trooper. She successfully convinces the trooper to release her binds and so that she can escape. That susceptible stormtrooper is played by none other than Daniel Craig — James Bond himself.
A Throwaway Line in "Rogue 1" Really Foreshadows "The Last Jedi"
We've said information technology before and we'll say it again: Information technology's groovy that Rogue One focuses on its ain plot and characters while sprinkling in little details and Easter eggs for Star Wars diehards. What seems similar a throwaway line of dialogue toward the stop of the moving-picture show actually ends up being a huge plot point in Episode VIII.
While looking for the Death Star schematics on Scarif, Jyn Erso comes across a file called "hyperspace tracking" — significant the Empire is hard at piece of work on this item project. Afterwards, in The Last Jedi, Rose Tico is surprised to hear that the Empire heir apparent — the First Order — has cracked the code on tracking ships through lightspeed, something that had been (secretly) in the works for a while.
Rogue I Features an Iconic Send From "Rebels"
As we noted earlier, Rogue One is chock full of Easter eggs, peculiarly where Star Wars: Rebels is concerned, partly because of the way the 2 overlap. Apart from showing astromech Chopper rolling through the base and a pager calling for General (Hera) Syndulla, Rebels' near iconic ship can also be spotted in a higher place Scarif in the picture show's final battle.
Clearly, General Syndulla received that folio. Merely below the seven-engined Tantive 4-looking ship, sharp-eyed fans can encounter Hera'south transport, the Ghost, reporting for duty. In one of the Forces of Destiny shorts, Syndulla and Han Solo fifty-fifty bicker on the wood moon of Endor, later on the fall of the Empire, about whose ship is better, the Ghost or the Millennium Falcon. Hard choice — merely clearly both are reliable.
Carrie Fisher's Canis familiaris Gary Appears in "The Last Jedi"
Carrie Fisher's constant companion was Gary, a floppy-tongued French bulldog whom Fisher'southward daughter, Billie Lourd, suggested her mom adopt to help Fisher with her bipolar disorder. When Fisher passed away in 2016, Gary was adopted past Fisher's erstwhile assistant, Corby McCoin. But the Strength is yet with Gary.
Popular with fans and cast members alike, Gary was so dear that manager Rian Johnson gave the domestic dog a special cameo as a lovable space creature on Canto Bight'southward casino. In the scene, fans tin spot a canis familiaris-like fauna, based on Gary, in the arms of a casino patron. When McCoin showed Gary the trailer for The Last Jedi, the dog wasn't so interested in his cameo, just his ears did perk up when he heard Fisher's voice.
Directors Rian Johnson & Dave Filoni Appear in Cameo Roles
Although director George Lucas waited until Episode III, the sixth of his Star Wars films in terms of theatrical release, to take a cameo, he certainly wasn't the last Star Wars director to do and so. Rian Johnson, director of The Last Jedi, made an appearance in Rogue One as an Regal officer (left). Fans will think that ii cannon operators aboard the Decease Star demonstrate the weapon's enormous ability by diggings Leia's dwelling planet of Alderaan to smithereens.
A similar shot of those cannon operators is remade for Rogue 1 — and one of the officers is Johnson. Meanwhile, Dave Filoni, the mastermind behind The Clone Wars and Rebels, makes a cameo in The Mandalorian (right) as a New Democracy X-wing pilot called Trapper Wolf, right alongside fellow Mandalorian directors Rick Famuyiwa and Deborah Chow, who play the pilots Jib Dodger and Sash Ketter, respectively.
The Ghost Rides Again in "The Rising of Skywalker" — Alongside Other Iconic Ships
Braving the Boxing of Scarif and (potentially) the Battle of Endor weren't the Ghost's final acts of bravery. At the end of Rise of Skywalker, the Ghost — and most every other ship in the milky way — bring together Millennium Falcon pilots Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca.
Other than the Ghost, some of our favorite ships flying higher up Exegol include the Crucible, an ancient ship one time used past the Jedi and subsequently salvaged past space pirate Hondo Ohnaka; (potentially) the Shadow Caster, famously piloted by Rebels bounty hunter Ketsu Onyo; the Eravana, piloted past Han and Chewbacca in The Force Awakens; and fifty-fifty Dash Rendar's Outrider.
Carrie Fisher's Girl Billie Lourd Has a Role in the Sequel Films
Billie Lourd is not only actor and writer Carrie Fisher'south daughter simply is also the granddaughter of Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds. From Singing in the Rain (1952) to Star Wars, Lourd'southward family is entrenched in the business of making movies. And Lourd herself would go on to appear in all 3 Star Wars sequel films.
Despite her mother'southward wishes, Lourd wanted to pursue acting likewise. Initially, she auditioned for the role of Rey in 2015's Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens, just when the office went to Daisy Ridley instead, Lourd nabbed the part of Lieutenant Kaydel Ko Connix, fighting in the resistance alongside her mother's beloved General Leia Organa.
Shoes & Potatoes Fill the Asteroid Field in "Empire"
There are few scenes more thrilling than Han Solo's daring navigation of an asteroid field in Star Wars: Episode 5—The Empire Strikes Dorsum. Han, Leia, Chewbacca and protocol droid C-3PO escape the planet Hoth aboard Han's trusty Millenium Falcon. In order to outrun the Regal TIE fighters hot on their tails, Han steers the grouping into said asteroid field.
Created past George Lucas' esteemed visual effects partition Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), the effects are impressive, especially given Empire'south 1980 release appointment. The asteroids whip past chop-chop, so it's difficult to make out details. All the same, members of the visual effects team have admitted to basing the shapes of some of the infinite rocks off of a potato and a lawn tennis shoe. Even if you pause, it'southward hard to spot: About asteroids look a bit white potato-similar.
Bluish Milk Is a Galaxy-Wide Favorite
Zip says "refreshing" like having an ice-cold glass of bluish milk after working your moisture farm under the hot twin suns of Tatooine all twenty-four hour period. Sharp-eyed viewers can spot the infamous concoction on the Erso family'due south kitchen counter in Rogue One (acme left), and it's Anakin and Padmé's drink of selection in Episode II (correct).
Known by some as Bantha milk, blue milk is available at Disney'due south Galaxy's Edge theme park. Although Disney now makes the frozen, plant-based blend from kokosnoot and rice milks, Hamill stated that the original was life-long milk dyed blue. "Oily and sweet and euch! Triggered your gag reflex," Hamill recalled. "And so at that place'due south an indication that I'm an underrated actor — I gulped it and acted similar I liked it without vomiting."
Although viewers debate whether or not this next Easter egg tin really be spotted in A New Promise, it's still fun to know about. In the film's opening, Darth Vader and co. pursue Princess Leia Organa and her crew, who are aboard the Tantive IV. Early on, there'southward a shot of the Tantive 4'southward cockpit, which model-makers at ILM had some fun designing.
The model of the Tantive IV included a rather meta reference: A Star Wars motion-picture show poster was pasted to its wall. If you look a bit to the correct, yous tin also see part of a Playboy pinup. Even if this gag was purely done past and for the modeling team, it'due south still fun to know that these folks were enjoying practical effects — and some practical jokes.
Industrial Light & Magic'due south Logo Appears in Episode I
Visual effects and animation company Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) was founded in May 1975 by George Lucas as a division of his film product company, Lucasfilm. While ILM was created ahead of Lucas' production of A New Hope (so simply dubbed Star Wars), the company is known for pulling off some of cinema's most impressive effects, from Indiana Jones to Pirates of the Carribean.
Although back in the mean solar day ILM was on the forefront of model-making and puppetry, the company soon broke ground on computer-generated animation (CGI) and motion-capture technology. And when Lucas returned to bring audiences Episode I in 1999, the visual effects team hid the letters "ILM" in a red reflection of light, which can be (sort of) seen past pausing the scene in which Queen Amidala gazes out the window of Theed Palace.
A Ship From the Nintendo 64 Game "Shadows of the Empire" Appears in "A New Promise"
At that place take been plenty of Star Wars video games over the years, simply the Nintendo 64 hit from 1996, Shadows of the Empire, might exist one of the most fondly remembered. Taking place between the events of Episodes V and VI, Shadows allows players to take control of Dash Rendar, a freelance smuggler.
Does Dash Rendar audio similar a Han Solo stand up-in? He sure does. And like whatsoever adept carbon(ite) re-create, Rendar comes equipped with his own Millennium Falcon-esque send, the Outrider, a YT-2400 light freighter. For the special edition of A New Promise, visual effects teams fabricated some tweaks, ane of which was the addition of the Outrider, which can be seen leaving Mos Eisley (upper left) every bit Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi arrive.
Series Composer John Williams Finally Grabs a Cameo in "The Rise of Skywalker"
At 87 years onetime, legendary composer John Williams has over 260 musical credits, 51 (probably soon to be 52) Academy Award nominations and, of those nominations, five Oscar wins. He has besides been the genius backside Star Wars' iconic music since the beginning, earning an Oscar for his piece of work on Star Wars: Episode Four — A New Hope (1977).
Since 1977, Williams has composed all of the music for the nine films in the Skywalker Saga and, in the saga's last and most contempo film, the legend traded a conducting billy for a mechanical eyepatch. Seen briefly behind the bar in The Rise of Skywalker'southward planet Kijimi, Williams doesn't accept whatsoever dialogue, but his graphic symbol does have a fun name: Oma Tres — an anagram for "Maestro."
Han Solo'southward Chance Cubes from "A New Hope" Announced in "The Last Jedi" & Spinoff Pic "Solo"
When someone dressed the ready of the Millennium Falcon's cockpit back in the '70s, they probably had no idea that one of the smaller, seemingly insignificant details would be used in later on films every bit Han Solo'south calling card of sorts. Though hard to spot, golden die hang from the smuggler's cockpit in A New Hope.
In the standalone movie Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Han gives his ex-flame Qi'ra the die and promises they'll find each other once again one twenty-four hours. Afterwards on, Han gets the gamble cubes back from her — and, clearly, holds onto them. In The Last Jedi, Luke Skywalker tells his sister Leia "No one'south ever really gone" and presses the golden die into her hands (well, sort of) equally a reminder of the tardily Han.
Warwick Davis Has Played More Than Seven Characters in the Star Wars Universe
Actor Warwick Davis is perhaps most well-known in the Star Wars universe for his portrayal of the love-him-or-hate-him Ewok character Wicket W. Warrick (top left), who makes his beginning appearance in Episode VI on the woods moon of Endor. Since then, Davis has been credited with the portrayal of at least seven more characters beyond the Star Wars films.
In 1999's Episode I, Davis was credited with playing four characters: one of young Anakin Skywalker's friends, W. Wald (top middle); an excited podrace spectator, Weazel (bottom, second from right); a blink-and-you-miss-it Tatooine street trader; and fifty-fifty, in select scenes, Master Yoda himself. Davis appears in The Force Awakens, The Final Jedi, Rogue One, Solo and even The Rise of Skywalker, where he dons his Wicket outfit again.
Nintendo 64 Game "Episode I: Racer" Appears in Episode II
Released past LucasArts in conjunction with Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace, the Nintendo 64 hit Star Wars: Episode I—Racer allowed players to jump into the cockpit of a podracer. As of 2011, the game has held the tape for best-selling sci-fi racer, beating out the likes of F-Zip and Wipeout with three.12 million sales.
In fact, Racer is so popular that information technology even has a cameo in the Star Wars films. When Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi chase an assassinator into a bar on Coruscant, footage from Racer plays on one of the screens behind the counter. Not simply is this a clever time-saver for the visual furnishings team, but information technology'south also a fun Easter egg for fans.
Jabba the Hutt as…Jabba the Hutt?
Tatooine criminal offence lord Jabba the Hutt is truly i of the sleaziest characters in the Star Wars universe — and we were thrilled to see Leia accept him out in Episode VI. Nonetheless, considering Episode I is a prequel — and because it spends a lot of fourth dimension on Tatooine — information technology provided the perfect take chances for a Jabba cameo.
The Hutt leader attends the podrace that Anakin Skywalker enters, waving to the crowd. The visual effects team created him using a combination of special furnishings and old-schoolhouse puppetry, and in Episode I's credits he'due south listed every bit playing himself. A set production assistant was besides jokingly chosen "Javva the Hutt" in Episode II's credits — extra funny considering that's the name of the onsite coffee shop at the ILM and Lucasfilm campus.
The Actors Who Play C-3PO & Boba Fett Remove Their Iconic Costumes for Cameos
Thanks to a bevvy of iconic costumes, some Star Wars actors aren't exactly known by their looks. This is true for Anthony Daniels, the actor who famously portrays protocol droid C-3PO in every Star Wars film — except Solo. To make certain Daniels still popped upward in Solo, he plays Tak, a mine worker on Kessel.
Daniels also has a modest cameo in Episode Ii, playing a blink-and-you-miss-him bar patron. Merely the droid actor isn't the only faceless icon to be given some other function. Jeremy Bulloch, one-half-blood brother of producer Robert Watts, is all-time known for playing the helmeted Boba Fett in Episodes V and Six. In Episode Three, he has a bit office as Helm Colton, the pilot of the Tantive Three, which belongs to Leia's adoptive male parent Bail Organa.
"Clone Wars" Star Matt Lanter Appears in "The Mandalorian"
Autonomously from obscuring their faces with helmets or droid parts, Star Wars actors tin be relatively unrecognizable for another reason: They're best known for lending their voices to beloved characters. One such voice player is Matt Lanter, who voices Anakin Skywalker in The Clone Wars blithe series.
Although he's had more outings every bit Anakin than any other player, most fans probably wouldn't know his face up — at least not immediately. And that makes Lanter'south extended cameo in The Mandalorian that much more fun. In the bear witness, Lanter portrays Davan, a New Republic soldier left to await over a prison transport.
Darth Maul's Brother Makes a "Mandalorian" Cameo — Sort Of
In the aforementioned episode Matt Lanter — a.k.a. Anakin Skywalker — makes a cameo, so does some other well-known vocalization actor from that Star Wars universe. Clancy Brown appears equally Burg, a Devaronian mercenary who joins the titular Mandalorian and a few other less-than-savory characters on a prison-break mission.
Brown is perhaps all-time known for voicing Savage Opress in The Clone Wars TV serial — the Dathomirian Nightbrother-turned-Sith-in-training who just and so happens to be Darth Maul's kin. Clearly, Dark-brown has the uncanny ability to play a convincing horned alien. The talented player has also lent his vocalisation to Rebels, in which he plays Ryder Azadi, the Governor of Lothal who sympathizes with the blossoming Rebellion. Also Brown provides the vox for Mr. Krabs. Ag ag ag ag ag.
Finn Finds All of the Millennium Falcon's Games (& Guides)
The Force Awakens is heavy on nostalgia — and that also makes it rife with Easter eggs and fun nods. Maybe 1 of the most exciting turns in the picture show was the heroes boarding the Millenium Falcon one time again, which hadn't been seen up shut-and-personal since 1983'due south Episode VI.
While aboard the Falcon, Finn (John Boyega) searches for a commencement aid kit for an injured Chewbacca and picks up a familiar detail: the remote-controlled sphere used by Luke Skywalker to test his blossoming Jedi reflexes during Episode 4. Finn even turns on the Dejarik table — and while he doesn't actually play holochess, it'due south yet a fun nod to A New Promise.
Jett Lucas Makes a Cameo as a Young Jedi in Episodes II & 3
Jett Lucas, George Lucas' adopted son, has cameos in Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith as a Jedi padawan. Although they were initially unlike characters, the ii were later merged into Zett Jukassa, a tuckerization of Jett's name. Only that's not where Jett's involvement stops.
According to his sister Katie Lucas, Jett inspired the name of the Gungan species, whose most notable member is Jar Jar Binks. During the run of The Clone Wars TV serial, Jett inspired the grapheme of Ion Papanoida — namely considering his father and sister inspired the character's begetter and sister — and went on to intern for the video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
In 1980's The Empire Strikes Back, Han, Leia, Chewbacca and protocol droid C-3PO get into a globe of trouble when Han flies the Millennium Falcon direct into an asteroid field in an attempt to escape the Empire'southward clutches. Afterward, while making repairs on the Falcon, C-3PO tries communicating with the ship.
Although C-3PO is fluent in over 6 million forms of communication, he tells Han that the Falcon has a strange dialect — even by his standards. Cutting to 2018's Solo: A Star Wars Story, which fills in Han's backstory pre-A New Hope. In Solo, Lando Calrissian, Han's longtime buddy, pilots the Falcon alongside his trusty droid L3-37 — an outspoken, feminist droid who afterwards uploads their consciousness into the Falcon.
"The Rise of Skywalker" Is Packed With Cameos From Big-Name Actors
Although The Rise of Skywalker doesn't pull a Marvel movie and include after-credits sequences, it does try its darndest to spotlight some famous faces (and voices). Hamilton'southward Lin-Manuel Miranda (bottom correct), who composed some fun tracks for Episodes VII and 9, nabbed a groundwork cameo as a Resistance fighter.
Meanwhile, Jodie Comer, who won an Emmy for her portrayal of Killing Eve'southward assassin-for-rent Villanelle, takes a plough as a young Rey'southward fleeing mother (pinnacle left). About controversially, Dominic Monaghan (summit right) won his role of Beaumont Kin, a historian-turned-Resistance trooper, after betting on the outcome of a World Loving cup game with director J.J. Abrams. (The two became friends on Lost.) Abrams fifty-fifty gave himself screen time, voicing the droid D-O (bottom left).
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