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For those keeping count, we're at present up to xi Star Wars feature films: nine mainstay titles (Episodes I through 9) and two spinoff films, Rogue One (2016) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). Between all of these films, we also have two loftier-profile, accolade-winning animated series, Clone Wars and Rebels; the live-action TV phenomenon The Mandalorian; and endless other shows, books, and games.
The creatives behind the beloved space opera have packed a lot of details into the galaxy far, far away. Whether you're spending today rewatching the original films, defending the prequels, or communicable The Bad Batch as it drops on Disney+, spend some fourth dimension checking out a few of the best Easter eggs, cameos and hidden details sprinkled throughout the franchise. And, as y'all enjoy our findings, "May the 4th be with you" — always.
"The Phantom Menace" Features a Reference to Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Infinite Odyssey"
If you're a cinephile, y'all may detect The Phantom Menace includes a few more nods to sci-fi classics. The offset is more self-referential: In the background of a scene in Mos Espa, dandy viewers can spot Luke Skywalker's landspeeder from 1977'south A New Promise. Merely that's not all.
Sure, a tip of the hat to Steven Spielberg's E.T. feels near expected, but George Lucas had another famous manager in mind when populating Watto'due south 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, you tin spot an EVA pod from Stanley Kubrick's classic 2001: A Infinite Odyssey (1968).
It'south no hush-hush that The Mandalorian is packed with great cameos. Not to mention, the show serves as a neat way to connect the diverse blithe series with the franchise's movies. From mentions of 1000 Admiral Thrawn to portraying Ahsoka for the first time in alive-action, The Mandalorian is all about item, which is why we can't help but admire these casting decisions.
Kickoff up, we take Bo-Katan Kryze, a quondam member of the Decease Spotter faction on Mandalore. In both Clone Wars and Rebels, Bo-Katan is voiced to perfection by Katee Sackhoff. In The Mandalorian's second flavour, Bo-Katan makes her live-action debut — also played past Sackhoff. We love to run into that kind of continuity.
Next up? Boba Fett. Originally, actor Jeremy Bulloch donned the now-infamous armor in The Empire Strikes Back and Render of the Jedi, and, in the prequel Attack of the Clones, a young Boba was played by Daniel Logan. Since and then, we've seen an animated version of the grapheme, just, however, fans have been clamoring for his alive-action revival.
As fans know, Boba is Jango Fett's "son" — a clone whose aging procedure wasn't sped up. It's plumbing fixtures, then, that Temuera Morrison, the actor who played Jango in Set on of the Clones, has been cast as Boba in both The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett (2021). Nosotros also couldn't help simply love the moment Boba told Mando (Pedro Pascal) that he's "a uncomplicated human, making his style through the milky way" — a clear nod to the fourth dimension Jango told Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) "I'm just a elementary man, trying to make my way in the universe."
In TROS, Rey Hears the Voices of Several Significant Jedi From "Clone Wars" & "Rebels"
In order to take downwards Emperor Palpatine in The Rise of Skywalker (2019), Rey channels the power of "a thousand generations" of Jedi who came before 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 50. Jackson). Some lesser-known Jedi — and those who appear exclusively in animated series like The Clone Wars and Rebels — as well driblet past.
Luminara Unduli (pinnacle 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) also appears in Clone Wars and meets her untimely demise in Episode Three. Adi Gallia (lesser left; voiced by Angelique Perrin) appears on the Jedi Council in the prequels and in several Clone Wars storylines. Most excitingly, Ahsoka Tano (bottom right; Ashley Eckstein), a fan-favorite character from Clone Wars and Rebels, and Kanan Jarrus (top heart; Freddie Prinze Jr.), a Rebels alum and 1 of the few Jedi who survived Order 66, tin can exist heard.
Leia'southward Cell Number from "A New Hope" Connects to Finn's Stormtrooper ID in "The Force Awakens"
Later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope, the first Star Wars film hit theaters in 1977, grossing an unprecedented $775 million. But, at the time, the many small details in this game-changing film didn't seem poised to connect to anything larger. For example, Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) is taken prisoner past Darth Vader and thrown in cell 2187.
Later, Jedi-in-training Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), smuggler Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Wookie co-pilot Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew) bust Leia out of her holding cell. Cut to 2015. Star Wars: Episode Seven—The Force Awakens launches the series' third and concluding trilogy of films. And one of the stars is Finn (John Boyega) — a stormtrooper who defects from the First Order and whose ID number was FN-2187.
George Lucas & Katie Lucas Have Some Prequel Cameos
The Force is strong in creator George Lucas' family, especially when information technology comes to his daughter Katie. These days, Katie is an accomplished screenwriter, with quite a few credits on the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated Television series. Before that, she had small roles in all three prequel films. In The Phantom Menace, she plays Amee, one of young Anakin Skywalker's 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 assassinator. (The person next 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 (correct) speaking to her father George Lucas, who has a cameo every bit Businesswoman Papanoida.
The Ark of the Covenant Has Origins in "A Galaxy Far, Far Away"
In 1981'south Raiders of the Lost Ark, managing director Steven Spielberg throws in a nod to writer/producer George Lucas' Star Wars. No, it's non the fact that Harrison Ford (a.m.a. Han Solo) plays Indiana Jones — it'south a much deeper cut. When Indy finds the titular Ark, in that location are some pretty recognizable hieroglyphics on the left-hand side.
Look closely and you'll discern R2-D2 and C-3PO. So, does that hateful the Ark has its origins in a galaxy far, far away? Potentially. During The Clone Wars Tv set series, Techno Matrimony Leader Wat Tambor terrorizes the planet Ryloth, ransacking it of its riches before the Republic staves him off. One of those treasures looks suspiciously similar the Ark of the Covenant… (Just don't look too closely!)
"Rebels" Characters Announced Briefly in "Rogue Ane"
Rogue 1 does fan service correct: Easter eggs and cameos never eclipse the story the moving picture is trying to tell, just instead feel like fun nods that help cement the story'south place in the larger Star Wars universe. While the fledgling Insubordinate Alliance scrambles to the Battle of Scarif, an intercom pages a "Full general Syndulla."
Lucasfilm's Dave Filoni confirmed this was a reference to Rebels' Hera Syndulla, the Twi'lek captain of the series' transport, the Ghost. While fans can't actually spot Syndulla on-screen, Filoni has said that "Hera volition eventually become a general in the Rebel Brotherhood," fifty-fifty helping out at the Boxing of Endor. Another character from Rebels does make it onto the screen, all the same; the always-cantankerous astromech droid Chopper tin be seen rolling through the rebels' hangar.
The Number 42 Holds Special Significance in "The Ascension 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 hidden world of the Sith located in the galaxy's Unknown Regions. But, on Pasaana, things are much more than festive than our heroes anticipated.
C-3PO explains that the native Aki-Aki people are celebrating the renowned Festival of the Ancestors, which is known for its colorful kites and tasty sweets. Co-ordinate to the movie's visual dictionary, the festival is likewise known for honoring the by and looking forwards to the future. If that didn't audio on-the-nose for a final film, this will: The celebration takes place every 42 years — meaning the last one happened around the time Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope (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 Death Star schematics, which are key to Luke Skywalker destroying the gigantic space station in A New Promise. At the end of Rogue One, those schematics are transmitted to a nearby Rebel flagship. However, Darth Vader himself boards said ship to retrieve the schematics. In a twist of fate, Princess Leia'southward ship, the Tantive IV, is docked on the Rebel flagship, undergoing repairs.
Before Vader cuts everyone down, the rebels aboard the flagship are able to paw off the schematics (on Star Wars' equivalent of a thumb drive) to Princess Leia'due south crew — just equally Tantive Four launches away from the flagship. At the end of Rogue I, Vader looks on as Leia escapes; at the start of A New Promise, the Tantive IV is being chased down by Vader.
According to sources at Lucasfilm, the ending of Rogue One happens a mere 14 minutes before the start of A New Hope.
The Force Is Strong in Denis Lawson's Family
Fan-favorite grapheme Wedge Antilles made his first advent in 1977's Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope. His lasting power probably comes in part from the fact that he fights alongside Luke Skywalker and the iconic Red Squadron at the Battle of Yavin, where Skywalker destroys the Death Star. Antilles and Skywalker stop up existence the but surviving members of the Scarlet Squadron.
Antilles crops upwards at Episode V'southward Battle of Hoth and Episode VI's Battle of Endor — and he survives to see the autumn of the Empire. Although Antilles isn't initially part of the Resistance in Episode Vii — histrion Denis Lawson turned downward the part, saying information technology would "bore" him — he makes a brief appearance at the finish of Episode Nine. 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 Information technology in During "The Phantom Menace"
Back when Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope premiered in 1977, it became the highest-grossing picture of all fourth dimension, eclipsing Steven Spielberg'due south Jaws (1975). However, a few years later Episode Iv's $775 one thousand thousand record was beaten past Spielberg's own space- and alien-themed blockbuster E.T. (1982). Only the Star Wars/E.T. connection 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 function, the camera pans around the senate sleeping accommodation, showing us the reactions of a few intergalactic senators. One group of E.T.-looking aliens, called Asogians, is led by Senator Grebleips — that'south Spielberg backwards.
"The Empire Strikes" Back Features a Type of Droid Familiar to "Mandalorian" Fans
In the first episode of Disney+'south The Mandalorian, the commencement-e'er live-action Star Wars series, the titular bounty hunter-for-hire runs into IG-11, an assassinator droid programmed to impale. Due to their vehement nature, IG-serial droids are largely outlawed in the Star Wars universe, but fans of The Mandalorian will most probable recognize this type of droid from the original series of films.
In The Empire Strikes Dorsum, Darth Vader puts out a call for compensation hunters to track downwards the Millennium Falcon, our heroes' trusty ship. IG-88, along with his rival Boba Fett, compete for the bounty. 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 can spot him afterwards on in Bespin's glorified dumpster.
YT-1300 Freighters Appear in the Prequels
Fans love when there's a bit of connective tissue between the Star Wars films. The original trilogy (Episodes Iv, V and 6) 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, 2 and III), Anakin — and his descent into villainy — become the serial focus, and so the connections are obvious.
Nonetheless, the devil is truly in the details. In Episode II, a YT-1300 Freighter send tin be seen landing on Naboo when Anakin and Senator Padmé Amidala go far there. Why is this heady? It's the aforementioned blazon of ship as Han Solo's Millennium Falcon, arguably the most iconic transport in the galaxy. In Episode III, a YT-1300 — confirmed by George Lucas and some subsequent novels to exist THE Falcon — docks in a spaceport on Coruscant.
Maz Kanata's Castle in Episode VII Connects to "The Mandalorian" & Episode I
In Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens, Maz Kanata's (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 variety of banners.
Well-nigh notably, 1 of the banners in the very center portrays the Mandalorian Diamond or "Iron Heart" — a skull-looking emblem that'southward never been fully explained in canonical Star Wars lore. Additionally, quite a few of the brightly colored flags seen on Kanata's castle correspond to those carried across the race track in The Phantom Menace's podracing scene.
A Clone Trooper From the Prequel Films Has a Role in a Movie Made Nigh 20 Years Earlier — Well, Mayhap…
Maybe one of the about fun Easter eggs was never meant to be i at all — that is, until the Star Wars: Rebels animated series ended and flashed frontward a chip, showing the states which characters fabricated it to see the fall 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 every bit Nik Sant bears a striking resemblance to Rex. Before Rebels' finale aired, creator Dave Filoni said, "I really do think that Rex is that guy (Nik Sant) on Endor. …I'1000 gonna make that happen. I'm getting similar Palpatine; I'm getting power crazy." Subsequently, Filoni told IGN that he decided against making the "Rex is Nik Sant" idea Star Wars catechism considering Sant was already an established character. Withal, some fans like to run with the idea that the characters are one in the aforementioned — or that Rex is at to the lowest degree on the forest moon.
The Stormtroopers of "A New Promise" Are Barely Belongings It Together
The Empire'southward stormtroopers aren't known for being sharpshooters — nor are they known for their intelligence. They certainly can't bullseye womp rats or evade Jedi listen tricks, but even simple tasks get difficult for these clumsy characters — something that's been blamed on the awkwardness of the costumes in the original films.
In A New Hope, a group of stormtroopers runs after our heroes and, on the right-paw side, sharp-eyed viewers volition observe that one of the troopers bangs his head on the doorway. And while these troopers aren't particularly cunning — or capable — they're at to the lowest degree…resourceful? Equally seen here, ane trooper barely keeps his armor together cheers to some Imperial duct tape.
References to George Lucas' Beginning Curt Film Keep Cropping Upwardly
George Lucas wrote and directed a social sci-fi short flick chosen THX-1138 4EB in 1967 while attention picture schoolhouse at the University of Southern California. In 1971, Lucas reworked the project into a theatrical feature nether the new title THX 1138. And nods to this early film crop up all the time in Star Wars. In A New Hope, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo — disguised every bit stormtroopers to salve Leia — say they're transferring their "prisoner" Chewbacca to jail cell 1138.
In The Phantom Menace, the battle droid that deactivates in front of Jar Jar Binks has "1138" imprinted on its back. Mayhap most importantly, entering the code i-1-3-viii on your remote while watching the DVD version of Episode II brings upwards a boner reel of a clumsy Hayden Christensen and reveals a clip of Yoda and some troopers chatting, as if defenseless being coincidental betwixt scenes. Entering the code on Episode III's DVD menu cuts to a prune of Yoda breakdancing.
007 Joins the First Order
This next Easter egg isn't really i you tin can see — and non because information technology takes sharp eyes to spot it. Instead, this cameo appearance is one that fans learned about afterward the fact. In The Forcefulness Awakens, Rey finds herself being held hostage on Starkiller Base, the First Guild's stronghold. After being interrogated by Darth Vader-wannabe Kylo Ren, Rey finds herself alone with some stormtroopers.
Having recently realized her strong connection to the Force, Rey attempts to use a Jedi mind pull a fast one on on the unsuspecting trooper. She successfully convinces the trooper to release her binds then that she can escape. That susceptible stormtrooper is played by none other than Daniel Craig — James Bond himself.
A Throwaway Line in "Rogue One" Actually Foreshadows "The Last Jedi"
We've said it before and we'll say information technology once again: Information technology's great that Rogue I focuses on its own 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 end of the film really ends up being a huge plot betoken in Episode Viii.
While looking for the Death Star schematics on Scarif, Jyn Erso comes beyond a file called "hyperspace tracking" — meaning the Empire is hard at work on this detail project. Later, in The Last Jedi, Rose Tico is surprised to hear that the Empire heir credible — the Kickoff Order — has cracked the code on tracking ships through lightspeed, something that had been (secretly) in the works for a while.
Rogue 1 Features an Iconic Ship From "Rebels"
As we noted earlier, Rogue One is chock full of Easter eggs, especially where Star Wars: Rebels is concerned, partly because of the way the two overlap. Apart from showing astromech Chopper rolling through the base and a pager calling for General (Hera) Syndulla, Rebels' most iconic ship can also be spotted above Scarif in the pic's final boxing.
Conspicuously, General Syndulla received that page. But below the 7-engined Tantive Four-looking ship, sharp-eyed fans tin can see Hera's transport, the Ghost, reporting for duty. In one of the Forces of Destiny shorts, Syndulla and Han Solo even bicker on the forest moon of Endor, after the fall of the Empire, almost whose ship is better, the Ghost or the Millennium Falcon. Difficult choice — but conspicuously both are reliable.
Carrie Fisher'due south Domestic dog Gary Appears in "The Last Jedi"
Carrie Fisher's constant companion was Gary, a floppy-tongued French bulldog whom Fisher's 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 quondam banana, Corby McCoin. But the Forcefulness is still with Gary.
Popular with fans and cast members akin, Gary was so love that director Rian Johnson gave the dog a special cameo as a lovable infinite creature on Canto Bight'south casino. In the scene, fans can spot a dog-like creature, based on Gary, in the arms of a casino patron. When McCoin showed Gary the trailer for The Last Jedi, the dog wasn't then interested in his cameo, but his ears did perk up when he heard Fisher's vox.
Directors Rian Johnson & Dave Filoni Announced in Cameo Roles
Although director George Lucas waited until Episode 3, the sixth of his Star Wars films in terms of theatrical release, to have a cameo, he certainly wasn't the last Star Wars director to do so. Rian Johnson, director of The Last Jedi, made an appearance in Rogue One equally an Majestic officeholder (left). Fans volition recall that two cannon operators aboard the Death Star demonstrate the weapon's enormous power past blasting Leia's home planet of Alderaan to smithereens.
A similar shot of those cannon operators is remade for Rogue One — and ane of the officers is Johnson. Meanwhile, Dave Filoni, the mastermind behind The Clone Wars and Rebels, makes a cameo in The Mandalorian (correct) as a New Commonwealth 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 Once more in "The Rise of Skywalker" — Aslope Other Iconic Ships
Braving the Battle of Scarif and (potentially) the Battle of Endor weren't the Ghost'south terminal acts of bravery. At the end of Rise of Skywalker, the Ghost — and nearly every other ship in the milky way — join Millennium Falcon pilots Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca.
Other than the Ghost, some of our favorite ships flying in a higher place Exegol include the Crucible, an ancient ship once used past the Jedi and afterwards salvaged by space pirate Hondo Ohnaka; (potentially) the Shadow Pulley, famously piloted by Rebels compensation hunter Ketsu Onyo; the Eravana, piloted past Han and Chewbacca in The Force Awakens; and even Dash Rendar'due south Outrider.
Carrie Fisher's Daughter Billie Lourd Has a Role in the Sequel Films
Billie Lourd is non but player and writer Carrie Fisher's daughter but is also the granddaughter of Hollywood legend Debbie Reynolds. From Singing in the Rain (1952) to Star Wars, Lourd's family unit is entrenched in the business organisation of making movies. And Lourd herself would go along to appear in all 3 Star Wars sequel films.
Despite her mother's wishes, Lourd wanted to pursue acting likewise. Initially, she auditioned for the part of Rey in 2015's Star Wars: Episode VII—The Force Awakens, but when the function went to Daisy Ridley instead, Lourd nabbed the role of Lieutenant Kaydel Ko Connix, fighting in the resistance alongside her mother's dearest General Leia Organa.
Shoes & Potatoes Fill up the Asteroid Field in "Empire"
There are few scenes more than thrilling than Han Solo's daring navigation of an asteroid field in Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back. Han, Leia, Chewbacca and protocol droid C-3PO escape the planet Hoth aboard Han's trusty Millenium Falcon. In lodge to outrun the Imperial Tie fighters hot on their tails, Han steers the grouping into said asteroid field.
Created by George Lucas' esteemed visual effects division Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), the effects are impressive, especially given Empire's 1980 release date. The asteroids whip by quickly, so it'south hard to make out details. However, members of the visual effects team accept admitted to basing the shapes of some of the space rocks off of a potato and a tennis shoe. Even if you pause, it'south hard to spot: Most asteroids wait a bit white potato-similar.
Blueish Milk Is a Milky way-Wide Favorite
Zilch says "refreshing" like having an ice-common cold drinking glass of blue milk after working your wet farm under the hot twin suns of Tatooine all twenty-four hours. Abrupt-eyed viewers tin spot the infamous concoction on the Erso family'due south kitchen counter in Rogue I (top left), and information technology's Anakin and Padmé's drink of selection in Episode Two (right).
Known past 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 coconut and rice milks, Hamill stated that the original was life-long milk dyed blueish. "Oily and sweet and euch! Triggered your gag reflex," Hamill recalled. "So there's an indication that I'm an underrated histrion — I gulped it and acted similar I liked it without vomiting."
Although viewers debate whether or non this adjacent Easter egg can actually be spotted in A New Promise, information technology's still fun to know about. In the motion picture's opening, Darth Vader and co. pursue Princess Leia Organa and her coiffure, who are aboard the Tantive Iv. Early on, there's a shot of the Tantive IV'south cockpit, which model-makers at ILM had some fun designing.
The model of the Tantive IV included a rather meta reference: A Star Wars film poster was pasted to its wall. If you look a bit to the right, you can also encounter part of a Playboy pinup. Even if this gag was purely done by and for the modeling squad, information technology'due south however fun to know that these folks were enjoying practical effects — and some practical jokes.
Industrial Light & Magic's 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 production company, Lucasfilm. While ILM was created ahead of Lucas' production of A New Promise (and so simply dubbed Star Wars), the company is known for pulling off some of cinema's almost 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 shortly broke ground on figurer-generated animation (CGI) and motion-capture technology. And when Lucas returned to bring audiences Episode I in 1999, the visual effects squad hid the letters "ILM" in a ruddy reflection of light, which can be (sort of) seen by 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 have been plenty of Star Wars video games over the years, but the Nintendo 64 striking from 1996, Shadows of the Empire, might exist i of the about fondly remembered. Taking place between the events of Episodes Five 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 any good carbon(ite) copy, Rendar comes equipped with his own Millennium Falcon-esque ship, the Outrider, a YT-2400 light freighter. For the special edition of A New Promise, visual furnishings teams made some tweaks, 1 of which was the addition of the Outrider, which can be seen leaving Mos Eisley (upper left) as Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi arrive.
Series Composer John Williams Finally Grabs a Cameo in "The Rise of Skywalker"
At 87 years one-time, 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 as well been the genius behind Star Wars' iconic music since the commencement, earning an Oscar for his work on Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope (1977).
Since 1977, Williams has composed all of the music for the ix films in the Skywalker Saga and, in the saga's concluding and most recent film, the legend traded a conducting baton for a mechanical eyepatch. Seen briefly behind the bar in The Rise of Skywalker's planet Kijimi, Williams doesn't have any dialogue, but his character does have a fun proper noun: Oma Tres — an anagram for "Maestro."
Han Solo's Chance Cubes from "A New Hope" Appear in "The Last Jedi" & Spinoff Film "Solo"
When someone dressed the fix of the Millennium Falcon's cockpit back in the '70s, they probably had no idea that ane of the smaller, seemingly insignificant details would be used in after films as Han Solo's calling card of sorts. Though hard to spot, golden dice hang from the smuggler's cockpit in A New Hope.
In the standalone film Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Han gives his ex-flame Qi'ra the dice and promises they'll find each other again i solar day. Later on, Han gets the chance cubes back from her — and, clearly, holds onto them. In The Final Jedi, Luke Skywalker tells his sister Leia "No 1'due south ever really gone" and presses the golden dice into her hands (well, sort of) as a reminder of the late Han.
Warwick Davis Has Played More than Than 7 Characters in the Star Wars Universe
Actor Warwick Davis is possibly well-nigh well-known in the Star Wars universe for his portrayal of the dear-him-or-hate-him Ewok character Wicket W. Warrick (meridian left), who makes his first appearance in Episode Vi on the woods moon of Endor. Since then, Davis has been credited with the portrayal of at to the lowest degree 7 more than characters across 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 centre); an excited podrace spectator, Weazel (bottom, second from right); a blink-and-you-miss-it Tatooine street trader; and even, in select scenes, Master Yoda himself. Davis appears in The Force Awakens, The Terminal Jedi, Rogue Ane, Solo and even The Ascension 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 record for acknowledged sci-fi racer, beating out the likes of F-Zero and Wipeout with three.12 million sales.
In fact, Racer is and then pop that it 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 backside the counter. Not only is this a clever time-saver for the visual effects squad, but it's also a fun Easter egg for fans.
Jabba the Hutt as…Jabba the Hutt?
Tatooine crime lord Jabba the Hutt is truly 1 of the sleaziest characters in the Star Wars universe — and we were thrilled to see Leia take him out in Episode VI. However, because Episode I is a prequel — and because it spends a lot of time on Tatooine — it provided the perfect chance for a Jabba cameo.
The Hutt leader attends the podrace that Anakin Skywalker enters, waving to the oversupply. The visual effects team created him using a combination of special effects and sometime-school puppetry, and in Episode I's credits he's listed as playing himself. A set production assistant was besides jokingly called "Javva the Hutt" in Episode Ii's credits — extra funny because that's the proper noun 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 sure Daniels still popped up in Solo, he plays Tak, a mine worker on Kessel.
Daniels also has a small cameo in Episode Two, playing a blink-and-you lot-miss-him bar patron. But the droid player isn't the simply faceless icon to be given another role. Jeremy Bulloch, half-brother of producer Robert Watts, is best known for playing the helmeted Boba Fett in Episodes V and Half-dozen. In Episode III, he has a bit role every bit Helm Colton, the airplane pilot of the Tantive III, which belongs to Leia's adoptive male parent Bond Organa.
"Clone Wars" Star Matt Lanter Appears in "The Mandalorian"
Autonomously from obscuring their faces with helmets or droid parts, Star Wars actors tin can be relatively unrecognizable for another reason: They're all-time known for lending their voices to beloved characters. I such vocalization actor is Matt Lanter, who voices Anakin Skywalker in The Clone Wars blithe series.
Although he'southward had more outings as Anakin than any other role player, almost fans probably wouldn't know his face — at least not immediately. And that makes Lanter'southward extended cameo in The Mandalorian that much more than fun. In the show, Lanter portrays Davan, a New Republic soldier left to look over a prison house send.
Darth Maul'southward Brother Makes a "Mandalorian" Cameo — Sort Of
In the same episode Matt Lanter — a.k.a. Anakin Skywalker — makes a cameo, so does some other well-known vocalism thespian from that Star Wars universe. Clancy Brown appears as Burg, a Devaronian mercenary who joins the titular Mandalorian and a few other less-than-savory characters on a prison-intermission mission.
Brown is mayhap all-time known for voicing Savage Opress in The Clone Wars Television receiver serial — the Dathomirian Nightbrother-turned-Sith-in-training who just then happens to exist Darth Maul'southward kin. Conspicuously, Brown has the uncanny ability to play a convincing horned conflicting. The talented actor has too lent his phonation to Rebels, in which he plays Ryder Azadi, the Governor of Lothal who sympathizes with the blossoming Rebellion. Also Brownish provides the vocalisation 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 besides makes information technology rife with Easter eggs and fun nods. Perhaps one of the well-nigh heady turns in the film was the heroes boarding the Millenium Falcon one time again, which hadn't been seen upwards shut-and-personal since 1983'southward Episode Half dozen.
While aboard the Falcon, Finn (John Boyega) searches for a showtime aid kit for an injured Chewbacca and picks upwardly a familiar particular: the remote-controlled sphere used by Luke Skywalker to test his blossoming Jedi reflexes during Episode Iv. Finn even turns on the Dejarik tabular array — and while he doesn't actually play holochess, it'due south nonetheless a fun nod to A New Promise.
Jett Lucas Makes a Cameo as a Young Jedi in Episodes Ii & III
Jett Lucas, George Lucas' adopted son, has cameos in Set on of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith equally a Jedi padawan. Although they were initially different characters, the two were later merged into Zett Jukassa, a tuckerization of Jett's proper name. But that's non where Jett's involvement stops.
According to his sis Katie Lucas, Jett inspired the name of the Gungan species, whose near notable fellow member is Jar Jar Binks. During the run of The Clone Wars Tv set serial, Jett inspired the character of Ion Papanoida — namely because his male parent and sis inspired the character's father 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 earth of trouble when Han flies the Millennium Falcon straight into an asteroid field in an try to escape the Empire's clutches. Afterward, while making repairs on the Falcon, C-3PO tries communicating with the transport.
Although C-3PO is fluent in over vi million forms of communication, he tells Han that the Falcon has a strange dialect — even by his standards. Cutting to 2018'due south Solo: A Star Wars Story, which fills in Han'southward 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 afterward uploads their consciousness into the Falcon.
"The Rising of Skywalker" Is Packed With Cameos From Big-Name Actors
Although The Rising of Skywalker doesn't pull a Marvel movie and include afterwards-credits sequences, it does try its darndest to spotlight some famous faces (and voices). Hamilton's Lin-Manuel Miranda (bottom right), who composed some fun tracks for Episodes VII and 9, nabbed a background cameo as a Resistance fighter.
Meanwhile, Jodie Comer, who won an Emmy for her portrayal of Killing Eve'south assassin-for-hire Villanelle, takes a turn equally a young Rey's fleeing female parent (top left). Most controversially, Dominic Monaghan (elevation right) won his part of Beaumont Kin, a historian-turned-Resistance trooper, after betting on the outcome of a Globe 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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