Rebels - S3E1 - "Steps into Shadow - Part I"

1:28 - Ezra (to Sabine, referring to Hondo):  "Trust me; we need the information he has."  Han also says, "Trust me" (to Leia) in The Empire Strikes Back [1:20:06].

6:11 - Zeb (about Ezra's influencing the Imperial walker pilot through the Force):  "Pretty wizard, eh?"  Anakin's friend Kitster uses a similar expression in The Phantom Menace:  "This is so wizard, Ani!" [54:25].

7:28 - Sith holocron (to Ezra):  "Your anger gives you strength, gives you focus."  Palpatine makes similar comments to Anakin in Revenge of the Sith:  "I can feel your anger.  It gives you focus, makes you stronger." [1:04:45].

12:14 - Kanan (to Ezra):  "Acting out of anger offers quick results, but it's a trap!"  Admiral Ackbar says, "It's a trap!" in Return of the Jedi [1:35:03], and Leia says it twice in The Empire Strikes Back [1:39:50], although both are speaking more literally.

14:09 - Ezra:  "Sabine, get us out of here."  Han also says this in A New Hope:  "Chewie, get us outta here!" [55:26].

15:53 - Sabine rapidly decelerates The Phantom so that the Mining Guild TIE fighter chasing it suddenly passes it, which is the same thing that Luke does with two Imperial speederbikes in Return of the Jedi [59:47].

Rebels - S2E22 - "Twilight of the Apprentice - Part II"

1:49 - Kanan:  "Dealing with Inquisitors is one thing; Vader is another."  Han's comment to Obi-Wan in A New Hope is somewhat similar:  "Look, good against remotes is one thing.  Good against the living?  That's something else."  [1:02:20].  Luke also makes the same sort of comparison in The Empire Strikes Back after Yoda implies that he should use the Force to get his X-wing out of the swamp:  "Master, moving stones around is one thing; this is totally different!" [1:09:12].

3:58 - Maul (as Kanan tries to step onto the lift with Maul and Ezra):  "Only two.  No more, no less."  In The Phantom Menace, Yoda also uses this phrase to describe the Sith:  "Always two there are, no more, no less, a master and an apprentice" [2:07:59].

5:47 - Ezra (to Kanan):  "Trust me."  Han also says, "Trust me" (to Leia) in The Empire Strikes Back [1:20:06].

7:33 - Maul (to Ezra):  "Use your anger."  In Return of the Jedi, Palpatine similarly counsels Luke:  "Use your aggressive feelings, boy" [1:48:49].

7:48 - Maul (to Ezra, referring to the Seventh Sister):  "Strike her down!"  Palpatine uses this phrase in Return of the Jedi as he taunts Luke:  "Strike me down with all of your hatred, and your journey towards the dark side will be complete!" [1:45:00]

13:13 - Kanan:  "Chopper!  Am I glad to hear you!"  Luke says something similar in A New Hope:  "Ben Kenobi?  Boy, am I glad to see you!" [30:35]

19:56 - Kanan (to Ezra):  "There's nothing we can do now."  In A New Hope, Obi-Wan tells Luke something similar after he finds his aunt and uncle dead:  "There's nothing you could have done, Luke, had you been there" [42:02].

Rebels - S2E21 - "Twilight of the Apprentice - Part I"

The title may be a reference to what Yoda says in Return of the Jedi:  "Twilight is upon me, and soon night must fall" [40:48].

0:20 - Rex (to Ahsoka):  "In my book, experience outranks everything."  He says the same thing to her shortly after they meet in The Clone Wars movie [12:11].

5:54 - Maul (to Ezra):  "Please put your weapon away.  I, I mean you no harm."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda says the same thing to Luke when he first meets him:  "Away put your weapon; I mean you no harm" [47:23].

6:36 - Maul (to Ezra):  "Why are you here?"  This continues the parallel with Luke and Yoda's meeting in The Empire Strikes Back; Yoda's next comment is:  "I am wondering:  why are you here?"  [47:27].

11:32 - Maul (explaining to Ezra how to get into the Sith temple):  "Two must lift these stones, no more, no less; that is the way of the Sith."  In The Phantom Menace, Yoda also uses this phrase to describe the Sith:  "Always two there are, no more, no less, a master and an apprentice" [2:07:59].

14:51  Maul (to Ezra):  "Unless you take risks, do what must be done, there will always be limits to your abilities."  In Revenge of the Sith, Sidious says the same thing, albeit as a command:  "Do what must be done, Lord Vader" [1:18:15].

18:26 - Maul (to Ezra as the Sith temple lifts him higher):  "Jump!"  Anakin, from the back of the reek, also calls this to Padmé in Attack of the Clones, while she's perched on top of her pillar in the Geonosian arena [1:48:56].

18:50 - Maul (to Ezra):  "Trust me."  Han also says, "Trust me" (to Leia) in The Empire Strikes Back [1:20:06].

19:55 - Kanan (to Chopper):  "What do you mean we've got company?"  Han uses a similar expression in A New Hope:  "Luke, we're gonna have company!" [1:15:46].

Rebels - S2E20 - "The Mystery of Chopper Base"

8:57 - Kanan (to the rest of the rebels as they enter a cave):  "Stay sharp, and stick together."  In A New Hope, Han Solo says, "Stay sharp" twice, once to Chewbacca before making the jump to hyperspace away from Tatooine [56:08] and once to Luke shortly before the Death Star's sentry ships attack [1:34:15].

10:04 - Ezra (to Kanan, before he tries to connect to one of the spiders):  "Trust me; I got this."  Han also says, "Trust me" (to Leia) in The Empire Strikes Back [1:20:06].

13:21 -  Kanan:  "Maybe this base isn't so perfect after all."

Hera:  "I'm not giving up without a fight.  Hang on!"

Zeb:  "Hera, get us outta here."

Hera:  "Ugh, it's no good.  I'm at full power.  Ah, they must have glued us down."

Han makes similar comments to Luke in A New Hope, when the Millennium Falcon is caught in the Death Star's tractor beam:  "There's nothin' I can do about it, kid; I'm at full power.  I'm gonna have to shut down, but they're not gonna get me without a fight." [1:04:57].  Earlier, he also says, "Chewie, get us outta here!" [55:26].

16:05 - Zeb (to Ezra):  "OK, kid, quick:  what's the plan?"  In A New Hope, Han asks Luke almost the same thing:  "What's your plan?" [1:11:56]

18:09 - Kanan (to Hera):  "Get us outta here."  See above, 13:21.

19:45 - Kanan (to Hera):  "We'll see each other again; I promise."  In The Phantom Menace, Obi-Wan tells Anakin, "You will be a Jedi, I promise" [2:07:43], and in Revenge of the Sith, Padmé tells Anakin, "I'm not gonna die in childbirth, Ani, I promise you," and he replies, "No, I promise you" [53:46].

21:03 - Ahsoka (to Ezra):  "In my experience, just when you think you understand the Force, you find out how little you actually know."  In A New Hope, Obi-Wan also uses this expression:  "In my experience, there's no such thing as luck" [1:02:17].

Rebels - S2E19 - "The Forgotten Droid"

5:24 - The symbol on the door inside the Imperial ship also appears in Echo Base in The Empire Strikes Back [33:36]:

5:54 - AP-5:  "It is against my programming protocol to allow this Imperial vessel or its cargo to be late for its scheduled deliveries."  C-3PO encounters a similar limit in Return of the Jedi, as he tells Han:  "It's against my programming to impersonate a deity" [1:11:37].

6:18 - Stormtrooper (to Imperial captain):  "Sir, we've begun a search.  If any rebels got on board, we'll find them."  In The Phantom Menace, a battle droid's comment has a similar construction; referring to the Jedi, it tells Nute Gunray and Rune Haako, "If they're down here, sir, we'll find them" [10:39].

8:12 - AP-5 (to Chopper):  "You can run, but there will be no escape."  Vader says nearly the same thing to Luke in The Empire Strikes Back:  "There is no escape" [1:50:25].  Palpatine also tells Luke, "There is no escape" in Return of the Jedi [1:44:31].

11:36 - Imperial captain (after Chopper hits him):  "Ow!  What the?"  In Attack of the Clones, an alien on Coruscant also exclaims, "What the?" as he sees Obi-Wan flying through traffic while hanging from a droid [15:08]; Han says it in A New Hope after emerging from hyperspace into a meteor shower [1:03:15]; and in Return of the Jedi, a scout trooper says this after being hit by Wicket [1:05:38].

12:05 - AP-5 (to Chopper after he attacks the captain):  "I can't believe what you just did."  Dr. Jones, Sr. also says this in The Last Crusade after Indy shoots down some Nazis:  "I can't believe what you did" [51:29].

16:30 - Ketsu (after Sabine thanks her):  "You owe me one."  Anakin also says this to Obi-Wan in Revenge of the Sith:  "Alright, but you owe me one, and not for saving your skin for the tenth time" [24:38].  In Return of the Jedi, Han also tells Luke, "I owe you one" [37:21].

16:47 - Screenshots don't do this justice, but this shot of The Ghost sliding to a stop as it approaches the camera is similar to one of the Separatist vessel doing the same near the beginning of Revenge of the Sith [23:23].

Rebels - S2E18 - "Shroud of Darkness"

2:04 - Kanan (to Ezra, as they're running to the edge of a cliff):  "I don't like this."  This is also Leia's reaction after the Millennium Falcon lands in Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back [1:19:58].

5:14 - Ahsoka (talking about the Jedi):  "One by one, they were hunted down."

Ezra:  "By the Inquisitors."

Ahsoka:  "Or worse."

There are similarities here to two lines in A New Hope.  Obi-Wan tells Luke that Vader "helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi knights" [34:19].  A bit earlier, after C-3PO translates R2-D2's announcement of approaching creatures, Luke guesses that they're "Sandpeople.  Or worse." [28:35]

13:34 - Kanan (to Temple Guard):  "I learned enough."  Luke makes a similar comment in The Empire Strikes Back after Vader says that Obi-Wan never told him what happened to his father:  "He told me enough!" [1:51:02].

Rebels - S2E17 - "The Honorable Ones"

1:30 - Zeb:  "My gut tells me this is a trap."  Admiral Ackbar says, "It's a trap!" in Return of the Jedi [1:35:03], and Leia says it twice in The Empire Strikes Back [1:39:50].

2:27 - Ezra (as Chopper fights an-other droid):  "Come on, Chop; get him!"  In Attack of the Clones, Boba Fett similarly encourages Jango to shoot down Obi-Wan:  "Get him, dad; get him!" [1:08:17].

3:27 - The framing of the escape pod launch is basically the same as that in A New Hope, with the camera looking straight on [7:02]:

Rebels - S2E16 - "Homecoming"

5:19 - Cham:  "If you gave me half the attention you gave this second rate junk pile, we'd have liberated Ryloth by now."  In A New Hope, C-3PO similarly insults R2-D2 and calls him a "nearsighted scrap pile" [9:56].  More generally, this comment resembles what Obi-Wan says to Anakin in Attack of the Clones:  "If you spent as much time practicing your saber techniques as you do your wit, you would rival Master Yoda as a swordsman" [16:30].

8:26 - Imperial officer:  "Proceed to bay two.  We'll cover you."  Luke's comments to Red Leader in A New Hope have the same structure:  "Turn to point oh five.  We'll cover for you." [1:53:02].

11:10 - Zeb (after Sabine says that all Ryloth would see the fireball if the carrier explodes):  "I think that's the idea."  According to the subtitles, Greedo uses this expression in A New Hope; after Han says, "Over my dead body," Greedo replies in Huttese, "That's the idea" [50:44].

11:47 - Zeb (after Sabine points out stormtroopers he can shoot):  "That'll do."  Anakin also says this in Attack of the Clones after Padmé points out a spot to land on Geonosis [1:35:40], and Han makes a similar comment, also about a landing spot, in The Empire Strikes Back:  "Yeah, that'll do nicely" [40:11].

12:22 - Stormrooper:  "Close the blast doors!"  A stormtrooper also says this in A New Hope [1:29:39], and Nute Gunray says it in The Phantom Menace [6:27].

15:20 - Kanan:  "Cham, we don't have time for this."  In The Phantom Menace, Padmé says, "We don't have time for this, Captain" to Panaka while exchanging fire with battle droids [1:52:54]

20:28 - Hera (referring to the carrier):  "Alright, let's see what she can do."  In Return of the Jedi, Han says the same thing about the stolen Imperial shuttle: "Chewie, let's see what this piece of junk can do" [53:02].

Rebels - S2E15 - "The Call"

0:50 - Hera:  "Alright, cut the chatter.  Keep your eyes peeled for that refinery."  Red Leader uses this same expression in A New Hope:  "Cut the chatter, Red Two" [1:45:55].

2:13 - Kanan (to Hera, about the purgill):  "Don't shoot!"  C-3PO also says this to Jawas in A New Hope:  "Don't shoot!  Don't shoot!" [16:27].

15:42 - Zeb:  "Refuel commencing."  Han says nearly the same thing in Return of the Jedi, about the clearance codes for the stolen Imperial shuttle:  "Transmission commencing" [54:55].

18:11 - Hera (as the purgill come to the rescue):  "I don't believe it."  Luke also says, "I don't, I don't believe it" in The Empire Strikes Back, after Yoda uses the Force to get his X-wing out of the swamp [1:13:10].

20:51 - Hera:  "I have to admit:  without the help of the purgill, we never would have gotten off the ground again."  Obi-Wan makes a similar comment near the end of Attack of the Clones:  "I have to admit that without the clones, it would not have been a victory" [2:13:26].

Rebels - S2E14 - "Legends of the Lasat"

4:42 - Chava:  "Everything is happening as it was meant to."  The Emperor says something similar near the beginning of Return of the Jedi:  "Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen" [39:19].

4:54 - Agent Kallus (to stormtrooper, about the rebels):  "Move in.  I'll be there soon, and, commander, I want them alive."  Vader gives the same command to the stormtroopers in A New Hope ("Bring me the passengers; I want them alive!" [6:08]) and to the bounty hunters in The Empire Strikes Back ("You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive, no disintegrations" [1:06:14]).

6:23 - Ezra:  "Thanks, Hondo.  We owe you one."  In Return of the Jedi, Han also tells Luke, "I owe you one" [37:21].

17:13 - Zeb:  "Trust me, Hera."   Han also says, "Trust me" (to Leia) in The Empire Strikes Back [1:20:06].

20:54 - Ezra (after Zeb says the two Lasat aren't alone):  "What are you talkin' about?"  This line appears three times in A New Hope:  twice, C-3PO asks R2-D2, "What are you talking about?" [6:51 and 9:47], and later, in response to Luke's urge to rescue Leia, Han Solo asks, "What are you talkin' about?" [1:11:03].  In Attack of the Clones, Anakin also asks Padmé, "What are you talking about?" [1:43:07].

Rebels - S2E13 - "The Protector of Concord Dawn"

1:05 - Commander Sato:  "So we go in with strength, scout the system for defenses to see what we're up against."  Luke uses the same expression shortly before the Battle of Yavin in A New Hope when he tells Han, "You know what's about to happen, what they're up against" [1:41:48].

1:29 - Hera:  "To grow the rebellion, we need friends like these Mandalorians; we could have our route and a powerful ally as well."  While speaking with the Emperor, Vader describes Luke the same way in The Empire Strikes Back:  "If he could be turned, he could become a powerful ally" [53:56].

2:19 - Sabine (to Phoenix Squadron):  "Everybody, stay sharp."  Han says, "Stay sharp" twice in A New Hope, once to Chewbacca before making the jump to hyperspace away from Tatooine [56:08] and once to Luke shortly before the Death Star's sentry ships attack [1:34:15].

3:05 - Phoenix pilot:  "I'm hit!"  Obi-Wan says this in Revenge of the Sith after buzz droids land on his starfighter [5:23].  In A New Hope, this is said by a Rebel pilot ("I'm hit!" [1:48:06]), Luke ("I'm hit, but not bad" [1:48:48]), and Wedge ("I'm hit!" [1:54:32]).  A rebel pilot also says, "I'm hit!" in Return of the Jedi [1:44:16].

3:20 - Hera:  "Phoenix Squadron, take evasive action!"  In The Empire Strikes Back, an Imperial officer also says, "Take evasive action!" [37:19]

6:17 - Kanan (to Sabine):  "There's nothing you could have done."  In A New Hope, Obi-Wan tells Luke this after he finds his aunt and uncle dead:  "There's nothing you could have done, Luke, had you been there" [42:02].  After the duel between Vader and Obi-Wan in A New Hope, Leia tells Luke nearly the same thing:  "There wasn't anything you could have done" [1:33:52].

6:40 - Sabine:  "Fen Rau, the Protector of Concord Dawn.  That's who did this.  That's who we're up against."  See above, 1:05.

6:59 - Commander Sato (about the Battle of Mygeeto):  "That was a long time ago."  Han uses the same expression in The Empire Strikes Back, after Chewbacca makes a comment that's evidently about something Han did to Lando in the past:  "Well, that was a long time ago; I'm sure he's forgotten about that" [1:18:44].  The phrase "A long time ago" is also shown at the beginning of each of the movies.

10:01 - Kanan (to Sabine, surveying the Mandalorian base):  "Well, what are we up against?"  See above, 1:05.

10:15 - Kanan (to Sabine):  "Now get down; they got company."  Han uses a similar expression in A New Hope:  "Luke, we're gonna have company!" [1:15:46].

12:39 - Fen Rau (about the Battle of Mygeeto):  "That was a long time ago."  See above, 6:59.

15:44 - Sabine:  "I call out you, Fen Rau.  You're gonna pay for what you did to Hera."  In Attack of the Clones, Anakin says almost the same thing:  "You're gonna pay for all the Jedi that you killed today, Dooku" [2:04:51].

17:03 - Sabine:  "There are alternatives to killing."  Obi-Wan makes a similar comment in A New Hope when he tells Han, "You can't win, but there are alternatives to fighting" [1:05:06].

20:01 - Mandalorian (to Fen Rau):  "Sir, are you alright?"  In The Phantom Menace, Anakin asks Qui-Gon, "Are you alright?" [1:17:31] and Padmé asks Anakin, "You alright?" [1:19:06].  In Attack of the Clones, Padmé asks Anakin, "Ani, are you alright?" [50:02], and later a clone trooper asks Padmé, "Are you alright?" [2:05:54].  In Revenge of the Sith, Anakin asks the Chancellor, "Are you alright?"[11:49], and a bit later, Mace Windu asks him, "Chancellor Palpatine, are you alright?" [24:53].  In A New Hope, Luke asks Obi-Wan this [59:16] and Biggs asks Luke [1:46:44], and in The Empire Strikes Back, Luke asks, "Rogue Two, are you alright?" [30:31].  Twice in The Empire Strikes Back, Han asks this with a shortened "You alright?" once to Luke [22:12] and once to Leia [31:39].

20:21 - Mandalorian (acquiesing to Rau's orders):  "As you wish."  The phrase "As you wish" occurs a number of times in the original trilogy:  in A New Hope, Vader says it after Tarkin asks him to release General Motti from his Force choke [38:45]; in The Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett says it after Vader warns the bounty hunters against disintegrations [1:06:22]; in Return of the Jedi, Vader says it twice more in conversations with the Emperor [39:16 and 1:07:38], and Admiral Piett says it to Vader ("As you wish, my lord") [56:13].  In The Phantom Menace, Nute Gunray says, "As you wish" at the end of a conversation with Darth Sidious [5:04], and in Revenge of the Sith, Captain Typho says, "As you wish, my lady," to Padmé [1:41:23].

Rebels - S2E12 - "A Princess on Lothal"

1:37 - Lieutenant Lyste (referring to the incoming delegation from Alderaan):  "I'll handle this personally."  Vader has a similar line in A New Hope, albeit as a command:  "See to it personally, commander" [8:42].

4:21 - Leia (to Kanan and Ezra):  "Follow my lead and try and keep up."  In Attack of the Clones, Padmé says the same thing to Anakin after they land on Geonosis:  "Look, whatever happens out there, follow my lead" [1:35:51].

4:51 - Lyste (to Leia):  "From what I hear, your ships have an unfortunate habit of falling into rebel hands.  I assure you:  that won't happen on my watch."  Qui-Gon uses the same expression in The Phantom Menace; after Queen Amidala says that Senator Palpatine fears the Trade Federation wants to destroy her, he replies, "I assure you I will not allow that to happen" [1:36:33].  Palpatine uses it while talking to Mace Windu and addressing the senate in Revenge of the Sith ("And I assure you, the senate will vote to continue the war as long as Grievous is alive" [25:12] and "But I assure you, my resolve has never been stronger!" [1:35:16]) and while talking to Luke in Return of the Jedi ("I assure you we are quite safe from your friends here" [1:32:08]).

7:07 - Kanan (to Leia):  "This time, you follow my lead."  See above, 4:21.

7:39 - Stormtrooper (to Kanan in disguise as a stormtrooper, referring to Ryder):  "We have orders to terminate one of them immediately."  Referring to Leia, Tarkin gives the same command in A New Hope:  "Terminate her immediately" [1:03:05].  In Return of the Jedi, C-3PO, translating for Jabba the Hutt, also uses this expression:  "His high exaltedness, the great Jabba the Hutt has decreed that you are to be terminated immediately" [28:48].

13:50 - Lyste (to stormtroopers, referring to The Phantom):  "This is the rebel ship we've been looking for!  Set weapons for stun!"  The first part of this may reference Obi-Wan's "These aren't the droids you're looking for" in A New Hope [43:39].  "Set for stun" is also said by one of the stormtroopers aboard the Tantive IV in A New Hope [6:24], and in The Empire Strikes Back, it's part of Vader's instructions to Admiral Piett:  "Prepare the boarding party, and set your weapons for stun" [1:57:09].