The Clone Wars - S2E15 - "Senate Murders"

The climactic scene of "Senate Murders" features some significant lighting.

Lieutenant Divo suspects Senator Burtoni for the murders of Senator Farr and Senator Deechi, partially because the poison that killed Farr was developed by Kaminoans and Burtoni is a Kaminoan.  When Divo mentions that the poison affects only Rodians, however, Senator Amidala notes an inconsistency:  if the poison affects Rodians and the senatorial party all drank the poisoned drinks, Lolo would have been poisoned too.  As Amidala is considering this, Lolo is standing behind her, covered by her shadow:

As Amidala remembers that Lolo didn't drink, Lolo steps out from behind her, pulls a blaster on Amidala, and admits to the murders:

Lolo's standing in the shadow here represents two things.  On a simple level, it shows that she's trying to avoid the scrutiny of the investigation, but, more metaphorically, it also illustrates that her involvement has been obscured while Divo has been conducting his investigation and Amidala and Senator Organa have been doing their own.  None of them considered Lolo as a suspect until this moment, and when she steps out into the light, she reveals everything.  The shadow she's hiding in represents the characters' ignorance.

The Clone Wars - S2E14 - "Duchess of Mandalore"

In "Duchess of Mandalore," Duchess Satine doesn't accept the helping hand that one of her guards extends to her as she gets into her speeder, and this is a significant detail.

Satine's not accepting her guard's help visually illustrates how extreme her independence has become.  Later, Obi-Wan confronts her about this:  "You need your friends with you, not held at arm's length.  In your quest to be self-reliant have you decided to cut your friends out of your life?"

The Clone Wars - S2E13 - "Voyage of Temptation"

For most of "Voyage of Temptation," Duchess Satine is wearing an elaborate headdress:

When Tal Merrick* takes her hostage, however, he knocks her headdress off:

When it appears as if Merrick is going to escape with her as his prisoner, Satine confesses her love for Obi-Wan:  "Obi-Wan, it looks like I may never see you again.  I don't know quite how to say this, but I've loved you from the moment you came to my aid all those years ago."

Satine's headdress represents the hidden nature of her feelings.  Only after it's been dislodged are they exposed.

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*There's some discrepancy in how Merrick's name is spelt.  In the credits, it's Merrick, but on the Star Wars website, it's Merrik.

The Clone Wars - S1E22 - Hostage Crisis

When Anakin gives Padmé his lightsaber in "Hostage Crisis" to prove his love for her, he does so in such a way that, if it were activated, the blade would impale her:

To some degree, this foreshadows the events of Revenge of the Sith where Anakin's turn to the dark side causes Padmé to lose her will to live.  Here, he comes very close to injuring her fatally.

The Clone Wars - S1E19 - "Storm over Ryloth"

In "Storm over Ryloth," when Anakin contacts the Separatist commander Mar Tuuk and feigns negotiations (claiming that "I've been ordered to surrender myself, the entire crew of this vessel, and my ship in exchange for safe passage of food and medical supplies to the people of Ryloth," although this isn't the case and only he and R2-D2 are on board), his face almost completely fills the Separatists' screen, as if to disguise the fact that there is no crew behind him.

After a scan reveals only one life form, Mar Tuuk realizes that this is a trick and confronts him:  "Skywalker, what treachery is this!?  You have nothing to bargain with!"  He replies, "Heh, in that case, I'll be going.  Oh, you can still have my ship," and as he speaks, he steps backwards.  Since his ruse has been discovered, he no longer needs to hide the fact that his cruiser is empty.

The Clone Wars - S1E15 - "Trespass"

In "Trespass," Chairman Cho and Senator Chuchi constrast in how they perceive and deal with the Talz.  After dead clone troopers are found in the Republic base on Orto Plutonia, Chairman Cho comments that "if it's not the Separatists out there, then it's a malevolent and aggressive enemy nonetheless."  He repeatedly calls the Talz "savages," and when he meets with Thi-Sen, he makes accusatory gestures and declares war.

During this same meeting, Senator Chuchi tries to intercede on behalf of the Talz and even steps between Cho and Thi-Sen.  Her efforts are of no avail here, but after she receives authority from the Speaker of the Assembly to make peace with the Talz, she negotiates with Thi-Sen herself.  Instead of Cho's aggressive posture, hers is a welcoming one.

It's also significant that she takes the slain chairman's hat and places it upon one of the Talz' spears.  Earlier in the episode, this same sort of monument to the Talz' victory is shown with clone helmets and droid heads:

That Chuchi does this with the chairman's hat illustrates that she understands and respects the Talz' culture, unlike Cho who considers them "little more than animals."  At the end of her negotiations, she tells Thi-Sen that she "recognize[s] your sovereignty as a free and equal people."

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The title of the episode is ambiguous in a couple ways.  When Obi-Wan tells Chairman Cho about the Talz, Cho is indignant and says, "They're trespassers," but from the Talz' point of view, it's the Pantorans who are trespassers.

As a synonym for transgression, the title could also apply to Chairman Cho's actions, which are deemed "out of order" by the Pantoran Assembly.

The Clone Wars - S1E9 - "Cloak of Darkness"

Early in the fight between Captain Argyus and Commander Gree in "Cloak of Darkness," Argyus kicks Gree, dislodging his helmet.  The remainder of the fight is between a helmeted Argyus and a helmet-less Gree:

Their respective head gear reveals their characters.  Argyus is the leader of the senate commandos, but he's betrayed the Republic and is helping Nute Gunray escape.  He seems more concerned with himself than either side of the war though, telling Gree that he wanted "a life with more than empty servitude" and gloating to Gunray after a successful escape that "I'll be a legend for this."  His shifting loyalty is represented by his retaining his helmet, which obscures his face:

Gree, on the other hand, is steadfastly loyal to the Republic.  When Gunray tries to bribe him at the beginning of the episode (saying "I am a man of great wealth, and I can be very generous to my allies"), he doesn't even consider it, and he's indignant about Argyus' betraying the Republic.  There's no deception with Gree, which is represented by his not wearing a helmet here.  He's not hiding anything.

As far as their positions, Argyus and Gree are parallel characters.  Argyus is a captain, and Gree is a commander.  By the end of this episode, their character arcs reveal the value of their choices.  Gree has a virtuous morality and survives the incident, but Argyus, who seems concerned with only his own interests, is killed by Ventress:

Revenge of the Sith

The title parallels Return of the Jedi.

3:32 - Clone pilot:  "Set S-foils in attack position."  Red Leader gives a similar instruction in A New Hope ("Lock S-foils in attack position" [1:45:38]), and so does Wedge in Return of the Jedi ("Lock S-foils in attack positions" [1:34:20]).

3:47 - Anakin:  "This is where the fun begins."  Han Solo has a similar line in A New Hope:  "Here's where the fun begins" [56:26].

4:32 - Anakin (after a Vulture droid launches missiles at him and Obi-Wan):  "Pull up!"  Obi-Wan says this to Anakin during the speeder chase in Attack of the Clones ("Pull up, Anakin, pull up!" [17:08]); Biggs gives this instruction to Luke and to Porkins in A New Hope ("Luke, pull up!" [1:46:42] and "Pull up!" [1:47:22]); and Lando says it in Return of the Jedi ("Pull up!  All craft, pull up!" [1:34:48]).

5:23 - Obi-Wan (after buzz droids land on his starfighter):  "I'm hit!"  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].

6:13 - Obi-Wan (after his cockpit window fogs over):  "I can't see a thing."  Luke says the same thing in A New Hope about his stormtrooper disguise ("I can't see a thing in this helmet!" [1:13:17]) and in The Empire Strikes Back while entering Dagobah's atmosphere in his X-wing ("All the scopes are dead; I can't see a thing" [41:09]).

6:26 - Obi-Wan (to Anakin):  "You're gonna get us both killed!"  Anakin says something similar to R2-D2 in The Phantom Menace:  "R2, get us off this auto-pilot; it's gonna get us both killed!" [1:53:55], and Leia says something similar to Han in A New Hope, after he tries to shoot his way out of the trash compactor:  "Put that thing away; you're gonna get us all killed!" [1:19:32]

6:30 - Obi-Wan (to Anakin):  "Get out of here; there's nothing more you can do."  Luke says something similar to Wedge in A New Hope:  "Get clear, Wedge; you can't do any more good back there" [1:54:34].

7:24 - Obi-Wan:  "Oh, I have a bad feeling about this."

10:22 - Battle droid (to Anakin):  "Hands up, Jedi."  A battle droid also says, "Hands up!" to Jar Jar and Captain Tarpals in The Phantom Menace [2:00:19], and storm trooper says, "Hands up!" to Han and Leia in Return of the Jedi [1:48:07].

11:49 - Anakin (to the Chancellor):  "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 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].

15:42 - Wilehlm scream (clone trooper)

18:43 - General Grievous:  "General Kenobi, we've been waiting for you."  Vader greets him similarly in A New Hope:  "I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan" [1:30:09].

19:12 - Grievous (to Anakin):  "Jedi scum."  Insults involving scum also appear in The Empire Strikes Back (Admiral Piett remarks, "Bounty hunters!?  We don't need their scum." [1:05:52]) and Return of the Jedi (an Imperial officer says, "You rebel scum" [1:33:51]).

21:40 - Anakin (to Obi-Wan and Palpatine):  "Strap yourselves in."  Han Solo uses this same expression in A New Hope:  "Go strap yourselves in; I'm gonna make the jump to lightspeed" [56:46].

24:38 - Anakin (to Obi-Wan):  "Alright, but you owe me one, and not for saving your skin for the tenth time."  Leia uses the same expression in A New Hope:  "Somebody has to save our skins" [1:18:22].

24:53 - Mace Windu:  "Chancellor Palpatine, are you alright?"  See above, 11:49.

25:12 - Palpatine (to Windu):  "And I assure you, the senate will vote to continue the war as long as Grievous is alive."  As Emperor, he uses this same expression while talking to Luke in Return of the Jedi:  "I assure you we are quite safe from your friends here" [1:32:08].  Qui-Gon also uses the 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].

26:12 - Anakin (after Padmé says, "There were whispers that you'd been killed"):  "I'm alright."  The circumstances are quite different, but Luke also says, "I'm alright" in A New Hope, after the scuffle in the cantina [47:21].

40:32 - Obi-Wan (to Mace, referring to Anakin):  "With all due respect, Master, is he not the chosen one?"  In The Phantom Menace, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan's pilot uses the same expression:  "With all due respect, the ambassadors for the Supreme Chancellor wish to board immediately" [2:06].

42:19 - Padmé (to Anakin):  "Hold me."  Leia also says this to Han in Return of the Jedi [1:22:17].

43:44 - Palpatine (to his entourage at the opera):  "Leave us."  As Emperor, he also says this in Return of the Jedi:  "Guards, leave us" [1:30:55].

44:28 - Palpatine (to Anakin):  "Search your feelings.  You know, don't you?"  Vader says the same thing to Luke in The Empire Strikes Back:  "Search your feelings.  You know it to be true." [1:51:26].

50:03 - As he jumps onto a Separatist tank, one of the Wookiees gives a Tarzan-like yell, which Chewbacca also does while swinging onto an AT-ST in Return of the Jedi [1:45:39].

51:13 - Obi-Wan (to Anakin, as Obi-Wan leaves for Utapau):  "Goodbye, old friend."  The phrase "old friend" is also used in Attack of the Clones (where Palpatine suggests "an old friend, like Master Kenobi" to protect Padmé [6:34] and Count Dooku calls Mace Windu "my old Jedi friend" [1:50:24] and just "old friend" [1:56:05]), in A New Hope (where Leia sarcastically says, "We, uh, ran into some old friends" when Han asks her and Luke where they've been [1:31:33]), in The Empire Strikes Back (where Yoda says that through the Force, Luke will see "Old friends long gone" [1:17:05]), and in Return of the Jedi (where Luke says, "I have a promise to keep to an old friend" [37:37] and Han calls C-3PO "an old friend of mine" [1:11:53]).

53:46 - Padmé:  "I'm not gonna die in childbirth, Ani, I promise you."

Anakin:  "No, I promise you."

In The Phantom Menace, Obi-Wan also makes a promise to Anakin:  "You will be a Jedi, I promise" [2:07:43]

53:55 - This shot of Obi-Wan's starfighter exiting hyperspace, detaching from the hyperspace ring, and then flying to Utapau has the same basic composition and dynamic as the shot of his starfighter exiting hyperspace, detaching from the hyperspace ring, and then flying to Kamino in Attack of the Clones [40:54]:

57:30 - Obi-Wan (to Grievous):  "Hello there."  He greets R2 the same way in A New Hope [30:07].

1:07:28 - Obi-Wan (referring to the blaster he used to kill Grievous):  "So uncivilized."  It seems like this is meant to contrast with what he says about the lightsaber in A New Hope:  "An elegant weapon for a more civilized age" [33:47].

1:16:32 - Palpatine (to Anakin):  "The Force is strong with you."  In a Jedi counsel meeting in The Phantom Menace, Ki-Adi Mundi says, "The Force is strong with him," referring to Anakin [1:33:06].  In A New Hope, Vader also says this about Luke (although he doesn't know it's Luke specifically, just a rebel pilot):  "The Force is strong with this one" [1:55:41], and while talking to Vader in The Empire Strikes Back, Palpatine says, "The Force is strong with him," referring to Luke [53:46].

1:20:06 - The markings on the back of this battle droid bear a passing resemblance to 1138:

1:20:53 - Commander Cody (to a clone gunner, referring to Obi-Wan):  "Blast him!"  In A New Hope, Luke also yells this to Han, referring to the dianoga in the trash compactor:  "Blast it, will you!?" [1:20:38]

1:23:40 - Jedi youngling (referring to the clones executing Order 66 at the Jedi temple):  "Master Skywalker, there are too many of them."  In The Phantom Menace, Captain Panaka says this about battle droids ("There are too many of them" [23:25]), and in Return of the Jedi, a rebel pilot says this about TIE fighters ("There's too many of them" [1:35:13]).

1:24:00 - C-3PO (to Padmé, about Anakin):  "Don't worry; I'm sure he'll be alright."  This is similar to what Obi-Wan says to R2 about Luke in A New Hope ("Oh, don't worry; he'll be alright" [30:17]) and what C-3PO says to R2 in The Empire Strikes Back ("Of course we'll see Master Luke again, and he'll be quite alright; you'll see!" [10:43] and "Don't worry about Master Luke; I'm sure he'll be alright" [12:45]).

1:35:06 - Palpatine (addressing the senate):  "The attempt on my life has left me scarred and deformed, but I assure you my resolve has never been stronger!"  See above, 25:12.

1:36:59 - Obi-Wan (to Yoda, as they're leaving the Jedi temple):  "Wait, Master, there is something I must know."  Luke says something similar in Return of the Jedi when he asks Yoda about Vader:  "Yoda, I must know" [42:09].

1:38:44 - Obi-Wan (referring to Anakin):  "Padmé, I need your help.  He's in grave danger."  First, Queen Amidala says the same thing to Jar Jar in The Phantom Menace ("I need your help" [1:37:55]), and Obi-Wan says this to Luke in A New Hope ("I need your help, Luke.  She [Leia] needs your help." [36:03]).  Second, Yoda uses the same phrase in The Phantom Menace when he tells Obi-Wan:  "The chosen one the boy may be; nevertheless, grave danger I fear in his training" [2:06:38].

1:41:23 - Captain Typho (to Padmé):  "As you wish, my lady."  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].

1:44:39 - Anakin:  "I'm becoming more powerful than any Jedi has ever dreamed of."  In Attack of the Clones, Count Dooku says something similar:  "I've become more powerful than any Jedi" [2:08:30].

1:45:09 - Anakin (to Padmé):  "And together, you and I can rule the galaxy."  As Vader, he says something similar to Luke in The Empire Strikes Back:  "Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son" [1:51:45].

1:47:23 - Anakin (to Obi-Wan):  "Don't make me kill you."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Vader says almost the same thing (to Luke):  "Don't make me destroy you" [1:50:27].

1:59:23 - Anakin (to Obi-Wan):  "You underestimate my power."  In Return of the Jedi, as Vader, he says almost the same thing to Luke:  "You underestimate the power of the dark side" [1:50:07].

2:09:21 - Obi-Wan (asking about Luke's future):  "And what of the boy?"  There are similarly constructed questions in A New Hope (General Tagge asks Tarkin, "And what of the rebellion?" [37:42]) and Return of the Jedi (Vader asks Palpatine, "What of the reports of the rebel fleet massing near Sullust?" [53:57]).

2:09:56 - Yoda (to Obi-Wan):  "An old friend has learned the path to immortality."  See above, 51:13.

2:13:33 - This shot of Owen, Beru, and Luke watching the sunset matches the shot of Luke watching the sunset in A New Hope [25:31]:

Attack of the Clones

6:24 - Chancellor Palpatine (to Padmé):  "I realize all too well that additional security might be disruptive for you, but perhaps someone you're familiar with, an old friend, like Mastor Kenobi."  The phrase "old friend" is also used in A New Hope (where Leia sarcastically says, "We, uh, ran into some old friends" when Han asks her and Luke where they've been [1:31:33]), in The Empire Strikes Back (where Yoda says that through the Force, Luke will see "Old friends long gone" [1:17:05]), and in Return of the Jedi (where Luke says, "I have a promise to keep to an old friend" [37:37] and Han calls C-3PO "an old friend of mine" [1:11:53]).

15:08 - Alien in traffic (seeing Obi-Wan hanging from a droid):  "What the?"  Han Solo also says this 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].

15:18 - An-other alien in traffic, also reacting to Obi-Wan:  "Jedi poodoo!"  Sebulba also says, "Poodoo!" in The Phantom Menace after his podracer crashes [1:09:20].

17:08 - Obi-Wan:  "Pull up, Anakin, pull up!"  Biggs gives this instruction to Luke and to Porkins in A New Hope ("Luke, pull up!" [1:46:42] and "Pull up!" [1:47:22]); and Lando says it in Return of the Jedi ("Pull up!  All craft, pull up!" [1:34:48]).

21:49 - Obi-Wan (to Anakin):  "Patience.  Use the Force.  Think."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda and Obi-Wan also counsel Luke with, "Patience!" [Yoda at 54:36 and 55:03; Obi-Wan at 1:24:18], and in Return of the Jedi, the Emperor advises Vader:  "Patience, my friend" [38:57].  Obi-Wan also says, "Use the Force, Luke" in A New Hope [1:55:32].

22:04 - Obi-Wan (to Anakin):  "Why do I get the feeling you're going to be the death of me?"  In A New Hope, his feeling proves to be true [1:32:21].

23:44 - Obi-Wan cuts off Zam Wesell's arm at the bar, which, depending on your point of view, either foreshadows or echoes what he does in the cantina in A New Hope [46:58].

34:55 - Cooking droid (to R2-D2):  "Hey, you, no droids!  Get out of here."  While the specific dialogue isn't very similar, this is the same antagonism shown to the droids in the cantina in A New Hope:  "Hey, we don't serve their kind here. ... Your droids, they'll have to wait outside; we don't want them here." [45:36].

36:06 - Yoda (to a group of Jedi younglings training with lightsabers):  "Reach out; sense the Force around you; use your feelings you must."  Obi-Wan gives similar advice to Luke as he's training with a lightsaber in A New Hope:  "Stretch out with your feelings" [1:01:57].

36:55 - Yoda (to the younglings):  "Clear your minds."  He also gives this instruction to Luke in The Empire Strikes Back:  "Clear your mind of questions" [1:02:13].

42:07 - Taun We (to Obi-Wan):  "Now, please, this way."  TC-14 gives a similar direction to Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan in The Phantom Menace:  "This way, please" [2:45].

50:02 - Padmé:  "Ani, 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 A New Hope, Luke asks Obi-Wan, "Are you alright?" [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].

57:35 - Obi-Wan (to Yoda and Mace Windu):  "I have a strong feeling that this bounty hunter is the assassin we're looking for."  This is similar to what he says to the Imperial troops in A New Hope:  "These aren't the droids you're looking for" [43:40].

59:17 - Anakin's pose here is the same as Vader's in The Empire Strikes Back [20:27]:

1:03:23 - Jango Fett hits his head on the door of Slave I as he enters.  In A New Hope, a stormtrooper also hits his head on a door in the Death Star [1:22:18].

1:08:22 - Obi-Wan:  "Blast!  This is why I hate flying!"  Luke says, "Blast!" twice in A New Hope:  after R2-D2 disappears ("Blast it!" [26:49]) and when a TIE fighter is behind him during the Battle of Yavin ("Blast it, Biggs, where are you?" [1:49:09]).

1:13:42 - Owen (to Anakin as he gets up to leave):  "Where are you going?"  In A New Hope, Beru asks Luke this, and they're even in the same location, the dining area of the moisture farm homestead [25:09].

1:21:22 - Yoda (sensing Anakin's slaughter of the Tusken raiders):  "Something terrible has happened."  This is also how Obi-Wan describes the destruction of Alderaan in A New Hope:  "I feel something terrible has happened" [59:27].  In the scene in Attack of the Clones and a bit later when Anakin tells Padmé what he's done, there are also brief quotations of the Imperial march.

1:26:05 - Anakin:  "I'm a Jedi."  The context is different, but Luke also says, "I am a Jedi" in Return of the Jedi [1:54:15].

1:27:54 - C-3PO (referring to R2):  "It seems that he is carrying a message from an Obi-Wan Kenobi.  Master Ani, does that name mean anything to you?"  In Return of the Jedi, Vader uses the same diction when Luke brings up the name Anakin:  "That name no longer has any meaning for me" [1:23:51].

1:31:02 - Count Dooku (upon seeing Obi-Wan imprisoned):  "Oh no, my friend.  This is a mistake, a terrible mistake; they've gone too far; this is madness."  C-3PO also exclaims, "This is madness!" in A New Hope [2:52].

1:33:07 - Dooku:  "You must join me, Obi-Wan, and together we will destroy the Sith!"

Obi-Wan:  "I will never join you, Dooku."

Vader makes a similar entreaty to Luke in The Empire Strikes Back:  "Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son" [1:51:45].  A bit earlier in the conversation, Luke's reply is the same as Obi-Wan's:  "I'll never join you!" [1:50:52]

1:35:40 - Anakin (after Padmé points out exhaust vents where they can land the ship):  "That'll do."  Han makes a similar comment, also about a landing spot, in The Empire Strikes Back:  "Yeah, that'll do nicely" [40:11].

1:36:02 - Anakin (to Padmé):  "Don't worry; I've given up trying to argue with you."  "Don't worry" also appears in A New Hope (Obi-Wan tells R2-D2, "Oh, don't worry; he'll be alright," referring to Luke [30:17], and Han tells Leia, "Don't worry; she'll hold together," referring to the Millennium Falcon [1:34:57]) and The Empire Strikes Back (Han tells Leia, "Don't worry" [1:20:04]).

1:42:30 - Jango (to battle droids, referring to Anakin):  "Take him away."  In The Phantom Menace, Nute Gunray also commands, "Take him away," to a pair of battle droids, referring to Sio Bibble [1:18:19].

1:43:07 - Anakin (to Padmé):  "What are you talking 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].

1:45:57 - Anakin:  "I've got a bad feeling about this."

1:46:25 - Obi-Wan (to Anakin):  "Just relax.  Concentrate."  Yoda also advises Luke with "Concentrate" in The Empire Strikes Back [1:08:40 and 1:16:38].

1:49:27 - Dooku (to Gunray, referring to Padmé):  "Patience, Viceroy, patience; she will die."  See above, 21:49.

1:50:21 - Dooku (to Windu):  "Brave but foolish, my old Jedi friend."  See above, 6:24.

1:53:41 - C-3PO:  "I'm terribly sorry about all this!"  He uses the same expression in The Empire Strikes Back, apologizing to Lando about Chewbacca ("I'm terribly sorry about all this, after all, he's only a Wookiee" [1:42:41]) and in Return of the Jedi, when he runs into R2-D2 on Jabba's sail barge ("I'm terribly sorry" [30:49]).

1:56:03 - Dooku (after Windu refuses to surrender):  "Then, I'm sorry, old friend."  See above, 6:24.

2:02:03 - Yoda (to the clones):  "Concentrate all your fire on the nearest starship."  Admiral Ackbar gives a similar command in Return of the Jedi:  "Concentrate all fire on that Super Star Destroyer" [1:58:43].

2:05:54 - Clone trooper (to Padmé):  "Are you alright?"  See above, 50:02.

The Phantom Menace

In the opening crawl, the Jedi Knights are described as "the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy," which is taken verbatim from Obi-Wan's dialogue in A New Hope:  "For over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the old Republic before the dark times, before the Empire" [33:54].

3:05 - Obi-Wan:  "I have a bad feeling about this."

5:02 - Nute Gunray (after Sidious commands him to kill the Jedi):  "Yes, yes, my lord, uh, as you wish."  The phrase "as you wish" appears 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].

6:27 - Nute Gunray:  "Close the blast doors!"  A stormtrooper also says this in A New Hope [1:29:39].

23:25 - Captain Panaka (referring to the battle droids):  "There are too many of them."  A rebel pilot says basically the same thing in Return of the Jedi (referring to TIE fighters):  "There's too many of them" [1:35:13].

23:48 - Sio Bibble:  "Our only hope is for the senate to side with us."  Leia uses the phrase "only hope" twice in A New Hope ("Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi; you're my only hope" [35:35] and "You must use the information in this R2 unit to help plan the attack; it's our only hope" [1:38:49]); C-3PO uses it once in The Empire Strikes Back ("Your highness, we must take this last transport; it's our only hope" [31:49]); Obi-Wan uses it once, referring to Luke, in Return of the Jedi ("You were our only hope" [47:24]); and Luke uses it once, referring to Leia, in Return of the Jedi ("If I don't make it back, you're the only hope for the Alliance" [1:19:39]).

31:47 - Qui-Gon:  "I need parts for a J-type 327 Nubian."

35:30 - Qui-Gon:  "I'm sure another solution will present itself."  Perhaps coincidentally, this is somewhat similar to what Dr. Jones, Sr. says in The Last Crusade:  "I find that if I just sit down and think, the solution presents itself" [1:02:16].

39:03 (to Padmé) & 39:26 (to R2-D2) - C-3PO:  "I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations."  He introduces himself the same way to Luke in A New Hope ("And I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations" [20:25]) and to Lando in The Empire Strikes Back ("I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations" [1:21:31]).  He's about to say the same thing in Return of the Jedi, but EV-9D9 interrupts him, so he gets only as far as "I am C-3PO human-cy-" [11:21].

56:08 - Podrace announcer: "And back again it's the mighty Dud Bolt with that incredible racing machine, the Vulptereen 327."

1:17:31 - Anakin (to Qui-Gon):  "Are you alright?"

and

1:19:06 - Padmé (to Anakin):  "You alright?"

In A New Hope, Luke asks Obi-Wan, "Are you alright?" [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 the shortened "You alright?" once to Luke [22:12] and once to Leia [31:39].

1:28:36 - Queen Amidala:  "I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die while you discuss this invasion in a committee."  Han Solo uses a similar expression in The Empire Strikes Back:  "No time to discuss this in a committee!" [1:00:16].

1:33:06 - Ki-Adi Mundi (referring to Anakin):  "The Force is strong with him."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Palpatine, speaking to Vader, also says this about Luke [53:46].  Vader has a similar line in A New Hope when he says, "The Force is strong with this one" [1:55:41], also describing Luke, although unknowingly.

1:34:50 - Obi-Wan:  "It's not disrespect, Master; it's the truth."

Qui-Gon:  "From your point of view."

Qui-Gon's line resembles what Obi-Wan says to Luke in Return of the Jedi:  "So what I told you was true, from a certain point of view" [46:21].

1:36:33 - Qui-Gon (to Queen Amidala, after she says that Senator Palpatine fears the Trade Federation wants to destroy her):  "I assure you I will not allow that to happen."  The context is quite different, but Palpatine (as Emperor) also uses this expression while speaking to Luke in Return of the Jedi:  "I assure you we are quite safe from your friends here" [1:32:08].

1:37:55 - Queen Amidala (to Jar Jar):  "I need your help."  Obi-Wan also says this in A New Hope:  "I need your help, Luke.  She [Leia] needs your help." [36:03].

1:47:37 - Wilhelm scream (Naboo guard)

1:59:48 - Obi-Wan screams, "No!" after Darth Maul strikes down Qui-Gon, which is the same sort of situation as in A New Hope when Luke screams, "No!" after Darth Vader strikes down Obi-Wan [1:32:24]

2:00:19 - Battle droid (to Jar Jar and Captain Tarpals):  "Hands up!"  A storm trooper also says this to Han and Leia in Return of the Jedi [1:48:07].

2:03:31 - The battle droid next to Jar Jar has markings that appear to be 1138:

2:06:41 - There's a brief musical cue of the Imperial March as Yoda tells Obi-Wan that he fears "grave danger" in Anakin's training.

Return of the Jedi

2:59 - This shot of an Imperial shuttle entering a landing bay in the second Death Star has the same general framing as the Millennium Falcon entering a landing bay in the first Death Star in A New Hope [1:05:31]:

8:04 - C-3PO:  "R2, I have a bad feeling about this."

11:21 - C-3PO (to EV-9D9):  "I am C-3PO, human-cy-."  That's as far as he gets before being interrupted, but he introduces himself the same way to Luke in A New Hope ("And I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations" [20:25]) and to Lando in The Empire Strikes Back ("I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations" [1:21:31]).

21:55 - Han:  "I'm out of it for a little while, everybody gets delusions of grandeur."  C-3PO also uses this phrase in The Empire Strikes Back when he tells R2-D2:  "I'm standing here in pieces, and you're having delusions of grandeur" [1:59:01].

28:48 - C-3PO:  "His high exaltedness, the great Jabba the Hutt has decreed that you are to be terminated immediately."  Referring to Leia, Tarkin gives the same command in A New Hope:  "Terminate her immediately" [1:03:05].

30:49 - C-3PO (after he runs into R2-D2 serving drinks on Jabba's sail barge):  "I'm terribly sorry."  He uses the same expression in The Empire Strikes Back, apologizing to Lando about Chewbacca:  "I'm terribly sorry about all this, after all, he's only a Wookiee" [1:42:41].

32:58 - Wilhelm scream (one of Jabba's guards as he falls into the Sarlacc pit)

37:37 - Luke:  "I have a promise to keep, to an old friend."  The phrase "old friend" is also used in A New Hope (Leia sarcastically says, "We, uh, ran into some old friends" when Han asks her and Luke where they've been [1:31:33]) and in The Empire Strikes Back (Yoda says that through the Force, Luke will see "Old friends long gone" [1:17:05]).

38:57 - Emperor Palpatine (to Vader):  "Patience, my friend."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Yoda and Obi-Wan also counsel Luke with, "Patience!" [Yoda at 54:36 and 55:03; Obi-Wan at 1:24:18].

39:16 - Vader (after Palpatine explains his plan to turn Luke to the dark side):  "As you wish."  In A New Hope, Vader says this after Tarkin asks him to release General Motti from his Force choke [38:45], and in The Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett says it after Vader warns the bounty hunters against disintegrations [1:06:22].

43:02 - Yoda (to Luke):  "Remember:  a Jedi's strength flows from the Force."  He also tells him this in The Empire Strikes Back:  "A Jedi's strength flows from the Force" [1:01:18], and it's similar to what Obi-Wan tells him in A New Hope:  "Remember, a Jedi can feel the Force flowing through him" [1:00:50].

43:21 - Yoda (to Luke):  "Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny."  He says nearly the same thing (also to Luke) in The Empire Strikes Back:  "If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny; consume you it will!" [1:01:31].

46:00 - Luke:  "Why didn't you tell me?  You told me Vader betrayed and murdered my father."

Obi-Wan:  "Your father was seduced by the dark side of the Force."

Some of these phrases exactly echo what Obi-Wan tells Luke in A New Hope:  "A young Jedi named Darth Vader, who was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil, helped the Empire hunt down and destroy the Jedi knights.  He betrayed and murdered your father.  Now the Jedi are all but extinct.  Vader was seduced by the dark side of the Force." [34:13].

47:24 - Obi-Wan (to Luke):  "You were our only hope."  Leia uses the phrase "only hope" twice in A New Hope ("Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi; you're my only hope" [35:35] and "You must use the information in this R2 unit to help plan the attack; it's our only hope" [1:38:49]), and C-3PO uses it once in The Empire Strikes Back ("Your highness, we must take this last transport; it's our only hope" [31:49]).

53:02 - Han (referring to the stolen Imperial shuttle): "Chewie, let's see what this piece of junk can do." This is also how Luke describes the Millennium Falcon when he first sees it in A New Hope: "What a piece of junk!" [54:37].

53:57 - Vader (to Palpatine):  "What of the reports of the rebel fleet massing near Sullust?"  In A New Hope, General Tagge asks Tarkin a question with the same construction:  "And what of the rebellion?" [37:42].

54:04 - Emperor Palpatine: "Soon the rebellion will be crushed, and young Skywalker will be one of us." Tarkin uses a similar expression in A New Hope: "Now Lord Vader will provide us with the location of the rebel fortress by the time this station is operational; we will then crush the rebellion with one swift stroke" [38:52].

55:51 - Han (after Luke says, "I'm endangering the mission; I shouldn't have come"):  "It's your imagination, kid."  In A New Hope, he says almost the same thing ("That's your imagination" [1:19:49]) after Luke claims that there's something alive in the trash compactor.  He's wrong about both.

56:13 - Admiral Piett (to Vader):  "As you wish, my lord."  See above, 39:16.

1:05:38 - Scout trooper (after Wicket hits him with a stick):  "What the?"  Han Solo says this in A New Hope after emerging from hyperspace into a meteor shower [1:03:15].

1:07:38 - Vader (after Palpatine commands him to bring Luke to him):  "As you wish."  See above, 39:16.

1:11:53 - Han (to the Ewoks, referring to C-3PO):  "He's an old friend of mine."  As noted above, Leia uses the phrase "old friend" in A New Hope and Yoda uses it in The Empire Strikes Back.

1:12:40 - Han:  "I have a really bad feeling about this."

1:33:51 - Imperial officer:  "You rebel scum."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Admiral Piett gives the same appraisal:  "Bounty hunters!?  We don't need their scum." [1:05:52]

1:34:20 - Wedge:  "Lock S-foils in attack positions."  Red Leader gives the same instruction in A New Hope:  "Lock S-foils in attack position" [1:45:38].

1:34:48 - Lando:  "Pull up!  All craft, pull up!"  Biggs gives this instruction to Luke and to Porkins in A New Hope ("Luke, pull up!" [1:46:42] and "Pull up!" [1:47:22]).

1:35:03 - Admiral Ackbar:  "It's a trap!"  Leia says this twice in The Empire Strikes Back:  "Luke, don't; it's a trap!  It's a trap!" [1:39:49].

1:37:06 - C-3PO (to the Imperial troops):  "Were you looking for me?"  This might be a reference to Obi-Wan's "These aren't the droids you're looking for" in A New Hope [43:40].

1:44:16 - Rebel pilot:  "I'm hit!"  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]).

1:44:31 -  Palpatine (to Luke):  "There is no escape."   Vader also tells Luke this in The Empire Strikes Back [1:50:25].

1:48:03 - Han:  "I love you."

Leia:  "I know."

With reversed speakers, this exchange also occurs in The Empire Strikes Back [1:35:54].  Both scenes also have similar musical cues.

1:49:01 - Vader (to Luke):  "Obi-Wan has taught you well."  He also says this to Luke in The Empire Strikes Back [1:44:42].

The Empire Strikes Back

12:45 - C-3PO (to R2-D2):  "Don't worry about Master Luke; I'm sure he'll be alright."  Obi-Wan says the same thing to R2 about Luke in A New Hope:  "Oh, don't worry; he'll be alright" [30:17].

18:52 - General Rieekan: "Send Rogues 10 and 11 to Station 38."  This is a somewhat disguised occurrence of 1138.

22:12 - Han (to Luke):  "You alright?"  In A New Hope, Luke asks Obi-Wan, "Are you alright?" [59:16], and Biggs asks Luke [1:46:44].

23:09 - Darth Vader (after General Veers informs him of the Rebels' energy shield):  "The Rebels are alerted to our presence."  C-3PO uses the same expression in A New Hope when he tells Luke, "I said all systems have been alerted to your presence, sir" [1:17:49].

30:31 - Luke:  "Rogue Two, are you alright?" [30:31]

and

31:39 - Han (to Leia):  "You alright?"

See above (22:12)

31:49 - C-3PO (to Leia):  "Your highness, we must take this last transport; it's our only hope."  Leia uses the phrase "only hope" twice in A New Hope: "Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi; you're my only hope" [35:35] and "You must use the information in this R2 unit to help plan the attack; it's our only hope" [1:38:49].

41:09 - Luke (landing his X-wing on Dagobah):  "All the scopes are dead; I can't see a thing."  He makes the same comment in A New Hope about his stormtrooper disguise ("I can't see a thing in this helmet!" [1:13:17].

53:46 - Emperor Palpatine (talking to Vader, referring to Luke):  "The Force is strong with him."  In A New Hope, Vader also says this about Luke, although he doesn't know it's Luke specifically, just a rebel pilot:  "The Force is strong with this one" [1:55:41].

59:08 - Leia:  "I have a bad feeling about this."

1:00:41 - Han:  "This is no cave."  This may be intended as an echo of what Obi-Wan says about the Death Star in A New Hope:  "That's no moon; it's a space station" [1:04:25].

1:01:18 - Yoda:  "A Jedi's strength flows from the Force."  Obi-Wan tells Luke something similar in A New Hope:  "Remember, a Jedi can feel the Force flowing through him" [1:00:50].

1:06:14 - Vader (addressing the bounty hunters):  "You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive, no disintegrations."

Boba Fett:  "As you wish."

Vader gives the same instruction to the stormtroopers aboard the Tantive IV in A New Hope ("Bring me the passengers; I want them alive!" [6:08]), and in A New Hope, he says, "As you wish" after Tarkin asks him to release General Motti from his Force choke [38:45].

1:07:09 - C-3PO (to Han):  "Sir, we just lost the main rear deflector shield.  One more direct hit on the back quarter, and we're done for."  He uses the same expression in A New Hope:  "You go on, Master Luke.  There's no sense in you risking yourself on my account; I'm done for." [32:20].

1:09:12 - Luke (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].  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].

1:10:48 - Yoda (speaking about the Force):  "Its energy surrounds us and binds us."  Obi-Wan similarly describes the Force in A New Hope:  "It's an energy field created by all living things.  It surrounds us and penetrates us.  It binds the galaxy together." [34:41].

1:14:52 - Leia:  "What'd you have in mind for your next move?"

Han:  "Well, if they follow standard Imperial procedure, they'll dump their garbage before they go to lightspeed, and then we just float away."

Leia:  "With the rest of the garbage."

Han also uses this expression in A New Hope when he says, "Don't worry, Chewie; I think I know what he [Luke] has in mind" [1:12:12].  "The rest of the garbage" might be a reference to Luke's initial reaction to the Millennium Falcon in A New Hope:  "What a piece of junk!" [54:37].

1:16:40 - Yoda (to Luke):  "Feel the Force flow."  An-other similarity to Obi-Wan's "Remember, a Jedi can feel the Force flowing through him" in A New Hope [1:00:50].

1:16:58 - Yoda (to Luke):  "Through the Force, things you will see, other places.  The future, the past, old friends long gone."  Leia also uses the phrase "old friends," albeit sarcastically, in A New Hope; after Han asks her where she and Luke have been, she replies, "We, uh, ran into some old friends," referring to stormtroopers [1:31:33].

1:18:55 - Cloud City official:  "Permission granted to land on platform 327."

1:20:04 - Han (to Leia):  "Don't worry."  "Don't worry" also appears twice in A New Hope:  Obi-Wan tells R2-D2, "Oh, don't worry; he'll be alright," referring to Luke [30:17], and Han tells Leia, "Don't worry; she'll hold together," referring to the Millennium Falcon [1:34:57].

1:21:31 - C-3PO (to Lando):  "I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations."  He introduces himself (to Luke) the same way in A New Hope:  "And I am C-3PO, human-cyborg relations" [20:25].

1:21:41 - Lando (referring to the Millennium Falcon):  "You know that ship saved my life quite a few times.  She's the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy."  An-other similarity to Luke's "What a piece of junk!" in A New Hope [54:37].

1:33:38 - Leia and Chewbacca help Han up from the floor, and simultaneously, there's an upward wipe as a transition to the next scene.  The same situation with the same transition occurs in A New Hope when Obi-Wan and Luke help C-3PO up after the Tusken raider attack [32:31].

1:44:03 - Vader:  "Your destiny lies with me, Skywalker.  Obi-Wan knew this to be true."  This may not be specifically what he means, but Obi-Wan does say something similar to Luke in A New Hope:  "Your destiny lies along a different path from mine" [1:09:53].

1:57:09 - Vader (to Admiral Piett):  "Prepare the boarding party, and set your weapons for stun." [1:57:09]  In A New Hope, a stormtrooper aboard the Tantive IV says, "Set for stun" [6:24].

A New Hope

This is the first in a series of posts about the references that the movies make to each other.  I'm going chronologically in terms of release date, and since A New Hope is the first movie, most of my notes are just elements that recur later.

1:04:34 - Luke:  "I have a very bad feeling about this."

1:05:26 - Death Star officer:  "Clear bay 327."

1:14:14 - Luke (trying to fool an Imperial officer after he asks where Luke and Han are taking Chewbacca):  "Prisoner transfer from cell block 1138."

1:15:07 - Han (to Luke):  "We gotta find out which cell this princess of yours is in.  Here it is:  2187."

1:21:27 - Han:  "I got a bad feeling about this."

1:28:33 - Wilhelm scream (stormtrooper)

The Clone Wars - S6E13 - "Sacrifice"

13:18 - Anakin (to Yoda):  "We intercepted a transmission calling Dooku to Coruscant."  This line contains the same words that are used in Vader's interrogation of Captain Antilles in A New Hope [5:44].  Vader asks, "Where are those transmissions you intercepted?  What have you done with those plans?" to which Antilles replies, "We intercepted no transmissions."

15:10 - Anakin's encounter with Dooku ends the same way as that in Revenge of the Sith, although the framing doesn't quite match:

19:30 - Force priestess:  "There is another Skywalker."  In Return of the Jedi, Yoda says this to Luke [44:25].

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At 20:54, there's a musical cue of Yoda's theme.

The Clone Wars - S6E12 - "Destiny"

The fortune cookie is "Death is just the beginning."  Probably just coincidentally, this is similar to what Dooku says near the end of his duel with Yoda in Attack of the Clones:  "This is just the beginning" [2:09:49].

4:55 - Force Priestess (Serenity):  "We have been waiting for you, Master Yoda."  Vader greets Obi-Wan the same way in A New Hope:  "I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan" [1:30:09].

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Starting at 15:10 there's a musical cue of "Battle of the Heroes" from Revenge of the Sith.

The Clone Wars - S6E11 - "Voices"

3:02 - Mace Windu (to Obi-Wan, about Yoda):  "We must keep an eye on our old friend."  The phrase "old friend" is also used in Attack of the Clones (where Palpatine suggests "an old friend, like Master Kenobi" to protect Padmé [6:34] and Count Dooku calls Mace Windu "my old Jedi friend" [1:50:24] and just "old friend" [1:56:05]), in Revenge of the Sith (where Obi-Wan says, "Goodbye, old friend" to Anakin as he leaves for Utapau [51:13] and Yoda refers to Qui-Gon as "an old friend" [2:09:56]), in A New Hope (where Leia sarcastically says, "We, uh, ran into some old friends" when Han asks her and Luke where they've been [1:31:33]), in The Empire Strikes Back (where Yoda says that through the Force, Luke will see "Old friends long gone" [1:17:05]), and in Return of the Jedi (where Luke says, "I have a promise to keep to an old friend" [37:37] and Han calls C-3PO "an old friend of mine" [1:11:53]).

4:37 - Yoda:  "Rest I need.  Yes, rest."  He also says this to Luke in Return of the Jedi [42:02], and the context is similar, too:  both times he's trying to evade the conversation.  Here, he's trying to avoid talking to Anakin about Qui-Gon Jinn's contacting him through the Force, and in Return of the Jedi, he's trying to avoid revealing Vader's true identity to Luke.

6:57 - Rig Nema: "I am not an expert on his biology, but from my point of view, he is in perfect health."  In Revenge of the Sith, Anakin says (to Obi-Wan):  "From my point of view, the Jedi are evil" [1:58:33], and in Return of the Jedi, Obi-Wan justifies himself to Luke by claiming that what he said was true "from a certain point of view" [46:23].

9:46 - Anakin (referring to the induced meditation procedure Yoda is undergoing):  "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].

10:33 - Obi-Wan (to Yoda, after he's out of the induced meditation):  "Welcome back, old friend."  An-other use of "old friend."

10:38 - Yoda:  "Speaking to the dead I was, friends long gone, good friends."  He also uses this description while training Luke in The Empire Strikes Back:  "Through the Force, things you will see, other places, the future, the past, old friends long gone" [1:16:58].

15:22 - Qui-Gon:  "Yoda, my old friend, you have come at last."  Yet an-other "old friend."

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At 2:54, 15:45, and 17:16, there are brief musical cues of Yoda's theme from The Empire Strikes Back, and at 19:40, as Yoda talks about darkness and evil, there's a brief cue of the Imperial march.

The Clone Wars - S6E10 - "The Lost One"

1:16 - Plo Koon (studying the display showing the signal the clone troopers are tracking):  "That is it."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Darth Vader says basically the same thing after seeing an image of the Rebel shield generator that the probe droid sent back, "That's it" [20:56].

16:52 - Silman:  "The Pikes are not to be trusted."  Obi-Wan, speaking to Anakin and referring to Padmé, uses the same expression in Attack of the Clones:  "And don't forget she's a politician and they're not to be trusted" [12:36].

19:17 - Obi-Wan:  "Minister Lom, if you're going to help us, now is the time."  While speaking to Tion Medon in Revenge of the Sith, he says something similar:  "If you have warriors, now is the time" [55:19].

The Clone Wars - S6E9 - "The Disappeared: Part 2"

1:42 - Jar Jar:  "Maxi-big the Force, Masterin Mace."  He also says this, although disdainfully and sarcastically, in The Phantom Menace:  "Oh, maxi-big the Force" [19:26].

2:59 - Cultist:  "We did not know the Gungan had such powerful friends."  Leia uses the same phrase while speaking to Jabba in Return of the Jedi:  "We have powerful friends" [21:02].

4:52 - Mace Windu:  "Do not center on your anxieties, Jar Jar."  Qui-Gon gives this same advice in The Phantom Menace:  "Don't center on your anxieties, Obi-Wan" [3:14].

5:09 - Mace Windu (to Jar Jar):  "Stay alert."  Wedge also says this in Return of the Jedi, as the rebel ships enter the Death Star:  "Stay alert; we could run out of space real fast" [1:58:00].

14:10 - Mother Talzin (to Queen Julia):  "With the combined power of your spirit and my dark magic, I will become more powerful than any Sith or Jedi."  In Attack of the Clones, Count Dooku says, "I've become more powerful than any Jedi" [2:08:30], and while talking to Padmé, Anakin says something similar in Revenge of the Sith:  "I am becoming more powerful than any Jedi has ever dreamed of" [1:44:39].

14:56 - Mace Windu (to Jar Jar):  "Get behind me."  In A New Hope, Han Solo says this twice to Chewbacca as stormtroopers attack [1:17:12].

The Clone Wars - S6E8 - "The Disappeared: Part 1"

2:22 - Mace Windu (about Jar Jar's going to Barotta alone):  "I think that course of action is unwise."  Queen Amidala uses the phrase "course of action" in The Phantom Menace:  "I will not condone a course of action that will lead us to war" [9:51].

2:54 - Mace Windu (to Jar Jar as he reaches toward the ship's controls):  "Do not touch anything."  Qui-Gon also tells him this in Watto's shop in The Phantom Menace:  "Don't touch anything" [32:16].

4:50 - Jar Jar (to Queen Julia):  "Yes, yes, dat is the truth.  Masterin Mace is meesa humble servant."  This phrase appears twice in The Phantom Menace:  after Qui-Gon saves him, Jar Jar says, "Meesa your humble servant" [11:31], and later, in her plea to Boss Nass, Queen Amidala says, "We are your humble servants" [1:41:14].

9:28 - Mace Windu (to Jar Jar):  "You are jeopardizing the mission."  Luke says something similar in Return of the Jedi:  "I'm endangering the mission; I shouldn't have come" [55:48].

15:26 - Jar Jar (to Dagoyan Master Joseph):  "Whosa yousa, sir?"  He also asks, "Whosa are yousa?" (to Padmé) in The Phantom Menace [29:00]

16:17 - Jar Jar:  "It's not meesa fault!"  "It's not my fault" also appears three times in The Empire Strikes Back.  Han [1:07:00 and 1:07:02] and Lando [1:56:52] both say this when the Millennium Falcon's hyperdrive doesn't work.  Han also says, "It's not my fault" in Return of the Jedi as he's explaining to Jabba why he didn't pay him [20:26], and in A New Hope, C-3PO, speaking to Luke after R2 disappears, has a similar line:  "It wasn't my fault, sir" [26:21].

17:00 Jar Jar (to Queen Julia):  "Meesa here to rescue yousa."  Luke says the same thing to Leia in A New Hope:  "I'm Luke Skywalker; I'm here to rescue you" [1:16:09].

The Clone Wars - S6E7 - "Crisis at the Heart"

5:09 - Count Dooku (to Clovis, after he refuses to raise interest rates on the Republic's loans):  "Oh, but you can, and you will, or everything that you fought so hard for will be destroyed."  There's some similarity here with what Queen Amidala tells Boss Nass in The Phantom Menace:  "The Trade Federation has destroyed all that we have worked so hard to build" [1:41:02].

6:07 - Senator Meena Tills:  "And what of the Separatists?"  There are similarly constructed questions in Revenge of the Sith (Obi-Wan asks Yoda, "And what of the boy?" [2:09:21]), A New Hope (General Tagge asks Tarkin, "And what of the rebellion?" [37:42]) and Return of the Jedi (Vader asks Palpatine, "What of the reports of the rebel fleet massing near Sullust?" [53:57]).

7:12 - Count Dooku (to a tactical droid):  "You may begin your attack."  This is somewhat similar to what General Veers tells Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back:  "You may start your landing" [28:17].

7:59 - Commander Thorn (to Padmé):  "We can't get to you."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo also says this after a passage in Echo Base collapses during the Imperial assault:  "Transport, this is Solo.  Better take off; I can't get to ya; I'll get her [Leia] out on the Falcon" [33:53].

10:55 - Count Dooku (to Padmé):  "Either you're with us or you're against us."  While the specific words are different, this is the same sentiment that Anakin expresses (to Obi-Wan) in Revenge of the Sith:  "If you're not with me, then you're my enemy" [1:47:31].  As Obi-Wan replies, "Only a Sith deals in absolutes."

11:19 - Clovis (to Dooku):  "This was not part of the deal."  This is somewhat similar to what Lando tells Vader in The Empire Strikes Back:  "That was never a condition of our agreement nor was giving Han to this bounty hunter" [1:31:10].

11:36 - Clovis (to Padmé, trying to explain his situation):  "There was nothing I could do."  Two similar lines occur in A New Hope.  When Luke returns to Obi-Wan after finding his aunt and uncle murdered, Obi-Wan says, "There's nothing you could have done, Luke, had you been there" [42:02], and after Vader cuts down Obi-Wan, Leia tells Luke, "There wasn't anything you could have done" [1:33:52].

12:16 - Senator Mot-Not Rab:  "We are doomed!"  C-3PO says "We're doomed" twice (both times to R2) in A New Hope [3:04, 16:02], once (to Han, Leia, and Chewbacca) in The Empire Strikes Back [1:00:38], and once (to R2) in Return of the Jedi [10:03].

12:27 - Palpatine (to the Senate):  "We shall commence a mercy mission to Scipio, to be led by General Anakin Skywalker."  Darth Vader also uses the phrase "mercy mission" in A New Hope when he says to Leia, "You weren't on any mercy mission this time" [7:47].

12:40 - In his address to the Senate, Palpatine briefly raises both arms.  While the framing is a bit different, he also does this in Revenge of the Sith [1:36:07]:

16:09 - Tactical droid (after Dooku commands him to leave behind the forces still on Scipio):  "As you wish, Count Dooku."  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].

17:57 - Anakin:  "It's over, Clovis."  Obi-Wan also says this, albeit to Anakin, in Revenge of the Sith:  "It's over, Anakin!" [1:59:17].

The Clone Wars - S6E6 - "The Rise of Clovis"

1:11 - Nix Card (acquiesing to Clu Lesser's declaration that "any future disruptions will be placed upon your shoulders):  "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].

2:26 - Darth Sidious (to Nix Card):  "You will be protected; I can assure you."  As Palpatine, he uses similar expressions 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 talking to Luke in Return of the Jedi ("I assure you we are quite safe from your friends here" [1:32:08]).  Qui-Gon also uses the 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].

6:56 - Darth Tyrannus (to Darth Sidious):  "Of course, my lord, as you wish."  An-other "as you wish."

7:05 - In his room, Anakin has a model of a Jedi starfighter, and it has a tripod stand that's similar to that of Luke's skyhopper model in A New Hope:

16:21 - Clovis (to the medical droid after it says someone wants to speak to him):  "What are you talking 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].

18:17 - Clovis (after a Muun says, "We are indebted to Rush Clovis for his service to our people"):  "Well, I have done only what I thought was right."  This is similar to what Obi-Wan counsels Luke in A New Hope:  "You must do what you feel is right, of course" [36:48].

18:46 - Padmé (to Clovis):  "Good luck."  In The Empire Strikes Back, an unidentified Rebel pilot wishes Luke good luck [36:02] and Luke wishes Lando good luck [2:00:09], and in Return of the Jedi, Han and Lando wish each other good luck [Han to Lando at 50:33 and Lando to Han at 52:21].

The Clone Wars - S6E5 - "An Old Friend"

4:06 - Clovis (to Padmé):  "I need your help."  Queen Amidala says the same thing to Jar Jar in The Phantom Menace ("I need your help" [1:37:55]); Obi-Wan to Padmé in Revenge of the Sith ("Padmé, I need your help" [1:38:44]); and Obi-Wan to Luke in A New Hope ("I need your help, Luke.  She [Leia] needs your help." [36:03]).

4:11 - Clovis (after Padmé says, "Last time you needed my help, I ended up poisoned, and you did nothing"):  "That's not true."  Luke says the same thing in The Empire Strikes Back when Vader tells him about his father:  "That's not true.  That's impossible." [1:51:21].

6:50 - Palpatine (to Padmé, about Clovis):  "Perhaps then, in this scenario, it would be best for you to trust an old friend and do what he suggests."  The phrase "old friend" is also used in Attack of the Clones (where Palpatine suggests "an old friend, like Master Kenobi" to protect Padmé [6:34] and Count Dooku calls Mace Windu "my old Jedi friend" [1:50:24] and just "old friend" [1:56:05]), in Revenge of the Sith (where Obi-Wan says, "Goodbye, old friend" to Anakin as he leaves for Utapau [51:13] and Yoda refers to Qui-Gon as "an old friend" [2:09:56]), in A New Hope (where Leia sarcastically says, "We, uh, ran into some old friends" when Han asks her and Luke where they've been [1:31:33]), in The Empire Strikes Back (where Yoda says that through the Force, Luke will see "Old friends long gone" [1:17:05]), and in Return of the Jedi (where Luke says, "I have a promise to keep to an old friend" [37:37] and Han calls C-3PO "an old friend of mine" [1:11:53]).

12:43 - Muun:  "What happened to the lights?  I can't see a thing."  Obi-Wan says the same thing in Revenge of the Sith, after the cockpit of his starfighter fogs over ("I can't see a thing" [6:11]), and Luke says the same thing in A New Hope about his stormtrooper disguise ("I can't see a thing in this helmet!" [1:13:17]) and in The Empire Strikes Back while entering Dagobah's atmosphere in his X-wing ("All the scopes are dead; I can't see a thing" [41:09]).

12:51 - Muun (talking about the downed electrical system):  "Power has been cut, and the security lock is engaged.  It will take some time to switch over."  Speaking about Leia, Vader uses a similar expression in A New Hope:  "Her resistance to the mind probe is considerable; it will be some time before we can extract any information from her" [51:15].

13:26 - Mak Plain:  "Where is the senator?"

Clu Lesser:  "We got separated in the darkness."

Padmé:  "I'm here."

There are similarities here to two scenes in Return of the Jedi.  On Endor, Han asks Luke, "Where's Leia?" and Luke explains that "We got separated" [1:02:15], and earlier, in Jabba's palace, after Han asks, "Where Leia?" she replies, "I'm here" [28:41].

14:35 - Nix Card (to Muun guards who arrest Padmé):  "Take her away."  In The Phantom Menace, Nute Gunray commands, "Take him away," to a pair of battle droids, referring to Sio Bibble [1:18:19], and in Attack of the Clone, Jango Fett says, "Take him away" to battle droids, referring to Anakin [1:42:30].

14:44 - Padmé:  "I have powerful friends."  Leia says almost the same thing to Jabba in Return of the Jedi:  "We have powerful friends" [21:02].

15:07 - Muun (to Anakin):  "This way, Master Jedi."  This same direction is given in The Phantom Menace (by TC-14 to Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan:  "This way, please" [2:45]) and in Attack of the Clones (Taun We to Obi-Wan:  "Now, please, this way" [42:07]).

15:14 - There are two visual references to A New Hope in this shot:

Anakin's silhouette on the wall resembles that of Darth Vader, and Padmé's pose is similar to that of Leia on the Death Star [1:15:58]:

15:19 - Padme:  "Ani, I'm so glad to see you."  Luke uses a similar expression in A New Hope:  "Ben Kenobi?  Boy, am I glad to see you!" [30:35]

21:20 - Darth Sidious (to Embo, referring to Anakin, Padmé, and Clovis):  "From this point, I will deal with them myself."   In Revenge of the Sith, General Grievous says, "I will deal with this Jedi slime myself," referring to Obi-Wan [58:03], and in Return of the Jedi, Vader says, "I will deal with them myself," referring to the Rebel strike force [56:10].

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At 16:07, there's a brief musical cue of the Imperial March as Anakin becomes upset after Padmé mentions Clovis.