Tuesday, May 9, 2023

The Clone Wars - S5E13 - "Point of No Return"

1:12 - WAC-47:  "I have got a bad feeling about this, Colonel."

11:28 - Colonel Gascon:  "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].

12:44 - Colonel Gascon:  "BZ, magnetize!  Magnetize!"  In Revenge of the Sith, one of the Neimoidians on General Grievous's ship gives this same command to the battle droids:  "Magnetize!  Magnetize!" [16:33]

15:00 - Colonel Gascon:  "Good luck, R2."  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].

20:56 - Colonel Gascon (accompanied by a group of droids):  "R2-D2, are we glad to see you!"  Luke says something similar in A New Hope:  "Ben Kenobi?  Boy, am I glad to see you!" [30:35]

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According to the trivia on the Star Wars website, "The display table seen at the strategy conference is an octagonal design inspired by the circular table seen in the Rebel base war room during the Battle of Yavin in Episode IV," but the room itself seems to be modelled on the briefing room seen in Return of the Jedi, with tiered seats surrounding the centrally located table: