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)