Rebels - S3E2 - "Steps into Shadow - Part II"

7:06 - Bendu (to Kanan):  "Ah, your thoughts dwell on your apprentice."  In The Phantom Menace, Ki-Adi Mundi makes a similar comment to Anakin:  "Your thoughts dwell on your mother" [1:30:21].

12:08 - Commander Titus (to Governor Pryce):  "I assure you, Governor, we will capture these rebels momentarily."  Qui-Gon uses the same expression in The Phantom Menace; after Queen Amidala says that Senator Palpatine fears the Trade Federation wants to destroy her, he replies, "I assure you I will not allow that to happen" [1:36:33].  Palpatine uses it while talking to Mace Windu and addressing the senate in Revenge of the Sith ("And I assure you, the senate will vote to continue the war as long as Grievous is alive" [25:12] and "But I assure you, my resolve has never been stronger!" [1:35:16]) and while talking to Luke in Return of the Jedi ("I assure you we are quite safe from your friends here" [1:32:08]).

15:18 - Sabine (to Ezra):  "Spector Six, the Empire is here in orbit; we are in big trouble."  Han also says, "We're in trouble" after the Millennium Falcon fails to jump to hyperspace in The Empire Strikes Back [37:54].

16:36 - Sabine (after Hera orders the bombers onto the carrier):  "Copy, Ghost.  We are glad to see you."  Luke says the same thing in A New Hope:  "Ben Kenobi?  Boy, am I glad to see you!" [30:35]

19:36 - Commander Sato (to rebel officer):  "Get us out of here."  In A New Hope, Han also says this (to Chewbacca):  "Chewie, get us outta here!" [55:26].

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rebels - S2E20 - "The Mystery of Chopper Base"

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

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

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

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

Zeb:  "Hera, get us outta here."

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rebels - S2E19 - "The Forgotten Droid"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rebels - S2E18 - "Shroud of Darkness"

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

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

Ezra:  "By the Inquisitors."

Ahsoka:  "Or worse."

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

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

Rebels - S2E17 - "The Honorable Ones"

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

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

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

Rebels - S2E16 - "Homecoming"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rebels - S2E15 - "The Call"

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

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

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

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

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

Rebels - S2E14 - "Legends of the Lasat"

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

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

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

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

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

Rebels - S2E13 - "The Protector of Concord Dawn"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rebels - S2E12 - "A Princess on Lothal"

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rebels - S2E11 - "Legacy"

5:17 - Kanan (to Ezra):  "Stay in the moment.  Be in this place, at this time."  Although the specific words don't match, this is basically the same advice that Qui-Gon gives in Obi-Wan at the beginning of The Phantom Menace:  "Keep your concentration here and now where it belongs" [3:16].

9:47 - Kanan (to Ezra and Zeb):  "We'll take the long way around."  Padmé says almost the same thing in The Phantom Menace, after Darth Maul arrives and blocks the way:  "We'll take the long way" [1:50:30].

10:07 - Commander Sato:  "We are employing escape plan delta, Captain Syndulla."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke announces the similarly named "Attack pattern delta" [26:44].

12:56 - Sabine (as The Ghost is closing on the tractor beam emitter):  "Almost got it, almost got it."  In A New Hope, Red Leader says something similar as he approaches the target on the Death Star:  "Almost there" [once at 1:52:17 and again at 1:52:29].

13:28 - Commander Sato (once the command ship is free from the tractor beam):  "Get us out of here, now!"  Han also says this in A New Hope:  "Chewie, get us outta here!" [55:26].

16:08 - Ezra (referring to the lothcat he's chasing): "Fast little fuzzball."  Han uses the same moniker in The Empire Strikes Back when he tells Chewbacca, "Laugh it up, fuzzball" [17:26].

17:16 - Ezra:  "Something familiar about this."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke makes a similar comment about Dagobah:  "There's something familiar about this place" [47:12].

17:33 - Ezra:  "X-10?  Hold your fire; we're friends."  The context is quite different, but Obi-Wan also says this to Anakin when he tries to shoot the buzz droids off Obi-Wan's starfighter in Revenge of the Sith:  "Hold your fire!  You're not helping here!" [6:03]

Rebels - S2E10 - "The Future of the Force"

1:50 - Ahsoka (to Kanan):  "What I have to say is Jedi business."  Anakin also uses this phrase in Attack of the Clones, trying to calm the club patrons after Obi-Wan cuts off Zam Wesell's arm:  "Easy.  Jedi business.  Go back to your drinks." [23:53].

6:10 - At the end of the hallway in the apartment building, there's an-other use of the hexagonal design seen in the homestead garage in Attack of the Clones and A New Hope:

10:33 - Kanan:  "How's the baby?"

Zeb:  "Quiet, for the moment."

C-3PO uses the same expression in A New Hope when Luke asks him if he and R2 are safe:  "For the moment" [1:27:03].

17:02 - This archway is based on a Ralph McQuarrie concept for Jabba's palace in Return of the Jedi (the pattern on it is also seen elsewhere in the city; see the side walls in the apartment hallway in the screenshot above):

19:24 - Ahsoka (to Seventh Sister):  "You are beaten."  Vader says this to Luke in The Empire Strikes Back [1:50:02], and the framing a few seconds later in the episode is also somewhat similar to that in The Empire Strikes Back:

20:28 - Ahsoka:  "They're Force sensitive.  I've seen this before.  A Sith lord attempted the same thing back in the Clone Wars, but the Jedi order stopped him."  She's referring to the events of The Clone Wars episode "Children of the Force" (S2E3).

Rebels - S2E9 - "Stealth Strike"

0:11 - Ezra:  "Well, we're coming up on the last known position of our missing patrol."  In A New Hope, Han uses the same expression when he says, "Looks like we're coming up on Alderaan" [1:02:27].

1:09 - Commander Sato:  "Send a distress signal, now!"  Vader gives the same command in A New Hope:  "Send a distress signal, and then inform the Senate that all aboard were killed!" [8:24].

2:00 - Sabine:  "If they follow Imperial procedure, the testing zone for this type of ship wouldn't be that large."  Han also mentions Imperial procedure in The Empire Strikes Back:  "Well, if they follow standard Imperial procedure, they'll dump their garbage before they go to lightspeed, and then we just float away" [1:14:53].

5:09 - Kanan (to Rex):  "We're comin' up on Ezra's last known position."  See above, 0:11.

5:15 - The basic composition of this shot is the same as one in Return of the Jedi [54:27]:

5:24 - Rex (to Imperial officer):  "Boy, are we glad to see you."  Luke says the same thing in A New Hope:  "Ben Kenobi?  Boy, am I glad to see you!" [30:35]

6:00 - Rex (to Kanan):  "Trust me; the codes are good."   Han also says, "Trust me" (to Leia) in The Empire Strikes Back [1:20:06].

6:34 - Admiral Brom Titus:  "Agent Kallus, our new gravity weapon reeled in a catch of rebels whom I believe you're familiar with:  Commander Jun Sato and a young one who calls himself Jabba."  In The Empire Strikes Back, an Imperial officer also uses a fishing metaphor when he refers to some incoming rebel ships as "Our first catch of the day" [25:00].

6:53 - Kallus:  "I warn you:  do not underestimate that boy."  Warnings against underestimation occur twice in Return of the Jedi.  Luke tells Jabba, "It's your choice, but I warn you not to underestimate my powers" [24:26], and later Yoda tells Luke, "Luke, do not, do not underestimate the powers of the Emperor" [43:31].  In The Phantom Menace, Nute Gunray advises a battle droid, "These Jedi are not to be underestimated" [10:43], and in A New Hope, Vader tells Tarkin, "Don't underestimate the Force" [1:16:33].

7:48 - Kanan:  "Chopper, plug in and find Ezra and the crew."  Obi-Wan gives the same command to R2-D2 in A New Hope:  "Plug in; you should be able to interpret the entire Imperial network" [1:09:06].

8:43 - Stormtrooper (to Ezra):  "Move along, rebel."  In A New Hope, a sandtrooper says the same thing when, prompted by Obi-Wan's influence through the Force, he directs Luke into Mos Eisley:  "Move along.  Move along." [43:51].

10:26 - Rex (to Ezra):  "So what's your plan?"  In A New Hope, Han asks Luke the same thing:  "What's your plan?" [1:11:56].

12:16 - Ezra (as Chopper explains his plan):  "I'm the bait?"  As Lando explains the Imperial's trap in The Empire Strikes Back, Leia says, "And we're the bait" [1:32:58].

14:03 - Rex (after Kanan criticizes his shooting):  "Ah, this helmet!  I can't see!"  In A New Hope, Luke also complains about the visibility in stormtrooper helmets:  "I can't see a thing in this helmet!" [1:13:17].

14:10 - Still dressed as a stormtrooper, Kanan enters the cell where Commander Sato and the rest of the crew are held in order to rescue them, and although he takes his helmet off as he enters, the situation is still similar to A New Hope, where Luke, also in disguise as a stormtrooper, enters Leia's cell [1:15:57].

14:23 - Kanan (to Rex, who is still exchanging fire with stormtroopers):  "We don't have time for this.  I'll pull; you fire.

Rex:  "Ha, ha, ha, just like old times."

There are two similarities here.  In The Phantom Menace, Padmé also says, "We don't have time for this, Captain" to Panaka while exchanging fire with battle droids [1:52:54], and Biggs says almost the same thing as Rex in A New Hope:  "It'll be like old times, Luke" [1:43:34].

14:51 - Kanan (referring to stormtroopers):  "There's too many of them!"

Rex:  "Ah, I'm too old for all this running."

A rebel pilot says the same thing in Return of the Jedi (referring to TIE fighters):  "There's too many of them" [1:35:13].

In A New Hope, Obi-Wan tells Luke, "I'm getting too old for this sort of thing" [36:06].

15:23 - Imperial officer:  "Cell block AA24 is compromised."  In A New Hope, C-3PO announces that Princess Leia is in "Level 5, detention block AA23" [1:10:50].

Rebels - S2E8 - "Blood Sisters"

3:34 - Sabine (to Ketsu):  "I saw your mark, 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]).

4:08 - Sabine (about breaking out of the Imperial academy):  "That was a long time ago."  Han uses the same expression in The Empire Strikes Back, after Chewbacca makes a comment that's evidently about something Han did to Lando in the past:  "Well, that was a long time ago; I'm sure he's forgotten about that" [1:18:44].  The phrase "A long time ago" is also shown at the beginning of each of the movies.

6:49 - Stormtrooper (as a fight breaks out with Ketsu):  "What the?"  In Attack of the Clones, an alien on Coruscant makes this same exclamation as he sees Obi-Wan flying through traffic while hanging from a droid [15:08]; Han Solo says it in A New Hope after emerging from hyperspace into a meteor shower [1:03:15]; and in Return of the Jedi, a scout trooper says this after being hit by Wicket [1:05:38].

7:20 - Stormtrooper (as Ketsu flies away):  "Bounty hunting scum."  Insults involving scum also appear in Revenge of the Sith (General Grievous calls Anakin "Jedi scum" [19:12]), 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]).

8:20 - Sabine (as Ketsu fires on the ship):  "Too late!"  In Return of the Jedi, an Imperial officer also shouts, "Too late!" [1:59:03] after Admiral Piett orders, "Intensify forward firepower!" to destroy an A-wing on a collision course with the Super Star Destroyer.

9:53 - Sabine (as Chopper lands on Ketsu's ship):  "I don't believe it."  Luke also says, "I don't, I don't believe it" in The Empire Strikes Back, after Yoda uses the Force to get his X-wing out of the swamp [1:13:10].

10:46 - Ketsu (as she's about to fire on Sabine):  "I really wish it hadn't come to this, old friend."  See above, 3:34.

11:01 - Sabine (to Ketsu):  "So long, old friend."  See above, 3:34.

13:00 - Ketsu (to Sabine, referring to Chopper):  "And this astromech, not very smart sticking your neck out for it."  C-3PO uses the same expression, also referring to an astromech, in A New Hope; he tells R2-D2, "Now don't you forget this.  Why I should stick my neck out for you is quite beyond my capacity." [19:30]

16:16 - Sabine (to the Imperial officer):  "It is looking pretty bad over here.  I'd keep my distance if I were you."  Han gives Chewbacca a similar suggestion in Return of the Jedi:  "Keep your distance, though, Chewie, but don't look like you're tryin' to keep your distance" [55:12].

17:50 - Ketsu (to Chopper):  "Get us out of here."  In A New Hope, Han also says this (to Chewbacca):  "Chewie, get us outta here!" [55:26].

Rebels - S2E7 - "Wings of the Master"

4:41 - Kanan (to Ezra):  "Now strap in; we gotta pick up the last of the supplies."  Han Solo uses this same expression in A New Hope:  "Go strap yourselves in; I'm gonna make the jump to lightspeed" [56:46].

6:01 - Hera (to Zeb, after he points out a ship that crashed into a rock):  "That was your imagination!"  Han says similar things to Luke in A New Hope ("That's your imagination" [1:19:49]) and Return of the Jedi ("It's your imagination, kid." [55:51]).

9:35 - Imperial commander (to Kallus):  "What of the rebel fleet?"  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]).

12:07 - Quarrie:  "Oh, I don't fly; too dangerous."  Obi-Wan makes a similar comment as Luke rushes back to the farm in A New Hope:  "It's too dangerous!" [39:52].

19:00 - Hera:  "Steady, steady."  In The Phantom Menace, Jar Jar also says this to the Gungan soldiers [1:48:30].

19:16 - Kallus (after Hera destroys the Imperial cruiser):  "That's impossible."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke also says, "That's impossible" [1:51:21].

19:34 - Zeb (about the B-wing):  "Maybe it's not such a hunk of junk after all."  Luke similarly describes the Millennium Falcon when he first sees it in A New Hope: "What a piece of junk!" [54:37].

Rebels - S2E6 - "Brothers of the Broken Horn"

4:54 - Hondo (to Ezra):  "Well, hello there!"  "Hello, there" is also Obi-Wan's greeting to General Grievous in Revenge of the Sith [57:30] and to R2-D2 in A New Hope [30:07].

6:31 - An Imperial light cruiser passes overhead, similar to the Star Destroyer at the beginning of A New Hope:

12:21 - Azmorigan:  "Die, you pirate scum!"  C-3PO (with his head on the body of a battle droid) has a similar line in Attack of the Clones:  "Die, Jedi dogs!" [1:53:27].  Insults involving scum also appear in Revenge of the Sith (General Grievous calls Anakin "Jedi scum" [19:12]), 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]).

12:28 - Hondo (to Ezra):  "What's the plan?"   In A New Hope, Han asks Luke almost the same thing:  "What's your plan?" [1:11:56]

Rebels - S2E5 - "Always Two There Are"

The title is taken from Yoda's comment in The Phantom Menace (talking to Mace Windu, referring to the Sith):  "Always two there are, no more, no less, a master and an apprentice" [2:07:59].

0:31 - Zeb (to Rex, about their Dejarik game):  "Maybe I let you win, old guy."  This may be intended as a reference to what C-3PO tells R2-D2 while he's playing Dejarik with Chewbacca in A New Hope:  "I suggest a new strategy, R2:  let the Wookiee win" [1:00:28].

5:27 - Imperial officer:  "Agent Kallus, I may have something.  A power surge at a decomissioned medical station in sector eleven.  Could be rebels."

Kallus:  "Could be anything, a malfunction or even scavengers."

Fifth Brother:  "No, I sense those we seek."

This conversation is similar to one in The Empire Strikes Back [20:29]:

Captain Piett:  "Admiral?"

Admiral Ozzel:  "Yes, Captain?"

Piett:  "I think we've got something, sir.  The report is only a fragment from a probe droid in the Hoth system, but it's the best lead we've had."

Ozzel:  "We have thousands of probe droids searching the galaxy.  I want proof, not leads!"

Piett:  "The visuals indicate life readings."

Ozzel:  "It could mean anything.  If we followed up every lead, we could-"

Piett:  "But, sir, the Hoth system is supposed to be devoid of human lifeforms."

Darth Vader:  "You found something?"

Piett:  "Yes, my lord."

Vader (upon seeing the rebels' shield generator):  "That's it; the rebels are there."

Ozzel:  "My lord, there are so many uncharted settlements.  It could be smugglers; it could be-"

Vader:  "That is the system, and I'm sure Skywalker is with them.  Set your course for the Hoth system."

6:59 - Zeb (after Ezra asserts that he'll find the medical supplies first):  "Cocky kid!"  This seems meant to resemble Han's comment to Luke in A New Hope, after he destroys one of the Empire's sentry ships:  "Great, kid!  Don't get cocky." [1:35:27].

10:21 - Ezra (upon running into the Fifth Brother):  "Not who we're looking for."  Obi-Wan, influencing a stormtrooper through the Force, uses the same expression in A New Hope:  "These aren't the droids you're looking for" [43:40]

11:13 - Seventh Sister (to the Fifth Brother):  "We will use the boy as bait to draw in the others."  Obi-Wan uses the same expression in Attack of the Clones (speaking to Anakin, referring to Padmé):  "You're using her as bait" [11:22].

16:01 & 16:05 - Zeb (to Chopper):  "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]).

21:14 - Kanan:  "We really have no idea what we're up against."  Luke uses the same expression shortly before the Battle of Yavin in A New Hope when he tells Han, "You know what's about to happen, what they're up against" [1:41:48].

Rebels - S2E4 - "Relics of the Old Republic"

0:41 - Zeb (to Rex, after Ezra asks if he's sure he won't go with them):  "Yeah, you're not bad in a fight."  Han similarly describes Luke in A New Hope:  "Pretty good in a fight" [1:41:43].

1:18 - The framing of this shot is similar to one near the beginning of A New Hope [2:14], although The Ghost is just idling and facing the opposite direction as the Tantive IV:

1:36 - Hera (to the rebels):  "Good luck down there."  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].

4:19 - Sabine (after Gregor says the clones haven't been shot at in years):  "Yeah?  Well, it happens to us every day."  There's some similarity here to what Indiana Jones says in The Last Crusade after his father tells him that someone trying to kill him is a new experience for him:  "Happens to me all the time" [1:18:43].

5:18 - Agent Kallus (to Admiral Konstatine):  "Prepare for ground assault."  General Rieekan also says this in The Empire Strikes Back [22:42].

6:48 - Gregor (about the AT-ATs):  "Would you look at the size of those things!"  Wedge makes almost the same comment about the Death Star in A New Hope:  "Look at the size of that thing!" [1:45:53]

7:10 - Rex (after Kanan criticizes him for running from the AT-ATs):  "Well, if you've got a better idea, sir, now's the time."  Obi-Wan says something similar while speaking to Tion Medon in Revenge of the Sith:  "If you have warriors, now is the time" [55:19].

7:41 - Kallus (to the AT-AT pilot):  "Fire at will."  Palpatine gives the same command in Return of the Jedi:  "Fire at will, commander" [1:14:37].

9:12 - Sabine (referring to the AT-ATs):  "Those things are practically impervious to blasters, but they have one weak point in their armor:  the neck."

Gregor:  "One well-placed shot from the main gun should destroy it."

There are two similarities here.  In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke says of the AT-ATs, "That armor's too strong for blasters" [27:20].

In A New Hope, General Dodonna says of the Death Star, "A small, one-man fighter should be able to penetrate the outer defense" [1:39:43].

9:50 - Zeb:  "I don't know how we're supposed to shoot something we can't see."  There's some connection here to Luke's comment in A New Hope:  "With the blast shield down, I can't even see; how'm I supposed to fight?" [1:01:41]

14:49 - Rex (to Ezra):  "Great shot, kid!"  Han says the same thing to Luke at the end of A New Hope:  "Great shot, kid!  That was one in a million!"  [1:57:20].

16:48 - Kallus:  "Intensify forward firepower!"  Admiral Piett says the same thing in Return of the Jedi [1:59:00].

Rebels - S2E3 - "The Lost Commanders"

1:13 - Chopper makes a noise that seems to be "I've got a bad feeling about this."

5:26 - Rex (to the rebels):  "Sorry about the, um, weapons malfunction."  This is the same excuse Han gives to an Imperial officer in A New Hope:  "Uh, had a slight weapons malfunction" [1:15:21].

11:16 - Zeb (after Gregor says they're coming up on a hot spot):  "Your hot spot looks like everywhere else on this desolate rock."  Luke uses a similar expression in A New Hope; after C-3PO asks if there's anything he can do to help, he replies, "Not unless you can alter time, speed up the harvest, or teleport me off this rock" [19:58].

12:35 - The joopa makes the same sound as the sarlacc in Return of the Jedi.

17:03 - Hera (to Kanan):  "Ahsoka's always full of surprises."  Luke uses the same expression during his duel with Vader in The Empire Strikes Back:  "You'll find I'm full of surprises" [1:43:49].

Rebels - S2E2 - "The Siege of Lothal - Part II"

4:57 - Lando:  "I'd be taking an awful big risk."  Tarkin makes almost the same comment in A New Hope:  "I'm taking an awful risk, Vader" [1:36:30].

7:26 - Ezra:  "We can fight.  We have allies."

Kanan:  "Do you understand what you're saying?  You saw what we're up against.  Look!"

Ezra:  "I'm not afraid."

There are two similarities here.  In A New Hope, as Han is preparing to leave before the Battle of Yavin, Luke says to him, "You know what's about to happen, what they're up against" [1:41:48].  Luke also says, "I'm not afraid" in The Empire Strikes Back [57:22].

8:14 - Ezra:  "So what's the plan for gettin' out of here?"  In A New Hope, Han asks Luke almost the same thing:  "What's your plan?" [1:11:56]

9:05 - Imperial officer (to Admiral Konstantine):  "Admiral, I'm scanning a ship leaving the surface in sector four.  Its transpoder codes match those of the stolen Imperial shuttle."  An Imperial officer says something similar about the Millennium Falcon in A New Hope:  "We've captured a freighter entering the remains of the Alderaan system; its marking match those of a ship that blasted its way out of Mos Eisley" [1:05:58].

10:31 - Hera (after Kanan asks where they're going):  "What are you talking about?  We're part of the Rebellion now."  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].

13:22 - Rebel pilot (referring to Vader):  "He's coming in too fast."  Luke says nearly the same thing about the Death Star's sentry ships in A New Hope:  "They're coming in too fast!" [1:34:45]

15:08 - Ahsoka (referring, albeit unknowingly, to Vader):  "The Force is strong with him."  In a Jedi counsel meeting in The Phantom Menace, Ki-Adi Mundi says this about Anakin [1:33:06], and in The Empire Strikes Back, Palpatine, speaking to Vader, says this about Luke [53:46], but the situation is more like that in A New Hope where Vader says, "The Force is strong with this one" [1:55:41], also describing Luke, although unknowingly.  In Revenge of the Sith, Palpatine tells Anakin, "The Force is strong with you" [1:16:32].

16:38 - Vader (giving orders to Admiral Konstantine):  "I want these rebels alive."  Vader gives the same command to the stormtroopers in A New Hope ("Bring me the passengers; I want them alive!" [6:08]) and to the bounty hunters in The Empire Strikes Back ("You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive, no disintegrations" [1:06:14]).

16:41 - There's some resemblance between this shot from within a TIE fighter firing on The Ghost and a shot in A New Hope from within a TIE fighter firing on the Millennium Falcon [1:34:31]:

19:13 - Kanan (telling Ahsoka about the encounter with Vader):  "I haven't sensed a presence like that since..."  Vader, sensing Obi-Wan, says something similar in A New Hope:  "I sense something, a presence I've not felt since...." [1:06:45].

21:16 - Emperor Palpatine (to Vader):  "Be patient, my old friend."  Advice on being patient and the appellation "old friend" occur many times in the movies, but the strongest similarity here is to what Palpatine says to Vader in Return of the Jedi:  "Patience, my friend" [38:57].

21:25 - Vader (to Palpatine):  "As you wish, my master."  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].

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The color scheme of the blue A-wings (also seen in Part I) is taken from a Ralph McQuarrie concept painting:

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Rebels - S2E1 - "The Siege of Lothal - Part I"

0:15 - Rebel pilot:  "I'll cut across their axis."  Red Leader says nearly the same thing in A New Hope:  "I'm gonna cut across the axis and try and draw their fire" [1:46:08].

2:11 - Zeb (referring to the "liberated" cargo):  "Almost in range."  In A New Hope, Han also says this, referring to a TIE fighter:  "He's almost in range" [1:04:22].

3:38 - Minister Tua:  "Lord Vader, with all due respect, you and Governor Tarkin are asking for miracles."  In The Phantom Menace, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan's pilot also says, "With all due respect" ("With all due respect, the ambassadors for the Supreme Chancellor wish to board immediately" [2:06]), and Obi-Wan uses it in Revenge of the Sith while speaking to Mace Windu about Anakin ("With all due respect, Master, is he not the chosen one?" [40:32]).

5:32 - Old Jho (to the rebels, referring to Minister Tua):  "She says she needs your help."  Queen Amidala says almost 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]).

9:23 - Hera:  "After our stunt on Mustafar, there's a good chance the Empire will be able to track it [The Ghost]."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Han uses almost the same expression shortly after he shoots the Imperial probe droid:  "It's a good bet the Empire knows we're here" [19:39].

9:42 - Kanan:  "So what's the plan?"  In A New Hope, Han asks Luke the same thing:  "What's your plan?" [1:11:56]

12:07 - Hera (after Kanan dresses up as a stormtrooper):  "I don't believe it."  The context is quite different, but Luke also says, "I don't, I don't believe it" in The Empire Strikes Back, after Yoda uses the Force to get his X-wing out of the swamp [1:13:10].

16:29 - Stormtrooper (after Chopper shocks a stormtrooper):  "What the?"  In Attack of the Clones, an alien on Coruscant makes this same exclamation as he sees Obi-Wan flying through traffic while hanging from a droid [15:08]; Han says it in A New Hope after emerging from hyperspace into a meteor shower [1:03:15]; and in Return of the Jedi, a scout trooper says this after being hit by Wicket [1:05:38].

16:35 - Stormtrooper:  "Open up in there!"  A stormtrooper says the same thing in A New Hope (to C-3PO and R2-D2 in the Death Star control room):  "Open up in there!  Open up in there!" [1:17:57]

16:38 - Ezra:  "We're in trouble!"  Han says the same thing after the Millennium Falcon fails to jump to hyperspace in The Empire Strikes Back [37:54].

16:56 - Stormtrooper:  "Hold your fire.  Hold your fire."  Obi-Wan also says this to Anakin when he tries to shoot the buzz droids off Obi-Wan's starfighter in Revenge of the Sith:  "Hold your fire!  You're not helping here!" [6:03]

18:59 - Kanan (after he uses the Force on a stormtrooper, who lets him and Ezra pass):  "Well, then, as you wish, trooper."  The phrase "As you wish" occurs a number of times in the original trilogy:  in A New Hope, Vader says it after Tarkin asks him to release General Motti from his Force choke [38:45]; in The Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett says it after Vader warns the bounty hunters against disintegrations [1:06:22]; in Return of the Jedi, Vader says it twice more in conversations with the Emperor [39:16 and 1:07:38], and Admiral Piett says it to Vader ("As you wish, my lord") [56:13].  In The Phantom Menace, Nute Gunray says, "As you wish" at the end of a conversation with Darth Sidious [5:04], and in Revenge of the Sith, Captain Typho says, "As you wish, my lady," to Padmé [1:41:23].

Rebels - S1E14 - "Fire Across the Galaxy"

8:47 - Stormtrooper (to the rebels):  "Drop your weapons!  Hands up!"  A stormtrooper also says, "Hands up!" to Han and Leia in Return of the Jedi [1:48:07].  In The Phantom Menace, a battle droid says, "Hands up!" to Jar Jar and Captain Tarpals [2:00:19], and in Revenge of the Sith, one says "Hands up, Jedi!" to Anakin [10:22].

9:07 - Ezra (after he uses his lightsaber to melt the blast doors together):  "Kanan is down that hall; I just cut off our only way to get to him."  Leia makes a similar comment to Han in A New Hope:  "Looks like you managed to cut off our only escape route" [1:17:32].

14:51 - The framing is different, but Kanan holds his and Ezra's lightsabers to the Inquisitor in the same way that Anakin does to Dooku in Revenge of the Sith [14:08]:

17:02 - Zeb (referring to Chopper):  "I can't believe that bucket of bolts abandoned us."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Leia also uses this phrase, although she's referring to the Millennium Falcon:  "This bucket of bolts is never gonna get us past that blockade" [35:09].

Rebels - S1E13 - "Rebel Resolve"

0:36 - Imperial driver (as Zeb and Ezra commandeer the walker):  "What the?"  In Attack of the Clones, an alien on Coruscant makes this same exclamation as he sees Obi-Wan flying through traffic while hanging from a droid [15:08]; Han Solo says it in A New Hope after emerging from hyperspace into a meteor shower [1:03:15]; and in Return of the Jedi, a scout trooper says this after being hit by Wicket [1:05:38].

1:10 - Ezra:  "Plug in, Chop.  We need prisoner logs of all Imperial detention facilities."  Obi-Wan gives the same command to R2-D2 in A New Hope:  "Plug in; you should be able to interpret the entire Imperial network" [1:09:06].

1:53 - Sabine (to Chopper):  "No connection?  That's impossible.  The entire system would have to be down."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke also says, "That's impossible" [1:51:21].

3:11 - Ezra (after Zeb falls onto the front of the walker):  "I can't see; move!"

Zeb:  "Move?  Move where?"

Ezra:  "Anywhere!"

When the dianoga grabs Luke in the Death Star trash compactor, Luke and Han have a similar exchange [1:20:37].

Luke:  "Blast it, will you?  My gun's jammed."

Han:  "Where?"

Luke:  "Anywhere!"

3:52 - Zeb (to Chopper):  "Move, you stupid junk pile."  In A New Hope, C-3PO similarly insults R2-D2 and calls him a "nearsighted scrap pile" [9:56].

5:41 - Ezra (to Hera):  "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].

15:39 - Tarkin (to the Inquisitor as they watch Kanan being tortured):  "The Jedi is no good to me dead."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett says the same thing to Vader about Han Solo, who's being tortured in the next room:  "He's no good to me dead" [1:30:57].

17:41 - Imperial officer (to Chopper in disguise):  "You're late 264; plug in."  See 1:10 above.

20:52 - Hera (to Ezra):  "Kanan has taught you well."  Similarly, Vader tells Luke, "Obi-Wan has taught you well" in The Empire Strikes Back [1:44:42] and in Return of the Jedi [1:49:01].

Rebels - S1E12 - "Call to Action"

0:03 - An Imperial Star Destroyer flies overhead as a shuttle, flanked by TIE fighters, exits it, which is the same way that Return of the Jedi starts, although that's in space, and this episode begins in the atmosphere of Lothal.

11:25 - Kallus (accepting Tarkin's plan):  "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].

11:36 - Tarkin (to the Inquisitor):  "And remember:  I want this Jedi alive."  Vader gives the same command to the stormtroopers in A New Hope ("Bring me the passengers; I want them alive!" [6:08]) and to the bounty hunters in The Empire Strikes Back ("You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive, no disintegrations" [1:06:14]).

14:40 - Kanan (after Imperials arrive too quickly):  "That's impossible."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke also says, "That's impossible" [1:51:21].

17:56 - Kanan (to the Inquisitor):  "We're full of surprises."  Luke uses the same expression during his duel with Vader in The Empire Strikes Back:  "You'll find I'm full of surprises" [1:43:49].

Rebels - S1E11 - "Vision of Hope"

2:48 - Hera:  "I'll play back the entire message."  As a command, Luke also says this to R2-D2 in A New Hope:  "Play back the entire message!" [22:59]

6:36 - Stormtrooper (to Zare Leonis):  "Cadet, you alright?"  In The Phantom Menace, Anakin asks Qui-Gon, "Are you alright?" [1:17:31] and Padmé asks Anakin, "You alright?" [1:19:06].  In Attack of the Clones, Padmé asks Anakin, "Ani, are you alright?" [50:02], and later a clone trooper asks Padmé, "Are you alright?" [2:05:54].  In Revenge of the Sith, Anakin asks the Chancellor, "Are you alright?" [11:49], and a bit later, Mace Windu asks him, "Chancellor Palpatine, are you alright?" [24:53].  In A New Hope, Luke asks Obi-Wan this [59:16] and Biggs asks Luke [1:46:44], and in The Empire Strikes Back, Luke asks, "Rogue Two, are you alright?" [30:31].  Twice in The Empire Strikes Back, Han asks this with a shortened "You alright?" once to Luke [22:12] and once to Leia [31:39].

9:11 - Kanan:  "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].

11:41 - Senator Trayvis:  "I was beginning to think no one on Lothal got my message."  In Attack of the Clones, Taun We uses the same expression after Obi-Wan arrives on Kamino:  "After all these years, we were beginning to think you weren't coming" [42:01].

11:47 - Senator Trayvis (after Hera tells him the Empire knows he's there):  "That's impossible."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke also says, "That's impossible" [1:51:21].

12:15 - Kallus (commenting on Hera while identifying the rebels):  "And what have we here?  A Twi'lek I've yet to meet."  Lando says the same thing upon seeing Leia for the first time in The Empire Strikes Back:  "Hello, what have we here?" [1:21:12]

13:35 - Kanan (as an Imperial shuttle shows up):  "And that's not the ride we're looking for."  This bears some similarity to what Obi-Wan tells some sandtroopers in A New Hope:  "These aren't the droids you're looking for" [43:40].

19:02 - Kanan:  "What's our plan?"  In A New Hope, Han asks Luke, "What's your plan?" [1:11:56]

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Part of the mural behind Trayvis in the old Republic Senate building is based on a Ralph McQuarrie concept painting:

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Rebels - S1E10 - "Idiot's Array"

1:07 - Kanan (to Zeb, telling him to bet Chopper):  "Do it!"  Palpatine says the same thing when he urges Anakin to kill Count Dooku in Revenge of the Sith [14:22].

2:17 - Hera:  "What's the cargo?"

Lando:  "I was told no questions asked."

The same expressions appear in an exchange in A New Hope [48:22] where Han Solo asks Obi-Wan Kenobi, "What's the cargo?" and Obi-Wan replies, "Only passengers:  myself, the boy, two droids, and no questions asked."

9:13 - Azmorigan (to his guards):  "Leave us!"  Palpatine has similar lines twice in the movies:  "Leave us" to his entourage at the opera in Revenge of the Sith [43:44] and "Guards, leave us" to the Imperial guards in Return of the Jedi [1:30:55].

13:20 - Imperial officer:  "This Corellian ship matches the description of the rebel craft we've been looking for."  This is somewhat similar to what an-other Imperial officer says of the Millennium Falcon in A New Hope:  "We've captured a freighter entering the remains of the Alderaan system; its marking match those of a ship that blasted its way out of Mos Eisley" [1:05:58].  The "we've been looking for" may be a nod to Obi-Wan's famous "These aren't the droids you're looking for," also in A New Hope [43:39].

20:13 - Hera (after Lando offers to return Chopper as his payment):  "That won't satisfy your debt to me, not after what you pulled."  Lando uses the same expression in The Empire Strikes Back when he tells Han, "You got a lot of guts coming here after what you pulled." [1:20:30]

Rebels - S1E9 - "Path of the Jedi"

7:33 - Kanan (to Ezra):  "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].

14:02 - Ezra:  "I'm not afraid."  Luke also says this in The Empire Strikes Back [57:22].

15:12 - Yoda (to Kanan):  "Patience."  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].  It's also part of Obi-Wan's advice to Anakin in Attack of the Clones:  "Patience.  Use the Force.  Think." [21:49].  Also in Attack of the Clones, Dooku, referring to Padmé, tells Gunray, "Patience, Viceroy, patience; she will die" [1:49:27].

17:38 - Yoda (to Ezra):  "Tell me, why must you become Jedi?"  He asks Luke nearly the same question in The Empire Strikes Back:  "Why wish you become Jedi?" [55:12]

20:39 - Zeb (about Ezra and his lightsaber):  "He's been working on that thing for weeks."  One of the kids in The Phantom Menace makes a similar comment about Anakin's podracer:  "You've been working on that thing for years" [48:09].

Rebels - S1E8 - "Gathering Forces"

9:04 - Hera (to Kanan in the Phantom):  "Detach!"  Han gives the same order to Chewbacca in The Empire Strikes Back, to separate the Millennium Falcon from a Star Destroyer as the Imperial fleet breaks up [1:15:50].

14:05 - An Imperial Star Destroyer flies overhead as a shuttle exits it, which is the same way that Return of the Jedi starts:

14:37 - Grand Inquisitor (to a group of stormtroopers, referring to Kanan and Ezra):  "I want them alive."  Vader gives the same command to the stormtroopers in A New Hope ("Bring me the passengers; I want them alive!" [6:08]) and to the bounty hunters in The Empire Strikes Back ("You are free to use any methods necessary, but I want them alive, no disintegrations" [1:06:14]).

18:10 - Ezra:  "I feel so cold."  This comes after an experience with the dark side of the Force, so it's similar to Luke's reaction to the cave on Dagobah in The Empire Strikes Back where he says, "I feel cold" and Yoda explains, "That place is strong with the dark side of the Force.  A domain of evil it is." [1:02:43]

Rebels - S1E7 - "Empire Day"

2:28 - In the interior of Old Jho's Pit Stop there's an-other use of the hexagonal pattern seen in the homestead garage in Attack of the Clones and A New Hope:

8:58 - Stormtrooper (to Ezra and Kanan):  "Move along."  In A New Hope, a sandtrooper says the same thing when, prompted by Obi-Wan's influence through the Force, he directs Luke into Mos Eisley:  "Move along.  Move along." [43:51].

15:54 - Commandant Aresko:  "That's far enough, rebel scum."  An Imperial officer delivers the same insult in Return of the Jedi:  "You rebel scum" [1:33:51].

16:10 - Kanan (to Sabine, who's driving the Imperial transport):  "Punch it!"  Han also says this to Chewbacca in The Empire Strikes Back [35:35].

20:44 - Zeb (referring to Chopper):  "Is that scrap heap even paying attention?"  In A New Hope, C-3PO similarly insults R2-D2 and calls him a "nearsighted scrap pile" [9:56].