2:06 - Kallus (to a pair of stormtroopers): "Leave us. I'll interrogate him myself." Palpatine says this 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].
5:04 - Rex (after Chopper says he's on Thrawn's Star Destroyer): "What in blazes are you doing there!?" Obi-Wan says nearly the same thing in Attack of the Clones: "What in the blazes is he [Anakin] doing there [on Tatooine]?" [1:22:27].
7:43 - Thrawn: "A traitor in our ranks is feeding the Rebels information. That is the only logical explanation for their success and our failure." Leia uses nearly the same expression in A New Hope, after telling Han that the Imperials let them go: "It's the only explanation for the ease of our escape" [1:36:44].
16:30 - Rex (as he and Kanan drop out of hyperspace to land on Thrawn's Star Destroyer): "Well, here goes nothin'." Lando also says, "Here's goes nothing" as he pilots the Millennium Falcon into the second Death Star in Return of the Jedi [1:57:45].
16:34 - The framing here is roughly the same as that in a shot in Return of the Jedi [54:27], just with the Star Destroyer facing the opposite direction:
(The same is also done with Kanan and Rex in S2E9 "Stealth Strike.")
18:46 - Lyste (after Kallus accuses him of being the Rebel spy): "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 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].
18:48 - Yularen (to stormtroopers, referring to Lyste): "Take him 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].
19:59 - Thrawn (after Yularen says that "things have fallen into place a little too perfectly"): "I agree." Yoda also says, "I agree" in Revenge of the Sith (to Ki-Adi-Mundi's suggestion that it's Obi-Wan who should confront Grievous) [49:09].
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The painting of Lothal in the background of Thrawn's office is by Ralph McQuarrie.
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