Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Rebels - S4E5 - "The Occupation"

0:08 - Hera:  "We're coming up on Yavin IV.  Sabine, transmit the clearance codes."  In A New Hope, Han uses the same expression when he says, "Looks like we're coming up on Alderaan" [1:02:27], and in Return of the Jedi, an Imperial officer gives the same command:  "Shuttle Tydirium, transmit the clearance code for shield passage" [54:50].

2:46 - Ezra (mostly to Hera):  "Trust me; Vizago'll get us through the Empire's blockade."  Han also says, "Trust me" (to Leia) in The Empire Strikes Back [1:20:06].

5:18 - Imperial offcer to the Broken Horn:  "Transmit clearance codes."  See above, 0:08.

6:53 - Stormtrooper (to Vizago):  "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].

8:25 - Stormtrooper (to some Lothal citizens):  "You're out past curfew.  Let's see some identification."  A sandtrooper makes nearly the same request of Luke in A New Hope:  "Let me see your identification" [43:32].

8:38 - Sabine (to Ezra, before the enter Old Jho's):  "You sure about this?"  Padmé asks Qui-Gon the same question in The Phantom Menace, referring to betting on Anakin in the podrace:  "Are you sure about this?" [44:21].

9:47 - Baron Valen Rudor (to Ezra, after he identifies a hologram of him):  "Your eyes do not deceive you, young man."  Obi-Wan uses this same expression in A New Hope when he tells Luke, "Your eyes can deceive you; don't trust them" [1:01:45].

11:51 - Hera (to Kanan):  "We better get moving."  After escaping the Death Star trash compactor in A New Hope, Luke says nearly the same thing:  "Well, let's get movin'" [1:25:44].

13:47 - Sabine: "We've been cut off!"  Speaking to C-3PO via comlink, Luke also says, "We've been cut off!" in A New Hope [1:17:42].

15:53 - Zeb:  "It's a probe.  Blast it!"  Luke also yells this to Han in A New Hope (referring to the dianoga in the trash compactor):  "Blast it, will you!?" [1:20:38]

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In multiple shots in Old Jho's, there's yet an-other instance of the hexagonal pattern seen in the homestead garage in Attack of the Clones and A New Hope: