Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Rebels - S4E15 - "Family Reunion - And Farewell"

7:07 - Vizago (after Mart tells him and Wolffe that Ezra gave him a special mission):  "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].

24:52 - Rex (after Chopper is shocked):  "Great.  Now what?"  Han also wonders, "Now what!?" during Princess Leia's rescue in A New Hope [1:18:11].

29:41 - Ezra (to the Emperor):  "You're wrong.  I have a family; I don't need anything from you."  In Return of the Jedi, Luke also says, "You're wrong" to the Emperor, after the Emperor tells him that Vader and soon Luke himself cannot be turned from the darkside [1:31:52].

31:32 - Hera:  "Shields up!"  It's unclear whether this is a statement or a command, but both appear in The Phantom Menace.  The captain of Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan's ship shouts it as a command [5:11], and Anakin says it as a comment [2:02:18].

32:06 - Sabine (smacking him):  "Chop, wake up!"  In A New Hope, C-3PO pushes R2-D2 and tells him, "Wake up.  Wake up!" after the Jawas' sandcrawler stops [15:53], and in The Empire Strikes Back, Han similarly hits a control panel on the Millennium Falcon to get it working again [35:07].

35:05 - Ezra (after Thrawn says, "Whatever happens next happens to both of us"):  "That's the idea."  According to the subtitles, Greedo also says this in A New Hope; after Han says, "Over my dead body," Greedo replies in Huttese, "That's the idea" [50:44].

36:42 - Ezra (to the rest of the Rebels):  "And remember:  The Force will be with you always."  Through the Force, Obi-Wan says the same thing to Luke near the end of A New Hope:  "Remember:  the Force will be with you always" [1:57:24].

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Rebels - S4E14 - "A Fool's Hope"

1:48 - Rex (after Wolffe says Rebel command didn't send a briefing):  "That's because, old friend, this mission isn't for the Rebellion."
Hera:  "It's for Ezra.  We are liberating his home, and we need your help, all of you."

First, 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]).
Second, variations of "we need your help" appear in The Phantom Menace (Queen Amidala tells Jar Jar, "I need your help" [1:37:55]), Revenge of the Sith (Obi-Wan says, "Padmé, I need your help" [1:38:44]); and A New Hope (Obi-Wan says, "I need your help, Luke.  She [Leia] needs your help." [36:03]).

2:07 - Hondo (after Wolffe says, "Those are difficult odds"):  "I agree, but that boy has spirit."  In Revenge of the Sith, Anakin says, "I agree" twice (once after Obi-Wan says that Anakin is not helping by firing at the buzz droids on his fighter:  "I agree, bad idea" [6:04] and once after Palpatine explains that the Jedi would kill the two of them and the senators [1:17:36]).  Yoda also says it twice (once to Ki-Adi-Mundi's suggestion that it's Obi-Wan who should confront Grievous [49:09] and once to Obi-Wan's suggestion to turn off the retreat message coming from the Jedi temple [1:30:50]).

4:02 - Imperial officer (to Governor Pryce):  "We've scanned the outer reaches, and we found the remains of several small encampments, but no signs of the Rebels' current whereabouts."  In A New Hope, an Imperial officer gives a similar briefing to Tarkin:  "Our scout ships have reached Dantooine.  They found the remains of a Rebel base, but they estimate that it has been deserted for some time." [1:02:46]

8:30 - Hera (to Rex):  "Coming up on Lothal."  In A New Hope, Han uses the same expression when he says, "Looks like we're coming up on Alderaan" [1:02:27].

11:03 - Ezra (wondering out loud):  "Hera, where are you?"  The same sort of situation occurs near the end of A New Hope, where Luke exclaims, "Blast it, Biggs, where are you?" [1:49:09].

11:13 - Hondo (to Rex):  "Patience, patience, my friend."  Palpatine says basically the same thing to Vader in Return of the Jedi:  "Patience, my friend" [38:57].

12:56 - Zeb (about the stormtroopers):  "There's too many!"  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].

14:23 - Ruhk (to Zeb and Ezra):  "Drop your weapons."  A battle droid also says this to Obi-Wan and Anakin in Revenge of the Sith [9:05].

15:08 - Governor Pryce (to Ryder):  "Stand up, my old friend."  See above, 1:48.

19:04 - Hondo (in the nosegun of The Ghost):  "I got him!  I got him!"  He actually doesn't hit anything, but this is also what Luke says after successfully shooting down one of the Imperial sentry ships in A New Hope:  "Got him!  I got him! [1:35:25]

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

Rebels - S4E13 - "A World Between Worlds"

9:09 - Ahsoka (to Ezra, about Morai):  "She's an 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]).

11:59 - Ezra (to Ahsoka):  "I know what I'm doing."  This is also Han's claim to Chewbacca in A New Hope:  "I know what I'm doin'" [1:42:25].

12:05 - Ahsoka (after Ezra says he can stop Kanan from dying):  "You don't know that."  Obi-Wan also says this in The Empire Strikes Back, after Luke claims that "Han and Leia will die if I don't [go to help them]" [1:23:09].

15:22 - Sabine (to Minister Hydan before the mobile commander center is upended):  "Sorry about the mess."  Han tells Wuher this after shooting Greedo in A New Hope [51:04].

15:58 - Ezra (to Ahsoka):  "Are you alright?"  In The Phantom Menace, Anakin asks Qui-Gon, "Are you alright?" [1:17:31].  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].  Padmé also asks Anakin, "Are you alright?" [1:27:59].  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].  Luke also asks Han, "Are you alright?" when they're captured by Jabba in Return of the Jedi [28:31].

17:11 - Ahsoka (promising to find Ezra):  "I will; 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].  Later, Anakin also tells her, "Things will be different; I promise" [1:29:13].

19:21 - Hera:  "Chopper, get us outta here."  In A New Hope, Han also says this (to Chewbacca):  "Chewie, get us outta here!" [55:26].

20:11 - Kanan:  "The Force will be with you always."  Through the Force, Obi-Wan says the same thing to Luke near the end of A New Hope:  "Remember:  the Force will be with you always" [1:57:24].

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Rebels - S4E12 - "Wolves and a Door"

0:59 - Ezra (after Sabine says she might make sense of the symbols if she saw the Jedi temple):  "I agree."  In Revenge of the Sith, Anakin says, "I agree" twice (once after Obi-Wan says that Anakin is not helping by firing at the buzz droids on his fighter:  "I agree, bad idea" [6:04] and once after Palpatine explains that the Jedi would kill the two of them and the senators [1:17:36]).  Yoda also says it twice (once to Ki-Adi-Mundi's suggestion that it's Obi-Wan who should confront Grievous [49:09] and once to Obi-Wan's suggestion to turn off the retreat message coming from the Jedi temple [1:30:50]).

9:44 - Ezra (influencing a dark trooper with the Force):  "You don't need our numbers and clearance."  Obi-Wan's Jedi mind trick on the sandtrooper in A New Hope is similar:  "You don't need to see his identification" [43:34].

11:45 - Hera:  "With the Emperor involved, it's too dangerous."  Obi-Wan makes the same comment as Luke rushes back to the farm in A New Hope:  "It's too dangerous!" [39:52].

13:31 - Ezra (after Sabine asks him if he's "seen anything like this before"):  "Nope, but this temple is 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].

17:17 - Sabine (in disguise as a scout trooper, referring to protocol):  "I 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].

19:39 - Ezra (as the wolves run in a circle):  "This is it."  Red Leader also says this at the beginning of the Battle of Yavin in A New Hope:  "This is it, boys" [1:46:01].