Revenge of the Sith

The title parallels Return of the Jedi.

3:32 - Clone pilot:  "Set S-foils in attack position."  Red Leader gives a similar instruction in A New Hope ("Lock S-foils in attack position" [1:45:38]), and so does Wedge in Return of the Jedi ("Lock S-foils in attack positions" [1:34:20]).

3:47 - Anakin:  "This is where the fun begins."  Han Solo has a similar line in A New Hope:  "Here's where the fun begins" [56:26].

4:32 - Anakin (after a Vulture droid launches missiles at him and Obi-Wan):  "Pull up!"  Obi-Wan says this to Anakin during the speeder chase in Attack of the Clones ("Pull up, Anakin, pull up!" [17:08]); 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]).

5:23 - Obi-Wan (after buzz droids land on his starfighter):  "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]).  A rebel pilot also says, "I'm hit!" in Return of the Jedi [1:44:16].

6:03 - Obi-Wan (to Anakin, as he tries to shoot the buzz droids):  "Hold your fire!  You're not helping here!" [6:03]  Upon seeing that the escape pod jettisoned from the Tantive IV has no life forms, an Imperial officer commands, "Hold your fire" in A New Hope [7:08].

6:13 - Obi-Wan (after his cockpit window fogs over):  "I can't see a thing."  Luke says the same thing in A New Hope about his stormtrooper disguise ("I can't see a thing in this helmet!" [1:13:17]) and in The Empire Strikes Back while entering Dagobah's atmosphere in his X-wing ("All the scopes are dead; I can't see a thing" [41:09]).

6:26 - Obi-Wan (to Anakin):  "You're gonna get us both killed!"  Anakin says something similar to R2-D2 in The Phantom Menace:  "R2, get us off this auto-pilot; it's gonna get us both killed!" [1:53:55], and Leia says something similar to Han in A New Hope, after he tries to shoot his way out of the trash compactor:  "Put that thing away; you're gonna get us all killed!" [1:19:32]

6:30 - Obi-Wan (to Anakin):  "Get out of here; there's nothing more you can do."  Luke says something similar to Wedge in A New Hope:  "Get clear, Wedge; you can't do any more good back there" [1:54:34].

7:24 - Obi-Wan:  "Oh, I have a bad feeling about this."

10:22 - Battle droid (to Anakin):  "Hands up, Jedi."  A battle droid also says, "Hands up!" to Jar Jar and Captain Tarpals in The Phantom Menace [2:00:19], and storm trooper says, "Hands up!" to Han and Leia in Return of the Jedi [1:48:07].

11:49 - Anakin (to the Chancellor):  "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 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].  Luke also asks Han, "Are you alright?" when they're captured by Jabba in Return of the Jedi [28:31].

15:42 - Wilehlm scream (clone trooper)

18:43 - General Grievous:  "General Kenobi, we've been waiting for you."  Vader greets him similarly in A New Hope:  "I've been waiting for you, Obi-Wan" [1:30:09].

19:12 - Grievous (to Anakin):  "Jedi scum."  Insults involving scum also appear in The Phantom Menace (before the podrace, Sebulba tells Anakin in Huttese, "You won't walk away from this one, you slave scum" [57:20]), 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]).

21:40 - Anakin (to Obi-Wan and Palpatine):  "Strap yourselves in."  Han Solo uses this same expression in A New Hope:  "Go strap yourselves in; I'm gonna make the jump to lightspeed" [56:46].

24:38 - Anakin (to Obi-Wan):  "Alright, but you owe me one, and not for saving your skin for the tenth time."  Leia uses the same expression in A New Hope:  "Somebody has to save our skins" [1:18:22].

24:53 - Mace Windu:  "Chancellor Palpatine, are you alright?"  See above, 11:49.

25:12 - Palpatine (to Windu):  "And I assure you, the senate will vote to continue the war as long as Grievous is alive."  As Emperor, he uses this same expression while talking to Luke in Return of the Jedi:  "I assure you we are quite safe from your friends here" [1:32:08].  Qui-Gon also uses the 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].

26:12 - Anakin (after Padmé says, "There were whispers that you'd been killed"):  "I'm alright."  The circumstances are quite different, but Luke also says, "I'm alright" in A New Hope, after the scuffle in the cantina [47:21].

40:32 - Obi-Wan (to Mace, referring to Anakin):  "With all due respect, Master, is he not the chosen one?"  In The Phantom Menace, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan's pilot uses the same expression:  "With all due respect, the ambassadors for the Supreme Chancellor wish to board immediately" [2:06].

41:35 - Anakin (after Padmé asks, "Have you ever considered that we may be on the wrong side [of the war]?"):  "What do you mean?"  Although the context is quite different, Vader also says, "What do you mean?" in A New Hope [51:32], after Tarkin suggests "an alternative form of persuasion."

42:19 - Padmé (to Anakin):  "Hold me."  Leia also says this to Han in Return of the Jedi [1:22:17].

43:44 - Palpatine (to his entourage at the opera):  "Leave us."  As Emperor, he also says this in Return of the Jedi:  "Guards, leave us" [1:30:55].

44:28 - Palpatine (to Anakin):  "Search your feelings.  You know, don't you?"  Vader says the same thing to Luke in The Empire Strikes Back:  "Search your feelings.  You know it to be true." [1:51:26].

50:03 - As he jumps onto a Separatist tank, one of the Wookiees gives a Tarzan-like yell, which Chewbacca also does while swinging onto an AT-ST in Return of the Jedi [1:45:39].

51:13 - Obi-Wan (to Anakin, as Obi-Wan leaves for Utapau):  "Goodbye, 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 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]).

53:46 - Padmé:  "I'm not gonna die in childbirth, Ani; I promise you."

Anakin:  "No, I promise you."

In The Phantom Menace, Obi-Wan also makes a promise to Anakin:  "You will be a Jedi, I promise" [2:07:43]

53:55 - This shot of Obi-Wan's starfighter exiting hyperspace, detaching from the hyperspace ring, and then flying to Utapau has the same basic composition and dynamic as the shot of his starfighter exiting hyperspace, detaching from the hyperspace ring, and then flying to Kamino in Attack of the Clones [40:54]:

57:30 - Obi-Wan (to Grievous):  "Hello there."  He greets R2 the same way in A New Hope [30:07].

1:07:28 - Obi-Wan (referring to the blaster he used to kill Grievous):  "So uncivilized."  It seems like this is meant to contrast with what he says about the lightsaber in A New Hope:  "An elegant weapon for a more civilized age" [33:47].

1:16:32 - Palpatine (to Anakin):  "The Force is strong with you."  In a Jedi counsel meeting in The Phantom Menace, Ki-Adi Mundi says, "The Force is strong with him," referring to Anakin [1:33:06].  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], and while talking to Vader in The Empire Strikes Back, Palpatine says, "The Force is strong with him," referring to Luke [53:46].

1:20:06 - The markings on the back of this battle droid bear a passing resemblance to 1138:

1:20:53 - Commander Cody (to a clone gunner, referring to Obi-Wan):  "Blast him!"  In A New Hope, Luke also yells this to Han, referring to the dianoga in the trash compactor:  "Blast it, will you!?" [1:20:38]

1:23:40 - Jedi youngling (referring to the clones executing Order 66 at the Jedi temple):  "Master Skywalker, there are too many of them."  In The Phantom Menace, Captain Panaka says this about battle droids ("There are too many of them" [23:25]), and in Return of the Jedi, a rebel pilot says this about TIE fighters ("There's too many of them" [1:35:13]).

1:24:00 - C-3PO (to Padmé, about Anakin):  "Don't worry; I'm sure he'll be alright."  This is similar to what Obi-Wan says to R2 about Luke in A New Hope ("Oh, don't worry; he'll be alright" [30:17]) and what C-3PO says to R2 in The Empire Strikes Back ("Of course we'll see Master Luke again, and he'll be quite alright; you'll see!" [10:43] and "Don't worry about Master Luke; I'm sure he'll be alright" [12:45]).  Additionally, "Don't worry" also appears in Attack of the Clones (Anakin tells Padmé, "Don't worry; I've given up trying to argue with you" [1:36:02]), A New Hope (Han tells Chewbacca, "Don't worry, Chewie; I think I know what he [Luke] has in mind" [1:12:12], and he tells Leia, "Don't worry; she'll hold together," referring to the Millennium Falcon [1:34:57]), The Empire Strikes Back (Luke tells R2, "Don't worry, R2.  We're going!  We're going!" [36:07], and Han tells Leia, "Don't worry" [1:20:04]), and Return of the Jedi (Lando, referring to Han, tells Nien Nunb, "Don't worry; my friend's down there; he'll have that shield down on time" [1:27:18]).

1:24:35 - Clone trooper (to Bail Organa):  "Don't worry; the situation is under control."  For "don't worry" see above, 1:24:00.  Additionally, Han makes this same claim twice, once to an Imperial officer ("Uh, everything's under control, situation normal" [1:15:18]) and once to Leia ("I had everything under control till you led us down here" [1:19:37]).

1:27:59 - Padmé (to Anakin):  "Are you alright?"  See above, 11:49.

1:29:13 - Anakin (to Padmé):  "Things will be different; I promise."  See above 53:46.

1:31:44 - Captain Colton (to Senator Organa):  "We're receiving a message from the Chancellor's office, sir."  In The Phantom Menace, a Naboo crewman tells Captain Panaka via comlink, "Receiving a message from home" [37:23].

1:35:06 - Palpatine (addressing the senate):  "The attempt on my life has left me scarred and deformed, but I assure you my resolve has never been stronger!"  See above, 25:12.

1:36:59 - Obi-Wan (to Yoda, as they're leaving the Jedi temple):  "Wait, Master, there is something I must know."  Luke says something similar in Return of the Jedi when he asks Yoda about Vader:  "Yoda, I must know" [42:09].

1:38:44 - Obi-Wan (referring to Anakin):  "Padmé, I need your help.  He's in grave danger."  First, Queen Amidala says the same thing to Jar Jar in The Phantom Menace ("I need your help" [1:37:55]), and Obi-Wan says this to Luke in A New Hope ("I need your help, Luke.  She [Leia] needs your help." [36:03]).  Second, Yoda uses the same phrase in The Phantom Menace when he tells Obi-Wan:  "The chosen one the boy may be; nevertheless, grave danger I fear in his training" [2:06:38].

1:41:23 - Captain Typho (to Padmé):  "As you wish, my lady."  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].

1:44:39 - Anakin:  "I'm becoming more powerful than any Jedi has ever dreamed of."  In Attack of the Clones, Count Dooku says something similar:  "I've become more powerful than any Jedi" [2:08:30].

1:45:09 - Anakin (to Padmé):  "And together, you and I can rule the galaxy."  As Vader, he says something similar to Luke in The Empire Strikes Back:  "Join me, and together we can rule the galaxy as father and son" [1:51:45].

1:46:02 - Padmé (to Anakin):  "I love you!"  Leia says this to Han in The Empire Strikes Back [1:35:54], and Han says it to Leia in Return of the Jedi [1:48:03].

1:47:23 - Anakin (to Obi-Wan):  "Don't make me kill you."  In The Empire Strikes Back, Vader says almost the same thing (to Luke):  "Don't make me destroy you" [1:50:27].

1:55:11 - Clone trooper (speaking to the Emperor and referring to Yoda):  "There's no sign of the body, sir."  Luke also uses this expression during the Battle of Yavin at the end of A New Hope; after Red Ten asks Luke if he sees any fighters, Luke replies, "No sign of any- wait, comin' in point three five" [1:51:59].

1:59:23 - Anakin (to Obi-Wan):  "You underestimate my power."  In Return of the Jedi, as Vader, he says almost the same thing to Luke:  "You underestimate the power of the dark side" [1:50:07].

2:07:03 - Padmé (to Obi-Wan, about Anakin):  "There's good in him.  I know.  I know there's still-"  Luke says the same thing about him to Obi-Wan in Return of the Jedi:  "There is still good in him" [46:57].

2:09:21 - Obi-Wan (asking about Luke's future):  "And what of the boy?"  There are similarly constructed questions in 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]).

2:09:56 - Yoda (to Obi-Wan):  "An old friend has learned the path to immortality."  See above, 51:13.

2:13:33 - This shot of Owen, Beru, and Luke watching the sunset matches the shot of Luke watching the sunset in A New Hope [25:31]:

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].  Luke also asks Han, "Are you alright?" when they're captured by Jabba in Return of the Jedi [28:31].

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.

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].  Additionally, Han tells Chewbacca, "Don't worry, Chewie; I think I know what he [Luke] has in mind" [1:12:12], and he tells Leia, "Don't worry; she'll hold together," referring to the Millennium Falcon [1:34:57]).

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].

36:07 - Luke:  "Don't worry, R2.  We're going!  We're going!"  See above (12:45)

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 three times in A New Hope:  Obi-Wan tells R2-D2, "Oh, don't worry; he'll be alright," referring to Luke [30:17]; Han tells Chewbacca, "Don't worry, Chewie; I think I know what he [Luke] has in mind" [1:12:12]; 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)

The Clone Wars - S3E1 - "Clone Cadets"

3:00 - El-Les:  "CT-782 seems to follow his own path.  He can't do it all alone."  Leia uses this same phrase to describe Han in A New Hope:  "He's got to follow his own path; no one can choose it for him" [1:42:47].

5:05 - Bric:  "If you two would focus on fighting droids as much as you do fighting each other, you might stand a chance out there."  Perhaps coincidentally, this bears some similarity to Obi-Wan's comment 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].

8:29 - Commander Colt:  "Start the citadel challenge, version THX, variable 1138."  This is a nod to the title of an-other George Lucas movie, THX 1138.  The number 1138 occurs a number of times in Star Wars.

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Bric's armor is similar to that of General Veers, Dengar, and the snowtroopers in The Empire Strikes Back (as is Moralo Eval's armor in S4E16 - "Friends and Enemies"):

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