Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Rebels - S3E13 - "Ghosts of Geonosis Part II"

2:46 - An Imperial light cruiser flies overhead, with framing somewhat similar to the shot with a Star Destroyer at the beginning of A New Hope:



2:58 - Captain Brunson:  "I don't want to waste any more time on this desolate rock than I have to."  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].

6:01 - Ezra (about Klik-Klak's egg):  "If it is a queen, then it's vital to the survival of his whole race."  Leia uses this expression in her message to Obi-Wan in A New Hope:  "I have placed information vital to the survival of the rebellion into the memory systems of this R2 unit" [35:21].

7:03 - Hera (as TIE bombers approach):  "We're in trouble!"  Han also says, "We're in trouble" after the Millennium Falcon fails to jump to hyperspace in The Empire Strikes Back [37:54].

7:18 - Once again, the framing of the light cruiser is similar to the framing of the Star Destroyer at the beginning of A New Hope:



8:11 - Sabine:  "Stupid sand, gets everywhere."  Anakin also complains about sand in Attack of the Clones:  "I don't like sand.  It's course and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere." [44:37]

8:32 - Hera (to Sabine and Zeb):  "Strap yourselves in!"  Han also says this in A New Hope:  "Go strap yourselves in; I'm gonna make the jump to lightspeed" [56:46].

10:25 - Zeb (to Ezra, about Klik-Klak):  "You found a local?"  After Obi-Wan asks, "What's this?" about Jar Jar in The Phantom Menace, Qui-Gon describes him the same way:  "A local" [11:51].

13:30 - Hera:  "Hey, if we all get captured, that'll end this debate real quick.  Let's go!"  Han uses the same phrase in A New Hope as he explains hyperspace travel to Luke:  "Without precise calculations, we'd fly right through a star or bounce too close to a supernova, and that'd end your trip real quick, wouldn't it?" [56:37]

18:48 - Imperial officer:  "We're in position over the opening, but there's no sign of the enemy ship."  In Revenge of the Sith, a clone trooper, speaking to the Emperor and referring to Yoda, says, "There's no sign of the body, sir" [1:55:11], and Luke also uses the 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].

20:02 - Captain Brunson:  "Take evasive action!"  In The Empire Strikes Back, an Imperial officer also says, "Take evasive action!" [37:19]

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

Rebels - S3E12 - "Ghosts of Geonosis Part I"

4:51 - Kanan:  "Let's go take a look."  Referring to sand people, Luke says nearly the same thing to C-3PO in A New Hope:  "Come on; let's go have a look" [28:39]

9:43 - Rex (to Saw):  "It's good to see you alive, my 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]).

10:36 - Sabine (upon realizing that the energy source is a shield generator):  "Oh, 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].

10:50 - Sabine (about the shield generator):  "Looks like it's fully operational."  In Return of the Jedi, Palpatine uses the same words to describe the Death Star when he tells Luke, "Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station!" [1:41:27]

11:23 - Zeb  "You don't just find a fully operational shield generator on a deserted planet for no reason."  See above, 10:50.

14:50 - Hera (about the destroyer droids):  "There's too many, Zeb."  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].

15:40 - Hera (to the team in the catacombs):  "Alright, boys, I'm calling it; get back to the surface before these battle droids or anything else wakes up."  Luke also says, "Alright, boys" as the snowspeeders join the battle in The Empire Strikes Back:  "Alright, boys, keep tight now" [26:38].

15:48 - Saw:  "We're not going anywhere."  Initially refusing to rescue Leia, Han says the same thing in A New Hope:  "I'm not goin' anywhere" [1:11:14].

16:32 - Kanan:  "Sabine and Zeb are in trouble."  Han says, "We're in trouble" after the Millennium Falcon fails to jump to hyperspace in The Empire Strikes Back [37:54].

17:56 - Rex (after Kanan tells him and Saw to blast a bridge loose):  "I think I know what you have in mind."  Han says basically the same thing in A New Hope:  "Don't worry, Chewie; I think I know what he [Luke] has in mind" [1:12:12], and in The Empire Strikes Back, Leia uses the same expression when she asks Han, "What'd you have in mind for your next move?" [1:14:52].

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Rebels - S3E11 - "Visions and Voices"

0:12 - Hera (giving a briefing):  "There's no need for the full squadron; a small unit should be able handle this."  One of General Dodonna's comments during the briefing at the end of A New Hope has some of the same vocabulary:  "A small, one-man fighter should be able to penetrate the outer defense" [1:39:42].

2:47 - Kanan (to Hera):  "I'm thinking whatever Ezra went through with Maul, it's not over yet."  Leia also says, "It's not over yet" in A New Hope [1:37:04].

7:44 - Kanan (to Maul):  "You're not walking off this rock in one piece."  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].

7:49 - Maul (to Kanan and Ezra):  "I have planted a beacon nearby.  Strike me down, and it will activate, revealing your presence to the Empire."  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]

8:30 - Kanan (after Ezra agrees to go with Maul):  "I do not like this."  This is also Leia's reaction after the Millennium Falcon lands in Cloud City in The Empire Strikes Back:  "I don't like this" [1:19:58].

10:46 - Maul:  "Trust me, Ezra."  Han also says, "Trust me" (to Leia) in The Empire Strikes Back [1:20:06].

11:13 - Maul (to Ezra):  "Do not touch anything!"  Qui-Gon tells Jar Jar this in Watto's shop in The Phantom Menace:  "Don't touch anything" [32:16].

17:36 - Sabine (possessed by a Nightsister, to Ezra):  "You're unwise to re-enter our sanctum."  Vader makes a similar comment to Luke during their duel in Return of the Jedi:  "You are unwise to lower your defenses" [1:49:24].

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Rebels - S3E10 - "An Inside Man"

1:36 - Ezra:  "Uh, Ryder, what's the plan?"  In A New Hope, Han asks Luke almost the same thing:  "What's your plan?" [1:11:56].

2:28 - Ryder:  "Eh, wish I could take credit.  Idea came from an old friend of yours."  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]).

7:55 - Ezra (to Kanan):  "Now's our chance to find out what the Empire's up to."  Han uses this same expression in A New Hope when some stormtroopers are distracted by the duel between Obi-Wan and Vader and leave their posts, giving Han and the rest an opportunity to return to the Millennium Falcon:  "Now's our chance; go!" [1:32:02]

13:05 - Stormtrooper (to Kanan and Ezra, in disguise as troopers):  "What's your operating number?"  In A New Hope, an Imperial officer also asks Han this over the comlink [1:15:41].

14:31 - Chopper makes noises that sound like "Trust him!  Trust him!" which is what C-3PO says in The Empire Strikes Back about Lando [1:42:12].

19:04 - Ryder (after Kanan and Ezra emerge from the Imperial walker):  "I don't believe it.  I thought you were in the smaller one."  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].

21:04 - Thrawn (to Governor Pryce):  "Patience, Governor."  There are a few instances in the movies where characters advise patience, but the closest similarity here is to what Palpatine says to Vader in Return of the Jedi:  "Patience, my friend" [38:57].

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

Rebels - S3E9 - "The Wynkahthu Job"

0:28 - Hondo (to the Ghost crew):  "I can't tell you how much your welcome warms this old pirate's heart.  You are too gracious."
Zeb:  "I agree."

Yoda makes a similar comment to Padmé near the beginning of Attack of the Clones:  "Seeing you alive brings warm feelings to my heart" [5:33].
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]).

1:36 - Azmorigan (about Hera):  "Oh, I remember now, the feisty one."  In Return of the Jedi, EV-9D9 also describes R2-D2 this way:  "You're a feisty little one" [12:04].

3:50 - Hondo (after Sabine asks why he doesn't use his own crew for salvaging):  "Oh, trust me; that is a long, boring story."  Hondo uses it more as an off-handed comment, but Han also says, "Trust me" (to Leia) in The Empire Strikes Back [1:20:06].

6:37 - Sabine (as the salvage operation starts):  "Alright, boys, 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].  Luke also says, "Alright, boys" as the snowspeeders join the battle in The Empire Strikes Back:  "Alright, boys, keep tight now" [26:38].

7:31 - Azmorigan (about a clunk):  "What was that?"
Zeb:  "It's nothing.  It's loose cargo."
Azmorigan:  "I saw something move!  There!"

There's some similarity between this and Luke's discovery of the dianoga in the trash compactor in A New Hope:  "Something just moved past my leg.  Look!  Did you see that!?" [1:19:53]

12:06 - Sabine (after Zeb warns her about the proton bombs):  "I'll be careful."  In the cantina in A New Hope, Luke assures Dr. Evazan that "I'll be careful" [46:46].

14:03 - Hera (to Ezra):  "We're running out of time here!"  Qui-Gon also says this in The Phantom Menace:  "Either way, we're running out of time" [40:07].

14:05 - Ezra:  "Hondo!  Come on, 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]).

20:19 - Kanan:  "Punch it, Hera."  Han also says, "Punch it!" to Chewbacca in The Empire Strikes Back [35:35].

Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Rebels - S3E8 - "Iron Squadron"

4:24 - Jonner:  "Mart's the best pilot in the galaxy."  Obi-Wan gives this credit to Anakin in A New Hope:  "He was the best star pilot in the galaxy" [32:58].

5:33 - Hera (about the Empire):  "They'll be back."  In A New Hope, Obi-Wan also says this, but about the Tusken Raiders:  "The sand people are easily startled, but they'll soon be back and in greater numbers" [31:52].

6:00 - Mart:  "We had everything under control."  In A New Hope, Han makes the 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]).

12:30 - Mart (thinking his detached cargo destroyed the Imperial ship):  "I got 'em!  I got 'em!"  Luke also exclaims this after successfully shooting down one of the Imperial sentry ships in A New Hope:  "Got him!  I got him! [1:35:25]

15:31 - Mart (after the rebels return to rescue him):  "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].

Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Rebels - S3E7 - "Imperial Super Commandos"

4:21 - Fenn Rau (to Sabine):  "This is all your fault!"  C-3PO, tangled in wires in the Millennium Falcon, also blames R2-D2 with "This is all your fault" in A New Hope [1:36:11].

6:57 - Gar Saxon (to his super commandos, about the rebels):  "Stay alert.  They're around here somewhere."  Wedge also gives this advice in Return of the Jedi, as the rebel ships enter the Death Star:  "Stay alert; we could run out of space real fast" [1:58:00].

7:22 - Ezra (surrending to the super commandos):  "Don't shoot!"  C-3PO also says this to Jawas in A New Hope:  "Don't shoot!  Don't shoot!" [16:27].

14:25 - Gar Saxon (to Ezra):  "Sabine never told you about her family?"  One of Vader's comments to Luke in The Empire Strikes Back has a similar structure, albeit as a statement, not a question:  "Obi-Wan never told you what happened to your father" [1:50:58].

16:00 - Gar Saxon (to his super commandoes):  "I want those rebels alive!"  This is also part of Vader's orders 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]).

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Rebels - S3E6 - "The Last Battle"

5:13 - Kalani (Super tactical droid):  "If you will not fight, you will be terminated."  Vader's comment to Luke in Return of the Jedi is essentially the same:  "If you will not fight, then you will meet your destiny" [1:50:11].

6:16 - Chopper hits the Separatist shuttle to get it working again, which is the same thing that Han does with the Millennium Falcon in The Empire Strikes Back [35:07].

10:08 - Kanan (after destroyer droids appear):  "Ezra, get back; they're 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].

12:14 - Kanan (to Rex):  "You alright?"  In The Phantom Menace, Padmé asks Anakin this [1:19:06], and in The Empire Strikes Back, Han asks this twice, once to Luke [22:12] and once to Leia [31:39].

19:12 - Ezra:  "Get to the ships!"  Padmé says almost the same thing to the Naboo pilots in The Phantom Menace:  "Get to your ships!" [1:47:08]

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Rebels - S3E5 - "Hera's Heroes"

1:57 - Scout trooper (about The Ghost):  "Shoot it down!"  In Attack of the Clones, Anakin says nearly the same thing to a clone pilot, referring to Count Dooku:  "Shoot him down!" [2:02:59]

8:02 - Hera (after Ezra says it was easy to find the Kalikori):  "Eh, we're not out of this yet."  Han also tells Luke, "We're not out of this yet" in A New Hope, shortly before the battle with the Death Star's sentry ships [1:33:54].

9:08 - Hera:  "Chopper!  Am I glad to see you."  Luke says the same thing in A New Hope:  "Ben Kenobi?  Boy, am I glad to see you!" [30:35]

20:41 - Thrawn (after an officer tells him the rebels are in range):  "Hold your fire."  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], and Obi-Wan says it 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]

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Rebels - S3E4 - "The Antilles Extraction"

0:13 - Pilot (to a woman in a hologram):  "Don't worry; you'll get your food supply."  "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]), Revenge of the Sith (C-3PO tells Padmé, "Don't worry; I'm sure he'll be alright," referring to Anakin [1:24:00], and a clone trooper tells Bail Organa, "Don't worry; the situation is under control [1:24:35]), 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]), The Empire Strikes Back (C-3PO tells R2, "Don't worry about Master Luke; I'm sure he'll be alright" [12:45]; 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]).

0:18 - Woman in the hologram:  "We had no idea the rebels were so well equipped."  There's some resemblance between this and what General Tagge says in A New Hope:  "The rebel alliance is too well-equipped" [37:02].

3:58 - Sabine (after the Imperial officer questions her credentials):  "That, um, that happens from time to time."  C-3PO uses this same expression in The Empire Strikes Back when he tells Leia, "Actually, R2 has been known to make mistakes from time to time" [12:31].

4:42 - Kanan (to Ezra, about Sabine):  "Don't worry; she'll be fine." See above, 0:13.

5:56 - Instructor Goran:  "Comscan is tracking rebel ships entering sector two."  General Veers also mentions Comscan in The Empire Strikes Back when he tells Vader, "Comscan has detected an energy field protecting an area of the sixth planet of the Hoth system" [23:01].

6:03 - Sabine:  "Right behind ya, two five."  Jek Porkins says something similar (to Biggs) in A New Hope:  "I'm right with ya, Red Three" [1:47:11].

10:22 - Sabine (to Wedge):  "Look, I want to do my part for the Empire, but firing on unarmed ships wasn't what I had in mind."  Han uses this expression in A New Hope:  "Don't worry, Chewie; I think I know what he [Luke] has in mind" [1:12:12].  In The Empire Strikes Back, Leia also asks Han, ""What'd you have in mind for your next move?" [1:14:52].

10:50 - Wedge (after Sabine hints at defection):  "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 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].

11:08 - Wedge:  "What's your plan?"  In A New Hope, Han asks Luke the same thing [1:11:56].

12:03 - Instructor Goran (to Governor Pryce):  "With all due respect, Governor, I am trying to train pilots here."  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]).

14:41 - Instructor Goran:  "Four cadets have broken off from the main group toward the rebel ship."  Vader uses the same expression in A New Hope, when he tells two pilots, "Several fighters have broken off from the main group" [1:48:30].

16:39 - Wedge (after he unwittingly gives the Imperials Sabine's name):  "Blast it!"  Obi-Wan also says "Blast!" when Jango Fett ambushes him in Attack of the Clones ("Blast!  This is why I hate flying!" [1:08:22]), and Luke says it twice in A New Hope:  after R2-D2 disappears ("Blast it!" [26:49]) and when a TIE fighter is behind him during the Battle of Yavin ("Blast it, Biggs, where are you?" [1:49:09]).

17:33 - Hobbie (to Wedge):  "So what's your plan?"  See above, 11:08.

17:51 - Governor Pryce (after Sabine compliments her fighting):  "The Empire taught me well."  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].

18:40 - Agent Kallus (to Sabine):  "Don't shoot."  C-3PO says this to Jawas in A New Hope:  "Don't shoot!  Don't shoot!" [16:27].

Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Rebels - S3E3 - "The Holocrons of Fate"

0:26 - Rebel officer (to Ezra):  "Coming up on the rendezvous point, commander, but the transport's not responding."  In A New Hope, Han uses the same expression when he says, "Looks like we're coming up on Alderaan" [1:02:27].

1:29 - Ezra:  "Hera!  Am I glad to see you're alright!"  Luke says something similar in A New Hope:  "Ben Kenobi?  Boy, am I glad to see you!" [30:35]

1:41 - Maul (after Kanan asks who it is):  "Just an old friend, Master Jedi."  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]).

4:21 - Maul (after Hera says she knows nothing about Kanan):  "That's not true."  Luke says the same thing in The Empire Strikes Back when Vader tells him about his father:  "That's not true.  That's impossible." [1:51:21].

6:46 - Ezra (upon seeing Bendu):  "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].

7:21 - Bendu (about bringing the holocrons together):  "Such a vergence carries grave danger."  The phrase "grave danger" also appears in The Phantom Menace (Yoda tells Obi-Wan, "The chosen one the boy may be; nevertheless, grave danger I fear in his training" [2:06:38]) and in Revenge of the Sith (Obi-Wan, referring to Anakin, tells Padmé, "He's in grave danger" [1:38:48]).

10:02 - Sabine:  "Chopper, magnetize!"  In Revenge of the Sith, one of the Neimoidians on General Grievous's ship gives this same command, albeit with a different application, to the battle droids:  "Magnetize!  Magnetize!" [16:33]

10:36 - Kanan (to Ezra):  "Trust me."  Han also says, "Trust me" (to Leia) in The Empire Strikes Back [1:20:06].

14:27 - Ezra (to Kanan):  "What's our plan?"  In A New Hope, Han asks Luke almost the same thing:  "What's your plan?" [1:11:56].

17:01 - Maul (to one of his droids):  "Terminate the prisoners."  Referring to Leia, Tarkin gives the same command in A New Hope:  "Terminate her immediately" [1:03:05].

20:08 - Kana (to Ezra):  "Trust me."  See above, 10:36.

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

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].