A virtual Easter egg is a hidden message or feature in an object such as a movie, book, CD, DVD, or computer program. The term draws a parallel with the custom of the Easter egg hunt observed in western nations and many parts of Europe. The term is believed to originate in the movie Return of the Living Dead, where a military officer uses it as a code word for lost U.S. government containers of zombies created by a chemical spill.

Sometimes, Easter eggs can also refer to some 'hidden' brief cameo, like the appearance of the Children of the Green Planet and the Millennium Falcon in the prequel trilogy. Some, like the latter, are considered non-canon because they violate many aspects of Star Wars history. The number 1138 and "I have a bad feeling about this", as well as name Tuckerizations can also be considered easter eggs.

Easter eggs in Star Wars moviesEdit

• Hip Hop Yoda on the Revenge of the Sith DVD
• The Millennium Falcon makes a brief cameo appearance in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.
• DVD Credits with bloopers on The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and the Original Trilogy Bonus Disc DVD's.
• Appearance of E.T. The Extra Terrestrial in The Phantom Menace as one of the Children of the Green Planet

Other Easter eggs in the Star Wars universeEdit

• Max the rabbit, appearing in Star Wars: Dark Forces, Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II, and Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire.
• The Buick, an unlockable ship present in Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader, Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike and Star Wars: Battle for Naboo video games.
• Santa Claus, a character resembling the holiday character. Santa appears in LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Non-canonical appearance) and his image is on the cover of Star Wars Adventure Journal 8. A member of Yoda's species dons his costume in Star Wars: X-wing and he is mentioned in Christmas in the Stars.
• In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed demo the player can find the helmet of RC-1138 (Boss) on a ledge in the TIE Construction Yard level by stacking crates to access the ledge.
• In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on Raxus Prime, Starkiller could lift an X-Wing fighter out of a pool of muck. This is a reference to The Empire Strikes Back.

• Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds contains many Easter-eggs appearing throughout the campaigns. For the full list see the game article.
• In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition In Echo Base, a pair of astromech droids can be seen fleeing from a Wampa as a reference to Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
• In Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, if you activate the cheat console for the PC version, you could put in dancedancemalak, which turns Darth Malak during the boss fight, into a dancing twi'lek, and you can dance for a few seconds. Then it ends, and you escape the Star Forge. This can also be accomplished on the Xbox version by plugging a controller into the fourth slot before entering the room Malak is in and pressing the left and right triggers combined with the Y button on both controllers.
• In the Star Wars: The Clone Wars: The Complete Season One DVD set, go to the chapters section and for discs 1, 2, and 4 highlight the first episode's featurete and click to the left. On disc 3, go to the chapters section and highlight the episode Trespass's featurete and click to the left.
• In Star Wars: Republic Commando, before the second barrier in the Prosecuter level, Rescue the Squad, turn right and crouch into a small tunnel. Destroy the scavenger droid and turn right. There is a lightsaber lying there, and Boss makes a comment on how it is an elegant weapon for a more civilized time, a quote made by Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope to Luke Skywalker upon giving him his father's lightsaber.
• In Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II one of the skins you can unlock is Guybrush Threepwood from the LucasArts Monkey Island game series.