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List of references in Star Wars

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A list of references to other media found in the Star Wars films and Expanded Universe material.

Contents

[edit] Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

[edit] Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones

[edit] Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith

  • Senator Bail Organa played by Jimmy Smits drives a craft that looks like a Tucker automobile (note the central "headlight").

[edit] Star Wars

  • Renamed as a marketing ploy: Episode IV: A New Hope.
  • In the film's shooting script, the character that eventually became known as TK-421 was originally designated "THX-1138", as an homage to George Lucas's first feature film, THX 1138.

[edit] The Empire Strikes Back

  • Renamed as a marketing ploy: Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
The Gone with the Wind-style poster.
  • One poster for The Empire Strikes Back was specifically modeled after a re-release poster for Gone with the Wind, as per the request of George Lucas. The poster was created by Tom Jung, the same artist who originally designed the 1967 Gone with the Wind poster.[1]

[edit] Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

[edit] Expanded Universe

[edit] Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

  • The quest called "Finding Nemo" is a reference to the Pixar movie Finding Nemo.
  • The quest "The Trouble with Gizka" is likely a reference to the Star Trek episode entitled "The Trouble with Tribbles". Also, HK-47's line "Dammit, master, I'm an assassination droid, not a dictionary!" is similar to Dr. McCoy's frequent catch-phrase from the series.
  • If the character chooses to explore Jolee Bindo's life, on one dialogue, both the character and Jolee make a small parody of Limp Bizkit's song "Nookie" ("I did it all for the Wookiees" "The Wookiees?" "The Wookiees!").
  • The random name generator sometimes offers such names as "Homsar", a character from the Homestar Runner flash cartoon series who mostly appears in Easter eggs, and "Kerrek", a monster from the Peasant's Quest series.
  • The name of the character Tanis Venn may be a reference to the Egyptian city of Tanis, which is featured prominently in the Lucasfilm-produced movie Raiders of the Lost Ark.

[edit] Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns

  • One of the in-game chat commands is "Banthas are filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals," as spoken by Mace Windu. This is a reference to a similar line spoken by the character Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction. Both characters were portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson. Note that this quote is not part of the canon storyline of the game.

[edit] The Cestus Deception

[edit] MedStar I: Battle Surgeons

[edit] MedStar II: Jedi Healer

[edit] The Paradise Snare

Okanor: "I recognize, from their description, that at least half of these items have been reported stolen. Some have been on wanted lists for years."
Solo: "Doesn't surprise me. And you, you'll sell 'em to museums, won't you?"
Okanor: "Most of them, most of them."
Solo: "Okay, then, that's good. That's where they should be."
Han Solo selling stolen items from a private collection to Galidon Okanor[src]
  • This exchange is an homage to Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, with Indiana's repeated phrase, "It belongs in a museum."
  • Also, Han uses the alias of Jenos Idanian, an anagram of Indiana Jones.

[edit] Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy

  • In the Mission to Corellia level, dialogue identifies a cultist as J'aahn. The dialogue is a reference to Soldier of Fortune, another game by Raven Software. Both games contain an exchange of dialogue which involves characters with the names John and Hawk, and refers to "Station 6C". In Jedi Academy, the spelling is changed to "J'aahn" and "Hokk".

[edit] Agents of Chaos I: Hero's Trial

Leia: "You've changed, Han."
Han Solo: "What are you talking about? I'm the same as ever. Timeproof, weatherproof, rust resistant."
Leia: "You think so? Take a good look."
Han Solo: "That's not the years, it's the parsecs."
Leia Organa Solo and Han Solo on Ord Mantell[src]
  • This exchange is an homage to Raiders of the Lost Ark, when Marion tells Jones, "You're not the man I knew ten years ago," and Jones replies, "It's not the years, honey. It's the mileage." The line was apparently a Harrison Ford ad lib, but became one of the best remembered lines of the film.
  • Another Indiana Jones reference appears as Solo tours the Millennium Falcon, mourning the loss of Chewbacca. Solo considers donating the Falcon to the Alliance War Museum. "A museum was probably where he belonged, as well, Han told himself. Like the Falcon, he was part of the past and of little use to anyone now."
Han Solo: "You're talking treason, Reck."
Reck: "I speak it fluently, friend."
Han Solo and Reck Desh[src]
  • This exchange is a reference to The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), in which Marian says to Robin Hood, "Why, you speak treason!" to which he replies, "Fluently."

[edit] Infinities

[edit] Tag & Bink Are Dead 1

[edit] The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition

[edit] Tag & Bink: Revenge of the Clone Menace

  • The narrator relates the story of Superman, mentioning that he becomes "Earth's greatest hero", before returning to the story at hand.

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] See also