Marvel has been sneaking a Star Wars Easter egg into each of its films, according to studio boss Kevin Feige.

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Feige told CinemaBlend that every movie in "Phase 2" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has paid homage to Star Wars by having a character lose an arm or hand, in one way or another."So I’m obsessed with Star Wars," he said, "and it didn’t start out as intentional, but it became intentional... It sort of happens in every Star Wars movie, but I was sort of looking at it, ‘Okay, is Phase Two our Empire Strikes Back?’ Not really, but tonally things are a little different. Somebody gets their arm cut off in every Phase Two movie. Every single one."This only includes the films that followed after the events of the first Avengers, but that's six in all. In Iron Man 3, Tony cuts off the villain's arm in the final showdown. In Thor: The Dark World, we get an illusion of Loki cutting Thor's hand. Captain America: The Winter Soldier revolves around the title villain, who turns out to be Cap's friend who lost his arm when he was presumed dead. In Guardians of the Galaxy, Gamora cuts off Groot's arm.That leaves two more to go: Avengers: Age of Ultron , and Ant-Man. Reviewers already know where the dismemberment comes into play in Ultron, but Ant-Man is still a mystery for now. Check out IGN's Age of Ultron review for more!

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