Look closely at the Star Wars movies and you'll find a few devious and wonderful Easter Eggs hidden in the freeze-frames. This page chronicles the secret tidbits and teases hidden throughout the two trilogies, as well as a few of the more prominent popular culture references linking back to a galaxy far, far away.

A YT-1300 is briefly visible during an establishing shot on Coruscant. None other than George Lucas himself confirmed that this ship is the Millennium Falcon making a cameo appearance twenty years or so before the events of A New Hope.

Carrie Fisher and Headbanging Stormtrooper in A New Hope

It's a total mistake, but when Luke returns to Yavin after destroying the Death Star, Mark Hamill excitedly shouts out "Carrie" to fellow actor Carrie Fisher. The error somehow got through editorial scrutiny and made it into the theatrical cut. Does this mean Postcards from the Edge somehow exists in the Star Wars galaxy? We can only hope.

Another mistake that made it into the final cut of A New Hope features a stormtrooper cracking his noggin. When the stormtrooper squad breaks into the guardroom where C-3PO and R2 are hiding, look on the right side of the formation and you'll see a trooper smack his head hard against the lower lip of the sliding prop door.

George Lucas in Revenge of the Sith

Look closely in the opera house scene in Episode 3 and you'll spot Star Wars creator George Lucas portraying Baron Papnoida. He's the blue guy dressed like an affluent clergyman.

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1138 in The Phantom Menace

George Lucas' first feature-length film, THX 1138, gets a nod in the closing moments of The Phantom Menace. Look at the designation of this disabled droid and you'll spot the number.

The Kitchen Sink in Revenge of the Sith

In the battle above Coruscant, Anakin Skywalker's ship encounters waves of debris, including a kitchen sink spinning from the wreckage of an exploding ship. It's almost impossible to tell even in HD, but official sources confirmed that this little dot is in fact a bit of home decor.

The Outrider in A New Hope

The events of Shadows of The Empire have been swept away by the Disney canon reboot, but Dash Rendar's legacy remains in the form of the Outrider. The transport is briefly visible during the entering Mos Eisley sequences in A New Hope, added during the Special Edition re-release.

E.T. in The Phantom Menace

Look closely during the Senatorial sequence in Phantom menace and you can spot several little ET dudes in a cluster near the bottom right of this shot. It's a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, so we're assuming these are the little squishy dude's ancestors...unless you factor in the aging effects of light speed theory, in which case one of these guys could actually be E.T.

Easter Eggs About Star Wars

Star Wars has become so pervasive in culture that dozens of films, books, TV shows, and games find ways to make nods and references to the source material. A few places are even more overt, including sanctioned or tacitly-approved references.

Indiana Jones Easter Eggs

C-3PO and R2-D2 make a sneaky appearance on planet Earth thanks to some crafty production design. You can spot these two droids in hieroglyphics in the background of the Well of Souls during Raiders of the Lost Ark.

In the opening sequence of Temple of Doom, watch carefully as Indie escapes the bar. The sign above clearly welcomes you to Club Obi Wan.

E.T. Easter Eggs

Star Wars is a cultural phenomenon in Eliot's world, including Star Wars figures the boy proudly shows off to E.T. But when everybody's favorite squishy alien spots a trick-o-treater dressed as Yoda, he rushes toward him in clear recognition, shouting "Home! Home!" The nod is especially cute in retrospect considering the Phantom Menace Easter Egg.

Star Trek Easter Eggs

R2-D2 gets around the universe, showing up in all seven Star Wars films and as a hieroglyphic in the lost city of Tanis. But R2 also managed to make his way into at least one major Star Fleet battle In the J.J. Abrams Star Trek, the little droid makes a brief appearance amid some interstellar debris.

In Star Trek: First Contact, the Millennium Falcon makes a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo during the attack on the Borg Cube.

Marvel Cinematic Universe Easter Eggs