The Star Wars galaxy is full of little hidden details. But did you notice this object taken from another science fiction monument in “The Phantom Menace”?
The cousins of ET the extraterrestrial ambassadors to the Senate of the Republic, a small reference to the first science fiction film by George Lucas hidden on the back of a combat droid, Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon crisscrossing the sky of Coruscant or a potato in an asteroid field…
The legendary Star Wars saga, like many other pop culture franchises, is a real treat for all spectators with a treasure hunter’s soul. Hidden everywhere in the different episodes, numerous easter eggs wait patiently to be spotted by the most observant fans.
At 33 minutes and 42 seconds
The Phantom Menacethe first part of the prelogy initiated by George Lucas at the end of the 90s, in which the Jedi Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi take young Anakin Skywalker (future Darth Vader) under their wing, is obviously not in It remains a question of hidden details.
The one that will interest us today is exactly 33 minutes and 42 seconds into the feature film, in the sequence where Qui-Gon, looking for a T-14 hyperdrive generator to repair his ship, goes to the Watto flea market, on Tatooïne.
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The 2001 Space Odyssey capsule
As in all scenes where there is a question of various accessories stacked on top of each other, it is advisable to keep your eyes peeled when the Jedi Master walks the dusty alleys lined with piles of scrap metal. Indeed, in the center of the screen, to the right of the characters, is an object that science fiction fans may have recognized…
This is the EVA capsule, which accompanied the astronauts of the Discovery spacecraft in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (see above).
What is she doing here? How did Watto get his hands on it? Does his presence among the wrecks of ships littering his warehouse mean that the protagonists of Kubrick’s famous classic belong to the same universe as that of George Lucas?
To answer all these questions, we let you develop your own theories.
(Re)discover all the hidden details in “The Phantom Menace”…
