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Star Wars Insider Magazine #97 - 30th Anniversary tribute piece
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Daddy Day Care (2003) -[1]
Fundraiser for a bigger daycare center, Rock for Daddy Daycare (where Cheap
Trick plays), Marvin (Zahn), a tried and true Star Trek fan and Daddy Daycare
counselor, is the official face painter. Marvin paints a Maul face on
Dylan (Achille) who only speaks Klingonese.
 [2]
In a montage of Daddy Daycare happenings, Martin (who wears a Marvin the
Martian t-shirt), dressed in a cape, a Darth Vader mask and a lightsaber
pops onscreen, directs his lightsaber at the children...then a wideshot shows
the children, all in Jedi robes with lightsabers, attacking him and beating
him down. (A little continuity note: As Zahn is getting up from
this "attack" he grabs a lightsaber (by the saber itself), which is
green. The very next shot shows him rising with a blue saber in his
hand. ooops!)
Dante's Peak
(1997) - Use of the Wilhelm Scream
Darkman II: The Return of
Durant (1994)- One of the bad
guys is testing a laser gun and goes a bit overboard. Durant (Drake)
says, 'Take it easy Luke Skywalker!'
Dark Star (1974) -
In
his film "Dark Star", John Carpenter, a classmate of George Lucas'
at UCLA film school, references THX 1138. In the closing scene, as the
astronauts are drifting away from each other and their signals begin to fade,
some wreckage from the exploded ship, including a door, which is inscribed
"Toilet Tank - THX 1138" floats by. Doolittle uses it to surf to his
death in the atmosphere of the planet the crew were supposed to blow up.
Both THX 1138 and Dark Star were student films which were expanded to
features. I don't know whether this was a friendly bit of rivalry on
Carpenter's part or that he really hated the film, but it's hardly
complimentary, is it?
Dawn of the Dead
(2004) - DVD Bonus Features: Zombie
Invasion. One of the people who plays a zombie in the film is shown,
he's got the mark of Fett (a Mandalorian skull tattoo).
Day After Tomorrow
(2004)
- Sam Hall's (Gyllenhaal) nametag reads "YODA"
Dead Leaves (2004) (V) -
A character called
Bobafett Guy (played by Douglas Rye)
Dear Diary: A Film About Female
Puberty (1981) - ANH reference. Watch the movie and tell us what
the reference is!
Deconstructing Harry
(1997) - Harry
(W. Allen) has remembrances of his past and characters from his books and
other fictional characters, come to haunt him [1]
The first dream sequence...a birthday party with a Star Wars theme. A banner
on the wall says, 'May the Force be with you, Donald', the party go-ers
are all in Star Wars costumes: Vader, Luke, Leia, Chewbacca, there are also
Darth Vader lamps on all the tables. [2] The second dream sequence: the band
plays wearing Darth Vader helmets.
Deep Core (2001)
-
A subterranean drillers nuclear bomb models are TK-421 & 1138. Dialogue:
"Oh, wow, TK four two ones! And eleven-thirty-eights! Oh,
man, I’m never going back to C-4 after this stuff!"
Deep Rising (1998)
-
John Finnegan (Williams) starts to realize that a deep-sea monster is
attacking the ship. He says, 'I've got a BAD feeling about this.'
Demolition Man (1993) -
John (Stallone) says, "We'll be like Luke Skywalker and 'use the
Force'" - referring to getting the bad guy, Simon (Snipes).
Desperate But Not Serious
(1999) -
A whole series of interactions, in-between the plot of the film and throughout
the end credits, between two guys sitting at a table in a bar's ...the
subject: who's gay in Sci-Fi. Mentioning: Threepio, Endor, Ewoks, Lando
Calrissian, Cloud City, Han Solo, Chewie, Robocop, Terminator. Most of
their conversation is around the Star Wars characters.
Detroit Rock City
(1999) - In the opening credits it shows a magazine advertising Star
Wars 2 (although the movie is based in the year 1978). It must have
been advertising the movie Episode V (as we know it today) The Empire
Strikes Back. (Thanks to Colton for this
reference!) I took this screenshot:
Here's the magazine cover from Famous
Monsters #145 from July 1978
Deuce Bigalow: Male
Gigolo (1999) - A very large woman (Big Boy -
actual actor's credit), Jabba Lady/Fluisa/Naomi (in the credits) is called Jabba the
Slut
Die Bian (1979) - includes
character models based on Star Wars
Die Another Day (2002) -
[1]
A character from the back looks like Darth
Vader. [2]
*also an Indiana Jones reference*
Die Hard: With
a Vengeance (1995) - Use of the Wilhelm Scream
Dogma (1999) -
[1] Jay (Mewes), Silent Bob (Smith) and Bethany (Fiorentino) are sitting at a
table in a diner and Jay says, 'I feel like I'm Han Solo, and you're Chewie
and she's Ben Kenobi, and we're in the f'd-up bar' [2]
(DVD) The outtakes on disc 2 feature Matt Damon making up Star Wars references
for the train sequence. [3] Silent
Bob (Smith) throws the two bad guys out the back of a train as he walks away
he sees a guy in the corner scared to death...then points to the door and
says, "No ticket!" (Thanks to Darth
Charlie for reference #3!)
Dogtown (1997) - Curtis
(Cochrane) says, "I like Star Wars" and Jesse
(Shakelford) replies, "yeah, Chewbacca's cool!"
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
(1988) - ANH reference. Watch the movie and tell us what the
reference is!
Doom Generation, The (1995) -
"So how long have you
and Princess Leia been a happy couple?"
Down With Love
(2003) - DVD Outtakes. Ewan McGregor is
trying to remember his line and can't, he calls to someone off screen,
"who am I?" The voice off screen says, "Obi
Wan!"
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
- The
Chameleon (Vargas?) says, "Use the Force"
Droid Gunner<CyberZone> (1995) -
ANH reference. Watch the movie and tell us what the reference is!
Dreamscape (1984) -
Gardner (Quaid) is
just sitting down to talk to Dr. Novotny (Von Sydow) in his office and asks,
"Who's your decorator, Darth Vader?"
Drive Me Crazy (1999)
- Chase (Grenier) is having a conversation.
"You're
with your two best friends, waiting for girls, one of them quite possible
Princess Leia, and you wanna leave so some jock'll pat you on the head."
and "Give it up bonehead, Princess Leia ain't comin'"
Dudley Do-Right (1999) -
ANH reference. Watch the movie and tell us what the reference is!
Dungeons & Dragons (2000) -
Stepin Fetchit character is Jar-Jar
Binks ten fold, the Mage Council scenes. There are Star Wars (ROTJ) and
Indiana Jones references fairly regularly throughout the film.
Dünyayi kurtaran adam
<Man Who Saves the World><Turkish Star Wars> (1982) - ANH
and Raiders references and scenes from ANH. They play actual "SW"
clips through a partially blocked-out screen. Star Wars music plays as
well as the theme from Raiders
of the Lost Ark.
E
Earth Girls Are Easy
(1988) - When
Valerie (Davis) talks to the aliens about how they look," People might
think you're Wookiees or Werewolves or something"
Eddie Izzard: Circle
(2002) - [1]
Future But
finally tonight, finally tonight I just want to talk about the future.
The future. Where will the future be? Science Fiction writers,
they write it down, they write it down in books. And then it becomes
films, and then it all comes to pass, like those doors in Star Trek (makes
whooshing sound) we've got them now! That's about it! But that's
happened. And
they had The Empire Strikes Back, the fifth of the four Star Wars films.
He is f***ing with us numerically, isn't he! "Children, count up to
ten." "Four, five six, one, two three, ten" No, it
goes four, five, six, one, two, three...No, it goes: four, five six.
One. Two and three have not been made." "Two and three
have not been made! What should they be?" "What should
they be? We do not know. All we know is that there will be a big
floppy character in it that goes, "brr brr, berr brr" who needs a
punch up the bracket!" That's
another one, that's the punch right there. Up the bracket (points to face.)
This is the bracket, I think. I didn't know, my dad used to say it to
me, "You need a good punch up the bracket!" No he didn't,
actually. He used to say, "I'll smash you through that
wall!" So, uh, where was I going? Yes, yes,
yes, so Star Wars, I mean they had the Death Star. Death Star is a
very...almost like a New York name, The Death Star. It gets to the
point. (in an American accent) What's that star? It's the Death
Star "What does it do?" It does death! It does death,
buddy! Get out of my way...with your centiliters and your milliliters,
your f***ing combine harvesters." Sporadic laugh that was (mimics
laugh), It's like I've gone in and removed some of your entrails...Ish...you
know. Anyway. [2]
Death Star Canteen So,
uh, yeah, but the Death Star, the one thing about the Death Star is that there
was no food. No one had food at all. No food at all~ No one
said, "Hey, Darth Vader, Emperor, just nipping down to alpha beta
9. What d'you want? Couple of *sarnies? Um, chicken, ham,
ham, chicken, egg, what? Coke? Diet
Coke? What d'you want? What d'you want? You weird
bleeders!" But there must have been a Death
Star canteen, yeah? there must have been a cafeteria downstairs, in
between battles, where Darth Vader could just chill and go down (Vader voice)
"I will have the penne a la arrabiata." (server voice)
"you'll need a tray." (Vader) "Do you know who I
am?" "This is not a game of who the f*** are you. For I
am Vader. Darth Vader. Lord Vader. I can kill you with a
single thought!" (server) "Well, you'll still need a
tray." (Vader) "No, I will not need a tray. I do not
need a tray to kill you. I can kill you without a tray, with the power
of the Force - which is strong within me - even though I could kill you with a
tray if I so wished. For I would hack at your neck with the thin bit
until the blood flowed across the canteen floor..." (server)
"No, the food is hot. You'll need a tray to put the food
on." (Vader) Oh, I see, the food is hot. I'm sorry, I, I did
not realize. Hah! Hah! I thought you were challenging me to a
fight to the death." (server) "Fight to the death? This
is canteen, I work here." (Vader) "Yes, but I am Vader, I am
Lord Vader. Everyone challenges me to a fight to the death. Lord
Vader. Darth Vader, I am Dart Vader, Lord Vader. Sir Lord Vader, Sir
Lord Darth Vader. Lord Darth Sir Lord Vader of Cheam. Sir Lord
Baron von Vaderham. The Death Star. I run the Death
Star." (server) "What's the Death Star?" (Vader
losing patience) "this is the Death Star. You're in the Death
Star. I run this star." (server) "This is a
star?" (Vader) "This is a f***ing star - I run it. I'm
your boss. (server) "You're Mr. Stephens?" (Vader)
"No, I'm...who is Mr. Stephens?" (Vader) He's head of
catering." (Vader) "I'm not head of catering! I am
Vader. I can kill catering with a thought." (server)
"What?" (Vader) "I can kill you all. I can kill me
with a thought. Just...I'll get a tray, f*** it!..."
"This one's wet, and this one's wet, and this one's wet. This one
is wet, this one is wet, this one is wet, this one is wet, this one is wet,
this one is wet, this one is wet, this one is wet. Did you dry these in
a rain forest? Why, with the power of the Death Star, do we not have a
tray that is f***ing dry? I do not... (someone cutting in line) No, no,
no. I was here first." "You have to form a queue if you
want food. Can I have, oh, penne ala arrabiata, that looks
nice." "no, no, no. D'you know who I am?" (server
butts in) "That's **Jeff Vader, that is." (Vader) "I am
not Jeff Vader, I am Darth Vader." (server) "What, Jeff Vader
runs the Death Star?" (Vader) "No, Jeff...No, I run the Death
Star." (other person) "You Jeff Vader?" (Vader)
"No, I'm Darth Vader!" (other person) "Are you his
brother? Can you get his autograph?" (Vader) "I
can't get it...No, I'm...all right, I'm Jeff Vader! I'm Jeff
Vader!" (other person) "Can I have your autograph?"
(Vader) "No, f*** off, or I'll kill you with a tray! Give me penne
a la arrabiata or you shall die!. And you, and everyone in this
canteen! Death by tray it shall be!" (server) "Do you
want peas with that?" (Vader) "Peas? You don't
have peas! You can't put red with...It doesn't work with penne, you don't'
put, unless you push them up the penne tubes, and then they'd be weird!
Just...(giving up) oh, all right, put some peas on." (as Eddie)
That was cut out of the final film. Thank you very much. Thank
you. *Sarnie is a sandwich made with a sandwich iron.
Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill
(1998) - [1]Eddie
mentions that British actors are often portrayed as bad guys, then
mentions the Empire Strikes Back and the Death Star. [2]
After an earlier
diatribe about the Britons' strategic use of flags to expand their
empire, he imitates a Star Wars Imperial Officer receiving news that the
Rebels have arrived with a flag. [3]
Eddie does an
impression of Darth Vader using a "James Earl Jones" voice,
then illustrates how it would sound if his voice was more like Dudley
Moore. (Big
thanks to John for this reference!) [4]
in the Bonus
features of the DVD there is the Paris - Raw version of
Dress to Circle in
this routine Izzard does a similar routine with Darth Vader (from Dress to
Kill)...but, it's a
little different...it's in French.
Eight Days a Week (1997) -
ANH reference. Watch the movie and tell us what the reference is!
Eight Legged
Freaks (2002) - Watch the movie and tell us what the reference is!
E.T. the
Extra-Terrestrial (1982) -
[1]Elliott
(Thomas) shows E.T. his new Star Wars action figures (Kenner), naming each
one. [2]
Elliott has Star Wars bedding [3]
On Halloween, E.T. points at a trick-or-treater
who is dressed as Yoda. When E.T. looks at Yoda you can hear Yoda's theme
playing [4]
Elliott's brother, Michael, (MacNaughton)
imitates Yoda, I have absolute power! Mmmm!' [5]
You can see a TIE fighter in a closet next to the door and an X-Wing fighter
at the ceiling. (Thanks to Sander for #5!)
Emperor's New Groove (2000)
- The film opens with
"A long time ago, in a rainforest far away"
Empire Strikes Quack, The~1995
-
Enchanted (1998) - ROTJ
reference and spoof. Watch the movie and tell us what they are!
Enemy Mine (1985) - During
the dogfight scene at the beginning of the film, the human fighters
inercepting the Drake use "Echo X" call-signs. The callsigns
actually spoken were Echo 2 and Echo 6, both one below Luke and Han's
call-signs at the beginning of ESB ("Echo 3 to Echo 7, Han ol' buddy...do
you read me?") The ant-lion monster with the tentacle in the pit
gives out a big burp after eating its prey (Like the Sarlaac in the Pit of
Carkoon, only totally covered with sand at the bottom.
(Thanks to John at
Obroa-Skai for this reference!)
Enemy of the State (1998)
- When Robert
Clayton Dean (Smith) dumps out the shopping bags looking for what the feds
want, one of the larger items is a Star Wars-branded Lazer Tag toy (Thanks
to John at Obroa - Skai for finding this reference!)
En plein coeur (1998) - Cécile
(Ledroyen) is being menaced by a man with a gun. Behind them are Kenner's 1995
Millennium Falcon boxes.
Enron: The
Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) - Mentions
all the fake business monikers that are Star Wars related.
Epicenter (2000)
[1]
Darth Maul is mentioned (Thanks
to Sander for this references)
Epic Movie (2007) -
[1]
Yoda [2]
the phrase, "May the Force be with you" is used
[3]
Chewbacca [4]
There are a lot of Stormtroopers during
the battle! (Thanks to Nex for this reference!)
Ernest Rides Again (1993) - ANH
reference. Watch the movie and tell us what the reference is!
Ernest Saves Christmas
(1988) - Ernest (Varney) is trying to get
the reindeer, who won't move, to Santa Claus. He tries several phrases to get
them going, then says, 'May the Force be with you'.
Escape Through Time (1993) -
An ESB reference. Watch the movie and tell us what the reference is!
Evil Dead 3: Army of
Darkness (1993) - [1]
Ash (Campbell) has to repeat the magic phrase "Klaatu Verata Niktu"
before taking the Necromicon (Klaatu, Barada and Nikto are Jabba's skiff
guards Lucas references those names from 'The Day the Earth Stood
Still') [2] Ash
is compared to a Jedi Knight for his courage.
Evil Hill~1999 (attached to the George Lucas in
Love DVD) -
Nods to Star Wars,
the tagline is: "Every Evil Saga Has A Beginning"
Eve Strikes Back (1992) -
Title
Event Horizon (1997)
-
There
is a Docking Bay 94
Exit Wounds (2001) - A
fluorescent light bulb doubles as a lightsaber.
Explorers (1985) -
[1]
Ben (Hawke), when digging around in a
junkyard at night for stuff to build a spaceship finds an old gas mask, he
puts it on and starts to imitate the breathing of Darth Vader and waves his
flashlight like a lightsaber. [2] When
Ben, Steve (Fite) and Wolfgang (Phoenix) fly around in their spaceship they
fly over a drive-in theater which is showing a movie called 'Star Killers'
(hmmm, Lucas' first choice for Luke's last name was Starkiller). In the
movie you hear, 'may the Power be with you' and a play on the whole
'father' thing, a character in the movie says, after the 'man in black' next
to him is killed, 'he was like my father' the woman next to HIM says,
'he WAS my father' (this is all a movie within a movie)
F
Faculty, The (1998) -
ANH reference. Watch the movie and tell us
what the reference is!
Failure to Launch (2006) -
Paula (Parker): You love the original SW trilogy because it's
all about storytelling and myth, before CGI ruined everything. You
show me a guy who loves Empire and I'll show you a guy who's not
afraid of his imagination. Like when Luke gets to the cave and he asks
Yoda what's in there and Yoda says... Techie Guy (Patton)
imitating Yoda with SW music playing in the background: ...Only what you
take with you. Paula: But he goes in anyway because he's not
afraid of his own mind. Techie Guy: He's walking the path of the Jedi
that's why. Paula: That's you! You're Luke!
Family Guy:
Stewie Griffin: The
Untold Story (2005) (V) - [1]
Two Stormtroopers
sitting on a couch complaining about looking for droids. (Expanded):
Peter has his own segment on the news where he says what "grinds his
gears" "You know what really grinds my gears? When I can't
find the droids I'm lookin for." Then it shows two Stormtroopers
sitting in front of the TV eating dinner and one says "Yeah what's up
with that?" [2]
Stewie parks his
rental car outside a hotel, when he comes out three Jawas are all over it
scrounging for parts, they see him and exclaim, "Oooteeegeee" and
Stewie shouts, "Ooteegee indeed, filthy creatures. (Thanks
to The Gorn for these references and to Master_Kenobi17 for dialogue #1!) [3]
Peter and Meg standing in the cave of the Holy Grail...the keeper asks Peter
to pick out the cup and he picks a coffee cup with Jesus' name on it.
The keeper asks him how he knew it so easily and so quickly and Peter comments
on the monogrammed mug. (Indiana Jones - Last Crusade) (Thanks
to The Gorn for this reference!)
Family Strikes Back, The<
Wu long da jia ting> (1986)
Fanboys (2007) -
Four Star Wars fanboys from the midwest
drive across the country to honor the request of a dying friend, to see the
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace in its optimal setting, Skywalker
Ranch, before it is released to the general public.
Fast,
Cheap and Out of Control (1997) - TESB reference. Watch the movie and tell us what the reference is!
Fei du juan yun shan<Magnificent
Bodyguards>~1978 - The
final fight scene uses the main theme from Star Wars. (This
was Hong Kong's first movie filmed in 3-D and it starred Jackie Chan)
Fei hu<The First Option> (1996) -
Commander Don Stone
(Wong) describes his friend gone bad to Minnie (Leung) "Rick was my
friend, good heart he had, seduced by the darkside he was"
FernGully: The Last
Rainforest (1992) -
Batty (Williams), because of the antennae on his head starts to pick up random
'quotes, 'We're goin' in and we're goin' in full throttle. That oughtta
keep those rebel fighters off our backs'
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
(1986) -
Ferris (Broderick), Cameron (Ruck) and Sloane (Sara) take Cameron's dad's
expensive, hardly driven sports car into the city. They take it to a
parking garage and the attendants (Edson and Jenkins) take the car for a
joy ride. At one point they fly (literally) over a large rise in the road,
it's all in slow motion and the music is the main theme from Star Wars.
Fifth Element, The (1997)
- [1] The
military woman, Major Iceborg, supposed to pose as Dallas' wife, has the ever-popular
Princess Leia 'bun' hairdo, see below. [2] The
Diva Plavalaguna (LeBesco) looks like a Twi'lek [3]
Use of the Wilhelm Scream
Finding Forrester (2000)
-
Forrester (Connery) is referred to as Obi-Wan
Kenobi
Finding Nemo (2003) -
TPM reference (It
might have something to do with sound, maybe the Wilhelm? Gary Rydstrom and
Michael Silvers, of TPM fame, worked on the Nemo production)
When Marlin grabs Deep Fish's light bulb you can hear a lightsaber sound. (Thanks
to GuerreStellari.it for this reference!)
Flash Gordon (1980) - Watch
the movie and tell us what the reference is!
Flautista nos Portais do
Amanhecer, O<Piper at the Gates of Dawn>(1999) - Animation.
ANH reference. Watch the movie and tell us what the reference is!
Flintstones, The (1994)
- Early in the film
the Flintstones go to see a film at the drive-in theatre, the movie: Gorge
Lucas' Tar Wars.
Flick (2000) - ANH
spoof. THX - 1138:4EB reference. Watch the
movie and tell us what the reference is!
Flubber (1997) -
Weebo's (Benson) answer to Professor Brainard (Williams) trying to speak
through a mask, 'What was that Darth Vader?, I didn't hear you'
Flushed Away
(2006) - Roddy and Rita
are about to be frozen by Toad. On the shelf there is a "Han Solo" in
carbonite.
Follow That Bird (1985)
- Not a
reference per se but George Lucas does make an appearance as a man in the
background on Sesame Street.
Fools Rush In (1997) -
When
Isabel (Hayek) introduces her friend Chuy (Gómez) to Alex (Perry).
Alex says, "I'm Luke Skywalker, how ya doin'?"
Forever Evil - Magnus
frantically packs his belongings and pulls a hand gun out of a drawer.
The Rogue POV heads for the front door. Magnus watches as the door opens
and a large hooded figure with glowing eyes enshrouded in fog enters
cackling. Magnus fires several shots at it with no effect. The
creature then pulls a Vaderesque Jedi stunt and the gun is magically ripped
from Magnus's hand and flies to his own. The mutant Jawa laughs at him
and disintegrates the gun. It asks why he uses the man made tools
instead of his occult powers. Magnus answers defiantly "I don't
fear you!" and the Jawa answers, "you soon will" and blasts
Magnus with an energy beam from his hand and Magnus is banished to another
dimension and the credits roll.
From Star Wars to Jedi:
The Making of a Saga (1983) - Obviously!
Full Moon High (1981) -
ANH reference. Watch the movie and tell us what the reference is!
Future Fear (1997) -
ANH and Raiders referenced. Watch the movie and tell us what the references
are!
Future War (1997) -
ANH reference. Watch the movie and tell us what the reference is!
Fyre (1978) - ANH
reference. Watch the movie and tell us what the reference is!
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