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Star Wars Insider Magazine #97 - 30th Anniversary tribute piece
Star Wars Insider Magazine #90 
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Film References G-JG
Galaxy Express 999 (1979) - [1]
The real identity of Tetsuro's father is Faust,
who looks very similar to Darth Vader. [2] They
visit a variety of planets, Star Wars style.
Galaxy Far, Far
Away, A (2000) -
interviews across the
country finding why many people are attracted to the Star Wars saga.
Galaxy Quest
(1999) - Mathazar (Colantoni) to
Jason/Taggart (Allen) at his home asking for his help, 'Please Commander, you
are our last hope.'
Genesis (2000) -
<fan film> by Jordan Hellyer.
George Lucas:
Heroes, Myths and Magic (1993) -
Obviously!
George Lucas in
Love (1999) -
Shows Lucas in college and
how he might have been inspired to write Star Wars pic
1 pic 2
(Thanks
to Xander for the screenshot and the poster!)
Get Crazy (1983)
-
A logo similar to that of Star Wars and an opening scene with a Star
Destroyer-type vehicle/spaceship.
Ghostbusters
(1984)
- The reference isn't in the
movie but is mentioned in the 1999 release of the DVD. Star Wars Created
a special effects path...plus Phil Tippett worked on Ghostbusters and mentions
Star Wars influence on the special effects
Jiang shi zhuo yao
<The Vampire Strikes Back>~1988
Jiao tou fa wei <The
Master Strikes Back>~1985
G.I Joe: The Movie (1987) -
Serpentor's air
chariot used the TIE fighter sound, even has Darth Vader breathing.
Gladiator (2000) - ANH, TESB and ROTJ
references. Watch the movie and
tell us what the references are!
Go (1999) -
[1]Line, 'You're
some kind of Obi-Wan Kenobi Motherf'er.' [2] Princess
Leah Lucky Buttons plays "Alley Cat"
Godzilla (1998)
-
Obscure. Godzilla has arrived in NY. The Mayor is making a
speech...a cab driver is getting out of his cab...from an overhead shot you
can see the
cab's number: SW20. It was 1997 when filming and that was
the year of Star Wars 20th Anniversary. Either it was a great nod...in a
forgettable movie or purely coincidental...in a forgettable movie ;)...hmmm.
GoldenEye (1996) - Watch
the movie and tell us what the reference is!
Goofy Movie, A (1995) - Use
of the Wilhelm Scream
Goonies (1985) - [1] On the
deck of the model pirate ship (not the life-sized ship), Inferno, a small
version of R2D2 can be seen. (Starlog July 1985)
[2] Jake
Fratelli (Davi) is wearing the fedora that Harrison Ford wore while playing
Indiana Jones in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Spielberg brought
it onto the set of Goonies while he was overseeing and filming with Richard
Donner.
[3] On
the DVD commentary Chewbacca is mentioned.
G.O.R.A (2004) -
A Princess, an evil general, an android...Star Wars
parodies (as well as Matrix, Chan films, Fifth Element, etc.)
Grandview, U.S.A.
(1984) -
[1] In the opening scene Tim's (Howell)
younger sister Susan (Domke) sports a pink Luke Skywalker (SW: ANH) T-shirt
[2] Tim, after sinking his father's Caddy
into mud/stream, has to find a tow truck. He happens upon a Derby
(figuring this would be the best and closest place to find a tow) One of the
cars is black and painted on
the sides of the car....Darth Vader.
'...and here comes Darth Vader!' the next time we see the 'Darth Vader'
someone in a Darth Vader costume is riding on top of the car. The car
gets slammed by 'Slam' (Swayze) and is out of the race, the announcer,
'...The Force isn't with HIM this evening'
Great American Chase, The<Bugs Bunny Roadrunner
Movie>~1979 - Has the Star Wars crawl, opening
with, A long long long long long long long
long long long long long long long long long long long long long time
ago. In a universe far far far far far far far far far far far far far
far far far far far far far away...Whew!
Great Outdoors
(1988) -
Roman (Aykroyd) on the front
porch is drinking from a Return of the Jedi glass from Burger King.
Gremlins (1984) -
[1]
Mr. Star Wars himself, George
Lucas, zooms by on a bicycle at the convention (may be Spielberg)
[2]
The gremlins where partying and I
believe they played the SW arcade game. (Thanks
to Sander for these references!)
Gremlins 2 (1990) -
Use of the Wilhelm Scream
Grinch, The (2000)
-
The Grinch prepares for a Christmas assault on Whoville. During a
montage training sequence, the Grinch wields a lightsaber against a floating
ball (remote) that zips around him. He swings with the lightsaber and
misses as the ball fires a laser shot, striking him in the 'derriere'.
Gross Encounters
of the Nerd Kind (1977)
-
There is a
scene with a 'Vader'...this is on the 'Hardware Wars' video.
Gumby (1995)
-
Gumby (Farrington) and a bad guy are fighting in space with 'lightsaber'
type weapons
H
Hackers (1995) -
[1]One
of the hackers (Mason?) comes to his door with a hooded cloak (ala Jedi
Knight). [2]Fellow
hacker, Cereal Killer (Lillard) says, 'May the Force be with you, man'
while Kate (Jolie) and ZeroCool (Miller?) are leaving the subway train to find
'help'.
Happy Gilmore
(1996)
-
The last scene shows Happy (Sandler)
seeing the ghosts of Carl Weathers, the Alligator, and Abraham Lincoln (ROTJ -
spirits of Anakin, Obi-Wan and Yoda)
Harald (1997 GER) - ANH reference.
Watch the movie and tell us what the reference is!
The Hard Way (1991) - Nick
Lang (Fox): You're a Yoda among cops. ..You know? Yoda? Little guy, big
ears, real smart.
Hawk the Slayer (1980) - Helmeted,
black-clad bad guy,
Voltan (Palance), a young hero (costumed an awful lot like Han Solo) and a
powerful sword...not to mention the captured princess and the odd grouping of
companions. DVD cover:
Hardcore (1979)
- Van Dorn (Scott), in a search for his daughter walks into a club. There
are two 'nude' dancers on a stage, they are fighting to 'futuristic,
disco-type' music, with lightsabers.
Hardware Wars
(1977)
- The truest spoof and the first
one!
Small sample, Steamtrooper:
Hard Way, The (1991) - Line:
'You're the best. You are the Yoda among the cops. You know, the one with the
large green ears from Star Wars.'
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) - [1] Use of the Wilhelm Scream [2] When Hagrid is explaining the story of Voldemort to Harry he mentions "voldemort started to gather some followers, brought them over to the dark side" (Thanks to Sander for reference #2)
Harte Jungs (2000 GER) - ROTJ
reference. Watch the movie and
tell us what the reference is!
He Died With a Falafel
in His Hand (2001 AU) -
There is a character named
Jabber the Hut (Daniels) who controls and worships the TV set.
H-E- Double Hockey
Sticks (1999)
- Miss B, (Perlman)
watching a hockey game, "May the Fork be with you"
Hellboy (2004) -
Use of the Wilhelm Scream
Also the following
similarities: Kroenen (Beran) uses his swords to deflect bullets back at the
guards in the museum; Kroenen is first seen wearing a mask that features
mainly the eyes and mouth grill and is later discovered to be more machine
than man; The scene with Abe Sapien (Jones) recovering has him suspended in a
vertical tank, like the Bacta tank on Hoth. (Thanks
to John at Obroa-Skai for this reference!)
Hell Comes to Frogtown
(1987) -
When they (film's
characters) enter Frogtown, the first place they head to is a bar, which
reminds one of the cantina scene in ANH, especially the Sand People
look-a-likes.
Hercules (1997)
-
[1] Animation. Hercules (Donovan) is looking for Philoctetes (De Vito)
he comes across as a 'goat-man' (who is Philoctetes). It seems like this is a
nod to Luke looking for Yoda on Dagobah. [2]
Use of the Wilhelm Scream
Heroes and Villains (2006)
-
Lightsaber fight and costumes worn!
Star Wars alum Dean Mitchell is in this film
he plays "Gavin/Dr. Evil" ...
 
Herr Lehmann (2003) - Theme from Star Wars
used.
History of the World:
Part I (1981) -
The end credits have the
coming attractions of History of the World: Part II which features a
mini Star Wars parody called Jews in Space.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy (2005) -
The knife that toasts bread when you slice
it is a miniature lightsaber, complete with motion noise.
(Thanks to John at
Obroa-Skai!)
Hjælp, jeg er en fisk<Help,
I'm a fish> (2000) -
One of the characters says,
'The Force is with us'
Hollywood Shuffle (1987) -
Watch the movie and tell us what the reference is!
Hollow Reed (1996) -
As Oliver (Bould) hides
from his tormentor, he sends his Star Wars toys (armed with mirrors) into the
hallway to spy on his mother and her boyfriend.
Horrorvision(2001) -
There's a scene where the
characters talk about fortune cookie phrases and lines from Star Wars.
Hot Shots! Part
Deux (1993)
-
Us president Benson
(Bridges) and Saddam Hussein (Haleva) use lightsabers. Saddam says, 'I
was waiting for you Obi-War. The circle is now complete, Mr. President. Now I am the master' President Benson, 'Only a master
of evil, Saddam'
House<House: Ding Dong
Your Dead> (1986) -Watch
the movie and tell us what the reference is!
House Arrest
(1998?) - Obi-Wan Kenobi is mentioned.
How to Deal (2003) -
Within the context if the film, the male lead opposite Mandy Moore tries to
use a Jedi mind trick on Moore's character, to get her to go out on a date
with him ... telling her "that is how it is done in Star Wars".
Also, once the audience sees a montage of the characters dating, we see they
are coming out of an all night Star Wars marathon at their local theater.
Pretty interesting to see yet another SW reference out there in cinema. (thanks
to Plo_by_Plo for this reference!)
How to be a Player
(1997) - Line: 'Man, he's like a
pimp-daddy Yoda.'
Hudsucker Proxy (1994) -
Watch the movie and tell
us what the reference is!
Humanoid, The (1979) - See
the comparisons (see
Gonz's great site on The Humanoid HERE)
Human Traffic
(1999)
-
This film was released in
Britain. [1]
The character 'Moff' (Dyer) is a Star Wars freak (wears a Star Wars t-shirt)
[2]There
is an R2D2 stand-up and a life sized Yoda in his room among other things. Quotes include [3]
'We spend nine hours a day, five days a
week having to act like C-3PO' [4]
in referring to Yoda wanting to explore innerspace and the Emperor wanting to
control outer space as, '...being the fundamental difference between the
good and the bad sides of the Force.' [5]
two characters talking about Star Wars say
that one could hide a bong in R2D2's lightsaber socket and that Han Solo was
really a cannabis smuggler.
Hyperspace (1984) -
Watch the movie and tell
us what the reference is!
Hyper Space (1989) -
A quote from
the composer of the score of this film (Don Davis - who scored The Matrix) : I also scored a film called
Hyper Space, which I got through some friends of mine I knew from the film
department at UCLA; we scored that with a 52-piece orchestra. It (the film)
was kind of a Star Wars and War of the Worlds knock off.
I
I Am David (2003) -
Use of the Wilhelm Scream
I Heart Huckabees (2004) - Vauban (Huppert) seems
to seduce (literally) Albert (Schwartzman) to the darkside of the two
theories. Tommy (Whalberg) is explaining Vauban's theory to Albert he
tells alber to feel, "La Force!" Albert replies, "The
Force?" Tommy says it again in French to differentiate.
Incredibles, The (2004) -
[1] Dash's scene on the
island amongst the trees and greenery is very reminiscent to that of the bike
chase on the forest moon of Endor in Return of the Jedi [2]
The killer droid is named Omnidroid 9000 (from
Star Wars Galaxies - "The term OMNIDROID used by permission of Lucasfilm
Ltd" is in the end credits) [3]
When Omnidroid first rolls after Mr. Incredible
it's a little like the huge stone boulder rolling after Indy in Raiders of the
Lost Ark. [4] When
Syndrome is flipping through news channels to get the latest, the first
channel he hits is News Channel 3 and the next...11, a scene later and the
channel is 8. 1138. [5] As
ElastiGirl/Helen Parr (Hunter) is flying the jet to Syndrome's island,
and he sends missiles to bring it down, she frantically relays a plea for them
to stop. Her call sign is "India Golf Niner Niner"
(IG-99) which is very close to IG-88. (Thanks
to General Tarrful!) *Note: I read somewhere that
IG99 is in reference to Brad Bird's Iron Giant which was released in
1999....IG99.
Independence Day
(1996)
- [1] the top
of the satellite shown in the opening scenes looks like the Death Star. [2]
When the TV stations are trying to find a signal the interference sounds like
Darth Vader's breathing. [3]
the US/Alien jet fight through the Grand Canyon is very similar to that of the
trench of the Death Star scene. [4]
As the President (Pullman) and Dr. Okun (Spiner)
come through the door (Area 51) leading to where the alien craft is being
held/observed, you can see the writing on either side of the doorway (a large
entrance), "R" and "2" , the "R" to the
left and the "2" to the right (R2 D2) [5]
When the alien craft is released from the
platform in Area 51, it hovers. The last shot shows what appears to be a
likeness of Darth Vader, at least the top half of him. [6]
Inner alien mother ship
looks exactly like the second Death Star's main reactor.
Indiana Jed (1992) (V) -
Theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark used.
[4] Inner alien mother ship looks exactly like
the second Death Star's main reactor.
Indiana Jones and
the Temple of Doom (1984) -
[1]
Lucas is an extra
[2] the club
where Indy (Ford), Lao Che (Chiao), Willie (Capshaw) have their 'discussion'
about Nurhachi and the diamond, is called 'Club Obi-Wan' [3]
Use of the Wilhelm Scream [4] If
you listen to the Lao Che Air Freight failing engines you will find that it is
the very same sound as the Millennium Falcon's failing engines in A New Hope.
 
Indiana Jones and
the Last Crusade (1989) -
[1]
R2D2
and C3PO make another 'appearance', this time on a wall in the sacred 'cave'
where the Holy Grail is held. [2] I'm
told that there are two instances where you can hear the Imperial March music
playing...once in Donovan's office/den and another on the Zeppelin.
Anyone who has the newest releases let me know.
[3] Use of the Wilhelm Scream
Indian in the
Cupboard, The (1995) -
Omri (Scardino)
opens his cupboard, all his toys come to life. One of the toys is Darth Vader
(voiced by Tom Bewley)
Insomnia (2002) - there
is a scene where some cops are using walkie-talkies. One cops call sign is
Obi-1 and the second cops call sign is Obi-2.
Inspecteur la
bravure (1980)
-
A French comedy in which
Coluche (Clement) begins a pursuit with his van. You can see through the
driver's side window, there is a banner for The Empire Strikes Back
displayed at the theater.
I Ought to be in
Pictures (1982) - Watch
the movie and tell us what the reference is!
Iron Warrior (1987) - Watch
the movie and tell us what the reference is!
J
Jagged Edge, The
(1985) -
A Return of the Jedi poster on
Teddy Barnes' (Close) daughter, Jenny's (Hatter) bedroom wall. (it stands
to reason since the director of ROTJ -Richard
Marquand- also directed this
movie)
Jay and Silent Bob
Strike Back (2001)
-
[1]
Chaka (Rock), "Lucas gonna sue
somebody!" [2] C**k
Knocker (Hamill) and Bluntman/Bob (Smith) fighting with weapons ever similar
to lightsabers. [3] Carrie
Fisher cameo, [4] A
'One-Wampa' who makes a post on the website 'The Poopshoot' [5]
The Security guard at Miramax 'Gordon'
(Bader) get in touch with 'Echo Base' on his walkie-talkie. [6]
Bluntman (Smith) uses the Force to get a
'bongsaber'
to come to him [7] Bluntman's
saber is just like Darth Mauls...a double [8]
The title is that of TESB
[9] Comic
book on shelf in comic store is Star Wars: Search For Aurra Sing. (Thanks
to Sander for the comic reference and for all the screen shots)
[10] "Jay said you guys had a Star Wars
themed wedding and that you tied the knot as Stormtroopers"
[11] Jay
& Silent Bob to Holden, "I don't think I am alone in the world but I
imagine this flick may be the worst idea after Greedo shooting first"
Jarhead (2005) - (just from
a film clip) A soldier is wearing a gas mask, and in a raspy voice, says,
"Come over to the dark side". (Thanks
to Dark_Load for this reference!)
Jersey Girl (2004) - (It wouldn't be a Kevin Smith
movie without a reference!) Ollie Trinke (Affleck)
is giving his daughter, Gertie (Castro), a ride. After she buckles up
Gertie tells her father, "Punch it, Chewie!"
Jet Benny Show, The (1986) - A
Star Wars/Flash Gordon/Buck Rogers/Jack Benny show spoof.
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) - [1]
The trailer has a reference to Darth Vader
as I recall. [2]
Goobot's world is very similar to Coruscant.
Joey <aka
Making Contact>(1985) -
[1]
In the German cut, Emmerich fills Joey's world with a nearly endless supply of
Star Wars toys - many of which come to supernatural life and fly around the
house - and Darth Vader himself even appears to threaten one of the bullies.
(Hell, there are less Star Wars references in the actual Star Wars movies!) In
the American cut, these scenes are drastically cut, and the kid's declaration
that he saw "Doff Wader" is replaced with the words "My
Hero." [2]
Joey's father
(who's dead) calls him on his toy phone. Joey's (Morrell) toys come
alive...he opens his bedroom door and Millennium Falcon and a TIE fighter fly
out of the room.
Judge Dredd (1995) -
Watch the movie and tell us what the reference is!
Just Married
(2003) -The Bride,
Sarah (Brittany), is crying because her childhood fantasy of getting married
was over and she then asks her husband, Tom (Ashton), if as a little boy he
ever fantasized about getting married? He answer's yes and the Star Wars theme
starts to play and he flashes back to when he was little fighting with
lightsabers at the playground.
Just Visiting (2001)
- Use of the Wilhelm
Scream
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