Easter Eggs, Cameos, and References in STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

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There is so much fun stuff packed into J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I'm sure you weren't able to catch everything on the first viewing. I've seen the movie three times already, and every time I see it, I find something new to geek out over.  

For those of you who enjoy Mr. Sunday Movies’ videos, then you’ll want to watch his latest episode which points out all of the Easter eggs, cameos, and references in the film. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, then you probably won’t want to watch this as it contains SPOILERS! Here’s the note that came along with the video:

All the Easter Eggs, references and cameos from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. We’re talking Easter Eggs and nods to the original Star Wars Trilogy, the prequel trilogy, JJ Abrams tropes and some cameos you wouldn’t believe (that you’ll probably believe).

A lot of Star Wars: The Force Awakens pulls directly from A New Hope including the Starkiller super weapon being pretty much a bigger Death Star, Jedi mind tricks and a hero stranded on a desert planet to just name a few. Then we get into how Finn’s Stormtrooper number harkens back to Princess Leia’s imprisonment, limb loss and how a stack of original Ralph McQuarrie’s concept art informed the look and design of so many elements of The Force Awakens including the new X-Wings and a whole lot of unused material.

As mentioned the prequels aren’t entirely left out with hints towards podracing, Jango and Boba Fett, Cloning an army and more. Darth Vader obviously informs a lot about Kylo Renn (he does posess his ashes and helmet after all) but he also has a lot in common with some expanded universe charaters including Jacen Solo and Ben Skywalker.

There’s so much ore though! Links to not only the expanded universe (now not canon) but the new expanded material including the origin of Po Dameron, how Han Solo lost the Falcon and Princess Leia’s flashback to Darth Maul on Naboo. Check out all that and more in the video and if you could leave anything I’ve missed in the comments that’d be super.

One thing I want to point out that isn't in the video below, is something we see during Rey's vision. That includes a quick glimpse of the hallway where Luke and Darth Vader fought each other on Cloud City.

Ok, now you can watch the video! If there's anything else the video missed, please let us know in the comment section below! I want to know what you all saw!

All the Easter Eggs, references and cameo's from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. We're talking Easter Eggs and nods to the original Star Wars Trilogy, the prequel trilogy, JJ Abrams tropes and some cameo's you wouldn't believe (that you'll probably believe).