- 2 days ago
Did you spot the Revenge of the Sith tribute on Crait during The Last Jedi?
Category
🎥
Short filmTranscript
00:00From the sneaky way the filmmakers managed to slip an iconic line into the action,
00:06to those awesome references that probably passed you by.
00:10These are all of the easily overlooked moments and wonderful elements you never noticed in The Last Jedi.
00:17So I'm Gareth, this is WhatCultureStarWars, and here are 20 things you somehow missed in Star Wars Episode 8, The Last Jedi.
00:25Number 20, Those Falling Bombs Weren't Actually CGI
00:29The Last Jedi certainly came stuffed with its fair share of incredible CGI.
00:35However, one sequence you may have initially assumed was another jaw-dropping computer-generated moment of action
00:41was actually far more practical than you realized.
00:45As noted by Episode 8's special effects supervisor Chris Corbould,
00:49the visual of rows of bombs dropping out of a resistance bomber early in the film
00:53was partly achieved by creating a legitimate 50-foot high set
00:58and releasing some very practical 16-inch prop bombs.
01:02Once they quote-unquote sort of went out the bottom and out sideways,
01:07CGI versions of the weapons then took over,
01:09as they traveled down towards the First Order dreadnought below in the flick.
01:13But those bombs that initially fell past a brave Paige Tico were very much there on the day of shooting.
01:20Now I've got a question for you, what's your favorite action sequence in Star Wars history?
01:25Let me know in the comments section right down below.
01:27Number 19. The Porgs and Linnaeus Are Related
01:30Joining the lovable little Porgs on the ocean planet Akto,
01:35that Luke Skywalker had been hiding away on for years,
01:38the Linnaeus acted as the Sacred Temple Island's caretakers,
01:42looking after the ancient structures found there.
01:44What you probably didn't spot during their few appearances on screen during Episode 8, though,
01:50is just how similar these beings were to the cute furballs being cooked by Chewbacca.
01:54It turns out that these two beings are actually related,
01:58with The Last Jedi The Visual Dictionary revealing that the Linnaeus are an evolved member of the Seabird family
02:04that also contain the Porgs,
02:06with both avian creatures possessing a similar pair of legs
02:10that are pretty hard to unsee once you spot them.
02:13Number 18. Don't Join
02:15The slippery slicer known as DJ certainly made his presence felt in The Last Jedi
02:21during Finn and Rose's attempts to break into the Supremacy ship
02:24and shut down the tracker the First Order were using to chase down the Resistance.
02:28But he never actually explicitly revealed what those two letters stood for,
02:33though he did actually subtly hint at what his nickname really meant a few times during the runtime.
02:38The first clue this stuttering codebreaker offered up could be found on DJ's hat,
02:44with a plate on that item of clothing actually containing the words
02:47Don't Join on it in Oribesh.
02:49And if you weren't able to spot that easily missed name hint
02:52during your many rewatches of DJ shockingly turning on our heroes,
02:56then listen closely to what the genius slicer told the two on the ship he stole from Cantonica.
03:01Live free, don't join was DJ's advice to the Freedom Fighters,
03:05a line that contained both the human's motto and Elias.
03:10Number 17. It's the only Skywalker saga movie not to feature a Skywalker in its closing scene.
03:16Rian Johnson decided to end The Last Jedi with the inspiring shot of a young stable hand,
03:22using the force to get his hands on a broom and looking out at the massive galaxy in front of him,
03:27after hearing the tale of Luke Skywalker.
03:30This was actually a pretty significant moment in Star Wars movie history, though.
03:34Episode VIII's uplifting conclusion surprisingly marked the first and only time a Skywalker saga
03:40feature ended on a moment that didn't involve one of the members of that titular family.
03:45Wowzers.
03:46Number 16. The Han, Leia, and Luke hair connection
03:49During the latter stages of The Last Jedi,
03:53the two Skywalker siblings share a sweet moment together,
03:57before Luke heads out to confront Leia's son.
03:59Her perfect quip about how she changed her hair in this heartwarming exchange
04:04was something that Carrie Fisher herself actually came up with,
04:08because of course she did.
04:09But you likely didn't spot how this brilliant one-liner
04:12also subtly connected the central trio of the original trilogy.
04:16Jumping back a film to The Force Awakens,
04:19you'll never guess what the first words to fall out of Han Solo's mouth were,
04:23when he came face to face with this former lover again.
04:25This famous smuggler noticed how the iconic princess had changed her hair,
04:30as the two reconnected on Takadana.
04:33So Leia, seemingly sensing that the other important fella in the general's life
04:37would similarly be quick to point out how she'd opted to alter her hairstyle,
04:41cheekily beat her brother Luke to the punch this time around.
04:45Number 15. The Hardware Wars Reference
04:47It wasn't just official Galaxy Far, Far Away projects that were cleverly saluted during Episode 8,
04:53with Rian Johnson also managing to fantastically chuck a reference to a little-known short film
04:59called Hardware Wars into his epic space opera.
05:02Only the biggest Star Wars superfans will likely have heard of Ernie Fasilius' 13-minute sci-fi parody,
05:08a short film that tells the story of Star Wars only with household devices.
05:12But Johnson was clearly a lover of that small slice of silly Star Wars fun,
05:18and the moment when what looks like a spacecraft landing somewhere
05:21is soon revealed to actually be an iron pressing a uniform during The Last Jedi
05:25was actually confirmed as an official Hardware Wars reference by the director.
05:30Number 14. BB-8 Has a Bad Feeling
05:33You can be forgiven for thinking that the iconic I have a bad feeling about this,
05:38or another variation of the phrase didn't actually pop up during The Last Jedi,
05:43as not a single human or alien creature uttered the statement on screen.
05:47But this Star Wars tradition did actually live on.
05:50Instead of giving that line to one of the main Resistance figures,
05:54or a Force-sensitive being in the film,
05:56Rian Johnson decided to hand this running gag to none other than little BB-8 in the film's opening scene.
06:02Those worried bleeps the astromech lets out,
06:05before Poe Dameron adds a happy beeps here, buddy, come on,
06:08was actually a binary version of the often-mimicked Star Wars line.
06:13Number 13. Luke's Episode VI Blaster Scorch on His Robotic Hand
06:17By the time fans were reunited with the son of Anakin on Ak-To in the sequel trilogy,
06:23his once-artificial skin-covered mitt had now become a prosthetic hand
06:27that looked similar to his father's during the prequels.
06:30And not only that, this cybernetic right paw actually possessed an easily overlooked scorch mark,
06:36seen when Rey hands Anakin's lightsaber back to Luke early on in Episode VIII.
06:41This was a bit of damage that was done 30 years earlier during Return of the Jedi.
06:45That's right, this is the exact same hole that was created by someone on Jabba's sail barge,
06:50when a blaster was fired at the legendary Jedi in Episode VI.
06:55Number 12. Kylo and Leia's Moment Contains a Nod to The Empire Strikes Back
06:59Luke's still very much scarred metal hand wasn't the only nod to the original trilogy in this sequel episode either.
07:07Rian Johnson also elegantly referenced an Episode V moment
07:10between a parent and their child during Leia and Kylo Ren's Force connection in The Last Jedi.
07:17Watch closely as the general appears to connect to Ren through the Force,
07:21just before the former is blasted out of the Raddus,
07:24and you'll notice that the frame dissolves as the shot moves from one of Leia to her boy and back again.
07:30That's exactly the same thing that went down back when Darth Vader
07:34communicated with his own son Luke through the Force in The Empire Strikes Back 2,
07:38and Johnson eventually confirmed in the film's director's commentary
07:42that this familiar dissolving frame was an entirely intentional homage
07:46to the other Skywalkers' shared telepathic moment in Episode V.
07:50Number 11. The Holdo Maneuver Foreshadowing
07:54Not long after that aforementioned moment when Leia was suddenly fired out into space by Kylo Ren's wingmen,
08:01the Force-sensitive daughter of Anakin Skywalker remarkably floated her way back to the Raddus.
08:07Whether you were one of the folks who were left scratching their head at Organa's ability to survive in space,
08:11or were celebrating the galaxy's favorite princess finally showing off just how strong with the Force she really was though,
08:18either way, there's a good chance you completely missed a genius bit of foreshadowing during this shocking return.
08:25As Leia makes her way through the destroyed bridge,
08:27she passes right through a hologram of Snoke's Supremacy Dreadnought,
08:31splitting it right in two.
08:33You know, just like the Raddus itself would before the end of the flick,
08:37when Vyke's Admiral Amalyn Holdo sacrificed herself for the Resistance
08:40by pulling off one hell of a hyperspace maneuver.
08:43Number 10, A Flagship Cruiser Named After A Rogue One Admiral
08:48And while on the subject of the ship that helped take down Supreme Leader Snoke's flagship,
08:53and a bunch of other First Order Star Destroyers,
08:56you possibly may not have clocked the fact that this Resistance cruiser
09:00was actually named after another rather heroic rebel.
09:04Remember when the Rebel Alliance collided with the Empire over Scarif in Rogue One,
09:08A Star Wars Story?
09:09You're sure because it was bloody amazing.
09:11Well, that Mon Calamari Admiral who received the Death Star plans
09:15from the likes of Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor,
09:17before his own Profundity Cruiser was eventually destroyed
09:20by Darth Vader's Devastator Star Destroyer,
09:23actually went by the name of Raddus.
09:26So with fellow Mon Calamari legend Jil Akbar
09:29feeling it would be a great way to honor the Rebel Leader,
09:32who sacrificed himself for the cause,
09:34the call was eventually made to name one of the New Republic's cruisers
09:38after the Valiant Admiral when the Resistance began using it.
09:41Number 9. Mark Hamill's Other Role
09:44Not only did the mighty Mark Hamill score top billing
09:47during his proper return to the franchise in Episode 8,
09:50no I'm not counting Episode 7, you silly gooses,
09:53but he also managed to surprisingly land not one, but two parts in The Last Jedi.
09:58Listen closely when BB-8 is ambushed by a little alien gambler in Canto Bight,
10:04and you'll perhaps recognize the creature's grumbles and growls.
10:09That's because Hamill's voice was very much the one coming out of Dobu Skay's mouth.
10:13Oh, and that character's name was an anagram of the name of the film's editor Bob Derskay.
10:18The legendary voice actor actually went out of his way
10:21to ask his director for an additional CGI role in the movie.
10:24And this wasn't simply a case of sitting in a recording booth and pretending to be the amphibian.
10:30Hamill actually had to don a full motion capture suit
10:33and act opposite a giant BB-8 to play the diminutive menace.
10:38Number 8. Luke's X-Wing Was Used To Build His Hut
10:41With most fans reeling from the visual of Luke Skywalker tossing his lightsaber away
10:46like an unwanted Christmas present,
10:48a lot of people missed the fact that this legend's home actually contained a pretty familiar element.
10:53When Rey bangs on Luke's hut and asks the iconic force user to help her and the resistance,
10:59the thing she hammers on wasn't actually your typical door.
11:02According to another entry in The Last Jedi's visual dictionary,
11:06Skywalker's door was actually made of salvaged S-foil from his X-Wing
11:10that would eventually be seen sitting underwater
11:12after Luke committed to shutting himself off from the galaxy for good.
11:17Number 7. Laura Dern's Pew
11:19It's been well documented how a number of the galaxy's greatest Jedi actors
11:24have often found it pretty tough to get through a take
11:27without making a few of their own lightsaber sound effects.
11:30Well, wouldn't you?
11:31But did you spot that time Laura Dern let slip her very own giddy pew
11:35whilst using a blaster during The Last Jedi?
11:38If not, then keep an eye on the moment the Vice Admiral Holdo Thespian
11:42stuns the resistance members helping a mutinous Poe Dameron.
11:46As revealed by Rian Johnson during the aforementioned director's commentary,
11:50Dern simply could not help herself in the moment
11:52and repeatedly unleashed a few pew-pew noises
11:55when pulling the trigger on her blaster,
11:58with one even making it into the film during that shootout.
12:02Number 6. Poe's Special Necklace
12:04During one of the many times the aforementioned maverick pilot Poe Dameron
12:08clashes with Vice Admiral Holdo in Episode 8,
12:12a largely overlooked piece of jewellery
12:14slips out of the resistance fighter's shirt for a moment.
12:17And far from being little more than a meaningless bit of Dameron bling,
12:21that reliable The Last Jedi visual dictionary book
12:24once again revealed that there was more to this item than meet the eye.
12:28The necklace Dameron wears throughout the movie
12:31actually holds his mother's wedding ring on it.
12:34And do you know why this rebellious resistance pilot
12:36keeps his late mom Shara Bey's ring with him at all times?
12:40Because he's patiently keeping it close for the moment
12:42when he finally finds the right partner to give it to one day.
12:46How bloody sweet!
12:48Number 5. The Footstep Hints at Luke Being a Projection
12:51After defiantly facing down the entire First Order with a laser sword,
12:56it's eventually astonishingly revealed that Luke Skywalker
12:59wasn't actually on Krayt fighting Kylo Ren at all.
13:03The powerful Jedi Master had unbelievably projected his image
13:06halfway across the galaxy in order to buy the resistance enough time
13:10to escape the planet.
13:12What a guy!
13:13But there was actually a number of hints that pointed to this
13:16not being an in-the-flesh Luke Skywalker during their showdown.
13:20On top of the slightly more obvious fact he was boasting a Skywalker lightsaber
13:24that had just been destroyed by Rey and Kylo Ren,
13:27and a much younger-looking beard and head of hair
13:30than we'd seen him sporting earlier in the film,
13:32the Jedi's footsteps also subtly give away the fact this was all an illusion.
13:38His former apprentice can be seen ripping up the salt on Krayt in their duel,
13:42whereas Luke doesn't leave a single footprint on the planet's surface.
13:46A fact that defiantly lets the audience know
13:49this wasn't really the in-person Skywalker they were looking for.
13:53Number 4. Director, Big Name Actor, and Dog Cameos
13:57You probably didn't notice that the moment the surface of Krayt
14:01is revealed to be covered in salt
14:02actually came with a rather fun cameo appearance, too.
14:06Rogue One director Gareth Edwards can be spotted giving his fellow resistance soldier
14:10a rather hilariously dirty look after the lad tastes the salty ground in the flick.
14:16And this wasn't the only small and potentially unnoticed cameo
14:19The Last Jedi had to offer.
14:21The star of Rian Johnson's Looper, Joseph Gordon-Levitt,
14:24shows up as the voice of Slow and Low in Canto Bight.
14:27Tom Hardy, Prince William, and Harry all appeared as stormtroopers in a deleted scene.
14:32Gary Barlow cameoed as a resistance soldier during that same
14:35Krayt Trenches moment already mentioned.
14:38And even Carrie Fisher's dog ended up getting a cameo of sorts,
14:41with a chefie known as Augry being inspired by the late Star's pet.
14:46Number 3. Hyperspace Tracking Had Been In Development For Years
14:50Cameo star Gareth Edwards, Rogue One, A Star Wars Story,
14:54offered a wonderful and ridiculously subtle clue at what was to come in The Last Jedi.
15:00As Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor search for the Death Star plans within the Imperial databank on Scarif,
15:06the former reels off a number of the projects the Empire had clearly been working on
15:1030 years before the First Order spent much of The Last Jedi tracking the resistance through hyperspace.
15:16And surprise, surprise, Erso actually utters the name of one file that reads Hyperspace Tracking,
15:23proving that the enemy had actually been working on this seemingly impossible technology for decades.
15:28So while some Star Wars fans may have understandably felt like this rather convenient piece of tech
15:33had bizarrely come out of nowhere in Episode 8,
15:36it was actually hinted at during a Star Wars story that came out a whole year earlier.
15:41Number 2. Kylo Ren's Moving Scar
15:44That facial scar the fallen Ben Solo was given on Starkiller Base went through a bit of an unexpected
15:50and largely ignored change by the time The Last Jedi landed on screens.
15:56According to Rian Johnson himself, he decided that Kylo's scar needed to be adjusted a touch.
16:01And the reason behind this subtle shift from the mark crossing over his nose to moving further across his face instead was simple.
16:08The director felt a scar going up the bridge of his nose looked goofy.
16:13Fair enough.
16:14Though most of the planet was too distracted by the character going full Ben Solo during his forced conversation with Rey
16:20to catch this slight scar change.
16:23Number 1. A shot was framed as a callback to an Anakin Skywalker moment.
16:28Not long after being embarrassed by his former master, the ever-changing scar boasting Kylo Ren struts into the Resistance base,
16:35searching for what's left of the rebel scum.
16:38However, what you possibly didn't catch here was another fascinating tribute to a previous Skywalker Saga film.
16:44Whilst chatting during the film's director's commentary,
16:47Johnson explained how this overhead shot of the grandson of Darth Vader walking into the base
16:52was a direct callback to a similar shot used by George Lucas during Revenge of the Sith.
16:58You know the one.
16:59Anakin Skywalker is marching into the Jedi Temple with the 501st Legion
17:03before he begins slaughtering many a youngling.
17:06Johnson simply loved that moment so much,
17:09he framed his own shot to look just like the outstanding Order 66 one in Episode 3 all those years ago.
17:16And that's our list.
17:17Know of any other things that people somehow missed in Star Wars Episode 8, The Last Jedi?
17:22Well, let us know all about them in the comments section right down below
17:25and don't forget to like, share and click on that subscribe button while you're down there.
17:29I've been The Last Gareth from WhatCulture Star Wars.
17:32May the force be with you as always.
17:34Thank you very much for watching today and hopefully we'll see you soon.
17:37Bye-bye.
Be the first to comment