Star Wars A New Hope Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details
29 of the most interesting Star Wars A New Hope easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Star Wars A New Hope movie message.
Star Wars A New Hope Movie Trivia
All the wide shots of Luke flying across Tatooine in his speeder were achieved by placing a mirror underneath a version of the prop with a motor and wheels.
the original Star Wars (A New Hope) General Motti is about to say "hidden fortress" when Darth Vader cuts him off with a force-choke. The Hidden Fortress is an Akira Kurosawa film that inspired Star Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hidden_Fortress#Influence
the scene where Han shoots Greedo in Star Wars: A New Hope (1979), you can hear a Jawa voice in the background shout "Nang' umlungu!", which roughly translates in Zulu to "look, a white guy!"
A stormtrooper shot Princess Leia with a blaster set to stun. This was the only time a stun shot was fired in 11 Star Wars movies.
the scene where R2-D2 gets kidnapped by the Jawas in Star Wars: A New Hope (1977), you can hear at 1:10 a Jawa making the exact same sound of Ewoks.
Star Wars A New Hope Movie Easter Eggs
Star Wars: A New Hope the chest control panel of the Darth Vader costume has Hebrew script. Some letters are reversed and there is no meaning behind them. Aurebesh did not appear until Return of the Jedi.
Star wars: A new Hope (George Lucas) in the scene with the ship Tantive IV, you can clearly see posters for Star Wars the movie through the window.
Star Wars A New Hope. Look closely; just before Luke, Han and Chewie leave R2 & 3PO in the Death Star to save Princess Leia, the top line on the monitor behind the droids reads "THX/1138"
Porkins is the only one of the Red Sqadron seen without a helmet chin strap
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, George Lucas's first feature film, "THX 1138", is slyly referenced when Luke and Han say they are moving Chewbacca from "cell 1138"
If you play the OST for Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) or any other Star Wars OST, the song bar changes to a lightsaber
You can see Aunt Beru pouring Luke a glass of blue milk.
Accuracy details in Star Wars A New Hope
Docking bay 94 has a big stylized "94" outside the door that I've just managed to notice after 34 years of being a human.
When the Death Star shoots Aldeeran, you can see the planetary shield being hit before it explodes.
Costume details in Star Wars A New Hope
The Sandcrawler in Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) was infact only 2ft long but clever camera work created the giant scale.
The beverage dispensers in Mos Eisley Cantina are IG-unit heads.