The Force Awakens Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details

A pink R2 unit can be seen on the resistance base with the designation R2-KT. The founder of the 501st fan organization created the droid to watch after his daughter "Katie" who had terminal brain cancer. The droid visits children's hospitals to this day.

Rey's goggles are made from salvaged stormtrooper eyepieces.

After Rey accidentally opens the wrong door, Han Solo and Chewbacca are forced to run away from a Rathtar which is rolling down a hallway towards them. So what better musical cue to put in than the boulder roll sound from the iconic Raiders of the Lost Ark scene?

When Rey summons the lightsaber to her, the same music track is played as that of when Luke finds his dead aunt and uncle at the beginning of "A New Hope". This is meant to show Rey accepting what she must do and who she must become like how Luke did in ANH.

Daniel Craig plays the stormtrooper who gets mind-tricked into letting Rey go.

As the gang is escaping from the rathtar freighter Finn is looking for something to patch up Chewbacca and finds the remote Luke Skywalker trained with in A New Hope.

Finn tells Rey to fly low to the ground, as it confuses TIE fighters' tracking. Later in the film, Resistance X-Wings also fly low as they enter a battle.

Rey shares a unique lightsaber attack style with only one other character in the Star Wars cinematic universe.

When Han and Kylo meet in The Force Awakens (2015), the lighting reflects Ben/Kylo's struggle between the Light and Dark Side.

Rey uses a lightsaber for the first time (explanation in comments).

The Millenium Falcon has a square satellite dish. This is because its original circular satellite dish was broke off while flying into the main reactor of the Death Star in "Return of the Jedi"

The pieces on the Holo chess board are set in the same position they were in when Chewbacca and R2 stopped playing in a New Hope.

Rey's goggles are salvaged from an old stormtrooper helmet

Finn holds his gun under Phasma's helmet since her armor is blaster proof.

Han Solo throws away his jacket while entering Starkiller base. When he leaves, Chewbacca hands him his jacket back. This was improvised by Chewbacca actor Joonas Suotamo.

When Poe Dameron rotates, a black belt on the left side of his head falls towards gravity

Finn has his shoulder burned by Kyle Ren's lightsaber. Here's a promo shot from The Last Jedi

Snoke carefully mentions the names of the next few films, and provides a brief overview of the following stories.

Both Finn and Rey ignite Anakin's lightsaber the wrong way; by pressing the top red button. Luke in Star Wars (1977) can be seen turning it on correctly; by pressing the gold notch in the lower part of the saber.

Gareth Edwards mirrored the shot of Kylo Ren in The Force Awakens (2015) with Darth Vader in Rogue One (2016)

When entering Maz Kanata's establishment flags can be seen outside. One in particular is a Mythosaur skull from Mandalore, the same symbol can be seen on Boba Fett's armor.

Both of C3-P0's legs are gold. Whenever he got the red arm replacement he obviously got rid of the old silver leg and replaced it with a matching one as well!

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Kylo's face is lit in half red and half blue light, representing his inner conflict between the two sides of the force. The shift in lighting represents one side's triumph, and reveals the decision he is about to make.

It is hinted that the First Order can track ships through lightspeed before it was revealed to the Resistance in The Last Jedi (2017).

When the Resistance fighters are approaching Starkiller Base in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), the surface of the planet near the laser cannon is scorched from the recent firing that destroyed the Hosnian System. Smoke is also visible emitting from the cannon.

Rey has no issue in taking Luke's lightsaber from Kylo, due to their light & dark conflict. In the Last Jedi (2017), she is unable to, representing their transformation away from that conflict towards the grey middle ground, a theme explored in the movie.

The explosives Finn gets yelled at for dropping by Han Solo are the same bombs used in The Last Jedi (2017) when the Rebellion attacks the Dreadnought.

Finn's Stormtrooper serial number (2187) is also the number of Princess Leila's cell in Star Wars A New Hope.

Rey was able to tap into Kylo's mind during the interrogation, and learns some of his powers/moves. In the Last Jedi, while Rey is practicing on that cliff as Luke watches, Luke becomes very concerned because he recognizes her moves as Kylo's.

When Rey and Finn are running from The first order on Jakku, BB-8 bobs and weaves to make himself a harder target.

Star Killer Base is a space station super weapon used by villians. This is a reference to the original Star Wars and the Death Star

Finn, while bandaging up Chewbacca, finds Luke's training ball from a New Hope.

C-3PO has a red arm, symbolizing JJ Abrams' influence on the new trilogy.