goodies
Looky, looky....goodies.
In the wedding scene at the end of AotC, Anakin flex his new mechanical hand and the camera pans up. In the digital print of the film, Padmé holds his hand.
Look for a few cameos in the nightclub on Coruscant: Anthony Daniels, Ahmed Best, and George Lucas' daughter (as the pink Twilek who eyes Anakin).
When Padmé and Anakin first arrive on Naboo, you can see two (three in the digital version) Corellian ships, similar to the Millennium Falcon, already landed on the far left.
The creatures that Anakin rides on Naboo took a lot of abuse from ILM. Apparantly, you can see one floating in the asteroid field where Obi-Wan chases Jango (and visa-versa), and another is on fire somewhere in the final battle scene.
Just before Obi-Wan interupts Yoda teaching his class you can see a Jedi duck milling about.
Watch Elan Sleazebaggano's death stick disappear with a twirl of his fingers.
The Red Imperial Guards from the Empire Strikes Back can be seen in the background when Palpatine meets with the Jedi Council at the beginning of the film. They can also be seen in the background at the end of the movie when Palpatine is watching the Clone army.
When Anakin is talking to Padmé after he returns from killing the Tusken Raiders, look in the background for Luke's Landspeeder from ANH.
Is that George Lucas? He makes a cameo in the senate when Palpatine takes power. Just after he finished speaking the camera goes to a wide shot. In one of the pods on the right is a man in normal 'Earth' clothes with grey curly hair, and even a wristwatch.
You can see Lucas' famous 1138 (which makes an appearance in someform in all his movies) on the back of a Clone Trooper just after the Federation Ship plummets to earth kicking up a dust cloud.
Just after Anakin opens up a can of whoop-ass on the Tusken Raiders, the shot cuts to Yoda. That is Qui-Gon Jinn's voice yelling 'Anakin'.
See if you can spot Ray Park, who can apparently be seen, 'unmasked', in the Jedi Arena battle near the end of the film.
Look out for some TIE Fighters and X-Wings, which can be seen during the chase sequence through Coruscant.
In Obi-Wans spaceship, when he is trying to send a message to Anakin, you can see the word 'Panavision' on his display.
Look for R5-D4, the astromech droid that blows it's lid in A New Hope, rolling by when Anakin and Padmé make their way to see Watto.
Look for the predecessor to the infamous Imperial Insignia on Obi-Wan's ship, as well as on the helmets of some Clone Troopers.
In one of the senate scenes, apparently there are some aliens from an ILM-made Budweiser commercial which was shown during the 2001 SuperBowl (It features a dog who turns into an alien and returns to his ship with a "Wassssssup!" message).
Is that Joey Fatone from N'Sync tossing a lightsaber to Anakin in the arena battle?
Yoda asks 'Liam', a child in his class, to close the blinds. Is this a little tribute to Liam Neeson who played Qui-Gon Jinn in The Phantom Menace?
On the screen in the Night Club, it looks like everyone is watching an updated version of Cyberball - the old Sega Genesis game of football played by robots.
As Anakin and Padmé cross the bridge when they arrive in Naboo, look out for the Gungans in the background speaking their native tongue. It's a nice touch showing how the two cultures are now living in harmony, ten years after the events in The Phantom Menace.
When Padmé falls from the LAAT during the final battle, the dust forms the word ILM (Can someone confirm this?)
Watch out for the Jedi's in the background of the arena battle doing some serious droid damage with two lightsabers at a time.
Is that Sebulba who mutters "Jedi Poodoo" during the chase sequence on Coruscant? Or is that him in the diner?
You can see the shadow of Jango's head leaving the helmet out of shot after it gets lopped off. Wouldn't it be sick if poor Boba lifted up the helmet only to have his dad's head slip out?
The droid waitress at Dex's Diner has a name tag that reads 'Flo' in Aurebesh letters.
At the end of the library scene, after the lady 'helps' Obi-Wan a little boy arrives in the background and waits for her. That boy is Jett Lucas, George's son.
In the arena battle scene where Jango meets up with Mace Windu, the Reek swings is head around sending Jango flying. After Jango gets up, we can see the lovely dent in the side of his helmet--the same dent that Boba Fett has later on it the classic trilogy.
In the scene where Anakin and Padmé approach Watto, one of the group of extras squatting in the background waves at the camera. Moments later, when the camera switches back to that set-up, the extras are gone!