11 Ways Star Wars: The Last Jedi Was Basically The Empire Strikes Back

11. The Millennium Falcon Is Expertly Maneuvered Through Solid Obstacles

One of the most iconic scenes in The Empire Strikes Back was a special-effects-laden set piece that proved how Star Wars films could just keep pushing the envelope and providing sci-fi thrills - the Millennium Falcon actually flying into an asteroid to avoid the Empire. The odds of survival were approximately 3750 to one, but Han Solo went for it anyway.

A wonderful example of John Williams' score accompanied the exhilarating chase sequence, emphasising the beauty of the effects and the grace of the old hunk of junk as it rolled and swept past the dangerous hunks of rock as well as the thrills of the daring plan.

Accompanied by that very same music - or an exceptionally close take on it - the Millennium Falcon is once again expertly maneuvered through tightly-packed solid obstacles in The Last Jedi. This time its below the ground, and this time its piloted by Chewbacca and Rey, but the sequence is almost entirely a loving homage to Empire. The available space gets smaller and smaller, a number of TIE fighters are in pursuit and they are smashed into bits as they fail to slip through tiny spaces like the Falcon. This example really is a loving recreation of a key moment.