10 Best Ever Easter Eggs In Steven Spielberg Movies

5. Saving Private Ryan's Star Wars Nods

Saving Private Ryan Hamill
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It might not seem like the kind of film that would be full of Easter Eggs, but Spielberg even got some references into Saving Private Ryan. Alongside a bunch of eye-catching cameos (Bryan Cranston, Paul Giamatti, Dennis Farina and Nathan Fillion among them) and some cool nods to classic war movies, Spielberg also paid homage to his pal George Lucas.

Not only is Ted Danson's character known as Captain Hamill in honour of Mark Hamill, but there's a line in there nodding to the franchise. As Captain Miller's squadron prepare to take out a German machine gun position, Ed Burns' Private Reiben says "I don't have a good feeling about this one."

It might not be the same as the iconic Star Wars line (and it is widely misquoted), but it's apparently in there as a tribute to Han Solo.

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