10 More Best Times Star Wars Appeared In Other Movies

Another movie that was released around the same time as a prequel, Mike Myers-starring comedy sequel Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me actually used the incoming Episode I - The Phantom Menace to sell itself.

During one of the cheeky trailers for that follow-up to the first super spy tale, Vader's breathing, what looked like Palpatine's destroyed throne room, music similar to The Imperial March, and even the line "If you can only see one movie this summer, see Star Wars - but if you can see two, see Austin Powers!" was used to get some eyes on Austin.

It worked, too, with that second Powers story earning ten times its budget at the box office.

The hilarious Star Wars salutes didn't stop there, though.

During the sequel itself, Dr. Evil refers to his laser on the moon as a "Death Star," before his own son chuckles at him, calls him "Darth" and then calls his time-travelling pops out for ripping off this piece of Star Wars history.

Fast forward to later on in the movie, and Evil is hilariously at it again, this time shockingly telling Austin that he was his father. Unlike the legendary The Empire Strikes Back revelation, though, this one is utter BS. 

Very funny BS, but BS all the same.

Oh, and the whole thing kicks off with an opening crawl just like every Skywalker Saga movie, too.

This film is no Star Wars adventure, sure, but it's certainly heavily influenced by them, baby!