A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... ...there were a whole bunch of brilliantly cool easter eggs just waiting for Star Wars fans to discover - should they take the time to squint hard and look out for them. As far as fictional universes go, Star Wars ranks pretty high up the list, which means that the films are jam-packed with a whole host of delicious tidbits, references, in-jokes, nods and meta moments - all of which serve to make life a lot more grand for aficionados. So whilst a lot of Star Wars easter eggs are rather well-known amongst fans (those "THX 1138" references, for example - who doesn't know about them?), there are also quite a lot of easter eggs that even the most dedicated Star Wars might have missed. These are the eggs that have been hidden deep within the depths of the Star Wars canon - the kind of dangerous place you only visit when you've seen a movie sixty-three times. That all firmly in mind, then, here are 20 rather subtle and (sometimes) downright impossible to spot Star Wars easter eggs that - having been so caught up in the space melodrama inherent to the Star Wars saga - you might not have noticed, starting with...
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
