20 Things You Somehow Missed In Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
2. 327 References
It's pretty widely known that the number "1138" is fairly important and common in the world of Star Wars, with The Phantom Menace also tipping the cap to Lucas' THX 1138 as the number is seen on the back of a battle droid Jar Jar Binks eventually dispatches.
But there is actually another number that receives a little bit of love in Episode I, with a notable "327" popping up in the name of the Queen's J-type 327 Nubian Royal Starship.
Far from simply being a random collection of numbers though, "327" has popped up in Star Wars time and time again after first appearing in Lucas' American Graffiti.
The Empire Strikes Back boasted a landing platform on Bespin of the same number, with the Millennium Falcon also docking in a bay of the same digits within the Death Star during A New Hope. Various droids and troops have come equipped with the number over the years, too.
And if that wasn't enough, it turns out that one of the pods in The Phantom Menace's epic race was also a Vulptereen 327. Fancy that.