20 Things You Somehow Missed In Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi

1. A Shot Was Framed As A Callback To An Anakin Skywalker Moment

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Not long after being embarrassed by his former master, the ever-changing-scar-boasting Kylo Ren struts into the Resistance base, searching for what's left of the Rebel scum.

However, what you possibly didn't catch here was another fascinating tribute to a previous Skywalker Saga film as Ren and his troopers enter the enemy headquarters.

Whilst chatting during the film's director's commentary (via Decider), Johnson explained how this overhead shot of the grandson of Darth Vader walking into the base was a direct callback to a similar shot used by George Lucas during Revenge of the Sith.

You know the one: Anakin Skywalker is marching into the Jedi Temple with the 501st Legion before he begins slaughtering many a youngling.

Johnson simply loved that moment so much that he framed his own shot to look just like the outstanding Order 66 one in Episode III all those years ago.

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