9 Hidden Facts You Didn't Know About Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
6. The Beggar's A New Hope Callback
Along with the pulsating Duel of the Fates, the most captivating sequence of this first prequel is undoubtedly the high-speed Boonta Eve Classic pod race.
Here, Anakin Skywalker has to weave his way through the rocks and sand of Tatooine, all while trying to avoid being shot by Tusken Raiders and crashing into canyons.
The latter was actually a subtle nod to a line Luke Skywalker first uttered all the way back in 1977, with the farmboy noting how the Death Star trench was just like Beggar's Canyon.
That same location is the one his father is seen speeding through here in Episode I - The Phantom Menace, and does indeed resemble the strip Luke would fly down in his X-Wing before blowing up that first version of the planet-killing space station.
Beggar's Canyon would also show up in The Book of Boba Fett series, with Din Djarin flying through the same place the Skywalkers once had in his N1 Naboo Starfighter in the show. And you'll never guess where Obi-Wan Kenobi is riding off to when he reunites with Qui-Gon Jinn at the end of his TV show - that's right, that very same canyon first mentioned back in 1977's Star Wars.