Captain America: Civil War - 30 Easter Eggs & References You Must See

7. TWO Star Wars Nods

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In very easily one of the film's best moments, Spider-Man takes Giant Man down by recalling how the "walking things" on the "snowy planet" in "that really old movie, Empire Strikes Back" are tripped up and incapacitated.

The sequence shows off Spidey's excellent swinging mechanics (whose physics are a lot better than Cap's in the opening Lagos sequence), and also really pushes the idea that he's a snarky little up-start whose youth and enthusiasm actually grates on the other Avengers without him being dislikable. That proves to be the perfect dynamic - though you roll your eyes at how young he is, his charm is impossible to resist.

And of course there's also the continued Easter Egg from Phase 2 of a character losing their arm in every movie that came from Star Wars. This time it's Bucky who loses his again when Iron Man blasts it off during their final fight.

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