Star Wars: 10 Obscure Movie Secrets That Took Years To Discover
3. The Ark Of The Covenant Is Hidden On The Millennium Falcon
We're all aware of the many Star Wars references in Indiana Jones. Temple of Doom opens up in a bar named "Club Obi-Wan", and the plane at the Start of Raiders of the Lost Arc is labeled "OB-CPO" - the sound it makes when taking off is also the sound the Millennium Falcon makes when the hyperdrive cuts-out.
But there are also a number of Indiana Jones call backs in Star Wars. Now bare with us for this one, it takes some piecing together.
In Raiders of the Lost Ark, C-3PO and R2-D2 can be spotted in the Well of Souls as hieroglyphs, where Indie finds the Ark of the Covenant - it was a fun little nod to Star Wars, but only the start of the connection. At the end of the movie the Ark is placed in a cargo box marked "9906753" and wheeled off into a giant storage container.
In the book, Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Incredible Cross-Sections (2015), a detailed plan of the Millennium Falcon is shown, with an annotation stating that Han and Chewie had never been able to open a particular cargo module. The module in question was stamped "9906753". Seemingly, this confirmed that the Indie/Star Wars references weren't just a bit of fun, but the universes were actually linked, and the Ark of the Covenant somehow came into the possession of Han Solo.