Star Wars Rebels Season 3: 20 Easter Eggs & References You Need To See
15. It's Coarse, It's Rough, It's Irritating...
In Ghosts of Geonosis, Sabine has an all too familiar, and hated, line from the Star Wars saga.
While fending off a couple of TIE Bombers, the Ghost's gun barrels malfunction due to a sandstorm that clogged up the chamber, to which Sabine respond:
“Stupid sand! It gets everywhere.”
This is clearly a homage to the line said by Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker. The line comes from an unpopular moment from Episode II: Attack of the Clones where Anakin and Padme are desperately trying to build up some chemistry on Naboo. For those of you who don't know the line, here it is in all its glory:
"I don't like sand. It's coarse, it's rough, it's irritating. And it gets everywhere."
The line has become a punchline for many jokes made at the movies expense, and was even listed as one of 64 Reasons to Hate Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.