The director included an easter egg about Stanley Kubrick’s legendary 2001: A Space Odyssey
The greatest science fiction saga we have ever seen in movie theaters is Star Wars, but in the same way that no one doubts the importance of George Lucas’ franchise, we must value the previously released films. 2001: A space odyssey laid the foundations so that other projects could be built.
He Stanley Kubrick’s work in 1968 It was exquisite and became a world reference, which is why Lucas decided to pay tribute to the production… 31 years later. It was with the arrival of The Phantom Menace when he hid an easter egg that you can find if you pause the movie at exactly 33 minutes and 42 seconds, at which time the main group is on Tatooine.
Qui-Gon Jinn is looking for a T-14 hyperdrive generator to repair the ship that took off from Naboo, so he checks the scrap metal that Watto accumulates in his store. There we see piles and piles of accumulated metals, but on the right side of the image an EVA capsule is shownwhich was used by the astronauts of the Discovery ship, as revealed by Allociné.
Its main function was to allow maintenance work in space, being able to choose between the Alice, Betty and Clara capsules. Are we facing a sign that both stories coexist in the same galaxy? Most likely not, but it is certainly a very nice wink that has no explanation.
If you want to see with your own eyes the detail of The Phantom Menace, you can enjoy it through Disney+. On the other hand 2001: A Space Odyssey is on HBO Max.
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