The latest homing beacon features news of confirmed easter eggs for AOTC. Here's a sampling from Homing Beacon 61:

The Star Wars films are brimming with so much detail, that they require multiple viewings to soak it all in. First time screenings are to watch the main characters and the core story, but with subsequent viewings it's hard not to let your eye wander and take in some of the extras.

Sometimes, the details are intentional elements meant to remind you how the galaxy fits together. Other times, it's an unintentional flub that illustrates the complexities of filmmaking (keep track of the color of the clothes that Padm? packs on Coruscant in Episode II, for example). And, on occasion, the filmmakers purposely put in a little visual joke to reward sharp-eyed (or in some cases, sharp-eared) movie-goers.

Here's some of the things to watch for the next time you go to see Attack of the Clones.

Trundling along the streets of Mos Espa as Anakin and Padm? go to meet Watto is none other than R5-D4, the grumpy astromech from Episode IV that blows its stack in front of Luke.

What has become a tradition of sorts is the "Wilhelm," the affectionate moniker given to a very distinct scream sound effect used in all of the Star Wars films (and quite a few non-Star Wars films too). In A New Hope, it's the stormtrooper that plummets down the Death Star chasm. In Episode II, it's a Naboo soldier thrown in the opening explosion of the film.

The very first shot of Episode II has an homage to another sci-fi classic as the camera tilts up to the crowded orbital traffic of Coruscant. "That shot had been executed in 2001: A Space Odyssey," explains John Knoll, one of Episode II's Visual Effects Supervisors. "I put an Orion space plane flying in there."

Star Wars continuity purists will have a hard time explaining just how an X-wing fighter and TIE fighter got into the speeder chase over Coruscant.

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