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JJ Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens is filled with references to the earlier Star Wars movies. So, the devoted fans must have had the time of their lives watching them unfold on the big screen. The callbacks were reportedly pretty often and more than what might have been necessary, strictly for moving the story forward.
Love it or not, the film brought the Star Wars universe back to theaters and gave hope for more franchise chapters. The fans might have already guessed most of the hidden details in the film that casual viewers might overlook or not pay attention to specifically. However, there is one detail from The Empire Strikes Back that the fans might have missed.
In a recent feature piece, ScreenRant called this detail an easter egg. Some may argue that it is not an easter egg but just a connection to the older film that the audiences might not have discussed as much as other details. Still, that seemingly inconsequential trivia is enough for the fans to be interested to learn more. The said easter egg is connected to Darth Vader and Maz Kanata in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
What The Empire Strikes Back is there is JJ Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
Ahead of the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, JJ Abrams appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. At the time, he spoke about composing the music with Hamilton-fame Lin-Manuel Miranda. It served almost like a creative tribute to John Williams. One of these musical pieces was for the Cantina Band. It connects Abrams' film to the formative Star Wars movie, subtitled A New Hope.
This 1977 movie included a scene in Mos Eisley Cantina, where Luke Skywalker joins Obi-Wan Kenobi to meet the strange creatures in their universe. It eventually leads them to Harrison Ford's Han Solo. So, as a Star Wars fan, Abrams was reportedly inspired by this iconic scene. For the same reason, Maz Kanata's castle in Star Wars: The Force Awakens seemed similar to the places in Mos Eisley and was apparently a version of the cantina-like ambiance.
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In another interview, Abrams reportedly shared some insights about this topic. He shed light on how the concept art from Ralph McQuarrie, who was involved in the creative process of George Lucas' initial trilogy, came in handy for his movie. Here's an excerpt from a conversation with the filmmaker that Screenrant recently shared.
"A new creative prompt for the setting was unlocked when unused concept art from The Empire Strikes Back was discovered: a Ralph McQuarrie illustration of what was to have been Darth Vader’s castle. ‘Does Maz live in a bar, a ship, a town, a city or – wait a minute, maybe it can be a Star Wars castle!’ recounts production designer Rick Carter of the artwork. ‘We started to riff off it as a place where she could exist. Then we started to make up the story of why she was there…’”
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