All the Jedi in the background of the shots in the arena battle were filmed one by one. ILM then added them into the background of the main action.

The place where Padmé and Anakin walk on Naboo is the Plaza the Espana of Sevilla in Spain (you can see the same place in Lawrence of Arabia). Submitted by Dr Wilson

C-3PO was originally to have made his first appearance still in skeletal form. In post-production, Star Wars creator George Lucas decided to have C-3PO be complete throughout the film.

The Trade Federation's ships are almost the exact same design as E.T.'s in "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial."

Somewhere in the orbital traffic of Coruscant there is the Orion III shuttle of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Submitted by Dr Wilson

One of the inside jokes by the ILM crew concerns the cow-like creatures that Anakin rides on Naboo. One can be found in the asteroid field surrounding Geonosis, and one can be seen during the Battle of Geonosis, in the background, running, and on fire.

In the bar, the man who offers Obi-Wan "death sticks" is Mouse from the Matrix.

When Obi-Wan is in the Jedi library, he is looking at one of the busts. It is a bust of Count Dooku - it's mentioned in the secondary literature that he is one of the Lost Twenty, which are represented by the 20 busts in the Archives. These 20 are the only ones who left the Jedi Order.

When Obi-Wan Kenobi meets with Dexter Jettster, and they hug, Obi-Wan was computer generated from the neck down.

The red aiming screen of Zam Wessel's binoculars is the same kind as that seen on the Millenium Falcon when the TIE fighters attack it after the escape from the Death Star in Episode IV. Submitted by Dr Wilson

In the great library of the Jedi Temple, there are statues of great Jedis. Among them you can see George Lucas, Rob Coleman (animation director), John Knoll (visual effects), Pablo Helman (visual effects) and Brian Gernand (chief modelist). Submitted by Dr Wilson

In the pursuit scene on Coruscant, when the two speeders are diving, you can see a X-Wing pursued by 3 TIE fighters in the ground's traffic. Submitted by Dr Wilson

The yellow speeder which Anakin takes to pursue Zam is inspired from the yellow Ford coupé 1932 of American Graffiti, another George Lucas movie. Submitted by Dr Wilson

Dex's Diner is an homage to American Graffiti where you can see a restaurant like it. Submitted by Dr Wilson

The scene where Obi-Wan is fighting off the acklay (the giant praying mantis/lobster-like monster) with a spear was used to pay tribute to a shot from the 1961 Ray Harryhausen classic, Mysterious Island, in which a gigantic crab threatens a spear-wielding human.

The reason there are four pillars at the Genosian arena is that Lucas was thinking of having R4 tied up as well. He later changed his mind. Submitted by Matty Blast

One of the droids in the arena battle has 1138 written on his back. Submitted by Dr Wilson