The ball at the centre of the Trade Federation's droid control ship is a tribute to the Death Star.

Qui-Gon Jinn calls Queen Amidala's spaceship a Nubian model J-327. 327 was the number of the landing pad where the Millenium Falcon landed on the first Death Star in episode IV and on the Cloud City in episode V. Supposedly this number also appears in "American Graffiti" (1974), a film George Lucas directed. Submitted by Dr Wilson

In the scene near the end, when Senator Palpatine talks to Amidala, you can see a few men standing directly behind the princess. The man in the middle with the black clothes and hat is producer Rick McCallum in a cameo. Ben Burtt is right next to Rick.

Scattered about Watto's junk shop are a number of references to "Star Wars" (1977) and other sci-fi films -2001: A Space Odyssey's probe, and the head and shoulders of the Terminator's metallic skeleton (it could be the kind of medical droid visible at the end of "The Empire Strikes Back").

The tactic used by the Federation army during the invasion of Naboo capital city is the same used by the German army during the Blitzkrieg. Submitted by Dr Wilson

Just before Watto decides to use the chance cube with Qui-Gon, there is somebody working on a podracer behind them. This is in fact Don Bies, the creator and controller of the radio-controlled version of R2-D2. Submitted by Dr Wilson

On the long shot of the homes on Tatooine, after Anakin has his arm patched up by Qui-Gon Jinn and his blood tested for a midichlorian count, you can see a shadow on Anakin's house in the shape of a side view of Darth Vader's helmet.

Actress/director Sophia Coppola plays one of the two maids of Amidala, when she speaks to Senator Palpatine on the hologram. Submitted by Dr Wilson

A scene was made (but not included in the final film) where young Greedo and Anakin get into a fight after the pod race (Greedo accuses Anakin of cheating). Greedo is warned that with that kind of behavior, he could get himself into trouble in the future. And of course, in Episode IV, he's blasted to pieces by Han Solo. Submitted by Matty Blast

Anakin's mother, being a slave, has little identity. Interestingly, "Shmi" in Hebrew means "this is my name".

The water-like screen on the Neimodian spaceship is the same as in a Flash Gordon movie. Submitted by Dr Wilson

Peter "Chewbacca" Mayhew can be seen in some of the Mos Espa street scenes.

At the end, the droid that Jar-Jar pushes over has 4 symbols on its back which look almost exactly like 1138 - yet another reference in George Lucas' films to his first effort.

After the shots of Darth Maul releasing his probes we see a shot of people walking around. If you listen carefully to the three Jawas which walk from left to right then you will hear one of them say sh*t.

Make sure to stay until the end of the credits. Submitted by Dr Wilson

When the two Jedis and Jar-Jar make surface in Theed, you can see in the background Nathan Hamil, the son of Mark, being arrested by two combat droids. Submitted by Dr Wilson

When you see Jar-Jar Binks sleeping in Queen Amidala's spaceship, he looks exactly like Ruby Rhod sleeping after the explosion of Fhloston Paradise in "The Fifth Element" (1997). Submitted by Dr Wilson

In the scene when the Neimodians order the combat droids to capture the Queen, right after you see the Jedis hidden, a droid has DD written on his back: the symbol of Dolby Digital. Submitted by Dr Wilson