''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'' is very heavily ReferenceOverdosed. Here is an extensive list of evidence:
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* In a DeletedScene in the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]], Ahsoka calls a Vulture Droid [[{{Franchise/Transformers}} Laser-Beak]].
* The pattern of Ahsoka's FacialMarkings is partially inspired by San from Anime/PrincessMononoke.
* Clone Captain Rex has a scar resembling one of Creator/HarrisonFord's.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E1CloneCadets Clone Cadets]]", the training program variant that Bravo squad runs is [[Film/THX1138 Version THX Variable 1138]].
* There are several references to ''Franchise/IndianaJones'':
** A couple of the season one episodes have snuck in artifacts. A senator in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E12TheGunganGeneral The Gungan General]]" had a cane styled after the [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Staff of Ra]] (which later served as a sort of WeaponTombstone) and one of the treasures Wat Tambor tried to loot from Ryloth in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E21LibertyOnRyloth Liberty on Ryloth]]" was the [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Ark of the Covenant]]. Much later in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E22WookieeHunt Wookiee Hunt]]", a [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull crystal skull]] is in the Trandoshans' trophy room.
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E3ChildrenOfTheForce Children of the Force]]", Mace Windu loses his lightsaber on one side of a closing door and gets it back at the last moment, similar to the ''Indiana Jones'' scene with the hat.
** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E9HuntForZiro Hunt for Ziro]]" features a dance number performed by Sy Snootles and three Twi'lek girls, that's very similar to Wille Scott's "Anything Goes" routine in [[ShoutOut Club Obi-Wan]] from ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom The Temple of Doom]]''.
** During the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMonCalamariArc Mon Calamari arc]], Kit Fisto comments "Eels. Very dangerous."; just like in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'''s WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes scene.
** In the pawnshop scene of "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E16FriendsAndEnemies Friends and Enemies]]", Cad Bane checks out Indy's fedora before settling on his own trademark hat.
** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E13EscapeFromKadavo Escape From Kadavo]]" reuses screams from the slave children from ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom The Temple of Doom]]'' during a scene set in the Kadavo slave operation.
** "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E8TheDisappearedPart1 The Disappeared Part 1]]" is almost a WholePlotReference to ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom The Temple of Doom]]'', while "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E9TheDisappearedPart2 The Disappeared Part 2]]" has an extended chase across a market, trying to save Queen Julia, similar to the one in ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' of Indy trying to save Marion, with the ending borrowed from ''[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade The Last Crusade]]'' of Mace and Jar Jar riding into the sunrise, instead of into the sunset.
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E7DangerousDebt Dangerous Dept]]" while trying to escape the Pikes, Ahsoka and Martez sisters have to jump over a widening gap, left by a retracting bridge. The sisters make it, but since they don't know Ahsoka is a Jedi, they think she's trapped. While arguing over, whether to wait for her, or leave her, Ahsoka jumps over the gap, and even their heads, landing behind them, leaving them thinking she fell, looking distraughtly down the gap, before Ahsoka walks-up to them. Much how Jones Sr,, Brody and Sallam reacted to Indy seemingly falling to his death with the tank, in ''The Last Crusade'', before he climbs up and joins them staring at the wreckage of the tank.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E12TheGunganGeneral The Gungan General]]", Hondo tells the captive Dooku, Anakin, and Obi-Wan that he'd hate to kill them, "[[Film/ThePrincessBride you seem like decent fellows]]".
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E7LegacyOfTerror Legacy of Terror]]" has several references to films that feature aliens:
** When the Geonosians are about to put one of their mind control bugs in Luminara, Obi-Wan asks Anakin, "Come now, the nose or the [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan ear]], which one do you think it will enter?"
** A lot of elements are similar to ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' - these undead Geonosians are mindless drones (not sentient bug-people like the living versions) under the control of a hitherto-unknown Queen, who even has an enlarged egg-sac and elaborate crest like the Alien Queen. And like the Xenomorphs, the Geonosians can crawl around walls and ceilings in swarms.
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E13VoyageOfTemptation Voyage of Temptation]]" has a shout out to ''Series/DoctorWho'' when Obi-Wan used the small assassin probe to find out which Senator smuggled the droids on board.
* The [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMalevolenceArc Malevolence arc]] is effectively a whole plot reference to ''Film/SinkTheBismarck'' and therefore the real life events the inspired it. The name of the last episode in the arc, "Destroy ''Malevolence''" even broadly recalls the film's name. George Lucas notably took a lot of inspiration from British war movies when making the original trilogy.
* ''Star Wars'' has [[Film/TheHiddenFortress a long history]] with Creator/AkiraKurosawa. Accordingly, "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E17BountyHunters Bounty Hunters]]" is an homage to Creator/AkiraKurosawa's ''Film/SevenSamurai'' For bonus points, bounty hunter Embo's species is "Kyuzo", one of the samurai from the film, and "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E11LightsaberLost Lightsaber Lost]]" is a homage to ''Film/StrayDog''.
* [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E18TheZilloBeast The Zillo]] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E19TheZilloBeastStrikesBack Beast arc]] is an homage to {{Kaiju}} films.
** The name of the beast itself is similar to Zilla, [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} God]] or otherwise.
** The clone pilot who drops the bomb that starts the whole mess is named [[Film/{{Gojira}} Goji]]. His Wingman is named after Film/{{Rodan}}
** The Republic forces are shown using tanks similar to the Maser Cannons of Toho's movies.
** The T-series tactical droid in charge of the Separatist forces has a symbol shaped like the Oxygen Destroyer.
** These episodes also contain references to Film/KingKong. Specifically the use of gas to subdue the monster, bringing him to the big city, and how he was chained up.
** In addition, two of Mace Windu's clone troopers are named [[Series/{{MASH}} Trapper and Hawkeye.]]
* The black painting around Aurra Sing's eyes in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E7Assassin Assassin]]" is very similar to the one painted around the eyes of Daryl Hannah's character in ''Film/BladeRunner''.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E8EvilPlans Evil Plans]]", one of the senators at the state banquet is named [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Aang]].
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E9HuntForZiro Hunt for Ziro]]", [[spoiler:Ziro's]] last words:
--> '''[[spoiler:Ziro:]]''' Oh, [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz what a world]]...
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E12Nightsisters Nightsisters]]", a Separatist Tactical droid says [[Franchise/BattlestarGalactica "By your command"]] in their already Cylon-like voice.
* Also in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E12Nightsisters Nightsisters]]", the way Count Dooku sleeps looks very [[{{Dracula}} familiar]], as a reference to [[Creator/ChristopherLee his original actor's]] most famous role.
* Mortis' levitating rocks make it suspiciously similar to [[Film/{{Avatar}} Pandora.]]
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E16AltarOfMortis Altar of Mortis]]" has quite a few in itself:
** The Son's tower is a homage to the Tower of Orthanc from Peter Jackson's film adaptations of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''. Also, the cave of the Altar is very similar to the Mines of Moria from ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing The Fellowship of the Ring]]''.
** The scene in which Obi-Wan finds the Dagger of Mortis is a reference to the scene of [[Music/RichardWagner Wagner's]] ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung'', when Siegfried passed through a ring of fire to find Brünhilde.
** The scene when Father regains consciousness is similar to the last scene of Film/{{Avatar}}.
** The Son and The Daughter's battle opens with the former forming closed fists, while the latter shows open palms. Closed Fist and Open Palm were the Dark Side/Light Side equivalents in VideoGame/JadeEmpire
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E20CitadelRescue Citadel Rescue]]", Obi-Wan pulls off a [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 very familiar maneuver]] to defeat an anooba.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E22WookieeHunt Wookiee Hunt]]":
** The whole concept: two meters tall, reptilian-humanoid alien hunters HuntingTheMostDangerousGame in a jungle. [[Franchise/{{Predator}} Does that sound familiar?]]. Deleted footage shows, that the Trandoshan's were even supposed to be able to camouflage themselves, although this it didn't make the final cut.
** The Trandoshan relief call is the same as the Velociraptors' call from ''Franchise/JurassicPark''.
** One of the Trandoshans is modeled after and named for [[Film/TheBigLebowski Walter Sobchak]].
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E1WaterWar Water War]]", the music played when Tamson was seen swimming through the battlefield, surrounded by the corpses of Mon Cala soldiers, eerily resembles the infamous ''Film/{{Jaws}}' main theme. It even does the distinctive swell-and-fade as he swims right past the camera. Later on in the climax of "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E3Prisoners Prisoners]]", Prince Lee-Char [[spoiler:kills Riff Tamson by shooting an explosive attached to Tamson's body while he charges at the prince. Riff Tamson [[Film/{{Jaws}} is a shark]] (or, Sharkman, that is)]].
* The [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsC3POAndR2D2MisadventuresArc C-3PO and R2-D2 Misadventures arc]] is one long ShoutOut, most extensively to ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz,'' but also to ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', and ''Literature/GulliversTravels''. If that isn't enough, there are also callbacks to the ''Film/ANewHope'' and ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi.''
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E16FriendsAndEnemies Friends and Enemies]]" makes a reference to ''Film/{{Avatar}}'': after he was KO-ed by Bane and Hardeen, Ahsoka crouched protectively over an unconscious Anakin much the same way Neytiri crouched over Sully's avatar-body after the battle with Quaritch.
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E17TheBox The Box]]" manages to be a homage to both ''Film/TheCube'' and ''Film/{{Cube}}''.
** It also features Kiera Swan, a female weaquay pirate-turned bounty hunter, and two-time winner of the Obsidian Sphere. Kiera for Creator/KeiraKnightley, Swan for Knightley's StarMakingRole of Elizabeth Swann, a female pirate, and Obsidian Sphere for Black Pearl, reads ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean''.
* The relationship between Morley and Darth Maul in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E21Brothers Brothers]]" resembles the one between [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum and Shelob]]. The latter also looks like a spider!
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E8BoundForRescue Bound for Rescue]]" features the Jedi Younglings rescue Ahsoka by disguising themselves as acrobats of a traveling circus. [[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife Sounds familiar?]]
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E12MissingInAction Missing in Action]]" features posters referencing the box art of Creator/LucasArts titles such as ''VideoGame/TheSecretOfMonkeyIsland'', ''VideoGame/FullThrottle'' and ''VideoGame/DayOfTheTentacle'' appear in the background.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless The Lawless]]", some members of the faction of Death Watch that are [[spoiler:loyal to Maul had a black hand on their helmet. This might refer to Saruman's orc army from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', who wore the mark of the white hand since Maul was very in a similar position to Saruman.]]
* The scene of the final duel between [[spoiler:Darth Maul and Darth Sidious]] in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless The Lawless]]" has a very Creator/PabloPicasso-esque fresco in the background.
* The [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsAhsokaTheFugitiveArc Fugitive arc]] is a [[Creator/AlfredHitchcock Hitchcock homage]] to his films. The episodes in this story arc are even named after a few of his movies.
* When Ahsoka and Anakin investigate the bombing of the Jedi Temple in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E17Sabotage Sabotage]]", they're helped by a [[Series/{{CSI}} Crime Scene Analyser]] droid called [[MeaningfulName Russo-[=ISC=] ]]who keeps putting his [[Series/CSIMiami glasses-like visor on and off]].
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E18TheJediWhoKnewTooMuch The Jedi Who Knew Too Much]]" ends with a [[spoiler:[[Film/TheFugitive chase scene inside a sewer system and Ahsoka jumping off an effluent port]].]]
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E19ToCatchAJedi To Catch a Jedi]]", [[spoiler:Ahsoka [[Film/TronLegacy bargains with a bum for his cloak so she can use it as a disguise]]]].
* Fives' final story has him learn of a vast, shadowy conspiracy in which both sides seem to be involved or even one and the same, and focuses on his struggle to maintain that, despite using a number as a name, [[Series/ThePrisoner1967 he's more than just a number]], he's [[IDieFree a free man.]]
* Marlo the Hutt, one of the members of the Hutt Council, looks like Creator/MarlonBrando in ''Film/TheGodfather.''
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E3Fugitive Fugitive]]", upon being told to try act normal so he and Fives can pass by a pair of Kaminoans without drawing attention to them, AZ-3 mimicked the "annoying Kuriboh-speech" from ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''. [[https://twitter.com/yugiohtas/status/1356050745053728769 This reference]] was [[ThrowItIn made on the part of]] Creator/BenDiskin.
* Commander Thorn (The clone trooper with wings painted on his helmet) was designed as an official congratulations to Creator/JossWhedon and {{Creator/Marvel}} on the success of ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}''.
* Hunter, the leader of the elite squad Clone Force 99 (aka the Bad Batch), is an {{Expy}} of Franchise/{{Rambo}}. (Though according to the creators, they were going for Billy from ''Film/{{Predator}}'', they still ended up with someone who looks just like a young Creator/SylvesterStallone.)
* During the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E1TheBadBatch Bad]] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E2ADistantEcho Bat]][[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E3OnTheWingsOfKeeradaks ch]] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E4UnfinishedBusiness arc]], [[spoiler:the Separatist droids final words as Echo shuts them down are almost identical to those said by the [[Videogame/Portal1 Portal]] turrets when you disable them]].
* We get a meta-reference in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E11Shattered Shattered]]" to the entire series itself. In the episode, Ahsoka attempts to access Captain Rex's grievance report in regards to the inhibitor chips using Anakin's security code: 8108. Those numbers refer to the date of when [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie The Clone Wars]] first began, with its movie premiere - August 10th, 2008 ('''8'''/'''10'''/200'''8''').
** The final scene of "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E12VictoryAndDeath Victory and Death]]" with Darth Vader retrieving Ahsoka's lightsaber amidst the wreckage of the 332nd's Star Destroyer and igniting it in the middle of the snow is one to the launch trailer of the [[Videogame/WorldOfWarcraft Wrath Of the Lich King expansion]], fittingly as Arthas, much like Anakin, became a FallenHero in his quest to save all that he loved.
* More for the franchise as a whole, but the way Maul always ends up falling from grace, right when it seems he clawed his way back to the top, can be seen as a reference to Sisyphus of Myth/ClassicalMythology.

!{{Continuity Nod}}s, {{Call Back}}s, and {{Call Forward}}s

* As per their MemeticMutation status, "[[Film/ANewHope I've got a bad feeling about this]]" and "[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi It's a trap!]] pop up in every other episode.

!!Season One
* In the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]], Anakin quoted Qui-Gon's "Nothing happens by accident." to reassure Ahsoka that she doesn't have to prove herself worthy of being his Padawan.
** Also in the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]], Dooku and Ventress replicate the infamous "We shall double our effort." part of Vader's conversation with the commander of the second Death Star, at the beginning of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Rising]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Malevolence]]''", when the ion-cannon of the ''Malevolence'' is fired, the scene is exactly the same as when the [[Film/ANewHope Death Star blew up Alderaan]].
** The [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMalevolenceArc Malevolence arc]] also introduces the Y-Wing bomber ships that will be featured in Original Trilogy due to the fact that they are depicted as fresh off the production line long before [[UsedFuture they had all their panels removed]].
** A distress call is sent from [[Film/ANewHope Pod 1-9-7-7]].
** The battle droid that pilotes the pod hunter is humming the Imperial March in one scene.
* The Delta-7 Jedi fighter Anakin gives to Plo Koon in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E3ShadowOfMalevolence Shadow of]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E3ShadowOfMalevolence Malevolence]]''" is the same one Plo Koon will fly when he was shot down in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' following the execution of Order 66.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E4DestroyMalevolence Destroy]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E4DestroyMalevolence Malevolence]]''":
** Obi-Wan berates Anakin that spinning is not flying. [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Anakin retorts that it's a good trick]].
** Grievous jumps down behind Obi-Wan and greets him with a "Hello, there." Obi-Wan does the same thing to Grievous in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' in a retroactive IronicEcho. Grievous also commands the droids to [[{{Narm}} "keel]] [[WhatTheHellIsThatAccent heem"]] and, when that fails, he declares that he'll deal with the Jedi himself, almost exactly like in the film.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E9CloakOfDarkness Cloak of Darkness]]":
** After a furious lightsaber-exchange, Luminara and Ventress Force-pushed each other simultaneously, much like how Anakin and Obi-Wan will do during their duel in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.
** Later in the episode, Ahsoka also said "We'll take her [Ventress] together". Obi-Wan will use this line (with proper pronoun of course) prior to him and Anakin confronting Dooku earlier in the same film.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E11DookuCaptured Dooku Captured]]", Obi-Wan quips "You're not the prisoner I'm looking for", when he accidentally opens the wrong cell, while searching for the one holding Anakin.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E13JediCrash Jedi Crash]]", Anakin is briefly incapacitated by an explosion and placed on life support in a Republic cruiser. While he's hooked up to a respirator machine, the sound effect is the same as for [[VaderBreath Darth Vader's iconic breathing]].
* In ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', Anakin originally confuses Padmé with "an angel", the most beautiful creatures in the Canon that pilots say live on the moons of Iego. In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E18MysteryOfAThousandMoons Mystery of a Thousand Moons]]", Anakin and Obi-Wan go to Iego and meet an angel and the Separatists were testing a prototype of the Death Star superlaser on Iego's moons.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E19StormOverRyloth Storm Over Ryloth]]", Ahsoka used [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Marg_Sabl Marg Sabl]] maneuver, on a droid commander to devastating effect. It's the same maneuver [[Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy Grand Admiral Thrawn]] used on an Elomin commander's taskforce.
** It comes full circle in ''Literature/ThrawnAlliances'', wherein Thrawn learns of the maneuver through Padme describing Ahsoka's use of it.
** A vulture droid smashes into the bridge of the ''Resolute'' during the initial battle. It seems that the bridges of Anakin's flagships [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi have a strange tendency to be impacted by crippled fighters]].
* Blue Squadron from the "Storm Over Ryloth" episode is made up of V-19 Clone Pilots sharing their names with Franchise/{{Transformers}}: Slammer, Kickback, and Swoop are all Transformers from ''Generation One''. Only their leader, Axe, doesn't share a name with a prominent Transformer. The two survivors, Swoop and Kickback, notably are Transformers that turn into winged creatures. It's worth noting that ''Transformers'' is a franchise owned by Hasbro, who also held the license for ''Star Wars'' at the time. In fact, Hasbro released a Transformer turning into a V-19 Torrent that very year.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E22HostageCrisis Hostage Crisis]]", Anakin tried to prove his love for Padme by giving his lightsaber to her, with the following quote:
--> '''Anakin:''' When I finished constructing my lightsaber, Obi-Wan said to me: "Anakin, [[Film/AttackOfTheClones This weapon is your life.]]" This weapon is my life.

!!Season Two
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E2CargoOfDoom Cargo of Doom]]", Captain Rex made it clear, if it was not already, that clones/stormtroopers hitting their heads on things is genetic.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E5LandingAtPointRain Landing at Point Rain]]":
** Boil had [[HeartWarmingOrphan Numa's]] (the little Twi'lek girl he meets in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E20InnocentsOfRyloth Innocents of Ryloth]]") face painted on his helmet.
** Obi-Wan and Ki-Adi discussed that it's hard to believe they have to battle on [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Geonosis once again]]. Later in the episode, Obi-Wan also told Cody about how he was tied to a column, and had to fight several monsters.
** Anakin once again quoted one of Qui-Gon's teachings, when he told Ahsoka to "focus on the here and now".
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E8BrainInvaders Brain Invaders]]", Ahsoka is eating dinner and holds her fork in a ReverseGrip, they same way she always holds her lightsaber when she ignites the blade.
* The large scar and cybernetic eye across Commander Wolffe's face in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E9GrievousIntrigue Grievous Intrigue]]" is not present in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Rising]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Malevolence]]''". That was because in one of the comics, Asajj Ventress slashed his face in an attempt to retreat from a disappointing battle on Khorm.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E13VoyageOfTemptation Voyage of Temptation]]", Satine chewed out Obi-Wan for his tendency to speak in half-truths:
--> '''Satine:''' Senators, I presume you're acquainted with the collection of [[MetaphoricallyTrue half-truths]] and [[Film/ANewHope hyperbole]] known as [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Obi-Wan Kenobi]]?
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E16CatAndMouse Cat and Mouse]]", the way Senator Organa asked for help from Obi-Wan via hologram is the same message that Leia will send to the elderly Obi-Wan/Ben twenty two years later:
--> '''Bail Organa:''' [[Film/ANewHope Help us, Obi-Wan Kenobi. You are our only hope!]]
** Also, Anakin noted that small ships don't have cloaking devices. This, unlike most the examples on the page, served a purpose beyond being an EasterEgg: when the imperials lost the signal of the Millenium Falcon in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', Captain Needa stated that no ship that small can have a cloaking device. Having Anakin acknowledge how unusual the episode's cloaked ship is reinforced continuity.
* In ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E21R2ComeHome R2 Come Home]]'', Boba Fett sports a green poncho. In addition to being a CallForward to the color of his signature armor, it also a reference to his character's inspiration, [[Film/DollarsTrilogy The Man With No Name]].

!!Season Three
* [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E2ARCTroopers ARC Troopers]] Shows that Fives has a [[GatlingGood gatling gun]] painted on the right shoulder of his armor, likely [[spoiler: to memorialize the fallen Hevy using his weapon]]
* There were so many [[ContinuityNod continuity nods]] in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E7Assassin Assassin]]" that it certainly qualifies for ContinuityPorn:
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E6DownfallOfADroid Downfall of a Droid]]", Anakin told Ahsoka that first hand experience is the best teacher. In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E7Assassin Assassin]]", Ahsoka tried to convince Anakin to let her go with him by repeating it to him.
** Bannamu's picture that was introduced in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E11LightsaberLost Lightsaber Lost]]" appeared in the library scene, when Ahsoka was looking over the profiles of various criminals.
** Ahsoka and Padmé play [[Film/ANewHope dejarik]], a chess-type board game. Also, Padmé recounts how insecure she felt early on during her reign as Queen before she TookALevelInBadass.
** When Padmé's ship arrives at Alderaan, Leia's theme is played.
** The Alderaan soldiers had a helmet shaped like the helmet of the rebel soldiers in ''Film/ANewHope''.
** In her speech at the conference, Padmé recounted the events of [[Film/ThePhantomMenace the invasion of Naboo]], including the death of Qui-Gon Jinn.
** After Ahsoka foiled her second attempt on Padmé's life, Aurra Sing recognized her as the "brat who left her for dead" in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E22LethalTrackdown Lethal Trackdown]]", and explained that she survived, because Hondo Ohnaka rescued her.
* The interrogator droid in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E8EvilPlans Evil Plans]]" is the same type as the one that will be seen in Jabba's palace in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E10HeroesOnBothSides Heroes on Both Sides]]", Ahsoka mentions to Padmé that she and [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Anakin are holding]] what they call "AggressiveNegotiations" all the time.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E14WitchesOfTheMist Witches of the Mist]]", after Savage Opress failed to complete a training exercise involving the force, he says that it's impossible, just like Luke will tell Yoda when he tries to lift his X-Wing from a swamp. This further contrasted by their master's reaction: while Yoda gave Luke an speech that helps him to understand the Force a little better and then lifted the X-Wing to prove that it was possible, Dooku just fries Opress with Force Lightning for not trying hard enough[[note]]though, to Dooku's credit, Opress then successfully completes the exercise[[/note]].
** Obi-Wan confused Savage for Darth Maul on the security footage.
** When confronting Savage for the second time, Obi-Wan and Anakin had a very similar exchange to the one they will have in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' prior to their duel with Dooku:
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' We'll take him together!
-->'''Anakin:''' Right.
** The clone commando squad that delivers recovers the bodies of Master Halsey and Padawan Knox to the Jedi Temple is [[VideoGame/StarWarsRepublicCommando Delta Squad]] (identified by their equipment and markings.)
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E15Overlords Overlords]]", Anakin confesses [[Film/AttackOfTheClones his slaughter of the Tuskens Raiders]] and that his love is [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith haunted by what would happen, if he should let go]] to the Son disguised as his mother.
* During Anakin's and Ahsoka's duel in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E16AltarOfMortis Altar of Mortis]]", Anakin disarmed Ahsoka the same way Vader will disarm Luke early on in their duel in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E17GhostsOfMortis Ghosts of Mortis]]", Anakin turns to the Dark Side to stop the Clone Wars, bring [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans peace]] to the galaxy, and protect his loved ones, even if he has to kill all the Jedi to do so. This is exactly what happened in ''Revenge of the Sith''.
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E18TheCitadel The Citadel]]" has a few as well:
** Anakin's idea to bypass the lifeforce-sensers was to [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack carbon-freeze the entire infiltrator team]]. Fives' reaction takes it home:
--> '''Fives:''' (''examining the carbon freezer'') Are we sure this thing is safe? I don't wanna end up a [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi wall decoration]].
** Anakin's uncharacteristic overprotectiveness towards Ahsoka isn't all that surprising once you remember [[DisneyDeath what happened to her]] in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E16AltarOfMortis Altar of Mortis]]", which is two episodes earlier.
** After Echo got a new Phase II armor for being promoted to an ARC trooper, he painted Rex's hand print on it, which Rex put on his original, "shiny" armor using a Rishi eel's blood, way back in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E5Rookies Rookies]]". Similarly, Fives painted a stylized Rishi eel on his own helmet, as a reminder of their team mate Cutup, who was eaten by one of the eels.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E21PadawanLost Padawan Lost]]", Anakin tries to contact Ahsoka via her comm unit, which has been taken away from her. His one-sided conversation sounds suspiciously familiar to Luke's plea to Threepio for help out of the trash compactor in ''A New Hope''. And here "familiar," means "identical."
* The Trandoshan trophy room in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E22WookieeHunt Wookiee Hunt]]" has an old style Mandalorian helmet as seen in ''Legends''' ''Knights of the Old Republic'' video game series.

!!Season Four
* The [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMonCalamariArc Mon Calamari arc]] is basically an expanded version of a similar underwater battle sequence on the same planet in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars'' (which was only a few minutes long), including [[ShirtlessScene Kit Fisto shirtless]] throughout.
* [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsC3POAndR2D2MisadventuresArc C-3PO and R2-D2 Misadventures arc]] recalls the non-canon short series in the 1980s ''Star Wars: Droids''. In some ways, it reconciles the ContinuitySnarl by showing them getting involved with other adventures even while a part of the big mythology stories.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E9PlanOfDissent Plan of Dissent]]", Fives replicates Han Solo's panicked conversation with a Death Star officer from ''Film/ANewHope'' when their General Krell tries to figure out why the alarms are going off in the fighter hangar.
** Fives also mentions that [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Anakin destroyed a droid commander ship when he was a kid]], and that Anakin explained to him that the trick was to [[Film/ANewHope blow up the main]] [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi reactor from the inside]].
** The scene of Fives' and Jesse's fighter's escaping the exploding ship was identical to the scene when [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi the Millenium Falcon escaped the exploding Death Star II]].
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E10CarnageOfKrell Carnage of Krell]]", Dogma is warned to avoid stepping on one of the vines lying on the ground, with another clone trooper pointing out that it is actually a tentacle for a vicious carnivorous creature and that he saw Hardcase attacked by one just like it. That happened in the first episode of the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsUmbaraArc Umbara arc]], "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E7DarknessOnUmbara Darkness on Umbara]]".
** When Captain Rex leads a squad to attempt to [[spoiler:arrest Krell]], the entire sequence and the nature of their actions are strongly reminiscent of both Order 66's execution and Mace Windu's attempt to arrest Palpatine (only in this case, the clone troopers are not being mind controlled by their inhibitor chips). Their target even says "It's treason, then" before tearing into his would-be captors, just as Palpatine will do before tearing into ''his'' would-be captors.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E11Kidnapped Kidnapped]]", Obi-Wan asked Ahsoka if Anakin told her about his past. She replied that he only told her that he wouldn't talk about it. This referred to the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]], when she and Anakin were walking through the desert on Tatooine, trying to return Rotta to Jabba's palace.
* In [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E12SlavesOfTheRepublic "Slaves of the Republic"]], the slave arena scene starts as an excellent CallForward to the start of the Sarlacc scene of ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'' - Anakin making eye contact with everyone, saluting, and R2-D2 catapulting his lightsaber (as well as Obi-Wan's and Ahsoka's).
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E13EscapeFromKadavo Escape from Kadavo]]", the death scene of the Zygerrian queen Miraj Scintel is a shout-out to Anakin/Vader's death scene in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. Miraj even quotes Anakin's "You were right."
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E18CrisisOnNaboo Crisis on Naboo]]", Anakin and Palpatine enter a dining room where Dooku happened to be waiting for them ala ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' which ironically has Anakin as Darth Vader doing this to Han, Leia, Chewie, and Lando.
* Remember that Defoliator tank the Separatists were testing back in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E14DefendersOfPeace Defenders of Peace]]"? Grievous uses one against the Nightsisters in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E19Massacre Massacre]]".
** [[spoiler:Darth Maul's design (elongated horns, shirtless, circlet around the neck, cybernetic lower body) seems to be a homage to his appearance in the non-canon comic "Old Wounds". Once he switches to his second pair of cybernetic legs, he actually becomes nearly ''identical'' to that design: only his horns were returned to their normal length.]]
** Also, the way he draws his lightsaber [[spoiler:just before the Raydonia massacre]] is just like when Anakin [[spoiler:slaughters younglings]] in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.

!!Season Five
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E1Revival Revival]]", Obi-Wan chews out [[spoiler:Maul and Savage]] for partnering with pirates, saying "How the mighty Sith have fallen." He used this exact line in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E11DookuCaptured Dooku Captured]]", when he snarked at Dooku, who at the time was the prisoner of the exact same pirate gang.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E2AWarOnTwoFronts A War on Two Fronts]]", Ahsoka and Lux discussed their adventure on Carlac in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E14AFriendInNeed A Friend in Need]]".
** Also Anakin found Steela's marksmanship "[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Impressive. Most impressive.]]"
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E3FrontRunners Front Runners]]", Lux starts to openly gawk at Steela, while she's trying to concentrate at coming up with a plan to rescue King Dendup:
--> '''Steela:''' [[Film/AttackOfTheClones Lux, please don't look at me like that!]]
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E5TippingPoints Tipping Points]]", after Steela stormed off on her own into battle, Ahsoka and Lux drop this:
--> '''Ahsoka:''' She sure leads by example.
--> '''Lux:''' [[Film/ANewHope What good will that do, if she gets herself killed?]]
* The OpeningNarration in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E6TheGathering The Gathering]]" has a brief flashback showing Plo Koon meeting and taking Ahsoka to the Order, when she was just a toddler. This was mentioned for the first (and until then only) time back in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Rising]] ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E2RisingMalevolence Malevolence]]''".
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E9ANecessaryBond A Necessary Bond]]", General Grievous tells Hondo that "[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi You can dispense with the pleasantries, pirate]]."
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E10SecretWeapons Secret Weapons]]", WAC was humming the Cantina-theme.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless The Lawless]]", [[spoiler:Maul]] quips "[[Film/ANewHope I sense something. A presence I haven't felt since...]]" upon noticing [[spoiler:Darth Sidious' arrival]].
** Also in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E16TheLawless The Lawless]]", there's a CallBack to the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E15Deception De]][[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E16FriendsAndEnemies cep]][[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E17TheBox tion]] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E18CrisisOnNaboo arc]] in that, when Obi-Wan first arrives at Mandalore to extract Satine, he's wearing his Rako Hardeen disguise, doubling as another CallForward to ''A New Hope'' when Han tricks a stormtrooper into coming into the ship and then knocks him out to steal his armor for a disguise.
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E17Sabotage Sabotage]]" opens with a Jedi Master-Apprentice duo entering a battle with two Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptors, a rocket being shot at them, which missed and exploded in front of them, throwing a swarm of buzz droids on one of the ships, the Separatist droids proceeded to dismantle it, and the apprentice had to save the master. Except unlike in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', Anakin was the one who needed to be saved by Ahsoka.
** The gunship that picked up Anakin and Ahsoka after their crash is the "Lucky Lekku" with a paintjob of a blue-skinned Twi'lek girl in clone trooper armor. It's the same gunship that dropped them off back in the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]] during the Battle of Teth.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E18TheJediWhoKnewTooMuch The Jedi Who Knew Too Much]]", Ahsoka and Barriss recall when they were stuck inside a tank under the rubble in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E6WeaponsFactory Weapons Factory]]".
** Also, the fact that Rex seriously considered it possible for Ahsoka to [[spoiler:have killed three clone troopers]] might sound strange at first, but when you remember what [[spoiler:General Krell]] put him through, it's understandable that he wasn't willing to take risks.
** Tarkin entering the cell that Ahsoka was held in [[http://cdnvideo.dolimg.com/cdn_assets/5fcd3b7f9d1c67cdadb4a22fe4fa726a4744c5f9.jpg is framed in the same manner]] as Darth Vader entering Princess Leia's cell in ''Film/ANewHope''. Also, Tarkin holds [[http://cdnvideo.dolimg.com/cdn_assets/ceebe7c691e89e30f009645362af6e5a06bebe3b.jpg Ahsoka's chin in much the same way he held Leia's]] in the same film.
** The ending of "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E18TheJediWhoKnewTooMuch The Jedi Who Knew Too Much]]" is highly reminiscent to the climax of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', with Anakin/Vader trying to convince someone close to him to go with him, and that someone throwing themselves into the deep.
** In the war-meeting scene, Obi-Wan mentions the Anoat system, where most of ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' took place, as well as Saleucami, where "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E9GrievousIntrigue Grievous Intrigue]]" and "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E10TheDeserter The Deserter]]" took place.
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E19ToCatchAJedi To Catch a Jedi]]" takes place almost entirely in the Coruscant underworld. Although it's not stated outright, the streets Ahsoka is first seen strolling look suspiciously similar to the ones shown in the trailer and on concept-arts of the canceled video game [[VideoGame/ThirteenThirteen Level 1313]]. Rex later indirectly confirms the location, by identifying Level 1312, as the level where Ahsoka escaped to next.
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E20TheWrongJedi The Wrong Jedi]]":
** Anakin arriving to the trial with the proof of Ahsoka's innocence in literally the last moment is a throwback to the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]], when he and Jabba's men were about to start a fight and Ahsoka arrived just in time with Rotta, proving Anakin's innocence.
** Anakin disarmed [[spoiler:Barriss]] by catching one of her wrists with his cybernetic hand, and squeezing it until she dropped her lightsaber from the pain, just like the ''Legends'' version did with Ventress during their duel in the non-canon ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars''.
** The ending of "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E20TheWrongJedi The Wrong Jedi]]" gives a nice contrast to "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E22WookieeHunt Wookiee Hunt]]": during both story arcs, Ahsoka had been separeted from Anakin, and then they got reunited, thanks to the aid of unexpected allies. "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E22WookieeHunt Wookiee Hunt]]" ends with Anakin and Ahsoka walking back to the Temple side-by-side, with Yoda smiling proudly, "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E20TheWrongJedi The Wrong Jedi]]" ends with [[spoiler:Ahsoka leaving the Temple and Anakin, with [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Yoda casting his eyes down in shame]]. Both scenes took place during sunset.]]
** Also, the scene of Ahsoka disappearing from view as she walks down the stairs in front of the Temple's main gate [[http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/335/3/4/ahsokaoutvaderin2_by_darthvalkyrus-d6wdgwb.gif mirrors the scene]] of Vader appearing as he marches up them leading the 501st during the execution of Order 66.

!!Season Six
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E1TheUnknown The Unknown]]", the technique taught to the rebels in "A War On Two Fronts" is used to disable several destroyer droids.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E9TheDisappearedPart2 The Disappeared, Part II]]", as Jar Jar and Mace enter the city where the Franglaw Cult had taken Queen Julia, Jar Jar mentions that he has a "creeping feeling", to which Windu responded, "Do not center on your anxieties," much like Qui-Gon did when Obi-Wan stated that he had a bad feeling about the Trade Federation blockade at the beginning of ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.
* The [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsYodaArc Yoda arc]] features several {{Call Forward}}s to the Original Trilogy, including a trip to Dagobah's Dark Side Cave and [[spoiler:Yoda being told "there is another Skywalker" near the end]].
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E11Voices Voices]]", Yoda sees a vision of multiple possible futures, including some that came true in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. These includes the Jedi fighting against a squad of clone troopers, Kit Fisto, Saessee Tiin, and Agen Kolar being cut down, and Windu being electrocuted by Darth Sidious. Another vision shows one of the deleted scenes of Shaak Ti being stabbed in the back with a blue lightsaber by Darth Vader.
** Also in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E11Voices Voices]]", R2 is rather creeped out when Yoda leaves him alone on Dagobah. When Luke headed to the planet in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', R2 warned him against going there.
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E13Sacrifice Sacrifice]]", Yoda sees a vision of him and Anakin confronting Sidious and Dooku. In this vision, Anakin kills Dooku the same way he killed the Count in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' via decapitating him, using the Dooku's and his own lightsaber in a scissor-formation. Yoda's confrontation with Sidious also includes Yoda holding Sidious's Force lightning with his palms until the concentrated energy blasts them apart.
** Also in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E13Sacrifice Sacrifice]]", Yoda flies over the ruins of the Sith Academy (or an identical structure) on Moraband/Korriban from ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'' before landing his ship.

!!Season Seven
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E1TheBadBatch The Bad Batch]]", Rex reminisces about the clone troopers who served and died beside him, specifically the Dominos: Fives, Echo, and Hevy. He also holds a picture of them (minus Hevy), himself and Cody. They also speak about how [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E19Counterattack Echo was presumed to have died at the Citadel]], which Rex starts to suspect might have been a mistaken assumption.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E2ADistantEcho A Distant Echo]]", Anakin uses a holoprojector to contact Padmé, who's very clearly pregnant, setting-up that the series is approaching ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' in the timeline.
* In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E7DangerousDebt Dangerous Debt]]", Rafa explains how her and Trace's parents were caught in the crossfire of [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E22HostageCrisis Ziro's break out from prison]].
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E9OldFriendsNotForgotten Old Friends Not Forgotten]]":
** Ahsoka's request for aid to the Siege of Mandalore, and capture of Maul, is compromised by the start of the Battle of Coruscant, seen in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. Also, Obi-Wan claims that Windu has been unable to contact Shaak Ti, who was sent to protect the Chancellor, which is exactly what happened [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsCloneWars in the non-canon microseries]].
** It also has a number of [[CallBack Call-Backs]] to the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie pilot movie]]:
*** The episode begins with Obi-Wan and his clone troopers pinned down by the Separatist droids until Anakin arrives and pulls an ISurrenderSuckers both to buy time and draw out the enemy commander (much like Obi-Wan did in the pilot movie).
*** Meanwhile, the 501st gets behind enemy lines by approaching it hiding under on object (in this case, the bridge the clones are trying to capture). This is just like what Anakin and Ahsoka did in the pilot movie when they were sent to disable the Separatists' EnergyShield.
*** Just as they win the battle, Admiral Yularen calls the Jedi to inform them of an urgent message and they're surprised to discover that it's from Ahsoka. Again, this is just like when she appeared on Christophsis to deliver Yoda's message in the pilot movie.
*** When they're reunited, Anakin is eager and happy to see her again, but Ahsoka keeps her distance. This is a complete 180 from their first meeting in the pilot movie, when Ahsoka was enthusiastic to meet her new Master while Anakin was not happy to have her as his Padawan.
*** Ahsoka's mid-air charge on the defences of Sundari, including a race to see who gets to the enemy frontline first, contrasts the vertical siege of the B'omarr Order Monastery on Teth. In the pilot movie, Ahsoka jumped on top of an AT-TE and remained mostly stationary, using her lightsaber only to repell enemy fire. In this episode, she leaps from one gunship to another, takes out Maul's Death Watch soldiers by disabling their {{Jet Pack}}s mid-flight (once even hitching a ride on one of them), rescues a clone pilot from a crashing gunship when his emergency hatch won't open in order to eject, and leaps from the gunship straight to the docks of Sundari, clearing a bridgehead for her clone troopers to land at. Oh, and this time, she wins the aformentioned race, granted it's against Rex instead of Anakin.
** Ahsoka having left the Jedi Order is not swept under the rug. Obi-Wan refuses to authorize her taking a command post in the army, forcing Anakin to divide the 501st and promote Rex to Commander. Ahsoka herself also acts rather unreasonable, when Obi-Wan priorizeses saving Coruscant, over opening an other front in the war, on a neutral planet no less, calling it "playing politics", probably because she's still hurt by the Council's abandonment of her.
** Ahsoka also references the events of the previous story arc: first by explaining that she obtained information on Maul while on Oba Diah, then during her argument with Obi-Wan, she mentions the people lost their faith in the Jedi, refering to the death of the parents of the Martez sisters, and Luminara's out-of-touch handling of their grief.
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E10ThePhantomApprentice The Phantom Apprentice]]":
** Maul has attached another red lightsaber with a different-looking hilt to the remaining half of his [[Film/ThePhantomMenace original lightsaber]], making his weapon double-bladed once again. The hilt for the new half of his saberstaff happens to be based on concept art for Asajj Ventress' new lightsaber used in the unfinished animatics from the Dark Disciple arc of ''The Clone Wars'' (later adapted into [[Literature/DarkDisciple the novel of the same name]]). It is possible (though unconfirmed) that Maul may have retrieved it from Dathomir at some point after Ventress' memorial ceremony and then bled the crystal to use for his own weapon.
** During Ahsoka's briefing to him, Obi-Wan mentions he first heard the name "Darth Sidious", when Dooku told him about him in ''Film/AttackOfTheClones''. He follows it up, with explaining that unfortunately they won't learn more from Dooku, because [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Anakin killed him, while rescueing the Chancellor. He then tells Ahsoka about how neither he, nor Anakin, can back them-up, because he is on his way to confront General Grievous, and Anakin's been assinged to keep watch on the Chancellor]].
** Maul mentions how Saxon and Kast liberated him from Sidious's prison, and how he thought Dooku was an old fool, when they last met, both of which happened in ''Comicbook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir''. He is also shown sending the Syndicate leaders into hiding, including [[Film/{{Solo}} Dryden Vos]], Marg Krim from the previous arc, and Ziton Moj of the Black Sun.
** Ahsoka, Rex, and Bo-Katan enter the throne room, while discussing the clone occupation, only to find Maul already sitting there on his throne, prompting Bo-Katan to open fire immediately, which he deflects using the Force, mirroing Han, Leia and Chewie's capture by Darth Vader in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. Furthermore, both Maul and Vader has a Jango Fett clone by their side, albeit in differnt positions: Jessie is Maul's prisoner, while Boba was the one who led Vader to Cloud City.
** Maul proposes an alliance to Ahsoka, on the grounds that, just like he was cast aside by Sidious, so was [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsAhsokaTheFugitiveArc she cast aside by the Jedi Council]]. Ahsoka briefly accepts, on the condition he tells his plans for Anakin Skywalker. Maul reveals, that he had a vision of [[Film/RevengeOfTheSith Anakin becoming Sidious's new apprentice]], so he wants to kill Anakin, before that happens, which is of course, unacceptable for her. The DramaticIrony, that Maul describing Anakin's career as "long since he's been groomed to be my master's new apprentice", echoes Ahsoka's own description of Palpatine as a "great friend and mentor to Anakin", earlier in the episode, is lost to her.
** After Ahsoka rejects his offer for an EnemyMine, Maul claims that "The Padawan needs one last lesson." "One last lesson" is how Ezra described Kanan's spirit as the Loth-wolf Dume, sending him to the [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS4E11AWorldBetweenWorlds World between Worlds]], to learn to let go. Not coincidantly, Ahsoka's unable to let go of her image of Anakin as the kind and good natured hero she knew him as.
** During their duel, Maul knocks one of Ahsoka's lightsabers out of her hand. After she manages to disengage from him for a moment, she notices it's right behind Maul, and tires to use it to cut him-up from behind, by activating it and pulling it into her hands with the Force, much like how [[Film/TheLastJedi Kylo Ren killed Snoke]]. Maul is of course more aware and dodges it with ease.
** When the heroes question Almec, he let's it slip to them that Maul was not just after Kenobi, but someone named "Skywalker". This can be seen as a parallel to Lando telling Han, Leia and Chewie that Vader's not interested in them, but he's after some "Skywalker".
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E11Shattered Shattered]]":
** The episode uses archival records from ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', of the Jedi Council's discussion about removing Palpatine from office, if he refuses to voluntarily step-down after the death of Grievous, as well as of Mace's confrontation with the Chancellor, and Anakin's betrayal. The former is shown as a holo-transmission, while the latter is felt by Ahsoka through the Force.
** Order 66 is issued on Ahsoka. Rex, who receives the order, manages to fight it off long enough to tell Ahsoka to "find Fives". This is due to Fives' warning about the plot involving the chip, having planted doubts in his mind.
** Maul's corridor rampage is very similar to the "Darth Vader's wrath" scene from ''Film/RogueOne''.
** The sarcophagus Maul is imprisoned inside, resembles the one Luminara Unduli's corpse was kept by the Empire in "[[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E03RiseOfTheOldMasters Rise of the Old Masters]]"
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E12VictoryAndDeath Victory and Death]]":
** Doubling as a ShoutOut to [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]], Ahsoka wears a grey cloak in the last shot of her in the series, calling forward to the white cloak she wore in the finale of ''Rebels''.

!!''Comicbook/DarthMaulSonOfDathomir''
* In issue 3, Windu ordered Dooku to surrender, stating that the war has gone on long enough. As a reply, Dooku promised him that their deaths won't be remembered. This is a CallBack to their discussion during the arena battle on Geonosis, when Dooku promised Mace that the bravery of the Jedi fighting in the battle won't be forgotten.

!!"Crystal Crisis on Utapau"
* "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsLegacyInSearchOfTheCrystal In Search of the Crystal]]":
** Anakin and Obi-Wan discuss Ahsoka's decision to leave the Order. It ends with Anakin asking Obi-Wan how he'd feel if he (Anakin) turned into a major disappointment.
** After being captured and forced to walk for hours, Anakin starts snarking about the boring landscape.
-->'''Anakin:''' Oh look, another mound!
-->'''Obi-Wan:''' [[ThatsNoMoon That's no mound! It's a spaceship!]]
** During their escape from the Sugi, Obi-Wan and Anakin try to hide in the [[AirVentPassageway ventilation ducts]]. When [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome it doesn't work]], Obi-Wan lampshades how they always seem to end up in the airvents, which acknowledges how overused this trope was in ''The Clone Wars''.
** Once they find themselves in the Sugi's armory, Anakin starts searching for useable weapons. The blasters he ultimately picks up? They're the same type used by Han Solo throughout the original trilogy. Obi-Wan immediately calls it a clumsy weapon. In ''Film/ANewHope'' he described the lightsaber to Luke as "not as clumsy and random as a blaster"
** When Endente pressures Dooku to pay him for killing the Jedi, double what they agreed upon for the crystal, Dooku tells him that once Grievous arrives, Endente will get what he deserves. This is exactly what Sidious promises Vader would do to the Separatist leaders in ''Revenge Of the Sith''. [[GenreBlind Endente doesn't catch on]] and thinks he'll be payed triple.

!!{{Actor Allusion}}s
* Creator/CoreyBurton:
** Ky Narec and Dooku were both Ventress' masters and they're both voiced by Corey Burton.
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E15Deception Deception]]", Cad Bane mentioned that "any imbecile can kill a Jedi with a lousy sniper blast". In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E12Nightsisters Nightsisters]]", during Ventress' TroubledBackstoryFlashback, Corey Burton voiced Jedi Ky Narec, who was killed by a pirate sniper.
* Creator/SamWitwer:
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E17GhostsOfMortis Ghosts of Mortis]]", the Son mentions that while the Father still has control over the realm, he'll soon be able to draw any ship there. Guess what was the most over the top feat [[VideoGame/TheForceUnleashed Starkiller]], another ''Star Wars'' character voiced by Sam Witwer, ever pulled?
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E21Brothers Brothers]]", [[spoiler:Darth Maul]] says, "The chains, the chains are the easy part. It's what goes on in here that's hard." The same line was spoken by the disguised Son to Ahsoka in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E16AltarOfMortis Altar of Mortis]]" after she was captured.
** In "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E12VictoryAndDeath Victory And Death]]", Maul pulls a Starkiller and brings down a Star Destroyer using just the Force.
* Others:
** Tera Sinube seems quite similar to another [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender eccentric-but-wise mentor]] voiced by Greg Baldwin.
** Savage Opress is not the first villain played by Creator/ClancyBrown, [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} who had been transformed into a monster, and is related to a]] PredecessorVillain who had caused great loss to the heroes.
** Huyang, the ancient lightsaber architect droid featured during the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E6TheGathering Yo]] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E7ATestOfStrength ung]] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E8BoundForRescue Jedi]] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E9ANecessaryBond arc]] voiced by Creator/DavidTennant, is a thousand years old and is addressed as "[[Series/DoctorWho Professor]]" Huyang...
** A double dose: during the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E18TheCitadel Cit]][[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E19Counterattack adel]] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E20CitadelRescue arc]], Stephen Stanton voiced Captain Tarkin, who was on the run from a Separatist prison, chased by the prison warden Osi Sobeck, a [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Phindian Phindian]], voiced by Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor. Aiding Tarkin in the escape was Obi-Wan Kenobi, also voiced by Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor. Almost exactly a season later during the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E15Deception De]][[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E16FriendsAndEnemies cep]][[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E17TheBox tion]] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E18CrisisOnNaboo arc]], Stephen Stanton voiced Moralo Eval, a Phindian on the run from a Republic prison, aided (and secretly thwarted) by Rako Hardeen, who was also voiced by Creator/JamesArnoldTaylor.
** Hondo is not the [[WesternAnimation/TaleSpin first flamboyant]] [[SkyPirate non-sea]]-[[SpacePirate based pirate captain]], with a funny accent voiced by Creator/JimCummings.
** [[http://starwars.com/img/explore/the-clone-wars/slideshow/ep408/trivia/trivia04.jpg Sergant Appo's helmet]] stripe was redesigned from the design it will have in ''Revenge of the Sith'' in order to look like [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender the arrow-shape on Appa's head.]] Appa is of course voiced by Creator/DeeBradleyBaker.
** Creator/GregCipes during the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E6TheGathering Yo]][[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E7ATestOfStrength ung]] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E8BoundForRescue Jedi]] [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS5E9ANecessaryBond arc]] once again plays [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans a young, green-]][[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 skinned hero]], albeit a more mature one this time around.
** During the same story arc, Creator/DeeBradleyBaker and Olivia Hack were no strangers to [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender circuses]].
** In a rather ironic twist Creator/MarkHamill played Darth Bane in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS6E13Sacrifice Sacrifice]]". While Darth Bane was a Sith, he carries a few key similarities to Luke Skywalker: both of them are immensely powerful Force-users who hadn't been trained in the ways of the Force until they were in their twenties. Like Luke, Bane was the last Sith to be trained by the masters of the old ways, and each of them recreated their respective Orders.
** It's hardly surprising that Rush Clovis was able to carry out the Banking Clan sting operation. After all, [[Creator/RobinAtkinDownes he's a]] [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim professional thief.]]
** Pre Vizsla, a Mandalorian villain wearing a high-tech fullbody armor is voiced by Creator/JonFavreau, the director of the first and second ''Film/IronMan'' movies.
*** Becomes HilariousInHindsight with the 2019 premier of Series/TheMandalorian, a series about a heroic Mandalorian, created by Favrou.
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