Allusions
The quote, "Alas, poor stormtrooper, I knew ye not, yet have I ta'en both uniform and life from thee. What manner of a man wert thou? A man of inf'inite jest or cruelty?" alludes to this literary work.
What is Hamlet?
Luke and Obi-Wan go to Mos-Eisley for this reason
What is finding a pilot?
What is the tractor beam?
This is what the TIE fighters attach to the Millennium Falcon.
What is a homing beacon?
The literary device is shown in this quote, "I have a feeling through the Force that ere we leave this place, some seven shall we be. Yet one shall stay as sacrifice. Thus seven and one: the numbers tell the story that shall soon be told" (Act 4, Scene 2).
What is foreshadowing?
The quote, “To boldly go where none hath gone is wild!” (Act IV; Scene 2) alludes to this movie series.
What is Star Trek?
This is the amount of money Obi-Wan offers to pay Han for his services.
What are 17,000 credits?
This is the number of places the tractor beam is connected to the main reactor.
What are seven places?
This is the quality about Han that Leia sarcastically says is amazing.
What is pride/love of self?
The literary device is shown in the following quote, "This awful presence present here must be, so shall I to this presence violence present." (Act 4; Scene 1).
What is a pun?
The quote, "A plague on C-3PO for action slow, a plague upon my quest that led us here, a plague on both our circuit boards, I say!" (Act 4; Scene 4) is an allusion to this literary work.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
This is the scent Leia tells Tarkin she smells on the Death Star.
What is the familiar stench of dog's best friend?
This is what causes the monster to let go of Luke in the chute.
What is the movement of the walls?
This is the rebel fighter that misses the blast into the Death Star's exhaust port.
Who is Red Leader?
The literary device is shown in this quote: "Now hath a true adventure reach'd its goal. Now hath the good Rebellion fac'd its foe and triumph'd though it seem'd all was lost."
What is anaphora?
The quote, "Is this an ast'roid field I see before me?" (Act 3; Scene 8) is an allusion to this literary work.
What is Macbeth?
According to Vader, these two qualities allow Leia to overcome the mind probe.
What are Jedi’s blood and knowing the Force?
Luke says that Han has not seen these three attributes of Leia's.
What are eyes, a voice, and a plea?
At the beginning of Act 5; Scene 4 during her speech, Dodonna says people who rely on their strength alone are bested by people with these three qualities.
What are wisdom, skill, and cunning?
The literary device is shown in this quote: "The princess hath shown great resistance to the mind probe--'twere as if she knew the Force and hath a Jedi's blood to overcome the piercing of her mind by a machine" (Act III, Scene 2).
What is dramatic irony?
The quote, “A saucy wit! A wicked tongue that will be tam’d, I vow--No other payment is reward enough,” (Act IV, Scene 6) alludes to this literary work.
What is The Taming of the Shrew?
This is Han Solo’s religion.
What is a trusty blaster by his side?
This is the main emotion Luke feels at the beginning of Scene 6 when he is holding up the stormtrooper helmet.
What is grief?
Luke says the rebels' cause is for these three things at during the death star battle.
What are righteousness, truth, and anyone who ever faced oppression?
The literary device is shown in the following quote, "For neither players nor the stage can mark the great and mighty scene they must portray. We ask you, let your keen mind's eye be chief--think when we talk of starships, there they be" (Act 5, Scene 5).
What is author intrusion/breaking the fourth wall?