LEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Talesis an animated, Halloween-themed special streaming on Disney Plus. It followsLEGOversions ofStar Warscharacter Poe Dameron and beloved droid BB-8 as they crash land on the infamous, volcanic planet Mustafar.
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Poe discovers that a castle previously owned by Darth Vader is being turned into a resort and an apprentice to Darth Vader still lurks within the castle. The apprentice recounts scary stories while manipulating Poe and others to his goals. Throughout the special, there are many easter eggs and references that most viewers may have missed as they watched that referenced otherStar Warsfilms as well as other horror films.
10Darth “Hideous”
At the beginning ofLEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Tales, there is a flashback with Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine. In the flashback, Vaneé, the villain of the special, approaches Vader and becomes his apprentice.
As Vader and Palpatine are leaving, Palpatine refers to Vaneé as “Darth Hideous.” This is a reference to the Emperor’s own Sith name, Darth Sidious. For those that aren’t aware, Darth Sidious was the first Sith Lord that came into power chronologically in theStar Warsfilms inEpisode I: The Phantom Menace.
9The Wookiee’s Paw
The Twilight Zoneis one of the most well-known horror tv shows of all time. Airing its first episode in 1959,The Twilight Zoneis a show that combines social commentary with dystopian,science fiction, and horror elements to scare viewers of all ages.
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InLEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Tales, each story that Vaneé tells is introduced with a title card. One of the stories that Vaneé tells to Poe, Dean, and the rest of the crew is called The Wookiee’s Paw. This story is introduced with a title card that shares a similar graphic design to the title ofThe Twilight Zone.
InStar Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia are all trapped in the trash compactor. C-3PO and R2-D2 are at the control panel. A team of stormtroopers enters the room, and one of the troopers bangs his head on the door as he enters.
It has become one of the most iconic bloopers in theStar Warsfranchise.LEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Talespays homage to that blooper in the story, The Wookiee’s Paw, where viewers see Luke Skywalker bang his head on the very same door while wearing a stormtrooper outfit.
7Here’s Johnny
Stanley Kubrick’sThe Shiningis one of the most popularhorror filmsof all time. There are many references to the 1980 cult classic made in various other forms of media.LEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Talesmakes its own reference to the horror film when Graballa the Hut is hiding from the zombie droids.
An ax breaks through the door, leaving an opening for a droid to pop its head in and say, “Here’s B14961138815.” This is a reference to the historic scene where Jack Torrance breaks through a wooden door and says the line, “Here’s Johnny.”
6Scooby-Doo Chase Scenes
WhileScooby-Doois not a particularly scary tv show, it does still possess a lot of Halloween themes in its episodes. There are a lot of things aboutScooby-Doothat resonate with fans and are iconic even now. One example is the hallway and doors scenes.
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There are many instances throughoutScooby-Doo’s history where the Mystery gang runs back and forth from monsters through different doorways in a hallway. This classic scene is recreated inLEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Taleswhen Poe, Dean, BB-8, and Graballa and his assistants are running away from the zombie droids.
5Clone Trooper Helmet
InLEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Tales, Poe and Graballa are walking through the main lobby of Castle Vader. In the main lobby, there are statues of multiple types of stormtroopers. However, there are no clone troopers in the main lobby.
When the group enter the room leading to the Sith artifacts, there are multiple shelves of documents and items. Some viewers will notice a couple of clone trooper helmets hiding on the shelves. The clone trooper helmets are references to theStar Warsprequel movieswhich is where the next short story in the special takes place.
4Kiss For Luck
The Wookiee’s Paw inLEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Talesshows an alternate version of the original trilogy in whichLuke Skywalkerjoins the Empire instead of joining the Rebellion.
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During this short story, Darth Vader takes Luke under his wing to join the dark side. During Luke’s training, there is a scene in which Vader kisses Luke on the head and says, “For luck” before swinging across a chasm in the Deathstar. This is a reference to the same scene that played out inStar Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. There is one obvious difference, however, instead of Darth Vader being the one that kisses Luke, it is Princess Leia that kisses him.
3Training Montage
Remaining on the story, The Wookiee’s Paw, there is a training montage in which Darth Vader is training Luke to join him onthe dark side. Luke trains while Darth Vader is mounted on his shoulders, doing various exercises. Keen-eyedStar Warsfans may notice the familiarity of the training montage.
The training montage in thisLEGOanimated special is a recreation of the training that Luke went through inStar Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. In that movie, Luke travels to the planet, Dagobah, to train with Jedi master Yoda to become a Jedi himself.
2Nosferatu’s Shadow
The credit for the first vampire movie goes toNosferatu. One of the most well-known scenes fromNosferatuis the scene where the shadow of the titularvampireappears against the wall.
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InLEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Tales, there is a scene where Graballa’s assistants are exploring the dark caves of the castle. As they explore, a shadow that looks similar to theNosferatushadow appears from around the corner. The shadow quickly shrinks, revealing the source as a simple Empire droid. The nod to the iconic vampire film is still interesting.
1Face In The Ceiling
LEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Talesalso makes reference to a very famous horror movie series,A Nightmare on Elm Street. The animated special specifically makes reference to Freddy Krueger. In the original 1984 film, there is a scene where Freddy Krueger appears above one of the characters' beds and pushes through the wall, showing the outline of the villain’s face.
In the story titled The Lost Boy in theLEGOspecial,Ben Solois training with Luke Skywalker when he meets the Knights of Ren. After the encounter, Ben Solo dreams of the Knights of Ren leader, Ren. The dream shows Ren’s face pushing through the ceiling similar to the scene fromA Nightmare on Elm Street.
