This story does not contain plot spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home, but does discuss an Easter egg that can be spotted during the events of the movie.
Spider-Man: No Way Home director Jon Watts has paid homage to Star Wars by recreating the original trilogy in the nerdiest way possible – with LEGO.
This cool (and incredibly nerdy) Easter egg sees Jon Watts re-enact the original Star Wars trilogy via a LEGO Death Star set, from A New Hope through to Return of the Jedi, within his own Spider-Man trilogy.
It all starts back in 2017 with Spider-Man Homecoming. Peter Parker (played by Tom Holland) and his best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon) make plans to get together and build a LEGO Death Star – an impressive LEGO set with over 4000 pieces.
Holland and Batalon recently told Comicbook.com that they attempted to make this set themselves… but failed spectacularly.
“We tried to, and it didn’t really work out,” said Batalon.
“We got like ten pages into the instructions and then we were like this is really difficult,” added Holland.
“Yeah, there’s a lot of pieces,” Batalon responded. “Bless [the] people who actually did it.”
Still, the LEGO Death Star ultimately appeared in the movie, and it must have taken Peter and Ned some time to build. Much like in A New Hope, this Death Star has been built to completion.
The set then appears in a hilarious scene when Ned finds out that Peter is Spider-Man. Surprising his friend in his room, Ned discovers Peter's secret… dropping and smashing the Death Star set in shock. This mirrors the destruction of the original Death Star in Star Wars: A New Hope.
Obviously, Peter has more important things to do in Spider-Man: Far From Home – the LEGO Death Star makes no appearance in this movie, in much the same way that there’s a distinct lack of Death Stars in Empire Strikes Back.
Then, in Spider-Man: No Way Home, the LEGO Death Star returns – mirroring the return of a half-built Death Star in Return of the Jedi. Peter Parker’s LEGO Death Star is even unfinished, exactly the same as the Star Wars trilogy. And, echoing the end of Return of the Jedi, Peter’s LEGO Death Star is destroyed, once again, before it can be completed.
Unfortunately, we have no idea whether it was armed and fully operational.
This impressive Star Wars Easter eggs has played out through the Spider-Man trilogy over the course of three films and five years – making Jon Watts arguably the nerdiest Marvel director so far.
It’s even more poignant when you consider that Watts is the first director to complete a trilogy of movies within the MCU – now also completing a trilogy within his trilogy in LEGO form.
Spider-Man: No Way Home debuts in theaters on December 17, 2021. To check out what we thought, take a look at our Spider-Man: No Way Home review. We've also got stories on how the movie was almost about Kraven the Hunter, and Tom Holland's favourite moments from the Sam Rami Spider-Man films.
Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
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Spider-Man: No Way Home director Jon Watts has paid homage to Star Wars by recreating the original trilogy in the nerdiest way possible – with LEGO.
This cool (and incredibly nerdy) Easter egg sees Jon Watts re-enact the original Star Wars trilogy via a LEGO Death Star set, from A New Hope through to Return of the Jedi, within his own Spider-Man trilogy.
It all starts back in 2017 with Spider-Man Homecoming. Peter Parker (played by Tom Holland) and his best friend Ned (Jacob Batalon) make plans to get together and build a LEGO Death Star – an impressive LEGO set with over 4000 pieces.
Holland and Batalon recently told Comicbook.com that they attempted to make this set themselves… but failed spectacularly.
“We tried to, and it didn’t really work out,” said Batalon.
“We got like ten pages into the instructions and then we were like this is really difficult,” added Holland.
“Yeah, there’s a lot of pieces,” Batalon responded. “Bless [the] people who actually did it.”
Still, the LEGO Death Star ultimately appeared in the movie, and it must have taken Peter and Ned some time to build. Much like in A New Hope, this Death Star has been built to completion.
The set then appears in a hilarious scene when Ned finds out that Peter is Spider-Man. Surprising his friend in his room, Ned discovers Peter's secret… dropping and smashing the Death Star set in shock. This mirrors the destruction of the original Death Star in Star Wars: A New Hope.
Obviously, Peter has more important things to do in Spider-Man: Far From Home – the LEGO Death Star makes no appearance in this movie, in much the same way that there’s a distinct lack of Death Stars in Empire Strikes Back.
Then, in Spider-Man: No Way Home, the LEGO Death Star returns – mirroring the return of a half-built Death Star in Return of the Jedi. Peter Parker’s LEGO Death Star is even unfinished, exactly the same as the Star Wars trilogy. And, echoing the end of Return of the Jedi, Peter’s LEGO Death Star is destroyed, once again, before it can be completed.
Unfortunately, we have no idea whether it was armed and fully operational.
This impressive Star Wars Easter eggs has played out through the Spider-Man trilogy over the course of three films and five years – making Jon Watts arguably the nerdiest Marvel director so far.
It’s even more poignant when you consider that Watts is the first director to complete a trilogy of movies within the MCU – now also completing a trilogy within his trilogy in LEGO form.
Spider-Man: No Way Home debuts in theaters on December 17, 2021. To check out what we thought, take a look at our Spider-Man: No Way Home review. We've also got stories on how the movie was almost about Kraven the Hunter, and Tom Holland's favourite moments from the Sam Rami Spider-Man films.
Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
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