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Years before A New Hope, young Han escapes Corellia, but his girlfriend Qi'ra is left behind. He joins the Imperial army, deserts, meets Chewbacca and falls in with thief Tobias Beckett. A heist goes wrong, leaving them in debt to Dryden Vos of Crimson Dawn, where they find Qi'ra again. To pay up, they steal coaxium from Kessel with Lando Calrissian, the droid L3-37 and the Millennium Falcon, making the Kessel Run in under 12 parsecs. Enfys Nest, whom they took for a pirate, turns out to be fighting the Empire. Beckett betrays Han, and Han kills him. Qi'ra kills Vos and takes his place, answering to Maul, Crimson Dawn's secret boss. Han wins the Falcon from Lando at sabacc.

1. CameoC-3PO without the golden armor

   In the escape from the Kessel mines, the human prisoner who calls the Wookiee Sagwa over with a 'this way!' is Anthony Daniels, C-3PO himself. Screenwriter Jonathan Kasdan confirmed it.

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2. CameoThe director's brother in the fights

   In the droid fighting arena where Han goes looking for Lando, the guy who mistreats the droids and gets attacked by L3-37 is Ralakili, played by Clint Howard. He's the brother of Ron Howard, who took over as director midway through production.

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3. ReferenceIndiana Jones's golden idol

   In Dryden Vos's office on the yacht, look at the table of objects behind Han when the two meet: the golden idol from the opening of Raiders of the Lost Ark is there.

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4. CameoWarwick Davis returns as Weazel

   Among Enfys Nest's Cloud-Riders is Weazel, played by Warwick Davis. It's the same character he played as a podrace spectator in The Phantom Menace.

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5. Behind the scenesA mountain in a fish tank

   Some of the explosions in the train heist were done the old-fashioned way: a model mountain blown up with fireworks inside a fish tank at Pinewood Studios.

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