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10 Easter Eggs From Rogue One: A Star Wars Story You May Have Missed

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has proved to be a huge treat for devotees of the galaxy far, far away, as it contains a whole spaceship-full of fan service, both obvious and slight. We have known for a long time that it would revolve around the original Death Star and feature Darth Vader in a supporting role, but fans weren't expecting it to be quite so much of an easter egg fest.

7) Bacta Tube

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Another first for Darth Vader in Rogue One occurs when we learn that he spends his free time recuperating in a tube of fluids in an attempt to heal his extensive wounds. If said tube looks familiar, that’s because Vader’s own son Luke previously used one that looked very much like it to heal his own injuries.

Back in The Empire Strikes Back, Luke is attacked by a wampa on Hoth and is put in a Bacta tank, which completely heals his abrasions. Clearly, taking a bath in lava is harder to heal than Luke’s ordeal so Vader’s Bacta tank probably only acts as an ongoing treatment rather than an instant cure.

When he gets out of the tank, we see him don his iconic helmet, cape and armour for the first time in the movie. Proving the incredible attention to detail that this film has, hardcore fans of Vader will notice that his suit here is modelled after the slightly duller model from A New Hope that possesses different dimensions from the model used in the later two original trilogy movies.

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