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A future / predictive easter egg to Liam Neeson's role in the Star Wars prequel films may exist in 1988 comedy High Spirits. At around 32 minutes, 33 seconds Steve Guttenberg's character is wandering drunk through the corridors of Castle Plunkett. The owner (Peter O'toole) has hired staff to play ghosts and scare the guests in order to give the Castle a reputation as truly haunted. Jack witnesses a repeating act in front of him: a lover's quarrel between Martin (Neeson) & Mary (Daryl Hannah), which are apparently two "real" ghosts. I thought the looping nature of the scene similar to the holographic message of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars film (1977).

In the garage scene of this at around 20 minutes in, Luke Skywalker has problems getting droid R2-D2 to playback the full recording, which stutters and restarts at a certain point. Connections: Note the ornate (star or sun pattern) style of the chamber door knocker in room in High Spirits, also the numerous cob webs. Guttenberg worked with actor / director Ron Howard in 1985 comedy Cocoon. Howard collaborated many times over the years with Star Wars creator George Lucas, including on American Graffiti in 1973 & fantasy, Willow in 1988. Liam Neeson played Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999).

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00:00Some predictive Easter egg references in movies can be seen in how they may be similarly framed.
00:09I'll show here a great example.
00:11It's the actor Liam Neeson's future role in Star Wars.
00:16And you can see this in 1988 comedy High Spirits.
00:22At around 32 minutes, 33 seconds, Steve Guttenberg's character has had a little bit too much to drink.
00:29And he's wandering through the Castle Plunkett.
00:32The owner, played by Peter O'Toole, has hired actors to haunt in order to give the establishment a reputation.
00:41He witnesses a scene, a repeating loop.
00:44A lover's quarrel apparently being acted out between two real ghosts.
00:50Where Martin, played by Neeson, across his newlywed wife, played by Daryl Hannah.
00:58I thought the looping nature, very similar to the hologram message of Princess Leia in the original Star Wars movie
01:07in 1977.
01:09In the garage scene, Luke Skywalker has problems playing the full recording.
01:15In a very similar fashion, the message repeats.
01:18This takes place about 20 minutes into the movie.
01:22Connections.
01:23Note the ornate style of the chamber door knocker.
01:27To me, it may look similar to a star or sun.
01:31Also note the numerous cobwebs.
01:34Actor and director Ron Howard, who Steve Guttenberg worked with in the 1985 sci-fi comedy Cocoon.
01:43Ron Howard collaborated many times over the years with Star Wars creator George Lucas,
01:48including in 1973 comedy American Graffiti.
01:54He directed the fantasy adventure film Willow in 88, which featured a story written by Lucas.
02:01Neeson later had a major role in the Star Wars prequel films, starting in 1999's Episode I, The Phantom Menace,
02:11where he played Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn.
02:14So, let's see if there was a thing for you.
02:14I have a great opportunity in for a fly.
02:14I want to compare to Mars.
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