I just noticed something with closed captioning that I didn't pick up on in the theater -- in the scene where Rey is sneaking around Starkiller base before Han, Chewie and Finn run into her:
There are two stormtroopers nearby who are quietly having a conversation:
"Have you checked out the new T-17s?"
"The T-17s, as far as I can tell, are a great improvement."
This is a throwback/homage to a scene in Ep. IV where Obi-Wan is sneaking around the first Death Star, and two stormtroopers in the background are having this conversation:
"You seen that new VT-16?"
"Yeah, some of the other guys were telling me about it. They say it's… it's quite a thing to see…"
I know it's a bit corny, but I like these little "tributes" to the original Trilogy.
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