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List of Parallels Between The Original Trilogy and E. VII TFA

(I put this together from comments on my reddit post, and included and credited all the additions from the comments)

  1. Monster w/ Tentacles Abducts Luke in the Trash Compactor and we hear silence of terror while not knowing what happened --> Monster w/ Tentacles Abducts Finn and we hear silence of terror while not knowing what happened. (/u/CySurflex)
  2. R2D2 Saves everyone in the trash compactor remotely using knowledge of the technology of the ship / Rey saves Finn from the tentacle monster using knowledge of the technology of the ship (/u/CySurflex)
  3. Little cute droid has secret plans hidden in him (BB8 / R2D2) (/u/CySurflex)
  4. Orphan on a desert planet becomes the hero (Rey / Luke) (/u/CySurflex)
  5. Quiet Forrest Scene before Rey sees Kylo Ren has wierd scary sounds, obviously some of them are un-natural / probably dark side --> Quiet forest scene before Luke sees imaginary Darth Vader on Dagoba has weird scary sounds, obvously some of them are un-natural / probably dark side. (/u/CySurflex)
  6. Maz Canata is a thousand year old small wise mentor teaches about the force / Yoda is a thousand year old small wise mentor teachers about the force. (/u/CySurflex)
  7. Cantene scene (Mos Eisley --> Maz's watering hold) (/u/CySurflex)
  8. Discussion of belief or disbelief in The Force in the Millenium Falcon between Han Solo and Rey / Discussion of belief or disbelief in The Force in the Millenium Falcon between Han Solo and Obi Wan (/u/CySurflex)
  9. Forest planet (/u/Vicneal)
  10. Sand planet (/u/Vicneal)
  11. Ice/Snow planet (/u/Vicneal)
  12. Orbital weapon of mass destruction with one weakness (/u/Vicneal)
  13. Trench run. (/u/Vicneal)
  14. Baddie has a secret father reveal. (/u/Vicneal )
  15. killed by someone he once considered family While on a mission infiltrating a world destroying weapon, right after successfully sabotaging said weapon? (/u/Vicneal & /u/Ghostkill221)
  16. I got a bad feeling about this (/u/illgiveityou)
  17. People not knowing what a wookie is (/u/illgiveityou)
  18. Having to take down the shield like in RotJ (/u/illgiveityou)
  19. If you look at the equipment at the Resistance base it's pretty much identical to the Rebel Alliance's (/u/illgiveityou)
  20. Mysterious big bad guy only shown on hologram and with a messed up face (/u/illgiveityou)
  21. Han Solo not wanting to take part before changing his mind (/u/illgiveityou)
  22. high-ranking Imperial officer trying to control the force-using bad guy but secretly pretty scared of him (/u/illgiveityou)
  23. old mentor dying on said mass destruction weapon. (/u/ShinigamiNoKen)
  24. Stormtroopers burn things/people on desert planet (/u/Snagprophet)
  25. Nasty looking torture device is ineffective in extracting information from hero. (/u/EnglishJogger)
  26. Character (Han ANH/Finn TFA) initially wants to leave, but eventually returns to help his friends. (/u/EnglishJogger)
  27. Masked villain looks moodily out of a window into space, while being filmed from behind. (/u/EnglishJogger)
  28. Threepio interrupts important moment between Han and Leia. (/u/EnglishJogger)
  29. The one who initially appears to be the main bad guy (Vader/Ren) is revealed to be subservient to another even badder, and more mysterious bad guy who hides in the shadows (Emperor/Snoke). (/u/EnglishJogger)
  30. Character (Kenobi/Rey) moves stealthily around, evading detection whilst above a bottomless chasm. (/u/EnglishJogger)
  31. Disgusting fat creature with female slaves in the cantene (/u/Stamad)
  32. The heroes attempt to evade detection by hiding under the floor panel of the Millenium Falcon. (/u/EnglishJogger)
  33. Bad guy tries to persuade the young hero to join them on the dark side (/u/EnglishJogger)
  34. Masked villain is a superior officer aboard a military vessel. Officer nervously reports to the masked villain about the failure a task, prompting anger (/u/Stamad)
  35. Something crash-lands on a desert planet conveniently close to the other main characters (/u/EnglishJogger)
  36. Somebody says "I've got a bad feeling about this" (/u/EnglishJogger)
  37. Rebel fighters evade detection by dressing as a stormtrooper / stormtrooper evades detection by dressing as a resistance fighter (/u/EnglishJogger)
  38. There are scavengers on the desert planet. (/u/EnglishJogger)
  39. Baddie senses the presence of the old hero on the death ray ship and sets out to finish him. (Vader/Obi-Wan, Kylo/Solo) (/u/Radventure)
  40. Before being captured Leia sends R2 with hidden data down to the desert planet to hide him / Before capture Poe Dameron sends bb-8 with secret data out into the desert (/u/Ghostkill221) 41.Rebel Captive Princess Leia Saved by what she thought was a stormtrooper (actually Luke in disguise) / Rebel captive Poe Dameron Saved by a man in a stormtrooper uniform (finn after deciding to switch sides) (/u/Ghostkill221)
  41. Lukes aged Mentor Obi wan dies (allows himself to be killed) while infiltrating a superweapon after sabotaging it, by a man he once considered a brother. While luke watches from afar / Rey's older mentor figure in piloting Han solo (who offered her to become part of his crew) dies while infiltrating a superweapon after sabotaging it by his own son's hands while rey watches from afar (/u/Ghostkill221)
  42. Luke has to escape tatooine after an alien directs the stormtroopers to their location and the droids/ Rey has to leave tatooine after the shop-foodkeeper guy gives their position to the first order (/u/Ghostkill221)
  43. The assault on the second deathstar is split into two minimissions, one attack from the ground with all the main guys except luke (who allowed himself to be captured by the emperor) while the second mission is a starfighter assault led by Lando. / The assault on the new superweapon is split into 2 parts the ground assault/sabotage by Finn, chewie and han (after rey has been captured) and then a starfighter assault led by poe dameron (/u/Ghostkill221)
  44. main hero channels the force to defeat baddie in a lightsaber duel (Rey/Luke) (/u/KingVong)
  45. heroes defeat baddie and refuse request from big baddie to finish them off (TFA Novelization/ROTJ) (/u/KingVong)
  46. cute droid captured by small desert creature(s) (R2/BB8) (/u/KingVong)
  47. stormtroopers come into the beginning of the film and wipe out the resisting forces, clearing the way for a black-clad baddie to walk in. Said baddie interrogates someone about missing data, then kills him (/u/KingVong).
  48. Resistance/Rebellion member is subdued, captured, and interrogated. Said member loaded up a droid with data and sent him away, where he runs into our main hero. The main hero initially thinks the droid is just another part of their daily life (Farming/Scavenging for 60 portions). Then the hero and the wanted droid escape enemy forces under heavy fire via the Millenium Falcon. (TFA/ANH) (/u/KingVong)
  49. Band of heroes, who narrowly evaded enemy forces, go to see an old friend for help, where everything seems fine initially- they are greeted warmly and receive help. Someone inside, however, has collaborated with an evil force, who captures our heroes, one of whom is taken away on a ship by a masked man. The real prize (BB-8/Luke) escapes, however. (TFA/ESB) (/u/KingVong)
  50. Planet(s) we are given no reason to care about is destroyed in order to exercise the power of the enemy. (Hosnian/Alderaan) (/u/KingVong)
  51. Heroes organize rescue mission for hero who was whisked away by masked baddie, and it is successful (TFA/ROTJ) (/u/KingVong)
  52. Ultimate baddie is not on big planet destroying thing, but is somewhere safe with the rest of his forces (Snoke/Emperor) (/u/KingVong)
  53. Ship escapes enemy ship and crash lands on desert planet. Survivors are separated and reunite later (TFA/ANH). (/u/KingVong)
  54. Baddie and father/son have an emotional moment where the iconic mask is taken off. One completes their redemption, the other completes the fall to the dark side. Both fathers in the interaction die, leaving a huge emotional shock on their son. (Vader/Ren) (/u/KingVong)
  55. Millenium Falcon narrowly escapes bad guys despite hyperdrive troubles (TellThattoKanjiklub/ESB) (/u/KingVong)
  56. Millenium Falcon is inside of a monster / escapes monsters mouth (/u/CySurflex)
  57. Having to fix the Millenium Falcon all the time - especially with problems preventing it from jumping to its top speed (/u/CySurflex)
  58. (can't believe I forgot this one, probably because its so obvious) Pulling a lightsaber from the snow with the force, at first it just trembles in the snow then flies into the hand (/u/CySurflex)
  59. Han shoots Darth Vader in rage immediately upon seeing him and its easily deflected / Poe shoots Kylo Ren in rage immediately upon seeing him kill his friend, and its easily frozen (/u/CySurflex)
  60. Han Solo shoots first in the cantena in the originals, showing that he'll take someone's life to (probably) save his own / Han Solo throws one of the bounty hunters into the tentacle monster, showing that he'll take someone's life to (probably) save his own (/u/CySurflex)
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