‘Avengers: Age Of Ultron' Scene Pays Tribute To A 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' Character

Cast member James Spader poses at a press line for the movie "Avengers: Age of Ultron" during the 2014 Comic-Con International Convention in San Diego, California July 26, 2014. Reuters/Mario Anzuoni

Marvel seems to be a fan of George Lucas’ “Star Wars” as it was recently revealed that few of its movies, even “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” includes a scene that pays tribute to one of the films’ iconic characters. Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige teased that this scene is linked to Luke Skywalker’s fate in “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.” [Spoiler Alert!]

During an interview with Cinema Blend’s Eric Eisenberg in Los Angeles, Kevin Feige revealed that in every Phase Two movie under Marvel, “somebody gets their arm cut off.” Eisenberg said that this violent “Star Wars” scene also happened to Mace Windu, to Luke Skywalker and even to Darth Vader when he lost his arm again in "Return of the Jedi."

However, under Marvel’s Phase Two films, this scene of somebody’s arm getting cut off was included in “Avengers: Age of Ultron.” Vibranium dealer Ulysses Klaw, played by Andy Serkis, unfortunately suffered the same fate as Luke Skywalker when he met Ultron in Wakanda. Klaw made the mistake of assuming Ultron worked for Stark, which angered the A.I., and Klaw’s arm took the brunt of his anger. A massive fight then ensued when the Avengers arrived to try to intercept Ultron’s plans.

Aside from “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” there are four more Phase Two Marvel films that pay tribute to this “Star Wars” scene. According to Galactic News One, at the end of “Iron Man 3,” Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) also had his arm cut off by Tony Stark. Then there’s “Thor: The Dark World” where Loki pretends to have cut off Thor’s arm to distract Malekith. Bucky Barnes also had his arm cut off in “Captain America: Winter Soldier.” Lastly, in “Guardians of the Galaxy,” Groot lost his arm when Gamora snips it off during their fight scene.

Kevin Feige told Eisenberg that he’s always been “obsessed” with ‘Star Wars.” He said the “Star Wars” reference in Marvel’s Phase Two films reportedly “didn’t start out as intentional, but it became intentional.”

“It sort of happens in every 'Star Wars' movie, but I was sort of looking at it, ‘Okay, is Phase Two our Empire Strikes Back?’ Not really, but tonally things are a little different,” he added.

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