The Phantom Menace contains a hidden George Lucas connection that many Star Wars fans missed.

A Star Wars Prequel Trilogy Easter egg that lay hidden in plain sight for decades has recently been uncovered.

By zooming in significantly on this frame, the face is revealed to resemble George Lucas.

George Lucas and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace poster

I thought, Well, thatll be cool.

By the time you shrink that down, his face is just a blur. "

He looks at it, and he goes, ‘Oh, naughty, naughty.’

George Lucas Easter egg in The Phantom Menace alongside portrait photo of George Lucas

I said, ‘Yeah, but it’s you!

It’s your face.’

And then there’s silence again.

George Lucas Easter egg in Star Wars The Phantom Menace

And I’m just sitting there with everybody.

George says, ‘Okay.

Leave it in.'"

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This is not the only time Lucas has appeared in Star Wars.

The legendary director appeared briefly inStar Wars: Revenge of the Sithas the Pantoran chairman Baron Papanoida.

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There was somespeculation that Lucas may receive a cameo inThe Mandalorian, but this never transpired.

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