The Star Wars Movie Matrix

Below is the matrix for many of the story, character, and location conventions in the six-strong Star Wars film saga. For my own sanity, and the sanity of my fellow Star Wars fans, I have not included The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978) in the matrix.  That established, there are, actually, some overlapping conventions with that crazy production.  But I'll leave it to you, intrepid readers, to tag them...

Convention	Star Wars (1977)	The Empire Strikes Back (1980)	Return of the Jedi (1983)	The Phantom Menace (1999)	Attack of the  Clones (2002)	Revenge of the Sith (2005)
The Death Star is featured	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Palpatine is featured	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tatooine is featured	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
A Jedi or Sith confronts  a master, either in battle  or about a course of action.	Vader confronts Obi-Wan	Luke confronts Obi-Wan	Vader Confronts Palpatine	Qui-Gon Jinn Confronts Yoda.	Dooku confronts Yoda	Anakin Confronts Obi-Wan
Comic-relief	R2-D2 and C3PO	C3PO and Chewie. R2 and Yoda.	R2-D2 and C3PO. Ewoks	Jar-Jar Binks C3PO	R2-D2 C3PO	R2-D2 C3PO
R2-D2 saves the day	Garbage compactor	MF hyper- drive repair.	Light saber On Jabba’s Barge.	Naboo cruiser Hyper-drive Repair.	Droid factory On Geonosis.	Elevator operation on damaged Separatist warship.
Locale for diverse Aliens is featured prominently.	Mos Eisley cantina	Bespin’s Cloud City	Jabba’s Palace	Mos Espa Grand Arena. Imperial Senate.	Dex’s Diner, Coruscant Sports Bar. Imperial Senate.	Jedi Temple. Imperial Senate. Godfather-style battle montage.
One type of  Earth terrain or environment represents an entire planet ecosphere	Tattooine: Desert.	Hoth: Arctic.	Moon of Endor: Forest	Tatooine: Desert. Coruscant: City	Tatooine: Desert. Coruscant: City	Mustafar: Volcanic. Coruscant: City.
Unexpected or primitive “outsider” fights or wins  a battle against a technologically or numerically superior foe.	Luke destroys Death Star.	No.	Ewoks defeat Imperial troops.	Gungans defeat Federation battle droids. Anakin blows up droid control ship.	No	Kashyyk vs. Clone Troopers.
Character says:  “I have a bad feeling about this.”	Luke, Han	Leia	C3PO, Han	Obi-Wan	Anakin	Obi-Wan
Light saber duel	Obi-Wan vs. Vader.	Luke vs. Vader.	Luke vs. Vader.	Qui Gon and Obi Wan vs. Darth Maul	Anakin, Obi-Wan and Yoda vs. Dooku	Mace Windu vs. Palpatine. Obi-Wan vs. Anakin.
Jedi gets cybernetic replacement parts.	No.	Luke.	No.	No	Anakin.	Anakin.
Bounty Hunters	No	Yes	Yes	No.	Yes	No.
Heroes captured. Capture may or may not be a ruse.	Leia	Solo, Leia, Chewie, C3PO.	Luke, Han, Leia.	Qui-Gon and  Obi-Wan. Queen Amidala and her forces.	Obi-Wan, Anakin and Amidala.	Anakin, Obi-Wan, Palpatine.
Message transmitted or recorded via hologram	Leia	Emperor	Luke	Darth Sidious. Naboo Governor. Palpatine. Viceroy.	Obi Wan	Anakin
Musical number	Cantina	No	Jabba’s Palace. Endor Celebration	No.	No.	No
Space Battle	Death Star	Asteroid Belt	Death Star	Naboo Blockade	Asteroid Belt	In orbit over Coruscant.