Every Time Hollywood Re-Used Expensive Props

2. Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace’s Pods

Also Appears In: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Estimated Savings: $50,000-$100,000*

There’s a reason why science fiction movies are often incredibly expensive to make. They involve tech, landscapes, and spaceships that don’t exist yet so they have to be made entirely from scratch. Stanley Kubric featured EVA pods in his influential movie 2001: A Space Odyssey way back in the ‘60s.

The director certainly didn’t think they would be in another movie. In fact, Kubrick was so protective of his work that he always ordered sets and props to be destroyed once it was completed. Little did he know that shortly after his death, the EVA pod would make an appearance in 1999’s Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace in a junkyard scene.