This is just a little tally of the movies' various recurring themes, trends, and the like. Obsessive maybe, but I try to keep as far away from diehard Trekkie-ness as I possibly can.
   It can be interesting to see when the mixed bag that is the Phantom Menace breaks the mold.
 
 

"I have a bad feeling about this..."
     The infamous joke phrase that's become de rigueur -- who utters it, and bad thing that ensues:

• ANH: Luke as they approach the Death Star. They're taken aboard and barely escape
• ANH: Han inside the garbage room. The walls close in, but the droids save the day and they barely escape
• ESB: Leia inside the "cave." The "cave" turns out to be the slug and they barely escape
• ROTJ: 3PO inside Jabba's palace. The gang's rescue plans run amok and they barely escape
• ROTJ: Han when the Ewok village as dinner. A resourceful Luke changes the Ewoks' minds and they barely escape
• TPM: Obi-Wan inside the Trade Federation control ship. The Fed tries to kill the Jedi and they barely escape, though not as barely as those other times (granted, the "bad feeling" Obi-Wan refers to is probably everything that ensues in the entire Star Wars saga from thereon)
• AOTC: Anakin inside the Geonosian arena. Three big, scary monsters are unleashed and with the aid of a ton of Jedi and clones, they barely escape
• Ep. III: Yoda, inverted as always. Please, George?

• ANH: Pan down to the space above Tatooine, Rebel frigate flying in from the right of the screen, followed by the famously lengthy reveal of the Imperial Star Destroyer
• ESB: Pan down to a fleet of Star Destroyers. One spits out probe droid pods, one of which flies out to Hoth
• ROTJ: Pan down to a fleet of Star Destroyers and the "incomplete" Death Star II
• TPM: Pan down to a Republic ship flying on-screen and toward Trade Fed control ships hovering above Naboo
• AOTC: Pan up to a Republic (Naboo) ship and escort fighters, which then flip "upside down" as they approach Coruscant

• ANH: Award ceremony, characters walk up steps. Our Heroes face "the fourth wall"
• ESB: Reverse shot of Luke, Leia, and the droids looking out into space on board the Rebel medical ship
• ROTJ: Partyin' Ewok-style. Our Heroes break "the fourth wall" in a possibly cheesy group photo kind of setup
• TPM: Parade and Ball-of-Peace-thing ceremony, characters walk up steps. Our Heroes break "the fourth wall." Boss Nass's "Peace" is the only time any dialogue is used in a final scene
• AOTC: Reverse shot of Anakin, Padme, and the droids looking out to the horizon on Naboo. Interestingly, "War" comes quite close to being the last word said in the film, via Yoda
• Ep. III: The mood would be radically different, but it'll be interesting if it somehow parallels ROTJ

• ANH: Imperials overtake the Rebel blockade runner and blow the door open to get in.
• ESB: A small one, but a probe droid pod crashes onto Hoth.
• ROTJ: None. First one doesn't really occur until the sail barge goes kaboom.
• TPM: A few minutes into things, the Trade Fed decides to blow up the Republic cruiser. The co-pilot fails to raise the shields in time, opting instead to verbally tell the pilot they're about to get toasted..
• AOTC: Amidala's ship arrives on Coruscant, and blows up by an outside hand soon after.

• ANH: The attempted rescue of Leia in the Death Star (Luke's idea)
• ESB: Han, Leia, and company's, at Cloud City (Luke's idea)
• ROTJ: Han's (and later Leia's and Chewie's), at Jabba's palace (Luke's idea)
• TPM: None (!)
• AOTC: Obi-Wan's, on Geonosis (Anakin wanted to but Padme brings him along. Keep in mind these two end up being Luke's parents)

• ANH: Obi-Wan, after he's attacked by Tusken Raiders (and his speeder is cleaned out... very uncool)
• ANH: Ol' Ben again, when he's bullied by two cantina thugs.
• ANH: The droids, when the gang comes dangerously close to getting "a whole lot thinner" in the trash compactor (granted it was more Leia's fault, though her getting them into that situation was more Luke's fault)
• ANH: Han, preventing death by Luke's old man in the Death Star trench
• ESB: Han, preventing death by Old Man Winter on Hoth
• ESB: Yoda, when his X-Wing slides deeper into the swamp (not life-saving, but pretty big)
• ESB: Leia, after a failed suicide leap at Cloud City
• ROTJ: Vader/Anakin, from Palpy's lightning. Luke proves himself an honest-to-goodness Jedi after only needing to be saved once in an entire movie

• ANH: Ben and Vader near that Death Star personnel transport lift-type thing. It doesn't affect the duelists, but a few stormtroopers fall down it later on
• ESB: Luke and Vader in the heart of Cloud City. Luke falls down it... mostly
• ROTJ: Luke and Vader next to that reactor shaft in the second Death Star. Palpy falls into it
• TPM: Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and Maul in Naboo's generator room, where Obi-Wan falls but lands on a catwalk), and later on near that... pit (waste disposal?). Maul falls into it... in two
• AOTC: None in the arena, and none in the hangar as far as I can tell. A Jedi does plummet from the balcony thanks to Jango.
• Not really a duel, but Luke does some sabering near the Sarlaac pit in ROTJ, which a few baddies fall into

• ANH: 3PO and his arm, by falling during the Tusken raid
• ANH: "Walrus Man" and his arm, by Obi-Wan
• ESB: The Wampa and his arm, by Luke
• ESB: Luke and his hand, by Vader
• ESB: 3PO and his leg, by incomplete repairs from Chewie and R2
• ROTJ: Vader and his hand, by Luke
• TPM: Various battle droid parts, by the Jedi, if anything. Maybe the space frog's head via Jabba
• AOTC: Three Tusken Raiders and their heads, by Anakin
• AOTC: 3PO and his head, in the battle droid production line (he promptly gets switched around with another droid head and body)
• AOTC: The crab/mantis-type thing in the arena battle and its feet, by Jango or Obi-Wan?
• AOTC: Jango and his head, permanently, by a surprised Mace
• AOTC: Anakin and his forearm, by Dooku
• A conceptual one, but in ANH: Chewie and the arms of a victorious holochess opponent

• ANH: Luke first meets up with Ben, who refers to "Obi-Wan" in the third person ("Oh, he's not dead... not yet"), before revealing that he himself is Obi-Wan.
• ESB: That funny li'l green guy on Dagobah promises to take Luke to "Yoda" ("Soon you will be with him"), long before it's revealed that he himself is Yoda

ESB: Darth Vader tells Luke that Ben never told him what happened to his father. Well, 'turns out it's him

• ANH: The Rebel troops in the opening scenes
• ANH: Princess Leia after giving R2 her message (set on stun)
• ROTJ: Leia at the shield generator on Endor (only grazed)
• ROTJ: R2 at the shield generator

• ANH: 1 (Death Star attack)
• ESB: 2 (escape of Leia, Chewie, et al; Luke/Vader duel)
• ROTJ: 3 (Endor ground battle, Death Star attack, Luke/Vader duel)
• TPM: 4 (Gungan-Federation ground battle, Naboo's viceroy pursuit, control ship attack, Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan/Maul duel)
• AOTC: 2 (Arena/post-arena battle, followed by Jedi duels concurrent with the Republic/Separatist battle)

• ANH: Luke barely touches the dinner poor ol' Aunt Beru makes for him. He gulps the blue milk however
• ANH: Luke has "one of those" in the cantina, but I guess a lot of patrons are consuming something here, aren't they?
• ESB: The Wampa gets to snack on a previous catch, thanks to the Special Edition
• ESB: Luke and his dinner after his Dagobah crash landing... a Twix bar, if you ask me
• ESB: Luke and Yoda dine on homemade rootleaf stew. Hot!
• ESB: The space slug loses his lunch as the Falcon makes a narrow escape
• ESB: Vader and crew are honored when Han, Leia, and Chewie join them for some non-existent refreshments
• ROTJ: Jabba chows down on them space frogs
• ROTJ: The Rancor bites into a Gamorrean Guard like an Easter chocolate bunny
• ROTJ: The Sarlaac Pit.. are you kidding me? It's a veritable feast!
• ROTJ: Chewie thinks with his stomach when he falls for the ol' Ewok meat trap routine
• ROTJ: Leia offers Wicket some Rebel Rations. "Goonda," says the Ewok
• ROTJ: Ewoks try to serve Our Heroes, but guest of honor 3PO isn't hungry
• TPM: Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan enjoy a tasty beverage, courtesy those swell Trade Fed guys
• TPM: Sebulba and friends wolf down on Tatooine market fare. Jar Jar tries to get himself a piece, but lacks the funds
• TPM: The gang heads over to Ani's for mom's home-cookin'
• AOTC: Obi-Wan has a drink at the Coruscant bar after sending Ani to do all the hard work
• AOTC: Anakin and Padme on the space bus/liner to Naboo
• AOTC: Ditto in a Naboo palace(?) with the floatin' piece of fruit
• AOTC: Beru brings in some drinks for everyone (not blue milk), but no one's thirsty
• AOTC: Padme brings in some food and a cup of blue milk for Ani after he comes back from finding his mom, but he's still not in the mood

• Lucas suffered a near-fatal car crash shortly before high school graduation, which he survived because he didn't wear his seat belt. He ended up receiving his diploma while recovering in the hospital.
• Mark Hamill crashed his car on a highway while driving to reshoots for ANH. There's a lot of different stories about this one, from the extent of his injuries, to whether the wampa attack scene was specifically written to explain his appearance (Hamill has denied it in interviews, which I can believe since he appears onscreen before the attack anyway).
• Harrison Ford crashed his car into a pole in his early 20s, leaving the trademark scar on his chin (supposedly he couldn't afford to have it surgically covered up). While this was obviously before doing Star Wars, he did crash his helicopter in October 1999, while practicing a maneuver with an instructor.
• Liam Neeson was thrown from his Harley in the summer of 2000 while trying to avoid a deer on a New York road, resulting in a broken pelvis among other injuries. Presumably he's made a full recovery since then.
• Ewan McGregor crashed a borrowed Honda motorcycle in Scotland in April of 1999, a test drive gone bad due to spilled diesel on the street. He walked away with minor bruises. McGregor actually went through another mishap in June of 2000, again on a borrowed motorbike, again walking away unscathed. This time he eventually wound up finding his own bike stolen hours later.
• Even Temuera Morrison joined the list, crashing his Harley while riding around in New Zealand in early January of '04, leaving a leg broken in two places.
• As far as I can tell, Billy Dee Williams has never been in an accident (presumably he knows when to keep the keys, and when to enjoy the Colt 45), and Hayden Christensen, well, he's got plenty of years ahead of him.