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Yes, you would have trouble although if you are passingly familiar with the first two movies that would be enough.
Note that Eliezer also includes references to a lot of other fictional work, although generally in passing. So if one hasn't read a lot of fantasy one might simply either not get the joke or not even noticing them.
TV Tropes claims that I have "a few" Shout Outs. You'd think TV Tropes would do better than this.
We just don't want to list them all. ;)