You Only Live Twice comes to mind, as the SPECTRE base is in a volcanic crater.
I was thinking how Palpatine might actually be watching a Bond film in the opera house, kind of like a certain late North Korean dictator who had a spy movie fixation. ;)
Grievous' wheeled vehicle could make hot rod sounds or something? Too bad the animatic for the chase scene is so rough looking. Grievous runs over a lot of clones like they were bowling pins.