But the answer was somehow even nerdier, and perhaps obvious based on the Darth Vader look of the soldiers.

We speculated at the time that the new form of troopers could be anything from a new clone army - Gideon is working with an ex-Kamino scientist, after all - to some new and improved take on the Death Trooper introduced in Rogue One. The reference in question paid off the ending of episode 4, which revealed that Moff Gideon not only wielded the Darksaber, but had a mysterious, sophisticated new army of his own. Chapter 14, “The Tragedy,” has a more direct reference - and it will make Lucasarts devotees of the mid-’90s giddy as hell. Along with the Kenner toy reference in the season 2 premiere, the episode nodded to a side quest in the fan favorite, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. So why not the rich text of a beloved Star Wars video game?Ĭlearly, there are “gamers” among The Mandalorian staff. Even if lore was decommissioned after Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm, there’s a chance that Favreau could recanonize characters and history for the new timeline, like Filoni did for Thrawn in Rebels (and again in Mandalorian). From the very first episode, which answered an age-old, ice-cream-related Star Wars question to the introduction of Ahsoka Tano herself and the season 2 premiere’s overt reference to the awkward, bent-over way the old Boba Fett Kenner toy would shoot rockets, anything remotely beloved by longtime fans can (and probably will) make it into Disney Plus’ series.

The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau and his phantom associate Dave Filoni have made it clear: There is no sector of the Star Wars galaxy to which they won’t go.

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