The opening episode of The Mandalorian‘s second season was crammed full of cool references. The plot revolved around Boba Fett’s half-digested armor (as well as a brief appearance by the man himself), we saw that one of Anakin Skywalker’s podracer engines from The Phantom Menace has been repurposed as a speeder bike, we got a cameo from an astromech droid first seen in A New Hope and a seriously obscure Return of the Jedi easter egg spotted by only the most dedicated fans.
But there may yet be more. In 2003 famed RPG developer Bioware released Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic on Xbox and PC. This is set 4,000 years before the events of the movies and tells an entirely original tale about an ancient Jedi v Sith conflict. At the time it was arguably the best Star Wars game ever and though technological progress has dulled its visual appeal it’s still a neat story with an all-time great twist.
In Knights of the Old Republic, the player visits Tatooine’s Dune Sea where they’re tasked with killing a Krayt dragon. To do that you lure it from its cave with delicious Banthas and then blow it up with mines. That description will seem very familiar to anyone that watched The Mandalorian last week – as it’s almost exactly how they go about taking out their Krayt dragon.
It might be possible to write this off as coincidence – but there’s a small scene after the beast is killed in which the Tusken Raiders search for and discover a pearl buried deep within its guts. Said pearl is the mission objective in Knights of the Old Republic (it can potentially act as a very fancy lightsaber crystal). To my eyes, its inclusion here is a clear nod to fans of the game that they’re acknowledging their inspirations.
We have heard that Disney and Lucasfilm have some kind of Knights of the Old Republic project in development, though it’s been a while since we heard anything new on it. Here’s hoping we get some new information soon, but in the meantime I’m looking forward to the next episode of The Mandalorian tomorrow.
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