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BEWARE SPOILERS: Just like with the previous Disney Plus series, we at Fantha Tracks will be offering our own episode guide for your entertainment! Here we will post every reference, Easter egg, everything named and unnamed per episode and some fun trivia in-between that we have spotted. Official summary: Confrontation and revelation await. Trivia For the first time in either an animated series or live-action series of Star Wars, the episode title is the same as the series. There is a tradition of characters seen within Star Wars to push a single button in close-up. Characters like Padmé in Attack of the Clones (even to the point of her pushing the same button multiple times for different reasons) and even Grogu in The Mandalorian. In this episode Sol joins the tradition. The helmet in the escape ship is similar as those used by Rebel pilots. It even includes a red logo reminiscent of the Rebel Alliance’s starbird crest. Senator Rayencourt was mentioned in the sixth episode and seen now portrayed by David Harewood. The dialogue of Senator Rayencourt reveals who is the chancellor of this era: Chancelor Drellik. The figure observing Qimir and Osha leaving is a Muun. While the episode leaves it as this quick glimpse, it is meant to be Darth Plagueis, the Muun Sith Lord who trained Palpatine in Legends. The duel between Sol and Qimir mimics at times the duel on Mustafar between Anakin and Obi-Wan (the close hallway section, lightsabers sparking against walls) from Revenge of the Sith, but also The Empire Strikes Back with Luke vs. Darth Vader on Cloud City (also the close quarters fighting and a suspended walkway). In their fight Osha and Mae often show the same moves at the same times, like a true mirror to each other. The duel of Sol and Qimir ends with a pose of the two freezing up before we see the reason why. We saw this also in Rebels 3x20 Twin Suns in the final duel between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Maul on Tatooine. This is also a typical Kurosawa shot. While we saw Kyber crystals being removed or added to lightsabers before, this is really the first time in live-action that you see the Kyber within a lightsaber. This was clearly a design choice to later show the crystal bleeding to red. This was also a technique so far mostly mentioned or described in books, and not seen as clearly as it was now. Qimir urging Osha to strike down Sol of course mirrors Palpatine urging Luke to do the same at the Death Star in Return of the Jedi. The way to kill a Jedi without a weapon turns out to be the good old Force choke, made famous by Darth Vader in all the movies of the Original Trilogy. That is, his Force Choke in Return of the Jedi got cut (Jerjerrod was the intended victim), but we do see Luke doing it to a Gamorrean guard. Venestra apparently has a history with Qimir, and while not much is revealed about it, at the end of the episode Vernestra mentions Qimir was her former pupil. The core tunnel Osha and Mae use to get outside the fortress looks like the one where Luke ended up in after losing his hand to Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back. Mae even says she got sucked in it, just like Luke was. The chair in Venestra’s control room looks to be a smaller version of Palpatine’s throne. Costume change for Vernestra. This is her High Senate robes, which she wears while addressing the various senators. Among them we see Rayencourt, the Abednedo senator Isedwa Chuwant (seen in the sixth episode as well) and many unknown Senators, including one with a new alien design. It also shows the earlier mentioned Chancellor Drellik, who is a Tarsunt. The Tarsunt were first seen in The Force Awakens, with Chancellor Lanever Villecham. Chancellor Drellik was performed by Tom Wilton. Sol gets a typical Jedi funeral pyre from Venestra. The funeral pyre is not unlike the one from Return of the Jedi for Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader. The cue of music during Osha and Qimir’s final scene is played by a violin. Amandla Stenberg plays the violin, could it be that she also played this cue for the episode? Talking about music cues, while his theme was not played, we all recognized those green ears of Master Yoda. Join us later this year for the episode guides of Skeleton Crew. [amazon box="B0D7BHPS5X"]

BEWARE SPOILERS: Just like with the previous Disney Plus series, we at Fantha Tracks will be offering our own episode guide for your entertainment! Here we will post every reference, Easter egg, everything named and unnamed per episode and some fun trivia in-between that we have spotted. Official summary: A bitter truth is revealed. Trivia The title of this episode, Choice, is the mirror to the episode title of the third episode, Destiny. Unsurprisingly, both episodes take place on Brendok and are flashbacks to the same events. Both episodes were directed by Kogonada. It is unwise to insult a Wookiee’s cooking, just like it’s unwise to insult them during a game and the way they play. It is probably never wise to insult a Wookiee. Nuna legs, also known as Nuna drumsticks, are a dish seen first in The Clone Wars. It was a favorite for Senator Orn Free Taa. Torbin wanting to go home to Coruscant brings to mind another Padawan from The High Republic media who rather stayed on Coruscant, doing work in the Temple instead of going to missions: Reath Silas. A hyperspace disaster that took place a hundred years ago was mentioned. While there is a bit of a difference in years (the disaster took place in 232 BBY, while the episode was in 148 BBY, so 84 years prior not a 100), it is most likely that they meant the Great Hyperspace Disaster that started off The High Republic Phase I. During the disaster the Nihil destroyed the Legacy Run while in hyperspace, causing debris to emerge and destroy many worlds and other starships. This resulted into a temporary closing of the hyperspace lanes as it was no longer save. These events also play a key role in the game Jedi: Survivor. There are quite a few other known Vergences like: Anakin Skywalker (as mentioned as such by Qui-Gon Jinn in The Phantom Menace), beneath the Jedi Temple on Coruscant, but also at other Jedi Temples like Ilum (The Clone Wars) and Lothal (Rebels), the Mirror cave on Ahch-To (The Last Jedi), the Skywalker lightsaber (for Rey in The Force Awakens) and the cave of evil on Dagobah. And Yoda even talks about Vergences in his holocron that was seen in the 2020 Star Wars comic series, in issue #20. The speeder bike model is unknown. If we are to speculate, it would be a nice touch if this was also a product from last week’s Valkeri-Kuat Consolidated Enterprises. When hearing the word “witches” Torbin makes the same assumption many of us did: Nightsisters of Dathomir as seen quite frequently in recent years. To continue the two-symbolism we see two moons (or planets) in the sky. Torbin was born on Bonadan, which is a world in the Corporate Sector/Outer Rim and the start of the Hydian Way hyperspace lane. Bonadan was first introduced in the Legends continuity with the novel Han Solo's Revenge, which was written by Brian Daley. Just like Anakin, Osha would not have been accepted to be trained by the Jedi for training because she is too old. Ceremonial markings are customary in many cultures in the galaxy - these include the Mirialan like Vernestra, and even seems to be the case for Indara herself, as she wears 1 marking close to the eye during the flashback scenes, and three in the present day storyline. This time around we do get to see Mae’s test with the screen. The testing screen shows: a creature (possibly a wampa?), a loth-cat and a GNK droid. The blood results shows a very high M-Count, which of course stands once more for midi-chlorians. Symbionts are mentioned, which is also a term that Qui-Gon Jinn used in The Phantom Menace. Witches are seen disappearing by turning into mist, which is yet another parallel to Mother Talzin and the Witches of Dathomir. During the End Credits Grammy winner singer-songwriter Victoria Monét’s version of The Power Of Two plays. This track has been released weeks ago already and can be found in the usual online places to listen to. Within the lyrics are: “You thought your soul was a necklace. That you could wear and take off. That you could rip then break off.” The last item that Mae claimed she saw on the screen, while nothing was visible, was a necklace. Filming locations from this episode as presented by GFFA Journeys: Brendok hill - UNKNOWN Brendok forest - Englefield Estate Brendok field / Jedi landing site - Upper Neuadd Reservoir, Merthyr Tydfil Brendok: Bunta tree - Englefield Estate Brendok fortress, wall with door - Upper Neuadd Reservoir (other side of the wall then landing site) Brendok fortress, cliffs - Tryfan, Bangor< Brendok fortress, interiors & courtyard - Set at Arborfield Studios Polan-717 Jedi transport, interior - Set at Shinfield Studios Brendok fortress, establishing shot - Tryfan, Bangor Join us next week for the episode guide of Episode 8, the season finale. [amazon box="B0D7BHPS5X"]

BEWARE SPOILERS: Just like with the previous Disney Plus series, we at Fantha Tracks will be offering our own episode guide for your entertainment! Here we will post every reference, Easter egg, everything named and unnamed per episode and some fun trivia in-between that we have spotted. Official summary: On a distant island, unsettling questions about identity and destiny arise. Trivia The duck/anteater hybrid creatures seen on the Unknown Planet are called skura. Unless it serves an unknown-as-of-yet story purpose, it is a shame that the planet where Qimir has taken Osha to heal, is not named and that we get a big Unknown Planet as a title onscreen. This episode also makes clear that the final scenes of Lost / Found, the first episode of the series, took place on the Unknown Planet. You see the same rocky beach, rocks in the sea and the natural pools, using the same filming locations as seen in this episode. The Polan-717 Jedi transport that Sol uses has been identified as Polan GX-8 through dialogue. Sol sends out an Emergency Code Zero, which is new. The Abednedo senator is played by Dee Tails and is named Isedwa Chuwant. Once again the name is based on the repertoire of The Beastie Boys, this time the song “So What’cha Want”. This is also the second time that Dee Tails played an Abednedo, as he was also the performance artist for Slowen Lo in The Last Jedi. It is unknown who voiced Senator Chuwant. The Padawan who interrupts Vernestra is named Mog Adana and played by Harry Trevaldwyn. The character was named after crewmembers of the show: Script editor Mog McIntyre and co-executive producer Kor Adana. As Venestra joins the rescue team about to head out, we can see Mog talking to a Selkath Jedi. The Selkath are a popular species introduced with the game Knights Of The Old Republic, and which made their animated debut in The Clone Wars with the bounty hunter named Chata Hyoki. This is actually the second time we saw the Selkath in live-action. The first time was in the first episode of this series, but it was a blink and you miss it appearance. This time the Selkath Jedi appears much more noticeable. The sensitivity of Vernestra to traveling into hyperspace is a nod to this affliction she had in The High Republic media featuring her. Not named in the episode, but the ship that Vernestra uses is named the Cantaros, named after her former Padawan Imri Cantaros as seen in The High Republic media. The Cantaros is a VKCE-7100x Starcutter, which is a new starship model made by Valkeri-Kuat Consolidated Enterprises. Valkeri-Kuat Consolidated Enterprises shares the names of two previous seen companies. Kuat is a pretty well known world for shipbuilding. Valkeri Enterprises is a relative unknown, but was introduced with the first novel of The High Republic: Light of the Jedi. In the novel it is said that they were responsible for various vehicles and technology used by the Jedi Order like the Jedi Vector. Two other Jedi join Venestra and Mog on their mission to Khofar, both are unnamed and it is also unknown who played them. While repairing his helmet, Qimir confirms that the metal it is made out of was indeed cortosis, as we said it was in our previous episode guide. The canon version of cortosis, when molded into a helmet, also has the extra ability of acting like a sensory deprivation headpiece. Something similar, with a tank that slowly decreased its air supply, was seen in The Clone Wars episode Voices when Yoda underwent the deprivation ritual. Also, Qimir says that when you wear the helmet that it is just you, the Force and what you bring with you. Which is also the same with the Cave of Evil on Dagobah. The Lightsaber whip being introduced in The Acolyte is not the first of its kind in canon. In The Clone Wars and The Last Jedi we see other electro type whip weapons, but those weren’t able to slice through things like this lightsaber whip is. Filming locations from this episode as presented by GFFA Journeys: Unknown Planet: Qimir’s cave, interior - Set at Shinfield Studios Unknown Planet: Qimir’s cave, exterior & rocky beach - Ribeira da Janela, Madeira Khofar, Jedi landing site - Parque Florestal do Fanal (National Park Fanal), Madeira Polan-717 Jedi transport, interior - Set at Shinfield Studios Unknown Planet: Natural pools - Poça do Mata Sete, Seixal, Madeira Jedi Temple, interior - Set at Shinfield Studios Khofar forest - Set at Shinfield Studios Join us tomorrow for the episode guide of Episode 7. [amazon box="B0D7BHPS5X"]

BEWARE SPOILERS: Just like with the previous Disney Plus series, we at Fantha Tracks will be offering our own episode guide for your entertainment! Here we will post every reference, Easter egg, everything named and unnamed per episode and some fun trivia in-between that we have spotted. Official summary: In a dense jungle, the Jedi are put to the test when they confront a rising darkness. Trivia The title of this episode is Night, which mirrors the title of the previous episode ‘Day’. Which makes Episode 3 – Destiny the only one not yet with a mirror title. Besides the main cast we have: * A male Jedi played by Lewis Young. He is seen activating a green lightsaber in the previous episode. In this episode he was the corpse that Osha sees as she picked herself up from the ground at the very beginning. * The Kel Dor Jedi Ithia Paan. Briefly glimpsed to be fighting with a green lightsaber and stabbed in the chest from behind. Subtitle lists the Kel Dor as Jedi 1. * A female Jedi played by Celina Nessa. She has a blue lightsaber and the subtitle lists her as Jedi 2 during her death. * As their lightsabers malfunction we see the male Jedi played by Ben Essex. He wields a yellow lightsaber. * The last one is a male with a yellow lightsaber who gets impaled by being Force pulled into the blade, as it sticks out of the female Jedi. No actor is listed at all for him. The various lightsabers sputter and short out after striking the metal of the Stranger’s armor. Ever since Legends, and brought back into canon with the novel A New Dawn, there was but one such a metal that could do this: cortosis. Yord gets a leg wound very much like Obi-Wan received from Dooku in Attack Of The Clones. The audio description from Disney Plus identifies the smaller lightsaber that Jecki gets stabbed with as a lightdagger. This a less common name for what we know better as a Shoto lightsaber. Qimir is revealed as the Stranger/Master, he was often called the Stranger in subtitles and the End Credits, but as Master by Mae. It is interesting to note that Qimir thinks that what he is has no a name, but that Jedi would call him Sith. Does this imply that he is not a Sith belonging to the line of Darth Bane’s Rule of Two? And that the Jedi would only think that he is a Sith due to the red lightsaber and using the Dark Side of the Force? Another interesting aspect to note with him are the blacked out spots on his hand and arm. They do not seem to be a tattoo or a natural discoloring. Could be the Dark Side tainting him? Or perhaps it’s a burn mark from fire? And while it seems that Qimir and Yord share some history, and that Sol has a familiarity with Qimir as well, it means nothing as they both interacted with Qimir in the second episode of the series on Olega. “They’ve turned you against me” says Mae to Osha. This echoes Revenge of the Sith and Obi-Wan and Anakin’s discussion on Mustafar. As the sisters talk, the background ambience sounds at times very familiar to that of Endor in Return of the Jedi. Maybe they have used the same soundeffects. Locals play a wooden version of Dejarik, While the game was first seen in A New Hope, a wooden version can be glimpsed as well in Rogue One. Twice in the episode a part of Kylo Ren’s theme can be heard. The first is at the start, when Osha finds Pip lying on the forest floor. The second time is when Qimir finds Osha and starts to heal her wound. This action in itself also bringing to mind Rey using the Force to heal in The Rise Of Skywalker and Grogu in The Mandalorian. Join us next week for our Episode 6 guide. [amazon box="130295492X"]

BEWARE SPOILERS: Just like with the previous Disney Plus series, we at Fantha Tracks will be offering our own episode guide for your entertainment! Here we will post every reference, Easter egg, everything named and unnamed per episode and some fun trivia in-between that we have spotted. Official summary: Racing to the next target, the Jedi head to a new world as they close in on a clever assassin. Trivia Kelnacca’s living place has yin-yang like symbols on the wall representing the light and dark side of the Force not unlike the one seen in a cave on Ahch-To in The Last Jedi where Luke meditated. The second set of symbols, when the music turns ominous, look a lot more like the spiral symbol that Mother Aniseya wore in the previous episode. We are introduced to some new Jedi on Coruscant during a training class: The Jedi Master that teaches the class is well-known actor Paul Bullion from The Witcher. His character is named Master Lakshay. Daro & Rena are named in episode and most likely the two Jedi we see still standing in the room as Osha and Jecki talk. They train using bokken sabers, as Sabine did in Rebels and Ahsoka. The ship that Mae and Qimir use has been identified as Exile II, which seems to be its name rather than the type of ship. The Jedi Temple situation room brings to mind the one from Revenge of the Sith, but this one is different and more a cross between that one and the Home One briefing room. The holoprojector looks similar to the one seen in Return of The Jedi, with the other screens being similar to those used by the Rebel Alliance and Resistance in OT and Sequels. The End Credits reveal that the Cerean Jedi we see is actually a younger Ki-Adi-Mundi from the Prequels. He was played by Derek Arnold who had various roles in The Force Awakens and Rogue One and makes his return to Star Wars here. The only other Jedi that is named from this scene is Master Holden, played by Indra Ové. This is actually Ové’s second Star Wars role. In The Rise Of Skywalker she played a First Officer who was present when Kylo Ren threw Boolio’s head on the table. As Sol and Vernestra talk after the meeting you can spot a tentacled alien in the background. This species is unnamed, but appeared before in The Last Jedi and two episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi. A Tarlafar Jedi can be seen in the background as Osha and Sol talk. This species was named for the first time in The Bad Batch, in which we see the Force-sensitive Bayrn. The species itself was first seen in Solo with Wamoth, played by Warwick Davis, standing at the sabacc table for Han and Lando’s first match. “There is still good in her” Sol pleads, like Luke and Padmé did regarding Anakin. Among the Jedi team to extract Kelnacca is a Kel Dor Jedi. This is Ithia Paan, who was named on the official Star Wars X account. The Jedi have help from Bazil, a Tynnan tracker. Tynnan, and their homeworld Tynna are some of the oldest created species from Star Wars. They first appeared in the (now Legends) novel Han Solo's Revenge, published in 1979 and written by Brian Daley. The Tynnans were brought back into canon by James Luceno, who was a close friend of Daley, in the Rogue One prequel novel Catalyst. After arriving on Khofar the Jedi speak to a local. It is possible that this is an Ongidae. But in all fairness, this is one of those “aliens that can be a match, but looks a bit different, but let’s go with this name for now or else they never get a species name” examples that the new series can be riddled with. Yord says that the blaster Osha has taken is the property of the Jedi Order. Why do they even need to own blasters if they use lightsabers? It could be that they are there for the non-Jedi service personnel that work at the temple. Or maybe for when a Jedi needs to go on an undercover mission and cannot carry their lightsaber. Some of the tree roots seen bring to mind Ralph McQuarrie’s concept art for Dagobah. Creatures attached to tree are called umbramoths. And just like the moths found on Earth, they are attracted to light. Join us next week for our Episode 5 guide.

BEWARE SPOILERS: Just like with the previous Disney Plus series, we at Fantha Tracks will be offering our own episode guide for your entertainment! Here we will post every reference, Easter egg, everything named and unnamed per episode and some fun trivia in-between that we have spotted. Official summary: On a mysterious planet, the tragic journey of two sisters begins. Trivia Mae and Osha find each other underneath the Bunta tree, the source of the poison from the previous episode. Mother Koril is the first time we see a female Zabrak in live-action. She is by far not the first time we had a female Zabrak, but the most prominent ones would be Maris Brood in The Force Unleashed and the bounty hunter Sugi in The Clone Wars. “All living things are connected by the same thread” is, as Mother Aniseya tells herself, just another way to look at the Force. This is shared by many other groups seen throughout the years like the witches of Dathomir and the Fallanassi. On Mother Aniseya’s forehead is a spiral symbol, which is one of the oldest and most common symbols. The spiral represents evolution and growth of the spirit. Among witches seen is a Twi’lek, an unknown blue alien, an unknown alien with stubs on her head and a woman with blue paint just around the eyes. The latter brings to mind a dark Jedi named Tavion Axmis from Jedi Outcast. Many connections or similarities to the Dathomir witches can be noticed: the use of Mother, the matriarchy society and the bow weapons. It turns out that their full names are Mae-ho Aniseya and Verosha Aniseya. Some of the witches are named in the end credits: Ensign Rane, played by Amy Tsang, seen during the ceremony. Scout Sarria, played by Saskia Allen, the guard who warns them of the Jedi during the ceremony. Ensign Eurus, played by Abigail Thorn, seen during the ceremony. Eurus is a Greek name meaning God of the east wind. Another well known Eurus was the forgotten sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes in Sherlock. Ensign Shima, played by Deborah Rosan, seen during the ceremony. Elder Jaalyn, played by Tabitha Alege, appears to be the one preparing Osha for the ceremony. The creation of the twins brings questions that are thus far unanswered. Of course we know that Anakin had no father either and it is speculated that someone (Darth Sidious perhaps) was influencing the midi-chlorians to create life. The Jedi ship is also an unknown, but the interior is similar to Ahsoka’s shuttle with the round central area. Unlike in The Bad Batch, where Ventress made up fake tests to determine Omega’s Force sensitivity, we see here the standard tests as established in The Phantom Menace: the blood test and the guess the image from the screen test. In The Phantom Menace the order of images to guess was a ship, a cup and a speeder. Here it is tooka cat and something that we are not even sure about, but is probably some kind of space station. It is for sure not a mountain anyway. And just like young Anakin leaving, Mae also realizes she will never see her mother again, and asks for that confirmation. Osha’s first drawing is a flower of some kind that shares similarities with the Jedi Order symbol. Filming locations from this episode as presented by GFFA Journeys: Brendok forest - Unsure, could be Englefield Estate (unseen section of the wall as a set stood here) or part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. If you got tips, please email us at [email protected] Brendok field with Jedi ship - Brecon Beacons National Park The Acolyte also used both Shinfield Studios and Pinewood Studios for their sets. Join us next week for our Episode 4 guide. [amazon box="B0CQTQP5YX"]

BEWARE SPOILERS: Just like with the previous Disney Plus series, we at Fantha Tracks will be offering our own episode guide for your entertainment! Here we will post every reference, Easter egg, everything named and unnamed per episode and some fun trivia in-between that we have spotted. Official summary: An assassin strikes again, but this time the Jedi are there to attempt capture. Trivia Back in the days of The High Republic, Jedi Temples were scattered all over the galaxy like the one we see here on Olega. As per The Living Force novel, the Republic has been closing more and more of the Temple outposts in the years leading up to the Prequels. The droid popping out is predecessor of Jabba’s TT-8L/Y7 gatekeeper droid. Unlike that one speaking Huttese, this one speaks binary. The Databank revealed that the one seen in this episode is TT-8L-OT. Master Torbin floating while being in deep meditation is something we have seen from time to time before, it was recently something that was seen happening to Estala Maru, the Jedi head of operations aboard the Starlight Beacon in The High Republic. Mae later mentions that this is part of Torbin taking the Barash Vow, which was first mentioned in the Darth Vader (2017) comics and was named after Jedi Master Barash Silvain, who was seen to start this practice in The High Republic, Phase II. When taking this vow, a Jedi refrained from all activities related to the Jedi Order and disengaged from anything but the Force itself. This was most often done as some sort of penance. The Olega Master reporting the break-in, as well as the Olega Padawan who helps out are both unnamed in the episode and the end credits. Nick Court played the Master, Ed Kear was the Padawan. While at this point we do not recognize the tattoo of Osha, it rings a vague bell as if we have seen it or something like it before. She explains it to Sol as something she got in CorpSec, which we explained in our previous Episode Guide. Qimir mentions that “peace is....” with Mae finishing it with “ a lie, I know”. This is the very first line from the Sith Code. And it is Yord who utters the famous “I have a bad feeling about this.” for this series. The landspeeder driver that hits Mae as she is making her escape is an Abednedo, a species designed for The Force Awakens. When Oshi fires the blaster, it seems she has it set to stun as those are the typical blue stun rings that come out of it. On Khofar we see some Versimillipedes creeping around. They were seen before in Rogue One and Andor. The Shyriiwook sign is saying ‘Keep Out’. This is the first time really that we saw Shyriiwook depicted with their own symbols. Earlier we have seen symbols that are basically poorly written Aurebesh signs, appear in Star Wars Galaxies in a Wookiee cave. The closest we have gotten to an actual Shyriiwook alphabet are barely glimpsed signs on consoles seen in the Kashyyyk levels of Republic Commando. Filming locations from this episode as presented by GFFA Journeys: Olega city streets - Shinfield Studios back lot. As previous city streets before (Theed at Leavesden, Ferrix at Little Marlow) this was done as a set on the back lot. By now however the set has been struck and the field restored to its original state. It used to stand on GPS coordinates: 51.412150, -0.929760 The Acolyte also used both Shinfield Studios and Pinewood Studios for their sets. Join us next week for our Episode 3 guide. [amazon box="B0D18PNXNL"]

BEWARE SPOILERS: Just like with the previous Disney Plus series, we at Fantha Tracks will be offering our own episode guide for your entertainment! Here we will post every reference, Easter egg, everything named and unnamed per episode and some fun trivia in-between that we have spotted. Official summary: The Jedi pursue a suspect after a shocking crime. Trivia The duality of the twin characters is reflected in the titles of the episodes, with each word being the opposite of the other. Or, as George Lucas was fond of saying: it is like poetry, it rhymes. The episode starts with an opening text and while it is not a scroll like the opening of the Skywalker Saga movies, it is done in the same style as the start of Solo: A Star Wars Story. Ahsoka also had an opening text, but that was red and scrolled up. Seeing the names of the planet on screen was also done with Rogue One and Andor. As Mae enters the city on Ueda she walks through a gate in the same style as the classic Ralph McQuarrie gate designed for Jabba’s Palace. This type of gate has returned a couple of times like in The Clone Wars movie on Teth and on Jakku in The Force Awakens. Back during the production of The Phantom Menace, when it was not yet known who the Sith warrior was going to be, the concept artists designed a couple images with females in that role. One of them had red dreads in front of her face, just like we see now in The Acolyte with Mae and Osha. As Osha makes her way to the shield generators that she has to repair, she passes by what is the predecessor of a GNK droid. Fillik mentions a pretty known world by now with Nar Shaddaa. In a series that introduces us to many new, and thus far unnamed, species it is wonderful to see a species return from the prequels with the Neimoidians! Introduced for The Phantom Menace, not seen in live-action since Episode 3, and since then even sparsely in other media like The Clone Wars and one appearance in the animated series Resistance. Osha and Fillik are on a Trade Federation ship, where on the bridge we see three Neimoidians. While two out of the three are unnamed, the captain is called Blex as per the end credits. It is mentioned in both this episode, and the next, that it is illegal and dangerous for humans to work outside in space on the hull for repairs. This is why in The Phantom Menace we saw Artoo and the astromechs going out to repair the damage done to the queen’s ship. Filik and Osha use magnetized boots, much like the Range Troopers used to stabilize themselves on the conveyex train in Solo. The Jedi ship we see flying by looks like a Jedi Vector from other The High Republic stories. Considering that we only have two Jedi, and the prison ship arriving later, it would be possible as a Jedi Vector could seat one or two persons. One of the two Jedi is Tasi Lowa, played by Thara Schöön. Lowa is of a species we have seen before: a Zygerrian. They were first mentioned way back in 1987 in The Star Wars Sourcebook. They went unused for the most part until Dave Filoni brought them into The Clone Wars series. This is their live-action debut. After leaving the Jedi Osha went as far away as she could get from Coruscant and ended up in CorpSec. That is the abbreviation for the Corporate Sector, a sector within the Outer Rim where various corporations have their headquarters and enjoy a free reign from the Republic. In the class of Jedi Younglings that we see Sol teaching are two returning alien species: a Tarsunt (The Force Awakens) and a Condluran. The latter is a recent species, debuting in Obi-Wan Kenobi with Freck, the speedertruck driver on Mapuzo that was loyal to the Empire. The lesson that Sol is teaching uses the well-known lesson of Obi-Wan that he gave to Luke onboard the Millennium Falcon. The responses of the Younglings in turn partially match those of Rey with balance and life, as seen in The Last Jedi. The Force is compared both to fire and an ocean during the lesson. The High Republic media introduced the notion that every Jedi interprets and sees the Force as something else. There were those who saw it as an ocean, some as a song, and others as a thread of fabric. And while the references to The High Republic so far are mostly in aesthetics, it is Vernestra Rwoh that serves as the most obvious direct link as she is a character that we follow throughout the novels of Phase I and III. And while the Jedi Temple is exactly that, a temple and not a castle, we are sure that Indiana Jones would approve of the tapestries that we see hanging now in the hallways. While later prison ships or cells onboard would use ray shields, like seen in the Jedi Temple, the prison ship here uses metal bars still. Sadly all the convicts are without names, and only two appear with actor names in the end credits: Dan Milne (the one restrained with a Dybbuk) and Thomas Coombes (he is the talkative convict) Back on Coruscant Jecki Lon interrupts her master, Sol. Played by Dafne Keen, she is a Theelin, a species first introduced among Jabba’s dancers in the Special Edition of Return of the Jedi. Theelins have since appeared in many other series like The Clone Wars. Talking about The Clone Wars, the prison ships crashes on the planet Carlac, which first appeared in Season 4 of the animated series in the episode ‘A Friend in Need’. Osha encountering her twin young Mae, and becoming her own young self, in a Force vision that jumps between locations is something we saw before with Rey. And she was part of a dyad, with her being the light side and Ben Solo the dark side. It seems likely that this is the case for Osha and Mae as well. As the Jedi arrive their shuttle detaches itself from a larger construct. Is this the predecessor of a docking ring like the Delta-7 Aethersprite-class light interceptor, or Jedi starfighter, had to use? The shuttle itself is named in the official website’s Databank as a Polan-717 Jedi transport manufactured by Lantillian Shipwrights. Lantillian Shipwrights has been around a long time in Legends, but until now never had any of their ships appear in live-action or the animated series. It is not often that we see a yellow lightsaber, which were used by Jedi Temple Guards, Asajj Ventress, Rey and now Yord Fandar. Filming locations from this episode as presented by GFFA Journeys: Ueda establishing shot - This was filmed on the Portuguese island Madeira, from a point between São Lourenço Beach and the D'Abra Bay viewpoint. This exact same spot was also used for the teaser poster, but there the town with the gate and the stone walkway was not digitally added to the rocks. The beach with Mae being called The Acolyte by “The Master” was filmed at the natural pools of Seixal, Portugal. There are three such spots, find the ones called Poça das Lesmas and Poça do Mata Sete to be at the right location. The Acolyte also used both Shinfield Studios and Pinewood Studios for their sets. Join us soon for our Episode 2 guide - Revenge / Justice [amazon box="B0D18PNXNL"]