By George & Josh Bate
WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew – Episode 7
The new episode of Skeleton Crew seemingly canonizes a villain group from Legends, includes a striking parallel to Revenge of the Sith, and features references to The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Rebels, The Mandalorian, Treasure Planet, and more.
Below are all the easter eggs, hidden details, and references we noticed in Skeleton Crew – Episode 7….
Neel’s mother Nooma is interrupted as she is about to say, “I have a bad feeling about this.” This is an iconic line in Star Wars dating back to the original in 1977.
Neel and Fern play grav-ball aboard the Onyx Cinder. Grav-ball is a sport that first appeared in the Legends comic series X-Wing Rogue Squadron. In canon, grav-ball featured in the junior novel Star Wars Rebels – Servants of the Empire: Edge of the Galaxy and is also mentioned in the novels Aftermath, Thrawn: Treason, and Resistance Reborn.
Jod says that “At Attin has been hidden for hundreds of years.” If Jod’s words are taken as accurate, this means At Attin has been hidden since the years of the High Republic era. This would make sense given the mention of At Attin as a Great Work of the Republic, which seemingly aligns with Chancellor Lina Soh’s Great Works from the High Republic publishing initiative.
Brutus refers to At Attin as a ‘treasure planet.’ Treasure Planet was a 2002 animated movie from Disney that put a sci-fi twist on Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Brutus says, “I’ll take that bet” to Jod. Qui-Gon says this same thing to Watto in The Phantom Menace.
Brutus sends out the pirate Glerb to investigate the atmosphere of At Attin. Before Glerb’s ship is destroyed, he uses the call sign “Ravager One.” The Ravagers were a pirate gang that originated in Legends. They made their debut in the Shadow of Revan digital expansion pack for Star Wars: The Old Republic and were known for their brutality toward others, including children. Glerb’s reference of Ravagers implies that the Ravagers exist in canon, although they may be quite different from the Ravagers from Legends.
Brutus’ crew flies pirate snub fighters that are the same as the ones flown by the pirates in Gorian Shard’s command in The Mandalorian Season 3.
The At Attin supervisor is voiced by Legendary English actor Stephen Fry, who is known for his roles in Jeeves and Wooster, Blackadder, Gosford Park, V for Vendetta, and The Hobbit. Fry also voiced all seven of the audiobooks of the Harry Potter novels and was just knighted for services to mental health awareness, the environment, and charity.
Jod poses as a New Republic Emissary. This title was also given to the Twi’lek Yendor in the novel Lost Stars and is also mentioned in the shows The Book of Boba Fett and The Clone Wars, in addition to the novels in the Aftermath trilogy, Bloodline, Brotherhood, Queen’s Peril, and the Thrawn: Ascendancy trilogy.
One of the safety droids leads Jod and the kids into the Old Republic Mint, a massive underground facility where credits are produced. The entire vibe of this introduction has the feel of Obi-Wan Kenobi being introduced to the cloning facilities on Kamino by the Kaminoans in Attack of the Clones. The musical cues from series composer Mick Giacchino are reminiscent of similar cues from John Williams’ Kamino theme in Episode II, and the safety droid itself sounds quite like a Kaminoan.
The safety droid mentions that there are 1,139 vaults of Old Republic Credits. This is one value short of 1138, which is a cell number in A New Hope, a reference to THX-1138 (George Lucas’ 1971 directorial debut), and a frequently used easter egg throughout Star Wars.
The shot of Jod’s ignited lightsaber in front of the kids and parents mirrors a similar shot from Revenge of the Sith in which Anakin ignites his lightsaber before a group of younglings he soon kills.
