Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 2 Episode 2 Easter Eggs Explained

Trask, Kol Iben and Adelphi

– In this episode three new locations are mentioned: the gas giant planet Kol Iben, its estuary moon Trask and Adelphi. It’s unclear whether the latter is a planet or a moon, but there is a New Republic outpost there. Meanwhile, Trask and Kol Iben are in the aptly named Kol Iben system, which is just one star system away from Tatooine on the outer edge.

– The name Trask has been used multiple times in the franchise, particularly in the New Jedi Order and New Republic eras. However, none of the characters with this nickname appear to have anything to do with the estuarine moon.

be crazy

Be crazy !!! The episode’s main villains are spiders who want to eat Mando, Baby Yoda, and Frog Lady. Of course, it’s really our dynamic trio that upsets the spider nest, and it’s really no surprise that baby Yoda, eating one of the spider babies, ticked off the giant spider queen. He really needs to stop eating all those eggs.

These spiders are a big blast from the past. They go all the way back to Ralph McQuarrie Concept Art for The Empire Strikes Back, where a spider queen was depicted laying eggs on Dagobah as Luke Skywalker watched. This design, known as the “gnarled white spider,” didn’t really make it into the movie. But it eventually appeared in Legends Continuity in the novel Darksaber by Kevin J. Anderson.

The way the spiders look, move, and swarm Mando and friends also reminds us of the krykna, the creatures on which antagonists originally appeared Star Wars Rebellen until Kanan Jarrus learned to control them with power. It’s a good thing too, because the krykna are formidable predators. Their shells are even resistant to blaster bolts!