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Aboard the star commuter shuttle departing Lothal is a background extra with a costume design inspired by the early Jedi General character illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie during the development of the original Star Wars story.

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    • Aboard the star commuter shuttle departing Lothal is a background extra with a costume design inspired by the early Jedi General character illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie during the development of the original Star Wars story.
    • Paul Reubens (known to many as Pee Wee Herman) provides the voice of the RX-24 pilot droid, a nod to his famous role as Rex, the original Star Tours pilot. Lurking in the back of the star commuter shuttle is a Lothal protocol droid, which was based on early Ralph McQuarrie art of C-3PO. Fittingly, this droid and C-3PO share a frame with R2-D2 and Chopper.
    • Galactically speaking, Garel is “next door” to Lothal. They are separated by a few minutes’ worth of hyperspace journey. The star commuter route connecting both worlds is a commonly traveled one for citizens of both planets.
    • Though it may seem counterintuitive to think of R2-D2 and C-3PO as “Imperial droids” (which is what Kanan calls them), they are indeed in the service of the Imperial Senate.
    • The fact that the Empire has to surreptitiously acquire ion disruptors that were banned by the Senate is indicative of the era -- in Episode IV, the Empire was careful in its capture of Princess Leia for fear of drawing the Senate’s attention.
    • The final shot of Bail Organa inserting a data card in R2-D2 is framed in a way that calls back to the shot of Princess Leia inserting a card into R2-D2 in Episode IV.
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