Thrawn’s Office On Star Wars Rebels Was Full Of Easter Eggs

Thrawn’s Office On Star Wars Rebels Was Full Of Easter Eggs

“Through Imperial Eyes”, the latest episode of Star Wars Rebels, was intense. Grand Admiral Thrawn began to uncover the identity of the Rebel spy Fulcrum and Ezra and Agent Kallus did their best to stop him. The episode also showed us that Thrawn is great at uncovering other things too. Just look around his office.

As good an episode as it was, the design of Thrawn’s office is even better. It’s filled with all kind of Easter eggs including links to other Star Wars films, Lucasfilm properties and even Rebels history.

Let’s start with the most exciting one. Rebels art director Kilian Plunkett confirmed that in the chamber leading to Thrawn’s office is the Holy Grail from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (which we’re hoping makes this infamous piece of Star Wars trivia canon). Here’s the long shot and a close-up.

Thrawn’s Office On Star Wars Rebels Was Full Of Easter Eggs

Thrawn’s Office On Star Wars Rebels Was Full Of Easter Eggs

Thrawn also has a Clone helmet that looks a lot like Gree’s, a Clone Trooper who was decapitated by Yoda on Kashyyyk in Revenge of the Sith. How Thrawn would get that is beyond us, but we’d love to hear the story.

Thrawn’s Office On Star Wars Rebels Was Full Of Easter Eggs

Next, he has a bust of an abednedo, which is a species popularised by Force Awakens pilot and Beastie Boys fan Ello Asty.

Thrawn’s Office On Star Wars Rebels Was Full Of Easter Eggs

And finally, a painting on the wall is actually just a digital recreation of a work by legendary Star Wars artist Ralph McQuarrie, which was used by the Rebels crew to create the main planet of Lothal. Here’s the painting, then the shot from the episode.

Thrawn’s Office On Star Wars Rebels Was Full Of Easter Eggs

Thrawn’s Office On Star Wars Rebels Was Full Of Easter Eggs

But that’s not all. Twice in the episode, Thrawn has to battle assassin droids and stop them with an override code. We don’t know exactly how you spell the word he says. It could be “Rock” or “Rook”, which would make sense in a kind of chess context. But it could also be “Rukh”, as in the character from the EU who ended up assassinating Thrawn. That would be cool if Thrawn’s assassin potentially got a name drop linked to assassin droids, if it’s true. (One clue that it might be true is that Thrawn’s ship in this episode, the Chimaera, is the same name of his ship in the EU.)

And then, of course, there’s the obvious stuff. He has a piece of artwork by Sabine as well as Hera’s famil kalikori in his office, nods to his current task of finding the Rebels. But those aren’t Easter eggs because they’re directly referenced and part of the story.

You can find out more about Rebels on the weekly YouTube show, Rebels Recon, linked below.

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