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.
Part 6
Official summary: The action-packed special event finale.
Trivia
And the episode starts back on the same streets of Mos Eisley as seen in Part I. The same extras walk around and the creature we mentioned that might be a jerba, is seen in more detail as the shot starts.
The audio description calls foreman Groff Ditcher “the sand whale foreman”. This is the first time that the huge creature at Tibidon Station is identified.
The finale features many music cues that we have heard before, starting with the chase music from The Empire Strikes Back when the Devastator gives chase to the shuttle. The way the star destroyer crawls slowly into frame is also a nod to the iconic A New Hope opening.
Other returning music: The Imperial March (after Vader gets off the call with Palpatine to emphasize his commitment to the dark side). Versions of the Force theme can be heard during Leia and Obi-Wan’s touching farewell and Obi-Wan Kenobi’s closing shot. Leia’s theme can be heard when Obi-Wan talks to Leia about who her parents were. As he kneels down to do so, you can also hear a brief faint few notes from Across the Stars, the love theme of her parents.
Owen and Luke need new parts for the speeder and go to a supply store. The owner is a species first seen in The Last Jedi with the character Armo Malou, but both the character and the species remain unnamed. The owner was performed by David St. Pierre.
To hide the true danger of Reva coming for Luke, Owen continues his bias against the Tuskens by blaming them. This bias however is not surprising considering the group that had kidnapped and murdered Shmi after torturing her.
Luke says that he is not afraid, which he tells Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back also.
The barren moon with the final duel between Obi-Wan and Darth Vader is unnamed.
The duel starts with two references. Obi-Wan repeats his line from Revenge of the Sith (“I will do what I must”) before striking his iconic fighting pose with the outstretched arm.
During the duel Obi-Wan manages to slice open the helmet of Darth Vader, revealing Anakin’s face. This is something that also happened in Rebels when Darth Vader had his duel against Ahsoka in the season two finale Twilight of the Apprentice. Interesting to note is also how Ahsoka slices the right side of the helmet, and Obi-Wan the left side. Neither of them fully being able to reach Anakin, unlike Luke who then also removed the entire helmet in Return of the Jedi.
Another result of the slash at the helmet seems to be that this is what causes the large scar that can be seen so clearly when the mask is removed by Luke. For some reason this scar was never quite clearly there in Revenge of the Sith, or earlier in this series when the helmet was put on.
Obi-Wan tells Anakin he is sorry, and it is actually Anakin that replies back with reassuring words (“I am not your failure, you did not kill Anakin Skywalker, I did”) and not Darth Vader. This symbolism is illustrated by there being a blue glow over the face, that becomes fully red as Darth Vader continues by saying “the same way, I will destroy you!”.
Obi-Wan leaves Darth Vader behind, calling him Darth. This is both to show that he indeed believes that Anakin is dead, and a call-back to A New Hope, when Obi-Wan also only refers to him as Darth.
Apparently Sith lords like to shout Obi-Wan’s name in anger as a similar shot also appears in Rebels with Darth Maul. This can be seen in 3×20 – Twin Suns.
During the confrontation with Reva, Owen injures his leg causing him to limp. This is another subtle nod to A New Hope where Owen, played by Phil Brown, also has a bit of a limp.
When Obi-Wan is back on Tatooine for the final scenes, he wears the same outfit as seen in Marvel Star Wars #15.
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