Star Wars: The Acolyte Episode 1 Easter Eggs and References

There are numerous Star Wars: The Acolyte Easter eggs and references in Episode 1 that fans will notice. We thought about combining this with other callbacks we found in the second episode of the Disney+ series, but there were so many that we decided to split them up. Even for this premiere episode, the sheer number of easter eggs were so high that we decided to focus on the major ones (or the list would become exceedingly long). Viewers will find references to other Star Wars movies and series, animated or otherwise, peppered throughout this prequel series. Here are just some of the Easter eggs that we found in the first episode of The Acolyte.

Are there any The Acolyte Episode 1 easter eggs and references?

The following are Easter eggs and references in Episode 1 of Star Wars: The Acolyte to other Star Wars movies and TV shows.

1. The intro title card uses the same blue color from the original Star Wars “A long time ago….” opening text as well as the same font style as the crawl. It’s a two-in-one Easter egg combo.
2. Osha’s backstory is similar to the origins of Cal Kestis, the protagonist from the video game Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order. Both have an electronic pal and have a rather mundane job after leaving the Jedi Order.
3. Master Indara’s Jedi communicator emits the same sound as the communicator in the prequel Star Wars trilogy movies.
4. In the fight against Master Indara, Mae tries to grab the Jedi’s lightsaber and fights using primarily daggers. This may a reference to a trial that Darth Vader had to perform in the comics where he also had to assassinate a Jedi without the use of a lightsaber.
5. In a hallway, Osha is passed by a GNK Droid (also known as a gonk droid) or a prototype, miniature version of it. This power droid is much smaller than the ones we see in other Star Wars media that take place after The Acolyte does.
6. A Neimoidian Trade Federation representative states that the Republic instituted a law that only droids can work on outer-ship repairs. This is the reason why only see robots like R2-D2 repairing spacecraft in space throughout the prequel trilogy. This is also despite the fact that one of Osha’s main skills is repairing a ship’s outer hull.
7. One of Osha’s friends asks why she didn’t go with the piloting crew to Nar Shaddaa. This moon nicknamed the “Smuggler’s Moon” is notorious for being a hub of the criminal underworld and more illicit activities.
8. Jedi Master Sol‘s lesson to young Padawans tells them not to let their eyes deceive them and asks them what they see in their mind, with one girl saying “Balance.” These are all callbacks to similar lessons given by Obi-Wan Kenobi to Luke Skywalker in the original trilogy.
9. Osha is tracked to the Outer Rim planet Carlac, which was also the setting in an episode of The Clone Wars where Jedi Padawan Ahsoka Tano attempted to join the Mandalorian faction Death Watch. This planet was also used in The High Republic: Tempest Runner, a canon audio drama written by Cavan Scott.
10. In the crash site on Carlac, Osha walks past a pole that fans may recognize from The Mandalorian and looks similar to the pole Luke Skywalker tries to use in the first Star Wars movie to stop the walls of a trash compactor from closing in.
11. Osha sees a criminal on the prison transport being subdued by a parasite known as Dybbuk. This is used by the Galactic Republic to affect the mind of violent criminals. A Dybbuk is a reference to an evil entity in Jewish folklore that possesses people.

We should also give honorable mentions to a spaceship seen in the first episode. The Jedi Vector, which was animated in Young Jedi Adventures makes its live action debut here.