Andor: The Star Wars Show’s Latest Episode Threw In A Pretty Cool Indiana Jones Easter Egg

Warning: SPOILERS for the Andor episode “The Axe Forgets” are forward!

When one thinks of Lucasfilm, two franchises ought to instantly come to thoughts: Star Wars and Indiana Jones (although bonus factors should you additionally considered Willow). The Indiana Jones movies have included a handful of Star Wars Easter eggs (among others) over the many years, together with a hieroglyphic of C-3PO and R2-D2 being noticed in Raiders of the Lost Ark and the nightspot at the start of The Temple of Doom being referred to as Club Obi-Wan. On the flip aspect, the newest episode of Andor, which Disney+ subscribers can stream now, contained a fairly cool Indiana Jones Easter egg, one which immediately calls again to the movie sequence’ second installment.

At the tip of “The Axe Forgets,” we briefly reunite with Stellan Skarsgård’s Luthen Rael, the Rebel operative who met Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor in “Reckoning” and set him up on the mission being run by Faye Marsay’s Vel Sarth. As Luthen is enjoying round along with his hi fi and impatiently ready for an replace on how the mission went, we see among the artifacts on show on the cabinets behind him in his store on Coruscant, and should you look carefully to the appropriate of the actor, you’ll see two acquainted orange stones within the nook. 

Yes, these are certainly a pair of the Sankara Stones from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. There had been 5 of those stones within the 1984 film, and Mola Ram and his Thuggee cult supposed to make use of them for his or her nefarious scheme. By the tip of The Temple of Doom, all however one of many Sankara Stones had been misplaced, and Dr. Henry Jones Jr., Willie Scott and Short Round introduced it again to its rightful residence with the individuals of the village of Mayapore. Now we all know that no less than two Sankara Stones exist within the Star Wars universe, although have they got the identical mystical properties? You know what, I’m overthinking this, let’s simply be blissful that Andor’s prop staff threw this Easter egg in for the Star Wars present’s eagle-eyed viewers.

Full disclosure, this isn’t the primary Indiana Jones Easter egg that’s been included in Andor. In the episode “Aldhani,” the primary time we visited Luthen Rael’s store, one of many glimpsed artifacts included Indiana Jones’ whip, albeit encased in carbonite. So is that it on the Indiana Jones Easter eggs in Andor, or are there extra coming? Could we probably see the Ark of the Covenant or the Holy Grail in Luthen’s store or on one of many planets Cassian visits? Now I’ll be holding a better eye on the backgrounds in future episodes, which drop Wednesdays on Disney+.

While you look forward to the subsequent chapter of Cassian Andor’s pre-Rogue One journey, try our breakdown of watch the Star Wars movies in order, and the place the TV exhibits fall into the timeline. Andor has also already been greenlit for a second season that can lead into the occasions of Rogue One.