Easter Eggs You Missed In The Book Of Boba Fett

Resurrection, renewal, redemption, maybe a bit of revenge, and a whole lot of respect — all are key themes in "The Book of Boba Fett," which debuted its first episode on December 29 on Disney+. 

This Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison, who played the character's father Jango in "Attack of the Clones") is world-weary but not too tired to take over the criminal underworld formerly led by Jabba the Hutt and then Bib Fortuna. That's where we find the titular anti-hero: Jabba's former palace and in the streets of Mos Espa, where Boba is trying to cement his authority as the new ruler amid continuing upheaval and unease following the fall of the Empire. 

"The Book of Boba Fett" takes place right after the events of "The Mandalorian" Season 2 finale, bringing back Boba as the protagonist of his own series alongside right-hand assassin Fennec Shand (Ming-Na Wen) in Disney's latest effort to expand the "Star Wars" universe. Chapter 1, titled "Stanger in a Strange Land," is set in present-day Tatooine, but a large portion is a flashback to Boba's unforgiving, traumatic journey so far. As he sleeps in his bacta-filled pod, he dreams of flashes of his "birthplace" of Kamino and the loss of his father Jango at the Battle of Geonosis (a scene ripped straight from the film). And while we already know from "The Mandalorian" that Boba survived falling into the Sarlacc pit in "Return of the Jedi," up until now, we didn't know exactly how. "The Book of Boba Fett" shows us — and it's not pretty.

Through nostalgic flashbacks and present-day dealings with the underworld's players, "The Book of Boba Fett" is full of Easter eggs. Here are some you may have missed.

Blink, and you'll miss the wreckage of Jabba the Hutt's iconic sailing barge, the Khetanna, in the scene of Boba Fett emerging from the Sarlacc pit.

In the original trilogy's finale film, "Return of the Jedi," Han Solo inadvertently knocks Boba into the Sarlacc pit as Han, Luke, Leia, and their friends battle to escape Jabba's clutches. This chaotic fighting and the epic death of Jabba at the hands of Leia also resulted in the "sinking" of the Khetanna. Destroyed beyond repair and no longer with a captain, it was left to rot on the sands above the Pit of Carkoon.

In "The Book of Boba Fett," the remains of the destroyed barge can be seen behind Boba at the edge of the pit as he claws his way to the surface and collapses on the sand in the first episode. We're sure the Khetanna has been picked clean of any valuables over the years by some Jawas, just as they do to an unconscious Boba in the first episode.

The wreckage of the Khetanna is seen in more detail in Chapter 4, "The Gathering Storm," as Boba and Fennec fly his Firespray ship over the maw of the Sarlacc in a quest to find his armor.

A Tatooine cantina wouldn't be the same without the planet's most famous tunes. Luckily, "The Book of Boba Fett" brings back two of the galaxy's most famous musicians for a hefty dose of nostalgia.

Inside the Mos Espa venue, patrons are imbibing and betting while a funky remix of the classic "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" is played by none other than Max Rebo and Figrin D'an. Max Rebo is a blue-skinned, elephant-like creature who was understandably presumed dead after last being seen on Jabba's sailing barge, but it looks like he's alive and well alongside Figrin D'an. The Bith musician – a former member of the popular Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes — played "Cantina Band" in the iconic scene in Mos Eisley in "A New Hope." Though he's without his other band members and in a new town, Figrin D'an seems to be doing just fine playing tunes at the Mos Espa cantina with Max Rebo.

Stick around the credits of "The Book of Boba Fett" Chapter 1, and you'll see that showrunner and premiere director Robert Rodriguez has a key cameo in "Stranger in a Strange Land" (he's in the middle in the picture above).

Rodriguez portrays Dokk Strassi, the leader of the Trandoshan family who works under Jabba the Hutt on Tatooine. In the series premiere, Dokk Strassi greets Boba and gives him a tribute in. the form of Wookiee pelt. During the exchange, Boba remarks on the awkwardness of the situation since he had worked for the Trandoshan at one point in his bounty hunting career, and now Dokk Strassi serves him.

As Dokk Strassi leaves the throne room of now-Boba's palace, he tells him, "May you never leave Mos Espa." Boba then leans over to Fennec Shand and says the Trandoshan's goodbye sounded like a threat. This moment probably won't be the last time we see Dokk Strassi in "The Book of Boba Fett," as images of future episodes show him and other Trandoshans dining with their new leader.

It might be a little late for Luke Skywalker to snag some power converters, but it wasn't too late for "Star Wars" to reveal the iconic Tosche Station and show what the Jedi's childhood best friends are up to.

While Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) brings an epic beatdown to the local menacing swoop bike gang, two humans are cowering and trying to avoid the mayhem. These two humans — a man and a woman — are never named in the episode, but they are most certainly Camie (Mandy Kowalski) and Fixer (Skyler Bible), and this small cantina is likely Tosche Station. 

The brief shot of the door shows details that match the deleted scene of Tosche Station from the first "Star Wars" movie in 1977. Per those original details from the original film, Camie and Fixer were around Luke's age and hung out often at Tosche Station. Camie is also referenced in "The Last Jedi" novel when Luke dreams about what his life would've been like if he never left Tatooine and married Camie instead.

Though their appearances are brief, the Camie and Fixer cameos are a fun, subtle nod to original "Star Wars" details that ended up on the cutting room floor.

Boba Fett actor Temuera Morrison – who is from New Zealand — has been open about how his indigenous Māori heritage is helping him shape the portrayal of the infamous bounty hunter. And that influence is given even more limelight in "The Book of Boba Fett."

Overall, the second episode, "The Tribes of Tatooine," is a character study of both Boba and the clan of Tusken Raiders he joins after escaping the Sarlacc pit. In the process of his training in Tusken warrior ways and gaining a deeper understanding of their rich, indigenous culture, he also goes on a spiritual journey — again flashing back to his childhood on Kamino and the trauma of losing his father at such a young age. As for weaponry, the series' second episode reveals where and how Boba obtained the gaffi stick we see him use in "The Mandalorian" Season 2. In the "Star Wars" universe, the gaffi stick is a Tusken melee weapon. In the real world, the gaffi stick is similar to the taiaha, a fighting stick used by Māori fighters.

The ending of the second episode shows Boba crafting and forging his own gaffi stick and being adorned with his signature black robes in scenes showing his transformation into a Tusken warrior. The episode ends with Boba engaging with other gaffi stick-wielding Tuskens in a ritualistic dance that has echoes of the Māori haka — a passionate, high-energy dance challenge made globally famous by the All Blacks rugby team.

In the third episode, Boba employs a gang of local misfits who have made their way on the world of Tatooine by enhancing themselves with droid parts and stealing what they want and need to survive.  For a gang of criminals on a poorer world, they all dress in hip, clean clothes, have shiny and colorful speeder bikes, and possess some sick cybernetic appendages. Speaking of those speeder bikes, they encompass all the possible Jedi lightsaber colors (blue, green, red, and yellow). Sure, purple is left out (sorry, Mace Windu), but that could mean there's a group member missing or space for a new one in the future. It may be a bit of a stretch, but we couldn't help but draw the comparison.

In Chapter 3, we also finally learn more about the mysterious biker woman teased in a previous trailer for "The Book of Boba Fett." The credits name her as Drash (Sophie Thatcher), and she's the leader of the gang on a sleek blue speeder bike. Since her appearance in the trailer, fans have speculated that this "speeder bike girl" could be Ailyn Vel — Boba's daughter in Legends stories — or even a reawakened Arden Lyn, a Dark Jedi in Legends who was "frozen" in a Force trance for about 25,000 years.

From what we know about Drash so far, it's not likely she's either character, but it's still fun for fans to theorize about more Legends inclusion.

The Hutt twins return in Chapter 3, and they have a gift for Boba — a rancor. They also apologize to Boba for sending the Wookiee Black Krrsantan to kill him, but the new daimyo can trust the Hutts' apology about as far he can throw the two giant space slugs.

Surprisingly, Boba seems excited about the rancor. The calf comes with Danny Trejo, whose character has been caring for the beast. In a huge cameo, Trejo's character explains that rancors are much more than just fighting beasts — they are emotionally complex, and this one is actually depressed. He also says that rancors imprint on the first human they see, taking off the creature's blindfold so it can supposedly imprint on Boba. Needless to say, the former bounty hunter and new ruler of Tatooine's underworld wants to learn to ride it.

The notion of rancors imprinting isn't new, as unaltered clone Omega bonded with a young rancor in an episode of the animated "Star Wars" series "The Bad Batch." Even more intriguing is that Omega is technically the clone sister of Boba, who was originally dubbed Alpha. And, of course, it's exciting to finally have a rancor back in the Mos Espa palace. Hopefully, Boba will treat this one better than Jabba treated his pet.

The mysterious spider droid carrying a fishbowl of orange-red liquid is actually a member of the ancient B'omarr Order — a religious sect whose members transplanted their brains into these bowls and used the spider droids to move about in order to focus all sensation and attention on their minds.

A B'omarr Order spider droid first appeared in "Return of the Jedi" in 1983 in a short scene that shows one of them walking by an open door in Jabba's palace. According to "Star Wars" lore, these monks were the original owners of the palace in Mos Espa until Jabba took over. The "Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded" edition says Jabba let the B'omarr Order spider droids stick around his monastery-turned-palace because he enjoyed how disturbing they looked.

In "The Book of Boba Fett," it appears there are still some members of the B'omarr Order left on Tatooine as one scene shows a spider droid scuttling past the exterior of the palace.

In Chapter 3, Boba's cyberpunk youth biker gang goes on a high-speed chase through the streets of Mos Espa to catch the mayor's majordomo, who is fleeing the new daimyo of Tatooine after refusing to disclose who the mayor is really working for (it's the Pykes). But while the chase and reveal of the mayor's involvement with the Pykes drive "The Book of Boba Fett" story forward in the present, the speeder bike crash also features a subtle but sweet callback to "Star Wars: Rebels." 

When the majordomo crashes, his land speeder slams into several crates of a reddish-orange fruit called a meiloorun. These fruits were key "characters" in early episodes of "Rebels" and were later established as General Hera Syndulla's favorite. And one of Zeb's and Ezra's first missions together in "Rebels" includes them being sent to find the fruits on Lothal — where meilooruns don't grow.

It doesn't look like the appearance of meilooruns in "The Book of Boba Fett" means anything for the main story, but it's a nice Easter egg for "Rebels" fans to find.

In June 2021, it was quietly revealed that Boba Fett's iconic ship would no longer be referred to as "Slave I" — a name it carried when it was owned by Boba's father, Jango Fett. Instead, "The Mandalorian" themed LEGO sets dubbed the ship "Boba Fett's Starship." In "The Book of Boba Fett," Boba recovers his lost ship from Jabba's hangar in Mos Espa in a flashback in Chapter 4, calling it his "Firespray gunship." Actor Temuera Morrison also confirmed the name change in a short clip of an interview with The Wrap shared on Twitter. 

Around the same time the LEGO set was revealed, LEGO Star Wars Design Director Jens Kronvold Frederiksen said "Slave I" is "just something that Disney doesn't want to use anymore" (per Jedi News). While Disney nor Lucasfilm has officially commented on the name change, Boba calling it his "Firespray gunship" cements it. 

The ship is, in fact, a Firespray 31-class starship that doesn't really have an equal in the rest of the "Star Wars" galaxy, as it's outfitted with plenty of hidden tools and weapons, including those beautiful sounding seismic charges. It first appeared in "The Empire Strikes Back" and then again in "Attack of the Clones" when it was owned by Jango. It returned in the second season of "The Mandalorian" and now in "The Book of Boba Fett" with its true pilot at the helm.

"The Book of Boba Fett" Chapter 4 had a fun cameo for music fans, as bass guitarist and singer-songwriter Stephen "Thundercat" Bruner appeared as the modification artist known as "Modifier." Thundercat's character seems like the go-to man for the job of modifying your body with sleek droid parts, and his handiwork appears to be very popular among the youth of Tatooine.

In "The Gathering Storm," Modifier is the one who works on Fennec and gives her mechanical parts in her stomach to save her life. He also sports a cool battle droid hand that he can switch out with different tools depending on the job he's doing. In real life, Thundercat is known for his membership with thrash band Suicidal Tendencies and his work on Kendrick Lamar's album "To Pimp a Butterfly." The album's track "These Walls" won Thundercat a Grammy for Best Rap/Sung Performance, and he also won a Grammy in 2020 for Best Progressive R&B Album for his "It Is What It Is" studio album.

Most of the bad things that have happened to the planet Mandalore and the Mandalorians can be traced right back to the Darksaber and those who seek to wield it. The legendary black lightsaber first appeared in live-action in "The Mandalorian," but it's appeared and had its origins explained in "The Clone Wars" and "Rebels."

In "The Book of Boba Fett," five years post-Empire, Mandalorian Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) still possesses the blade after winning it from Moff Gideon. In Chapter 5, "The Return of the Mandalorian," Din gets another lesson in the saber's dark history and heavy legacy. The Armorer (Emily Swallow) tells him the Darksaber was constructed by Tarre Vizsla, who was the first Mandalorian Jedi thousands of years ago. Since then, the blade has been viewed as a symbol of the rightful leader of Mandalore.

The key to the Darksaber is that it must be won in combat, the Armorer says, or "it will be a curse unto the nation." She goes on to explain the history of the Night of a Thousand Tears, the Great Purge of Mandalore, and the "cautionary tale" of Bo-Katan Kryze. In "Rebels," Mandalorian Sabine Wren gives the Darksaber to Bo-Katan, who uses it to unite the Mandalorian clans against the Empire. This action results in the Empire sending a massive fleet of bombers to destroy the planet and any survivors. Chapter 5 shows a horrific flashback to the planet covered in flames and wreckage and the Mandalorian capital Sundari being blown up.

And though Din rightfully possesses the Darksaber, the Armorer's training shows he's highly unskilled with this type of blade, echoing scenes of Sabine's training in "Rebels" episode "Trials of the Darksaber."

One of the most exciting returns in "The Book of Boba Fett" Chapter 5 — besides the Mandalorian, of course — is the N-1 starfighter, also called the "Naboo starfighter." These sleek gold and silver ships were constructed for defense and security and were famously used as escort crafts for the queen of Naboo during the prequel era.

The N-1 starfighter was most famously seen in "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" as an attack craft during the Trade Federation's invasion of Naboo. A young Anakin Skywalker flies an N-1 starfighter during the battle and helps destroy a droid control ship to help the Naboo to victory.  In "Return of the Mandalorian," Din Djarin helps Peli Motto fix up an N-1 starfighter as a replacement for his destroyed Razor Crest. At first, he calls it a pile of junk, but he learns during a test flight that the decades-old ship still packs quite a punch.

In Chapter 5 of "The Book of Boba Fett," when Peli Motto asks Din Djarin how his test flight with the revamped N-1 starfighter went, he replies, "Wizard."

The use of this "Star Wars" slang is another callback to the prequel film "The Phantom Menace," but it's also a nod to another Jedi Padawan from the High Republic era. Young Jedi Ram Jomaram often uses the word "wizard" to exclaim how cool or awesome he thinks something is. The loveable Padawan with a penchant for all things mechanical has appeared several times throughout the ongoing High Republic publishing initiative, including in novels "The Rising Storm," "Race to Crashpoint Tower," and "Midnight Horizon." In "Midnight Horizon," out on February 1, 2022, "wizard" is described as "Ram's favorite word for when something was completely amazing and the best possible thing ever."

"Wizard" is also a subtle Easter egg nod to young Anakin Skywalker's Tatooine friend Kitster Banai, who calls the future Darth Vader's podracer "so wizard."

When Din Djarin visits Peli Motto's body shop in Mos Eisley, we get a look at the plethora of droids she employs to help her fix up starships. Besides a BD droid straight out of "Jedi: Fallen Order," eagle-eyed "Star Wars" fans will see the return of an astromech droid that is pivotal in Luke Skywalker getting R2-D2 and C-3PO from the Jawas in the very first "Star Wars" film.

R5-D4 is seen rolling through Peli's shop, still sporting the hole in his top where his busted motivator exploded right after Luke and Uncle Owen bought the droid in "A New Hope." "The Book of Boba Fett" Chapter 5 isn't R5's first reappearance since the Empire fell. The droid was also seen in at Chalmun's spaceport cantina when Din arrived searching for work and later at the Mos Eisley spaceport after Peli acquired the droid — all scenes from "The Mandalorian."

When Din Djarin lands on a lush, unnamed planet to visit Grogu in the sixth episode, iconic astromech droid R2-D2 is the first one to greet him. As Mando lands, R2's antenna pops up and spins as it determines who and what is about to touchdown in Master Luke's supposedly secret hideaway.

Though we can't speak droid, it's clear R2-D2 recognizes the N-1 starfighter Din is flying. If the droid could speak Basic, he would probably say something like, "Dang, I haven't seen a Naboo Starfighter since the Battle of Naboo more than 30 years ago."

In "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace," R2-D2 was the droid who accompanied a young Anakin Skywalker in an N-1 starfighter as the two joined other Naboo fighters as the Trade Federation attacked. It was in these scenes that R2-D2 helped Anakin pilot the starfighter and inadvertently blow up the main reactors inside the Trade Federation's droid control ship, essentially winning the battle for Naboo.

Due to his age, it's clear Grogu is old enough to have still been a Jedi youngling during the Clone Wars and the fall of the Jedi Order as chronicled in the prequel films.

In the sixth episode of "The Book of Boba Fett," Luke briefly taps into Grogu's mind using the Force to help him unlock suppressed memories of his life before meeting Din Djarin. In a flashback scene from Grogu's point of view, we see three older Jedi at the Temple on Coruscant try to fend off a squad of clone troopers. The troopers have been enacted to execute Order 66 and kill all of the Jedi.

The three unnamed Jedi fall to the clones' blaster shots and then we see the troopers approaching a swaddled Grogu. The flashback then cuts back to Luke and Grogu before we can see who steps in to protect the youngling next. There are many ongoing theories about what other older Jedi could have escaped Order 66 and helped Grogu survive through two decades of Imperial control. It's likely we will learn more about Grogu's past in "The Mandalorian" Season 3.

Boba Fett's gang of youthful cyborg space bikers make a brief appearance in the sixth episode of "The Book of Boba Fett," where they are officially named the Mods. This gang first appeared earlier in the season when Boba employs them after he learns they are being ripped off with high prices by a local water monger.

The gang has drawn much criticism over the season, as some fans believe their cyberpunk-esque style and brightly colored speeder bikes are not "Star Wars." However, die-hard George Lucas fans have been quick to point out that the Mods are a nod to the creator of Star Wars.

At a Television Critics Association panel in January 2022 (via TVLine), Fennec Shand actor Ming-Na Wen confirmed that the Mods represent "a real homage to a lot of things [Lucas] always loved." The Mods are also a clear nod to Lucas' first major work, "American Graffiti," which premiered in 1973 and showcased greaser and rock 'n' roll cultures of the early 1960s. The real-life Mods were also a subculture in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s composed of young people obsessed with brightly-colored scooters and the unique musical stylings of jazz and power pop rock. 

In Star Wars, mods means modification, while in real life, the term stands for modernist. Like the colorful, dynamic Star Wars Mods that rose after the fall of the stiff, fascistic Empire, the UK Mods surged in popularity in the wake of World War II.

In "The Book of Boba Fett" Chapter 7, the season finale, a new type of battle droid is introduced: the Scorpenek droid. The Pyke Syndicate unleashes two of these huge and deadly droids on Boba Fett's crew while they try to fight off the Pykes and protect Mos Espa. Luckily, Boba has a rancor and a little green friend who help him take down these droids and win the war for Boba Fett and crew.

In the Star Wars Legends continuity, Scorpenek droids were used by the Separatists during the Clone Wars, along with the familiar Droidekas. Both types of droids had rapid-fire laser cannons and deployed nearly impenetrable deflector shields. The Scorpenek droid was first mentioned in the book "The New Essential Guide to Droids," and its concept art appears to be an early form of what would become the Droideka in "Star Wars: Attack of the Clones." 

Fans didn't have to wait long to find out who Grogu chooses when Luke Skywalker presents him with a choice between Yoda's lightsaber or the Beskar metal shirt from Mandalorian Din Djarin. The choice isn't shown, but Grogu is quickly flown back to Mos Eisley in Luke's X-Wing with R2-D2 as the pilot. Peli Motto (Amy Sedaris) helps reunite the little green guy with his adopted dad, and Grogu helps Boba Fett and his crew save the city by using the Force to dismantle one of the Scorpenek droids and putting the rampaging rancor to sleep.

In the previous episode, Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) tells Din that Grogu is set to be Luke's first student when his new Jedi Temple is completed. "Star Wars" comic fans knew this couldn't be true, as "The Rise of Kylo Ren" series from Marvel detailed Ben Solo's journey as his uncle's first student. Fans also know that Ben killed all of his classmates and burned down Luke's temple in the final step to the dark side under the influence of Snoke.

We knew the moment was coming, but it was incredible to see nonetheless. In the season finale, Boba Fett triumphantly rides in atop his pet rancor to save the day from the Pyke Syndicate. The image of someone riding a rancor is a callback to the Witches of Dathomir, who rode them to scare their enemies in battle. But it's also a nod to another "Star Wars" character who was recently revealed as Boba Fett's clone sister.

In "The Bad Batch" season 1, the Clone Force 99 group of mutated clones adopts young female clone Omega and saves her from Imperial clutches on Kamino. It is in this series that we learn that Boba (clone name Alpha) is not the only unaltered clone of Jango Fett — Omega was also created not as a soldier but as a highly intelligent assistant to Kaminoan scientist Nala Se. 

In one episode of "The Bad Batch," the group takes a mission to retrieve a young rancor, which Omega ends up bonding with and riding — one of the first hints that rancors are complex creatures and much more than savage beasts.