Disney brought original Star Wars designs from 1975 to life in The Mandalorian’s Ahsoka Tano episode. In The Mandalorian season 2, episode 5, “Chapter 13: The Jedi”, Din Djarin finally made it to the planet Corvus, where he had his long-awaited meeting with Rosario Dawson’s Ahsoka Tano, a former Jedi and apprentice of Anakin Skywalker. The character, who had never before appeared in live-action, played key roles in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels.

In the episode, Mando was hired by an Imperial magistrate named Morgan Elsbeth (Diana Lee Inosanto) to eliminate Ahsoka Tano, the same Jedi he’s been looking for ever since his encounter with Bo-Katan. After meeting with Ahsoka and learning more about Baby Yoda’s mysterious past, the two teamed up for a battle with the magistrate and her forces. Once it was over, Mando’s mission to find a new home for Baby Yoda hit another complication when Ahoska refused to train him and instead sent him to Tython in the hopes that another Jedi might come looking for him.

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Mando’s adventure with Ahsoka Tano was filled with numerous Easter eggs and references, including homages to the original Star Wars concept art. Before the movies could be made, George Lucas worked with Ralph McQuarrie to create artwork of the characters, the planets, and other key concepts. Many were reworked and improved before the first movie came to fruition in 1977. However, these old ideas found their way into The Mandalorian, particularly the white lightsabers Ahsoka uses (which are from Star Wars Rebels).

Ralph McQuarrie Jabba Palace Entrance Concept Art

Ahsoka's lightsabers come from McQuarrie's art that depicts characters like Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker wielding white-bladed lightsabers. These weapons, which were originally designed to be white, were updated to be much more colorful in the final film. The plain white was dropped in favor of red, blue, and green. Years later, the Star Wars universe incorporated McQuarrie’s classic lightsaber design into Star Wars: Rebels, and now, thanks to The Mandalorian, they’re being used in live-action for the first time ever. Furthermore, the roof the entrance into the magistrate’s fortress on Corvus also closely resembles a building design from one of McQuarrie’s paintings, specifically one that was designed for the entrance to Jabba's palace.

The Mandalorian has been a first for many things in the Star Wars universe, such as visiting planets that haven’t been seen before, and using characters and alien races that so far have been limited to the cartoons, like Bo-Katan. Due to being the only live-action Star Wars show, the series has had plenty of opportunity to work in elements that the movies and spin-off films haven’t had room or time for. It could be that, in the future, The Mandalorian will find more chances to draw inspiration from Ralph McQaurrie’s now-famous Star Wars paintings.

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