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Major spoilers forSolo: A Star Wars Storybelow.
The line comes during one of the films many up-against-the-odds action sequences.
Qiras reply: Teras Kasi.
You may be wondering how I knew to include umlauts over theas in that term.
It was a critical disaster.
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Which is precisely why I was so surprised to hear it name-dropped.
Pleasantly surprised, I should add and not for the first or last time.
As one might expect,Solois peppered with easter-egg shout-outs to preexisting components of theStar Warsgalaxy.
But what I wasnt expecting was how much I would enjoy them.
In that light,Solos understated, often-obscure intertextuality is refreshing and rewarding.
Harking back to old source material is hardly a new phenomenon in the post-DisneyStar Warsmovie playbook.
While a few of the predictions were on the money (e.g.
Instead, were given bits of fan service that are charmingly micro-targeted and cleverly unobtrusive.
Theres no dramatic pause or musical sting to emphasize the significance of the moment.
But if you do have that knowledge, its a fun little nudge.
Other examples abound, but and, again, this is a virtue you probably missed most of them.
The massive, swirling gravity well near Kessel known as the Maw?
First introduced in the 1994 novelJedi Search, part of the much-loved Jedi Academy series.
Thandie Newtons Val berates Beckett for not hiring bounty hunter Bossk, first glimpsed inThe Empire Strikes Back.
- At a key moment,Han shoots first.
I could go on.
That all comes down to a your-mileage-may-vary situation.
They made me comfortable and curious.
However, theres one quasi-exception to my feelings here.
Oh, well, whatever; that bit is very much the exception.
Nine times out of ten, the easter egg is under the radar.
Heres hoping for a low-keyThrackan Sal-Soloappearance next time around.
*An earlier version of this article misidentified the actor Warwick Davis as Kenny Baker.
