The newest episode of The Book of Boba Fett has nothing to do with The Simpsons. There’s no inexperienced carbon rods, donuts, or Time magazine declarations. The picture above, nonetheless, will make sense if you happen to maintain studying. We simply felt we wished to be as spoiler-free as potential.

Chapter 5 of The Book of Boba Fett was, but once more, one other dip into the Star Wars toy field. Writer Jon Favreau and director Bryce Dallas Howard actually pushed the bounds of what number of Star Wars references they might squeeze in, from The Clone Wars and The Phantom Menace, to Jedi Fallen Order and, after all, The Mandalorian. But one of many much less apparent cameos comes from earlier than any of that. And it’s an ideal illustration of how onerous these new Star Wars reveals attempt to please lengthytime followers. In “Return of the Mandalorian,” Din Djarin finds himself again on Tatooine with Peli Motto. After dropping his Razor Crest, he wants a brand new ship and Peli has one for him. It’s a Naboo N-1 Starfighter, which was first launched in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. This is just not the “cameo” we’re speaking about, nonetheless.

As Peli and Mando restore and improve the N-1, Mando has a listing of elements for the Tatooine Jawas to get him. One of which they discover shortly known as a “cryogenic density combustion booster.” Now, the viewers in all probability doesn’t know what a cryogenic density combustion booster does, as a result of it’s fictional starship half for an equally fictional starship, however they’ve absolutely seen one earlier than. Here’s a screenshot from The Book of Boba Fett:

And right here’s the primary time you noticed one:

Yes, Han, Luke, and Leia used a cryogenic density combustion booster to attempt to brace the partitions of the trash compactor on the Death Star. Here’s a better look.

Now clearly, when George Lucas filmed that scene, the rod was meant to be nothing greater than a bit of trash. An extended piece of metallic that somebody had thrown out and was now available to our heroes, one prop amongst many within the compactor. But within the a long time since, that prop, with these distinctive bumpy cylinders surrounding it, has turn out to be immediately recognizable. One of these issues Star Wars followers may not even know they know, but it surely’s burned onto their mind. And so, one would assume, when developing with items for the N-1 in The Book of Boba Fett, Favreau, Howard, and doubtless producer Dave Filoni have been in all probability like “Are there any pieces of Star Wars junk that the fans will recognize? Oh, that thing from the trash compactor!”

Honestly, it’s not even that deep of a reduce. It’s from the primary and most well-known of all of the Star Wars films, entrance and middle in a very well-known scene. And but, the decisionagain is so particular, random, pointless, and alcollectively enjoyable. There was zero want for this piece of metallic to have a connection to earlier Star Wars films however, since there was one out there, why not? Plus, simply to verify the episode can spend as a lot time as potential letting you in on the joke, we be taught that the Jawas stole this piece from a Pyke spice runner. This permits Peli, for the primary time in the whole episode, to speak at size concerning the plot of The Book of Boba Fett. So as she seeds the upcoming battle between Boba Fett and the Pykes, we get to have a look at this actually humorous, intelligent Star Wars cameo for just a few seconds longer.

Then, after all, rising up with The Simpsons, seeing an necessary, lengthy, skinny piece of metallic made us consider the Inanimate Carbon Rod from the 1994 episode “Deep Space Homer.” And that’s simply one other degree of humorous.

The Book of Boba Fett is now streaming on Disney+.

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