By now everyone has seen the amazing 360 video tour of Jakku that Facebook released a few days ago. The groundbreaking experience is a nice teaser to hold us over until The Force Awakens trailer debuts on Dec 18th in cinemas around the world.
There are however, 10 easter eggs you probably didn’t catch in the video. Read after the jump and then go back and try to see them for yourself!
“Meesa tastin’ fresh!”
1) Bink’s Bones – roughly 18 seconds into the video, viewing to the right (opposite the Star Destroyer) you can clearly see Gungan bones. As promised by JJ (Jesus Jedi) himself, you can see your least favourite Star Wars character confirmed canonically dead. Thank the maker!
The finest Imperial pleather!
2) Vader’s Left Boot – shortly after Bink’s demise you can find (straight ahead of the speeder, you pass over it), Darth Vader’s left boot. This pretty much confirms that Kylo Ren is hunting down not just that pesky lightsaber but also the remaining tatters of all of Vader’s costume. This aligns with a rumour Jacen’s cousin heard in a bar that Hayden Christian has been hired for Episode VIII because he is still the only person with a complete, original Darth Vader costume. Back in 2005 he was paid in faux-leather costume segments rather than republic credits for his work on Episode III.
“Pay no attention to me foreskin face!”
3) Darth Plagueis’ staff – and… it is identical to Rey’s staff seen in the trailers and promotional art. I think we are getting Plagueis in this film even if he is now called “Snoke”. We’re guessing Rey finds the staff in the desert and we will get the full backstory on the Battle for Tanuik in which, if you remember, Plagueis lost his staff, thus rendering his Dark Side powers useless. Rey will have to use this staff, risking her own turn to the Dark Side in order to save her mother, Queen Leia in Episode VIII.
Contains 53% new footage!
4) 05/16/15 – 32 seconds in, written on the Star Destroyer you can clearly read “10/16/15” October 16th, 2015. This date can mean only one thing. Invasion! No, no, no, I kid. This is the trailer date. We are finally going to get to see the 2 minute and 13 second full theatrical trailer for The Force Awakens. We are so excited to hear Leia utter that leaked line: “My brother is the keeper of this galaxy, not you and your wretched scum!”
If he can crawl, he’s in the
right mission!
5) Boba Fett – Well maybe not, but Slave One is flying directly overhead of your speeder and then is chased off by three X-Wing fighters. Sounds like Boba Fett did officially make it out of the Sarlacc pit all those years ago. What’s he doing on another desert planet? Perhaps this aligns with the rumour that Rey finds Han Solo refrozen in carbonite and frees him once and for all.
Pew! Pew! Pew!
6) Poe’s Black X-Wing – Chasing Slave One is none other than Poe Dameron’s controversial black X-Wing. We’re still not sure if the cast of Red Tails will get their way to have it changed to a green X-wing by the time of release but for now you can see Poe chasing Boba over the skies of Jakku. Is this chase what leads our new pilot hero to Jakku at the start of the film?
Wrap this around your crystal skull!
7) Indy’s Whip – near the tail end of the tour, as your speeder is slowing down, right underfoot, slightly to the left you can see a neatly curled bullwhip. Yes folks, that can only be a Lucasfilm tie-in tip of the fedora to Indiana Jones. Interestingly enough, in the handle are the initials C.P. Speculation is mounting that this is short for “Chris Pratt” as last week he signed a top secret deal with Lucasfilm according to his CAA reps. Could this be the first official hint at who our new Dr. Jones is?
The moodiest mood rings.
8) Infinity Stone – Marvel fans – here is your first taste of Disney synergy should there ever be a Marvel / Star Wars crossover project. We won’t tell you where this one is – you have to find it for yourself because we wouldn’t want to ruin the surprise of who is holding it.
Saw them at EndorFest ’99, bloody brilliant!
9) Catina Band – There is a stage opposite the crashed Star Destroyer , behind some other wreckage and ship parts where you can see the same Cantina Band sound checking an outdoor concert. It is great to see they have gained intergalactic fame since A New Hope. Luke Skywalker wasn’t the only one to get off Tatooine in order to achieve bigger things.
*fart noise*
10) Bad Robot – of course it wouldn’t be a JJ project without having his trusty logo droid hidden in there somewhere. This one is so boring and obnoxious, you can find it yourself. We don’t care.
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