Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
This clause contains spoilers for Star Wars : Skeleton Crew instalment 7.Star Wars : Skeleton Crewepisode 7 features a surprising KOTOR Easter egg that ’s a mountain more important than it seems . Skeleton Crewis an unusualStar Warsstory ; it ’s surprisingly accessible to young viewers , even though every episode is absolutely packed with Easter eggs . This is because some of them are so subtle you may easy escape them , while the bulk of the write up is focused on young summation to lore , such as the planetAt Attin .
InSkeleton Crewepisode 7 , Jod Na Nawood contend to make his manner beyond the Barrier protect At Attin . Once he arrives , he pretends to be a " Republic Emissary " who has been formally sent to the planet- confusion made possible because of theOnyx Cinder ’s truthful nature . This was Captain Tak Rennod ’s genius : he repurposed an old At Attin ship , knowing it was the mode to get past the Barrier . But the reference to " envoy " is astonishingly authoritative .
“Emissaries” Have Been Part Of Star Wars Since KOTOR
Representatives of one government sent to another
This is n’t the first time we ’ve see envoy inStar Wars . In canon , they appeared inStar war : The Clone Warsas far back as 2010 , a title used by diplomats of one self-governing state post to another . Ryloth ’s representative in the New Republic Era , for example , was technically called an " emissary " - reflecting the looser relationship between the New Republic and its member land .
In Legends , emissaries date all the way back to theKnights of the Old Republicera , millennium before the Skywalker Saga . Drew Karpyshyn ’s splendid novelRevanintroduces an unnamed emissary of the Sith Empire , sent to Mandalore to force for an alliance . So this is a terminal figure of historic significance in theStar Warsgalaxy .
What Skeleton Crew’s Emissary REALLY Means For At Attin
The title is an important one
This note is a slew more important than it may seem to be at first . permit me prompt you what an envoy is : a representative of one sovereign commonwealth sent to another . In the case of Ryloth , the planet was a member of the New Republic , but the world remained largely self - government activity . In the case of the Sith Empire , the emissary belonged to a disjoined administration .
This has immense implications for At Attin . It suggeststhe planet was always envisioned as being semi - autonomous , largely independent and self - governing , with minimal contact with the outside galaxy- in all probability in part an attempt to keep it safe from pirates like Tak Rennod . No doubt matter were further refine when the Republic sprain into the Empire , because it ’s clearly been a long clip since a Republic Emissary came to call . Star Wars : Skeleton Crew ’s " envoy " reference has rather exciting implications .
