WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Bad Batch Episode 5, "Rampage," streaming now on Disney+.

Star Wars: The Bad Batch is openly affectionate about previous Star Wars properties, perhaps even more so than its predecessor, Star Wars: The Clone Wars. And it's canny enough to spot deep cuts, not only in its own episodes, but in older Star Wars properties as well. For instance, Season 1, Episode 5, “Rampage,” contains a clever nod to the Mos Eisley Cantina in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, and the attention to detail results in another of the series’ delightful Easter eggs.

Cid’s bar on Ord Mandell is the spiritual descendent of the Cantina, another seedy, out-of-the-way locale where shifty figures make dirty deals in poorly lit corners. Cid’s place carries its own seedy ambiance, but it wears its inspiration on its sleeve, sharing one specific and very interesting detail. Namely, both bars feature the same decorations: the heads of several IG unit droids mounted over the bar. That simple detail, coupled with subsequent canon about what IG units are capable of, suddenly makes both places a lot tougher.

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It’s unclear what purpose beyond a decorative one the heads serve in either bar. Indeed, they weren’t intended to serve as more than background for the first movie. The props themselves were made from components of a Rolls Royce jet engine, and were re-used to create the bounty hunter IG-88 in Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. This was hardly uncommon in the film industry: props were reappropriated for different productions quite often in order to save money, especially in science fiction. Furthermore, George Lucas’s notion of a function-first sci-fi universe naturally led to repurposed and recycled technology, making it good world-building as well.

No one anticipated that fans might obsess on the details of such throwaway shots, or that ancillary products like the Kenner action figure line could produce such intense speculation about background figures like IG-88. But that is exactly what led to the development of the IG line's purpose in-canon and eventually the appearance of IG-11 in The Mandalorian, demonstrating just how lethal the assassin droids could be. That suddenly puts the heads in both bars in an entirely new light.

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Mos Eisley Cantina in Star Wars

For starters, the Mos Eisley Cantina’s “no droids” policy takes on serious overtones. Using assassin droid heads as bar decorations sends a clear signal that the management will enforce the policy if they need to, as well as quietly signaling that this is a rough establishment whose patrons need to watch their backs. That last point remains in place when the bar changes management between its appearances in A New Hope and The Mandalorian. The Cantina becomes more droid-friendly after the fall of the Empire, but the IG heads are still there, presumably as a reminder not to cause trouble.

All of that informs The Bad Batch's Cid’s place in a myriad of ways without much apparent effort. One of the big differences between the two bars is how much quieter Cid’s is than the Mos Eisley Cantina. Cid explains that business has dropped off after Order 66 wiped out her primary customers, the Jedi. The IG heads act as a subtle signal of both the bars' true nature as an information brokerage, and the fact that -- like the Mos Eisley Cantina -- the owner isn’t apt to be intimidated or coerced.

Whether Cid’s bar reappears in future Star Wars properties has yet to be seen, but even if this is the last time fans see it, the attention to detail goes a long way. Not only do the throwaway decorations firmly connect the bar to the greater Star Wars universe, but they provide a wealth of information about the nature of the establishment and the personality of its owner. The episode achieves that without disrupting the main story, letting more casual fans move on with the plot while opening up all kinds of possibilities for those interested in delving further. It’s exactly what an Easter egg should be, and few current pop culture properties have delivered them as consistently as The Bad Batch.

Created by Dave Filoni, Star Wars: The Bad Batch stars Dee Bradley Baker, Michelle Ang, Andrew Kishino and Ming-Na Wen. New episodes air Fridays on Disney+.

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