One of the many, many things that makes Andor so great is that it’s uninterested in fan service. There are no gratuitous cameos. No wild, broad connections. First and foremost, creator Tony Gilroy wanted to tell an emotional, impactful, and timely story of heroism and hope, which just so happened to be in the world of Star Wars. But that doesn’t mean other members of his team didn’t want to have a little fun, and the set and prop designers did just that.
In the first season of Andor, fans instantly noticed that Luthen Rael’s shop on Coruscant was filled with recognizable and clever winks and nods to Star Wars and Lucasfilm projects of the past. The most famous, of course, were the Sankara stones from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, but Luthen also had Sith artifacts, Mandalorian armor, and more. All of which made sense. Luthen, after all, does deal in rare artifacts and antiquities, so he would be interested in acquiring and selling things of this nature.
This season, that was taken up a notch, and the official Star Wars website has a post breaking it down. Like, for example, Luthen has a Sith Chalice on display, much like the one Palpatine had in his office in Revenge of the Sith. There’s a Kalikori, a prized Twi’lek family heirloom, much like the one we’ve seen from the Syndullas in Star Wars Rebels. There’s a Royal Naboo headdress that looks very similar to one Queen Amidala wore in The Phantom Menace (shouldn’t Bail Organa have picked this one up to hold for his daughter?). Finally, there’s even a Gungan skull. Which Gungan? We don’t know, but I’m sure many of us have a few top choices.
You can see images of those and more all over at StarWars.com. The same article also reminds us of everything from Andor season one, including a Jedi Temple Guard mask, like the ones from Star Wars: The Clone Wars; a Gungan shield as seen in The Phantom Menace; and another Naboo headpiece, this one resembling one Padme wore in Attack of the Clones. Again, Bail, why didn’t you buy these?
The best part about all of this is it has nothing to do with the story. There’s no impact on Luthen and Kleya’s work in the shop. No smoking gun to solve a problem. It’s just there to remind you this story is happening in a world where all of this other stuff happened too.
Both seasons of Andor are streaming on Disney+. You can see the above artifacts most specifically in episodes five and 10 of season two, as well as four, five, and seven of season one.
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