Episode 4 of ObiWanKenobi packs in a ton of Easter Eggs and references to the larger Star Wars universe.
After the epic lightsaber duel in the third episode, Part IV of Obi-Wan Kenobi doesn’t give the titular Jedi hero much time to recover. In the fourth episode, both Obi-Wan and Darth Vader are left to contemplate their next moves. Obi-Wan realizes that the boy he trained has become a fearsome, unrecognizable monster. Obi-Wan doubts that he will be able to survive another encounter if they should trade blows again.
Who Are the Fallen Jedi? Although the Disney+ series tends to generally be fairly family-friendly, this week’s episode features one of the most disturbing moments in the recent Star Wars saga. Obi-Wan enters a passageway lined with fallen Jedi, whose corpses are preserved in tanks. Some of the lost Jedi Obi-Wan recognizes may be familiar to long-time Star Wars fans, including The Clone Wars’ Tera Sinube, The Phantom Menace’s Oppo Rancisis, and Revenge of the Sith’s Coleman Kcaj.
Although Anakin and Obi-Wan try to negotiate for Dooku’s custody, Hondo betrays them, and Dooku ends up escaping. Over the course of The Clone Wars and Rebels, Hondo becomes an unlikely hero, and comes to the Jedi Order’s aid on more than a few occasions. Hondo helps Obi-Wan escape Darth Maul on Florrum in The Clone Wars’ Season 5 premiere episode “Revival.