When the Resistance T-Wing bombers approached the First Order’s massive Dreadnought during the breathtaking opening ofThe Last Jedi, there were some pretty interesting Easter Eggs that most of us missed. Again,The Last JediVisual Dictionary is here to help us figure out what flew by undetected in the 150-minute movie, and even point out background information that was never shown on screen in the first place. For instance, a lot of information is available about Snoke in the Visual Dictionary that wasn’t explained in the sequel, and these newEaster Eggsthat involve the T-Wing bombers fit into that category as well. We’ll have to wait for the Blu-ray release for some freeze framing to tell for sure.
As it turns out, the Resistance had time on their hands to scrawl messages on their bombs, before they were loaded up on to the T-Wing bombers.The Last JediVisual Dictionary has a few close-up pictures of the magna bombs, and they have messages written in Aurebesh, aka, theStar Warsalphabet, and one of them says, “Hi Snoke,” while more importantly the next magna bomb says, “Han Says Hi.” The Resistance was getting some sneaky revenge for Han Solo’s death at the hands ofKylo Renduring the final moments ofThe Force Awakens.
Han Solo quietly looms overThe Last Jediand these magna bombs are just another subtle reminder of the legend. Throughout the movie, Solo’s spirit runs through, from just the plain sight of theMillennium Falconto Luke Skywalker handing over the dice to Leia; his memory lingers on, but Rian Johnson doesn’t beat you over the head with it. In terms of referencing the character, these bombs are just a tiny tribute to the character that would’ve gone unnoticed if it weren’t forThe Last JediVisual Dictionary.
There are many Easter Eggs tucked away inThe Last Jedithat are only beginning to come to light. Many saw the ironing board scene in the movie as some comic relief, but Rian Johnson has confirmed that iron is actually a nod to the 1978Star Warsparody, Hardware Wars. Elsewhere,Carrie Fisher’s dog Garywas turned into an alien pet in the Canto Bight scene and Mark Hamill secretly played the drunken leprechaun Dobbu Scay, who was seen filling BB-8 up with gold coins. The messages on the magna bombs are just the newest Easter Eggs to surface and there are a lot more left to be discovered.
The Resistance T-Wing bombers were a dark opening toThe Last Jedi, so it’s nice to see that there was some very subtle comic relief thrown in while the movie was being made. As previously noted, we’ll have to wait for the pristine Blu-ray edition of the movie to freeze frame and see if the magna bombs can be seen in the final cut.Han Solodefinitely brought a fiery hello message to that Dreadnought, courtesy of Paige Tico. you’re able to check out the images of the magna bombs and their translations below, viaLuna’s Twitteraccount.
