The Mandalorian Season 2 Easter Egg Breaks Return Of The Jedi's Timeline
Among the many Easter eggs in The Mandalorian season 2, episode 1 is a neat reference to Return of the Jedi, but by including it, the Disney+ series breaks the Star Wars timeline. The Mandalorian currently takes place five years after the events of Return of the Jedi, which places it in 9 ABY - where it should remain unless there's a big time jump in season 2 or later. And while the Star Wars sequels took place roughly in the same era, very little was known about what happened to the galaxy after the Empire's defeat.
The Mandalorian season 1 highlighted some areas where the Empire was actually doing some good in curbing crime and slavery, but the unfortunate truth was that the lack of power creates a vacuum, and some people tried to plug those holes. And now, The Mandalorian season 2, episode 1 has showcased some more of those consequences of the Imperials losing the war. On Tatooine, Mos Pelgo temporarily fell under the mining collective's rule shortly after the second Death Star was destroyed. But what's interesting is that the scene in which they took over, an Easter egg can be seen in reference to the Return of the Jedi.
The night the second Death Star was destroyed, a news report on the holonet broadcasted the Empire's defeat to planets across the galaxy, including Tatooine. But the text on-screen in The Mandalorian season 2, episode 1 is actually a copy of the second paragraph from Return of the Jedi's opening crawl, just in Aurebesh. (The paragraph in English can be read below.) While it's a great callback to George Lucas' original trilogy, the fact that the reference talks about Luke Skywalker and the Empire building a second Death Star makes no sense since that superweapon was destroyed shortly before this scene took place.
Little does Luke know that the GALACTIC EMPIRE has secretly begun construction on a new armored space station even more powerful than the first dreaded Death Star.
Only the most devout Star Wars fans would spend time translating the text, so it was only ever meant to be a neat nod to Lucas' films. Since the text does appear on-screen and in canon, though, it still very much breaks the timeline, but it's not a huge deal since, again, it's only supposed to be an Easter egg. And at least it wasn't a random one at that - that specific paragraph taken from Return of the Jedi's opening crawl sets up the second Death Star appearing in the movie, so at least it's relevant to the actual scene.
What's even more interesting is that could be the first time that people in the galaxy have heard about Luke Skywalker. By the time Star Wars: The Force Awakens comes around, Luke became a legend because of his role in taking down the Emperor and beating the Empire, not to mention he was the last Jedi. Perhaps that legend began around the time of The Mandalorian.
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