Trivia / Darths & Droids

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• Accent Depundent: "Cheddar" as a Mondegreen Gag for "Jedi" only works in a non-rhotic accent; the Comic Irregulars are Australian.
• Accidentally-Correct Writing: The first strip for the A New Hope campaign had a joke that the In Medias Res opening was thanks to to a Star Destroyer jumping in right on top of them just as they were about to make a clean getaway. A few years later Rogue One would establish that that's canonically exactly what happened.
• Actor Allusion
  • Kneel before Valorum!
  • Mace Windu will walk the galaxy. And seems remarkably fond of the word "motherfrakking".
  • The out-take where Ben sees Count Dookû and recognizes the miniature as from a fantasy campaign that he played.
  • Bail Organa in general.
  • In the alternate universe ones, the Docs & DeLoreans cast describes the band as "sharp dressed men", and the Ids & Idiots episode titles have plenty of Leslie Nielsen shout outs.
  • The general who wants a Waldorf Salad.
  • Rebel pilot Keir Santage's last words before his fighter is destroyed in the Battle of Endor are, "Xenia, I can't breathe!" The actor, Billy J. Mitchell, says the same last words as Admiral Chuck Farrell in GoldenEye.
  • The page where Vader is unmasked is named "V for Vadetta". Natalie Portman starred in the film adaptation of V for Vendetta, and her eyes have been edited over Vader's to correspond with the comic's changes to Vader's identity.
  • On this page, Han/Yanni mentions that the owner of one of his previous stolen identities had some nice hats. Corey then comments, "Can't imagine you in a hat..."
  • When introducing Qi'ra in Han's backstory, Jim describes her as "Daenerys Targaryen, except with dark hair", as both are played by Emilia Clarke.
• Writing by the Seat of Your Pants: Averted. The comic is meticulously planned out. The writers started planning how to do the famous "Han shoots Greedo" scene at the start of Episode I. Episode VII was deliberately postponed until after Episode IX had been released.

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