The Book Of Boba Fett Chapter 5 Was A Love Letter To George Lucas

Chapter 5 of The Book of Boba Fett was loaded with fan service. Fans of Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order were trilled to see a BD series droid in Peli Motto's hangar:


That's the same series of droid that serves as Cal Kestis' companion in Fallen Order:


Then of course there was the dual The Phantom Menace and A New Hope callback to Beggar's Canyon when Din Drajrin mirrored part of Anakin's pod race run. In Episode IV, Luke compared the Death Star Trench run to that same Beggar's Canyon through which he and Biggs raced their T-16's. They may have even bullseyed a few womp rats which also make an appearance:


Those callbacks are just scratching the surface (spinning is a good trick), but there was one aspect that was a straight up tribute to George Lucas as a person. He grew up immersed in the California car culture and is a self-described car fanatic. His first major motion picture release, American Graffiti, was a tribute to that car culture from his youth in Modesto, CA. This love of hot rods and street racing permeated Star Wars. The X-Wings racing down the aforementioned Death Star trench were meant to be evocative of a street drag race. This is why the modifications to Din Djarin's N1 Starfighter were so specific:


Do you see that round protuberance sticking out of the "hood" that looks conspicuously like a carburetor air cleaner cover? Well, the symbolism in Star Wars is wafer thin. The fat pilot is named "Porkins", for crying out loud. Din's N1 was clearly supposed to represent a hot rod:


Even when Mando revs the engines, it sounds more like a V8 than sub-light thrusters. This was a loving tribute to George Lucas, and it was great to see that coming from Disney.

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