![]() When it reaches a certain altitude, the ship brakes for a beat, seemingly floating in place high above Kalevala, before Mando lets the ship slowly drift back down to get the drop on enemy fighters. In one combat sequence, Mando pilots his Naboo Starfighter straight up into the air, with the camera tracking its ascent. This may just be us, but it definitely looks like the episode sneaks in a little homage to the Batplane scenes from Tim Burton’s Batman. They’re also one of the oldest ships in Star Wars movie history, having been introduced in the very first scene of A New Hope. While this particular battleship is being dismantled by the New Republic, Star Destroyers are best known as the capital ships of the Imperial fleet. – Last but certainly not least is the classic Imperial Star Destroyer that Pershing and Kane sneak into in the Coruscant junkyards. This design first appeared in Return of the Jedi. They’re basically designed to prey on weaker ships, which they do here. ![]() These are upgraded versions of the standard TIE fighters, built for speed and outfitted with way more firepower. ![]() – Bo-Katan’s Gauntlet starfighter faces off against TIE interceptors in the opening combat sequence. Lots of Imperial ships return in “The Convert”… TIE Interceptors, Bombers, and Imperial Star Destroyers You’ll remember that in The Force Awakens, which is set some 30 years after Return of the Jedi, the New Republic capital is the doomed Hosnian Prime, which is blown to smithereens in that movie. The New Republic actually established a rule where the capital changes every couple of years for reasons. Instead, the central government of the New Republic is Chandrila, Mon Mothma’s home world. It should be noted that at this point in the Star Wars timeline, five-ish years after Return of the Jedi, Coruscant isn’t actually the capital of the galaxy anymore. The planet finally made its big screen debut in the 1997 Special Edition director’s cut of Return of the Jedi (during the celebration scenes at the end) before getting a more prominent appearance in The Phantom Menace.Ĭoruscant is located in a region of space known as the Core Worlds, which is the seat of power of the galaxy, containing the wealthiest planets, no matter which faction is ruling it. Alderaan was called Coruscant in early drafts of A New Hope, and Lucas almost included an Imperial city in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, too. George Lucas flirted with the idea of a planet called Coruscant long before these Expanded Universe stories, though. ![]() That said, the Imperial Capitol wasn’t properly named “Coruscant” until Timothy Zahn’s seminal Legends novel Heir to the Empire. Somehow, Coruscant returned! Everyone’s favorite city planet is best known as the setting of much of the Prequel Trilogy, especially Revenge of the Sith, but it was actually first introduced in the pages of the classic Marvel Star Wars comics, specifically issues #61 and 63 from 1982. By the end of the episode, Pershing is in pretty bad shape, as he undergoes a grotesque electroshock procedure at the hands of the New Republic (although it’s really Elia Kane who turns up the electrical current, which means this might actually be part of Gideon’s plan to get the doctor to defect back to the Empire). He wants to use cloning to make advancements in medicine, but the Empire twisted that for its own means (probably cloning the Emperor). Pershing’s first name is Penn and that the reason he’s devoted his life to experimenting with cloning is because he believes the research could save people’s lives. There's no word as to how much of Super-Skrull's Marvel Comics history will make it into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but with a "Fantastic Four" movie set to hit theaters in February 2025, one senses they'll have a hand in shaping his destiny.We learn Dr. Those repeated defeats have resulted in his shameful exile from his home planet. Though he's gotten close over time, Super-Skrull has failed to top the Fantastic Four or any of the other Marvel heroes he's come up against, including the mighty Thor. Reed realizes what happened to the real Franklin, but the situation does not end well for his future father-in-law. Confusion sets in as K'lrt, still posing as Storm, declares himself The Invincible Man and attacks the Fantastic Four. A subsequent boost from the Skrull homeworld results in K'lrt assuming the identity of Sue and Johnny Storm's father, Doctor Franklin Storm. When they do so, K'lrt is temporarily depowered and then easily defeated by the team. Reed Richards soon figures out about the Skull satellite powering K'lrt and seeks to knock it out of the sky.
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