Author Jason Fry Shines Light on a Long-Hidden Star Wars Easter Egg

Star Wars author Jason Fry unearthed a long-hidden easter egg of his own creation on Twitter this morning, and it’s kind of blowing our minds. The easter egg was born from the extended ending in the special edition of Return of the Jedi where we see a celebration montage after the fall of the Empire. As it turns out, one of the shouted lines from a Coruscant citizen means more than you know, and Jason admits that he’s a little sad that this little gem has gone unnoticed until now.

 

Although most of the lines were barely audible, Jason points out that one line in particular attracted a lot of attention, and fans began speculating what was actually being said. Some heard “the time has come”, while others heard “long live the Republic”. One theory however, was that the line viewers were hearing was actually “The Son of Suns”, which was a subtle reference to the Chosen One prophecy that Lucas would later include in the prequel films.

 

 

Lucasfilm’s Pablo Hidalgo showed an apparent interest in this theory and contacted sound engineer Matt Wood to obtain the original audio recording of the line. It was decided that the line was actually a made-up Huttese (the native language of the sluglike Hutt species) phrase with no meaning attached to it. So much for the Chosen One reference theory. But wait, there’s more.

 

Jason reveals that the spoken phrase was “Gi Shatta Gasha”, and that when he got the opportunity to do something about it, he decided to retroactively assign real meaning to this phrase in the most subtle, sneaky way possible.

 

 

In his book Darth Maul: Shadow Conspiracy, an adaptation of the Maul/Mandalore episodes of the Clone Wars series, he casually dropped a line explaining that Tatooine’s twin suns were called “Gi Dopa Gasha” in Huttese. Later, when he got the chance to update the Episode I Visual Dictionary for DK for the 3-D release of the movie, he included an alias for bounty hunter Aurra Sing that helps explain the rest of the phrase.

 

 

Aurra Sing’s mother was named Aunuanna, so he refers to Sing as “Shatta Aunuanna”, which came to mean “daughter of Aunuanna” in Huttese. So now we come back to the phrase “Gi Shatta Gasha” from Return of the Jedi, and we see that the phrase literally means “The Daughter of the Suns”. But couple that with the knowledge that in Legends, the Hutt species were hermaphrodites, and the gender restriction for the word no longer applies.

 

Jason Fry effortlessly and seamlessly created an amazing Star Wars easter egg that was so subtle that it has gone unnoticed by the most attentive and conspiratorial fans to this day. After years of waiting for someone to pick up on it, the author finally decided to take it upon himself to reveal the connection.

 

Author Jason Fry

 

While this revelation will not dramatically alter your view on Star Wars in any way, this is the kind of stuff that we love about the Star Wars universe. Like the Force that connects and binds everything together, the spirit of cohesion among Star Wars authors and creators is almost tangible. It’s truly incredible how connected everything is, and seeing little things like this come to light after all this time still brings a smile to our faces and makes us wonder, what else have we missed along the way?

 

Check out Jason’s original Tweets before you go:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Jordan Pate is Co-Lead Editor and Senior Writer for Star Wars News Net, of which he is also a member of the book and comic review team. He loves all things Star Wars, but when he's not spending time in the galaxy far far away, he might be found in our own galaxy hanging out in Gotham City or at 1407 Graymalkin Lane, Salem Center, NY.

Jordan Pate (Hard Case)

Jordan Pate is Co-Lead Editor and Senior Writer for Star Wars News Net, of which he is also a member of the book and comic review team. He loves all things Star Wars, but when he's not spending time in the galaxy far far away, he might be found in our own galaxy hanging out in Gotham City or at 1407 Graymalkin Lane, Salem Center, NY.

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