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 * And Now, For Something Completly Different: This is the first Star Wars film to not to have human characters.
 * Author's Saving Throw:
 * The film manages to believeably avert the Esoteric Happy Ending many perceived at the end of The Rise of Skywalker by setting itself 30 years after that film and shosing that, eventually, the New Republic was restored and the First Order's remenants were defeated. The film also avoids an Ass Pull by explicity stating the process took many years, with the implication that the New Republic was instaured only a few years ago, making the idea of such event happening come off as rather likely.
 * The film features a lesbian relationship at its front and center, after fans complained about how the best LGBTQ+ representation in Star Wars films was a blink-and-you'll kiss in The Rise of Skywalker.
 * All-CGI Cartoon: And the first one within the Star Wars franchise to be released in theaters since The Clone Wars.
 * Awesome Art: The film's animation manages to succesfully adapt the style used in Rango to the world of Star Wars.
 * Call-Back:
 * The prologue mentions the events from The Rise of Skywalker.
 * Dyzo's entrance is a nod to Cad Bane's first scene in The Book of Boba Fett.
 * Expy: Dyzo was admiteddly inspired by Rattlesnake Jake.
 * Even Evil Has Standards: Dyzo may have been a member of the nefarious First Order, but he dosen't take betrayals too well.
 * Eviler than Thou: Mayor Debuna outdoes an ex-First Order soldier in vileness by ordering him to be executed out ifparanoia and for the hell of it.
 * For the Evulz: Mayor Debuna admits that one of the reasons he ordered Dyzo to be executed was that he was bored.
 * Mythology Gag:
 * The opening narration features the line "But even througth that dynasty of evil was erradicated, its path of destruction left scars througth the galaxy", a nod to the titles of two Legends novels centering on Darth Bane.
 * The main character is named "Mira", the same name as a bounty hunter from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
 * One of the film's first shots resembles Yoda's first scene in the 2003 Clone Wars series.
 * At one point, Mira says that she dreamed of moving to Scarif with her girlfriend due to being a popular vacation spot, which was how it was depicted in LEGO Star Wars: Summer Vacation.
 * Nightmare Fuel: Dyzo. He's a remorseless killer with a face that will hwunt your dreams for a long time, chasing a teenager.
 * Shout-Out:
 * The planet the film is set in was inspired by Gotham City. Dyzo's face also resembles that of Two-Face in The Dark Knight.
 * Dubna's death is similar to when Maya Lopez (nonfatally) shoot Wilson Fisk in Hawkeye.
 * Mira's vehicle resembles the Ecto-1 as depicted in Ghostbusters: Afterlife.
 * Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: Even througth the First Order was erradicated, this left an opening for criminals to take power in the middle of the chaos.
 * Tearjerker: Mira's backstory. She became forced to live off thecstreets after watching her famiky being killed. As a child. And then, she watches her girlfriend bring kidnapped by the same one who killed her family.
 * You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: After Dyzo seemingly kills Mira, Debuna orders him killed so he won't rebel against him. And he was bored.
 * What Do You Nean Its For Kids: An animated Star Wars film sounds pretty harmless, right? Well, this film is set in a hellhole run by a corrupt mayor, features tons of real-life swearing, has the main character suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and is being chased by a cyborg mercenary whose ruthlessness is played fir all tye horror its worth of and has a nightmerish design.
 * The Woobie: Mira. She suffered a horrific childhood, suffers from PTSD, and has her girlfriend kidnapped.