The Mandalorian Season 3 Finally Brings One Of Coruscant’s Coolest Features To Live-Action – Looper

Partway through “The Mandalorian” Season 3, Episode 3, Dr. Pershing (Omid Abtahi) and Officer Kane (Katy O’Brian) take a leisurely stroll through Coruscant’s Monument Plaza before encountering the peak of Umate in its center. It’s a unique sight, being the only visible part of Coruscant’s natural planetary surface, and Pershing is understandably intrigued by the landmark.

While seeing the peak of Umate is fun in itself, it’s also an entertaining callback to several other pieces of “Star Wars” media that previously featured the landmark. Several episodes of the animated series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” feature the peak, though it’s not called by its proper name in those installments. It was also glimpsed in George Lucas’ digitally re-edited special edition version of “Star Wars: Episode 6 — Return of the Jedi.” Most surprisingly, the name of Umate itself was drawn from the 2021 novel “The High Republic: Light of the Jedi,” once again reinforcing just how intricate and interconnected this massive franchise truly is.

It doesn’t seem like Umate is going to be integral to the plot of “The Mandalorian,” but it’s a fun reference for die-hard fans to catch nonetheless. Only time will tell what other relatively obscure fixtures from the “Star Wars” canon end up making an appearance in the series.