Summary

• A new Star Wars Easter egg connects Young Jedi Adventures to Cal Kestis from Jedi: Fallen Order.
• Younglings discover a mural of a Jedi Master fighting a chirodactyl, a creature first seen in Fallen Order when Cal Kestis visits Dathomir.
• This unexpected Fallen Order connection in this animated kids series is definitely aimed at diehard Star Wars fans/parents (rather than the target pre-school/grade school audience).

Cal Kestis and Jedi: Fallen Order in the last place I would have expected. A Jedi survivor of Order 66, the journey of Cal Kestis can be found in the popular and canonical Fallen Order and Survivor video games from EA. However, I certainly didn't expect to see any connections to the beloved Imperial Era during the age of the High Republic, much less in an animated kids' series.

Having just released its second season on Disney+, Young Jedi Adventures is back with all-new adventures starring the trio of High Republic younglings Kai, Lys, and Nubs. This includes Young Jedi Adventures season 2, episode 4 which sees young Nubs discovering the ancient lightsaber of Barabo, a legendary Jedi Master who received his very own mural depicting one of his greatest battles. However, this battle shares a surprising connection to now other than Cal Kestis and his own adventures which won't take place for another 200 years in the expansive Star Wars timeline.

Jedi Master Barabo Is Fighting A Very Familiar Creature

A Chirodactyl (First Seen in Jedi: Fallen Order)

On the mural that Nubs discovers within an old Jedi temple, Barabo is depicted fighting none other than a chirodactyl which had been terrorizing a nearby town before the Jedi Master arrived and drove it away with his lightsaber. Also known as "Dathomirian bats", chirodactyls are native to the planet Dathomir, the homeworld of Darth Maul and the Nightsisters. Chirodactyls also made their Star Wars debut in Jedi: Fallen Order, particularly a very rather large female named Gorgara.

In Fallen Order, Cal Kesits visits Dathomir and faces Gorgara herself, resulting in one of the game's more memorable boss fight sequences as the young Jedi attempts to hang for dear life when she takes to the skies above the world rich in the power of the dark side. To that end, it was certainly surprising to see a chirodactyl in this new episode of Young Jedi Adventures, now serving as the species' only other appearance outside Fallen Order and Cal's encounter with Gorgara.

This Really Was The Last Place I Expected A Fallen Order Easter Egg

A Reference For Diehard Star Wars Fans and Parents

Considering the fact Young Jedi Adventures is targeted at a much younger demographic than most Star Wars projects, there are probably very few preschool and grade schoolers who were able to pick up on this Cal Kestis/Fallen Order Easter egg. Instead, it seems pretty clear that this reference was meant for the most diehard Star Wars fans and parents watching alongside their children. As such, it's a very cool Easter egg that enriches the Star Wars viewing experience (while still occurring in the last place I would have expected).