Star Wars fanatics have gone completely bonkers after eagle-eyed viewers caught a Sandcrawler in the latest trailer for some far-off future project. The famous vehicle that scavenged droids by Jawas in Tatooine was pointed out by Twitter user @WayComet and everybody is going berserk with what it could mean.
So, what’s the general hoopla about? Sandcrawler is one of those instantly recognizable things from Star Wars lore. It was first shown in “A New Hope,” rolling through the desert like a giant metal snail, and thereon it formed a long string of credences along the existence of the franchise.
It pops up again in a trailer, posing the very real possibility of the show taking place in Tatooine-or at least somewhere imbued with that same aura.
No real official word on the origin of the trailer. A game? Disney+ series? Maybe a movie announcement that isn’t supposed to be a movie announcement? The speculation has run amok in absence of any context. Some think it’s related to the rumored open-world Star Wars title coming from Ubisoft, others think we’d might see it in The Mandalorian Season 3.
And honestly? The fact that people analyze the trailers frame by frame shows the obsessive love of the fans of Star Wars. They don’t let go of anything. Be it a lightsaber hidden in the background or a whisper-thin voice line, the community picks up on the minutiae.
For now, we could just wait for more news. But one thing is for sure: if Sandcrawler is there, get ready for a nostalgia attack not including the Jawas, of course. That will be pure Star Wars.
So the watch is on, for Star Wars trailers pack it all with secrets, and the fans will discover every last one.
