The Dragon Prince’s fifth season introduces a squat and crotchety tidepool denizen named Tidepool Tina, who drew instant parallels to a similarly mannered Jedi Master. The Yoda allusion built into the character of Tidepool Tina lets savvy audiences into the inevitable plot twist that she is, in fact, the rumored Archmage Akiyu. But on top of that reveal, it also serves to further Xadia’s lore.Season 5, Episode 5 “Archmage Akiyu,” sees King Ezran and his allies attempting to track down the titular mage in order to find the location of Aaravos’ prison, only to receive the same treatment that Luke Skywalker got upon his arrival at Dagobah in The Empire Strikes Back. Akiyu is not the first Star Wars callback in The Dragon Prince, with Callum and Rayla sharing their own version of Han and Leia’s iconic love confession earlier in Season 5. But as with Viren’s Twin Peaks-inspired dream, Archmage Aikyu’s familiar deception does more than just add a layer of pop culture reverence to the Netflix series.Thanks to Frank Oz’s iconic voice and syntax, plus the swampy exile of Dagobah itself, Yoda’s place in cinema history was firmly secured in The Empire Strikes Back. Yoda and Akiyu share several qualities: an elderly voice that oscillates between wise and cartoonish, a short stature, a secluded homestead and a penchant for tricking young travelers who are seeking their wisdom. While Archmage Akiyu is thus able to rely on Yoda’s existing iconography so that audiences recognize the parallel to Star Wars, she also adds her own flair to the proceedings.RELATED: REVIEW: The Dragon Prince: Season 5 is an Engaging Expansion of the Netflix Fantasy Series
The Dragon Prince‘s fifth season introduces a squat and crotchety tidepool denizen named Tidepool Tina, who drew instant parallels to a similarly mannered Jedi Master. The Yoda allusion built into the character of Tidepool Tina lets savvy audiences into the inevitable plot twist that she is, in fact, the rumored Archmage Akiyu. But on top of that reveal, it also serves to further Xadia’s lore.
Season 5, Episode 5 “Archmage Akiyu,” sees King Ezran and his allies attempting to track down the titular mage in order to find the location of Aaravos’ prison, only to receive the same treatment that Luke Skywalker got upon his arrival at Dagobah in The Empire Strikes Back. Akiyu is not the first Star Wars callback in The Dragon Prince, with Callum and Rayla sharing their own version of Han and Leia’s iconic love confession earlier in Season 5. But as with Viren’s Twin Peaks-inspired dream, Archmage Aikyu’s familiar deception does more than just add a layer of pop culture reverence to the Netflix series.
Thanks to Frank Oz’s iconic voice and syntax, plus the swampy exile of Dagobah itself, Yoda’s place in cinema history was firmly secured in The Empire Strikes Back. Yoda and Akiyu share several qualities: an elderly voice that oscillates between wise and cartoonish, a short stature, a secluded homestead and a penchant for tricking young travelers who are seeking their wisdom. While Archmage Akiyu is thus able to rely on Yoda’s existing iconography so that audiences recognize the parallel to Star Wars, she also adds her own flair to the proceedings.
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