This article contains spoilers for Ahsoka episodes 1 & 2.Ahsoka episode 2 contains a hidden purrgil Easter egg, one that has massive implications for the entire Star Wars franchise – on an intergalactic scale. The purrgil are Star Wars‘ hyperspace whales, introduced in Star Wars Rebels and increasingly important in The Mandalorian era. Purrgil consume a rare gas called Clouzon-36, which they metabolize into a form of hyperspace fuel. They are able to create hyperspace tunnels, called “simu-tunnels,” which they use to leap between star systems – and beyond.
Purrgil had a massive effect on galactic history. Hyperspace was discovered by ancient engineers who observed purrgil, and figured out how to copy their abilities with technology. But now Ahsoka episodes 1 and 2 have revealed purrgil migration routes actually go out beyond the galactic rim, with Morgan Elsbeth discovering a starmap that shows the pathway to Peridea – a journey to another galaxy that appears inspired by purrgil migration.
Ahsoka Episode 2 Features A Secret Purrgil Easter Egg
The opening scenes of Ahsoka episode 2 open with Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati arriving on the planet Seatos, at the ruins of a structure of some kind created by ancient aliens who traveled to this galaxy from another. This is described as a reflex point, a place where the starmap can be inserted to discover a precise route to Peridea – the distant place where Grand Admiral Thrawn is stranded. It’s easy to miss, but when Baylan looks up at the heavens there are shapes moving in the clouds – a flock of purrgil.
What Ahsoka’s Purrgil Flock Means For Star Wars
This isn’t just another Star Wars Easter egg, though. It’s confirmation Seatos, the beginning of the pathway to Peridea, is situated on a purrgil migration route. Given that’s the case, it is apparent confirmation the hyperspace route across the galaxy does indeed follow the trail of the purrgil. It will be a very hazardous journey for Morgan Elsbeth, even using the Eye of Sion; purrgil pose a navigational hazard to ships in hyperspace, because they can easily get too close and damage them.
Meanwhile, this detail raises the possibility every identifiable planet on Ahsoka‘s starmap is part of a purrgil migration route. It’s possible to identify the planets in Ahsoka‘s end-credits; they’re worlds scattered across the entire Star Wars galaxy map, from the Core Worlds of Coruscant and Corellia to the more remote planets of Dathomir and Seatos. There are gas giants in many of those systems – Yavin is itself a gas giant, while both the Mandalore system and the Dathomir system have gas giants in Legends. These could well be sources of Clouzon-36.
If this is the case, then it strongly suggests the ancient aliens who created Ahsoka‘s starmap followed purrgil migration routes across the entire galaxy. Baylan was familiar with tales of Peridea, calling it an old Jedi fairy tale, but Morgan hinted it is far more than that; and, crucially, that she knows of Peridea by another name. She deliberately chose not to give that name, presumably aware Baylan would find it much more troubling. It looks as though the extragalactic beings who followed the purrgil into the Star Wars galaxy had a massive impact – and presumably Ahsoka will reveal the scale of it all.
