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Obi-Wan's reminder to Anakin of their mandate on Onderon is also an echo of dialogue from the feature films. "We can only protect them. We cannot fight this war for them," is very similar to how Qui-Gon Jinn described his role as protector to Queen Amidala during the Battle of Naboo.

The insurgency that Anakin Skywalker creates will grow in the later years to become the Rebel Alliance. One can easily find examples in history of insurgents equipped by a ruling power to fight a proxy war that would later become a source of direct conflict to said ruling power.