Yes, 'Ted Lasso' Season 3 Was Referencing 'Star Wars' With That Set Piece

Season 2 of Apple's remarkable Emmy Award-winning comedy-drama Ted Lasso saw the once shy, humble and considerate Nate Shelley - brought to life by the incomparable Nick Mohammed - descend a dark path that ultimately landed him in the lap of the series' ultimate villain, Rupert Manion as head coach of the latter's West Ham United team.

COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY The seedy, manipulative Manion is of course the ex-husband of AFC Richmond's owner Rebecca Welton , so Nate's switch over to his team really represents a succumbing to the 'dark side,' and that thematic connection with Star Wars wasn't lost on Ted Lasso production designer Cripps, who told Variety, "We always talked of Rupert being like — not saying anything about West Ham the team — but wherever Rupert is, it’s his empire, and he’s the Dark...

In Return of the Jedi, Luke Skywalker is beckoned over to the Emperor's throne - to look out through a circular window at the devastation befalling his allies and the temptation of an Empire of his own to control in one of the saga's most-iconic sequences. Unlike Luke in Return of the Jedi, Nate has succumbed to temptation in Ted Lasso and Cripps has symbolized this by installing a circular framed window in Rupert's office for him to look down on his West Ham kingdom.

In contrast to Rupert Manion's Emperor-inspired lair, Nate's surroundings in Season 3 of Ted Lasso reflect a more dismal situation. Away from the encouraging, family-friendly nature of AFC Richmond's communal atmosphere, Nate now finds himself in a secluded ground-floor office.

Straight away, I thought, ' is that the Sith throne room?' Lol

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