When Disney wants to sell the ending of a latter-day Star Wars movie or series—to provoke cries of recognition, go out on a high note , and send viewers home happy—it often tries a good trick : showing a legacy character. These characters don’t necessarily have to do anything. They don’t necessarily have to say anything.

They just have to be present as the credits roll, reminding you of your youth and eliciting Star Wars nostalgia. Rogue One could have ended with original characters Cassian Andor and Jyn Erso embracing on Scarif, taking solace in their closeness and the knowledge that they’d died doing their job. Instead, the camera cut from that movie’s main characters to close with a Darth Vader rampage and an awkwardly de-aged Carrie Fisher.

Solo ended with Qi’ra talking to a holographic Darth Maul. The Force Awakens ended with a silent Luke Skywalker staring at Rey. And The Rise of Skywalker ended with Rey looking at Luke and Leia.

It happens on the small screen, too. The Mandalorian ’s second season ended with a (slightly less awkwardly) de-aged Mark Hamill entering a turbolift with R2-D2 and Grogu. (Speaking of Grogu, the ending of The Mandalorian ’s premiere almost followed this formula too—not with Yoda, but Baby Yoda.

) Obi-Wan Kenobi ended with an about-to-be-old Ben communing with Qui-Gon. Heck, even Andor Season 1 ended with a close-up of the Death Star. I suppose we could count Anakin Skywalker’s Force ghost smiling at the end of Ahsoka Seaso.