The script would have specified that Agent Kallus was picked up by an independent trader who intercepted his distress call, and that the Empire had expended its allocated time to search for a missing officer, demonstrating the Empire’s cold, inhuman nature.

The bonzami creature is named after a Zamboni, an ice-clearing machine seen at hockey games and other ice rink sporting events.

The design of the bonzami’s horn and beak is inspired by that of a truck-mounted snowplow.

The Imperial construction sphere is inspired by early Revenge of the Jedi Ralph McQuarrie artwork of multiple Death Stars being belt.

The construction sphere is also of the same design as the Imperial complex that dominates Lothal’s capital city, further underscoring that world’s transformation into a factory for the Imperial war machine.