The earliest incarnation of this story had C-3PO be the courier, but the presence of such a legacy character overshadowed the interaction between Ketsu and Sabine. A remnant of the original version remains in that R2-D2 greets EG-86 at tale’s end.
The Black Sun is a criminal organization that originated in the Star Wars Legends works. It was the featured crime gang in the Shadows of the Empire storyline in 1996 and also recently appeared in canon as part of Darth Maul’s Shadow Collective in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Ketsu’s starship, the Shadow Caster, is a modified reuse of the Banshee developed for The Clone Wars. It was originally to be Asajj Ventress’ ship in the storyline that was adapted into the novel Star Wars: Dark Disciple.
The starbus is a reuse of the Phoenix diplomatic vessel first seen in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, itself a design based on early concept art of an Imperial shuttle. Its technical name is a Lantillian short hauler, as identified in the original Star Wars roleplaying game books. On the side of the starbus in large Aurebesh text is the word “Starbus.” In smaller text near the door is “Certified.”
The accordion-like docking tube is referred to as a cofferdam in the script.
Hera’s rebel contact at the start of the episode is named Vaux. In the script, he was named Jebble. Also changed was the label on the pick-up crates. In the final, it’s “ronto meat.” In the script, it was the extremely questionable “Wookiee meat.”
