Quarrie’s astromech droid, BG-81, is named for ILM veteran Bill George, who designed the B-wing fighter for Return of the Jedi. BG’s color scheme matches an old photo of Bill George wearing a striped blue T-shirt.
The notion that a Mon Calamari was pivotal in the design of the B-wing dates back to an old roleplaying game adventure Strike Force: Shantipole, published in 1989 by West End Games. It is also the source of the planet and project name, “Shantipole.”
Quarrie, the Mon Calamari engineer, is named after legendary Star Wars concept artist, Ralph McQuarrie, whose work heavily inspired the look of Star Wars Rebels. Quarrie has his name written on his breast tag in aurebesh.
The smaller of the Quonset-like huts used by Quarrie has walls made of ARC-170 fighter wings.
The aurebesh on the side of the B-wing cockpit reads “Prototype B6”.
Quarrie’s weathervane on his landing field is a stylized dactillion, a winged creature found on Shantipole as well as on Utapau.
The rebel on the starving world of Ibaar is named a not-so-subtle pun: “Fahm, Eesh.”
The redesign of the Phantom now sports an astromech socket -- a droid must be plugged in for the vessel to use its hyperdrive.
