ILM StageCraft was used outside of the windows of the Chandrilan Embassy, capable of simulating fog, rain, clear weather, and lanes of flying traffic, all at four different times of day and controllable with an iPad.

Saw Gerrera’s Segra Milo hideout was shot at Winspit Quarry in Dorset, England, a location used twice by the production of the English sci-fi TV series Doctor Who, as well as Blake’s 7, and the 2012 feature film John Carter.

The sinkholes found in the lakes behind dams, like at Cruachan Dam in Scotland, inspired the sinkholes that power the Narkina 5 prison.

The prison transport ship is based on the Imperial troop transport seen in The Mandalorian Season 2.

The prison transport ship’s interior was a revamp of the buyer’s ferry that Luthen rides into town on Ferrix.

The Niamos shooting locations included Cleveleys Beach on the Fylde Coast, near Blackpool UK, as well as Carmel College in Wallingford, Oxfordshire.

The role of Kino Loy is played by Andy Serkis, who returns to Star Wars -- but now visible in live-action, as opposed to his performance capture VFX work done as Supreme Leader Snoke.

One of Cassian’s fellow prisoners in his work detail is Ruescott Melshi, who we know as a rebel sergeant from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, played again by Duncan Pow.

The Chandrilan drink of squig involves dissolving a worm-like creature (a squig) in an alcoholic beverage. The traditional Chandrilan toast of “sagrona” is met by a return toast of “sagrona teema.”

Saw Gerrera’s partisans are seen in this episode, including Benthic Two Tubes, Moroff, Kullbee Sperado, and Leevan Tenza from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. X-wings with the “Cavern Angels” livery are parked outside the Segra Milo caves.

When placed in timeline order, Saw Gerrera has a tendency of growing his hair out and then shaving it bald again. In appearance order during the time of the Empire, it goes from bald (Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story flashback, 14-13 BBY), grown in (Andor, 5 BBY), bald (Star Wars Rebels Season 3, 2 BBY), grown in (Star Wars Rebels Season 4, Rogue One 1-0 BBY), with unknown steps in between. Note that Gerrera has both legs in his Andor appearance, something that will change closer to the events of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.