Twi'lek Senator Orn Free Ta first appeared in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. His design is a bit different than any other Twi'lek to appear on screen: He has four lekku (head tails) rather than the standard two, and only four fingers on each hand.

The conflict in this episode comes as a direct result of the Ryloth arc (Season 1, episodes 19, 20, and 21) in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, where we see Cham Syndulla and his Twi'lek resistance teaming up with Republic clone troopers to stop the Separatist invasion of their homeworld.

While she's been mentioned and seen in photos and artwork in past Star Wars storytelling, this is the first actual appearance of Cham's wife and Hera's mother, Eleni Syndulla.

Fans of Star Wars Rebels are already very familiar with Hera Syndulla and Chopper. Here we meet a teenage Hera voiced by original voice actor Vanessa Marshall; unlike her adult incarnation, teenage Hera still has her native Twi'lek accent.

The Bad Batch only show up in one scene in this episode, bringing a shipment of weapons to the Twi'leks from Cid.

In "Devil's Deal," the Empire uses old Clone Wars Juggernaut tanks to transport prisoners. A similar tank appears years later, transporting Jyn Erso on the prison world of Wobani in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.