Wolffe has a stylized image of a wolf painted on his shoulder — a nod to Star Wars: The Clone Wars supervising director (and now Lucasfilm CCO) Dave Filoni’s favorite animal.

Howzer and Crosshair talk about how the Bad Batch's sniper has changed since Ryloth — a reference to their first meeting back in Season 1, when both men were Imperial troopers.

The classic “Wilhelm Scream” can be heard when two troopers are falling out of their crashing shuttle.

Wolffe mentions that reports state Rex was killed in action aboard an attack cruiser. This is in reference to the final episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, in which Rex was indeed aboard a crashing Republic cruiser but managed to escape — alongside former Jedi Ahsoka Tano.

Wolffe’s choice to stand down and let Rex and the Batch depart foreshadows his eventual decision to leave the Empire behind for good. This thread is picked up many years later in Star Wars Rebels.

The cheeky conversation between Crosshair and Omega (Omega: “You're as bad as Hunter"; Crosshair: “Oh, I'm much worse.”) as they set out into the jungle was a very late addition. It’s one of the creative team's favorite scenes in the episode.