Wrecker, Tech, and Omega travel in a Star Commuter 2000, a ship first seen in Star Wars Rebels and inspired by the Starspeeder 3000 from the Disney Parks Star Tours attraction.
The initial pitch for this episode featured podracing, but as the story developed it was decided to create a new race type: riot racing. While riot racing seemingly has even fewer rules and restrictions than podacing, the inspiration is still clear.
Grini Millegi is a Dowutin, a species originally created for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This marks the first appearance of a Dowutin in animation.
Grini is voiced by Ernie Hudson, best known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series.
Cid's full name is mentioned for the first time: Ciddarin Scaleback.
Safa Toma is a city on the Western-inspired planet of Serolonis — named after legendary Italian director Sergio Leone — was originally created for an unfinished arc of Star Wars: The Clone Wars featuring Cad Bane and a young Boba Fett.
TAY-0 is voiced by comedian Ben Schwartz. Ben is no stranger to droids, having helped provide the voice for BB-8 in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
The undefeated riot race pilot Jet Venim is a Nosaurian, the same species as Clegg Holdfast, a podracer pilot seen in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
Riot race pilot Bosco "the Mad Bomber" Brix is named after Bad Batch Senior Storyboard Artist Bosco Ng.
