This episode is the featured debut of the Imperial Troop Transport vehicle, the animated incarnation of a classic Kenner toy that was first available between the original releases of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back.
Seen among Sabine’s drawings on her cabin walls are caricatures of bounty hunters Cad Bane and Embo.
In the outline for the story, it was Minister Maketh Tua that was the principal Imperial involved in the plot, before it changed to Supply Master Yogar Lyste in the first draft script.
A peek at the scribbled text on the shopping list prop that Hera provides Zeb and Ezra has the following items: meiloorun melon, science dip, space waffles, large bag, riding cam, and d’il pyykkles.
The term “meiloorun” first appeared in the novel X-wing: Wedge’s Gamble by Michael Stackpole, published by Bantam Books in 1996.
