This episode opens with a unique musical theme instead of the usual quick percussion-based passage featured in previous installments. In addition, the intro sees a slower fade in for the Bad Batch logo.

The emergency siren heard when the Tantiss base is on alert is a common klaxon sound effect featured throughout the Star Wars films. It is inspired by similar klaxons used on naval ships in World War II.

Tarkin’s arrival at the Tantiss facility includes an Imperial Star Destroyer accompanied by two Venator Star Destroyers. This is the first appearance of the classic Imperial-class ship in Star Wars: The Bad Batch and further shows the transition of the Republic military into the Imperial military of the original trilogy.

Tarkin orders that all funding for Hemlock’s projects and the Tantiss facility be redistributed to Project Stardust: the Death Star initiative as established in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.

In a way, this episode features three different “Bad Batches”: The original squad of Hunter, Wrecker, and Crosshair; Omega and the Vault kids (jokingly called the “mini Bad Batch” in the writer’s room); and the new CX squad, who, like the Batch, each have their own unique traits.

While the epilogue went through many iterations, the idea that Omega would join the Rebellion was always the central concept.

The epilogue features an older Omega, Hunter, and Batcher. Among their new looks is a Bad Batch skull patch on Omega’s jacket and a collar around Batcher’s neck.