Disgraced Kaminoan senator Halle Burtoni first appeared Star Wars: The Clone Wars and loses her seat in the senate in Season 2's "Senate Murders."

In this episode, the Emperor makes a rare public appearance and his first physical appearance in Star Wars: The Bad Batch — voiced by longtime Palpatine actor Ian McDiarmid.

This episode contains the first mention of "stormtrooper" in the series.