To demonstrate an arduous passage of time, the Darth Maul character model is not only scuffed up as if coated with sand and dust, but also has chunks taken out of its mechanical legs.
The earliest iterations of this story had Kanan accompany Ezra. Chopper did not come along and rather stayed at Atollon to be at Hera’s side.
The holocron fragments guiding Ezra’s path were not always in the story. Instead, there was more to Ezra (and Kanan) arriving on Tatooine and following a path of clues left by Maul.
The episode originally called for a character named Moota Engatoo. Engatoo was fully designed prior to being cut from the episode. He was a merchant in a remote outpost that would tell Ezra some information on where to go next in his search for Maul.
To save valuable time and resources in animaton rendering, the Tusken Raiders were designed to not have flowing robes.
Luke Skywalker would be the same age as Ezra (give or take a few days); in fact, the animation model seen only in silhouette is a reuse of the Season 3 Ezra Bridger model.
