Cody, Obi-Wan's commander during the Clone Wars, makes his first reappearance since the end of that conflict. Either he is no longer in command of the 212th, or that unit's deco has been changed, as Cody no longer sports its orange design on his armor, but rather a slightly altered version of the same pattern colored gray.
Tasia Valenza, who voices Governor Tawni Ames here, has provided voice work for several previous Star Wars projects, most notably voicing the Jedi character Shaak Ti in the Bad Batch's predecessor series, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008), and Rebel pilot Venisa Doza in Star Wars: Resistance (2018).
When speaking to Commander Cody, Tawni Ames uses the phrase, "Peace was never an option." This was a line of dialogue from X-Men: First Class (2011) which has gone on to become a popular internet meme.