Trivia: Dio in this episode drinks Cronenberg Whisky, just like in the manga. The fictional brand is most likely a homage to the director David Cronenberg, especially given the bit of 'body horror' appearing in this arc.
Trivia: For anyone curious, the quote "I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me" was said by Cary Grant - to Pelia, clearly.
Trivia: The ship that Cassian steals in the first episode is a prototype of the TIE Avenger. This was introduced to the Star Wars canon first in the 1994 PC game, Star Wars: TIE Fighter. It is portrayed as the next evolution of the TIE Fighter as an elite experimental ship and predecessor to the TIE Defender. It has enhanced shields, a hyperdrive, and heavy weapon loadouts including proton torpedoes. Andor season 2 is the first time this has appeared in Star Wars live action.
Trivia: This episode marks the first onscreen appearance of Storm's End, the seat of House Baratheon. It was regularly mentioned in Game of Thrones, but never seen.
Trivia: Ashley Johnson plays Anna Williams, the mother of Ellie. Johnson voiced Ellie in the video game the show is based on.
Trivia: S01e9, "Bitter Sweethearts", features Tom Arnold playing Arnie Orwig. Tom Arnold starred in the "True Lies" film. The name Arnie could be a reference to his "True Lies" co-star Arnold Schwarzenegger (who is sometimes called Arnie") or his "Roseanne" character, Arnie Thomas.
Trivia: Lars Mikkelsen, who plays Grand Admiral Thrawn and voiced him in Star Wars: Rebels, is the older brother of Mads Mikkelsen, who played Galen Erso in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Trivia: This show plays fast and loose with the continuity of the movie and is done on purpose. They couldn't really set this series as a prequel when Herc doesn't understand his powers or who he is, and also Hades doesn't know about him yet according to the movie. And they can't set it after the movie without inventing new villains or stories for Herc to go on, and it would have to be adult Herc. So this is set sort of in between the film's two time points of Herc being young or adult. But making it so Hades already knows about him, Pan and Panic are recurring characters trying to off him, and Herc is being heroic despite the continuity of the film saying he was not a hero yet by this point. They had to change things to make the show work. Thus, this show is only soft canon to the movie. A parallel timeline.
