Released in the same year as Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) and coincides with the 25th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977).
The 2002 Jango Fett's Slave I set can be seen at the end of the short. In between the events of "Attack of the Clones" and Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) the Slave I was repainted green.
The 2002 Twin-Pod Cloud Car model can be seen.
Second licensed Star Wars animated short after The Story of the Faithful Wookiee (1978) in the franchise. It is also the first LEGO Star Wars short.
R2-D2 can be seen with Leia and Chewbacca (with a partially assembled C-3PO) watching Han Solo being frozen in carbonite. In "The Empire Strikes Back" he does not appear in the carbon-freezing chamber due to journeying with Luke Skywalker to Cloud City.