The Jedi Master Manos's name is inspired by the cult film "Manos: The Hands of Fate" one of Christian Nichols's favorite movies of all time.
After a certain actor could no longer show up to film scenes, it dramatically effected the whole entire movie, creating a continuity riff, and a script rewrite.
The character CN-2187's name is inspired by Finn's stormtrooper identification in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."
Inspired by the movies "Casablanca" and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens."
The reason the ending of the movie is so abrupt is because director Christian Nichols had a panic attack in the woods shooting, due to a nest of ticks taking residence on himself and the actors.