Ed Wasser appears in this episode as one of the command staff, Guerra. He appears in later episodes as Mr Morden, the representative of the Shadows.
This was originally the pilot episode.
This takes place from January 3 to January 8, 2257.
The Minbari assassin's line "There is a hole in your mind" was later one of the phrases featured in the opening sequence of Season Five.
There are two versions of this pilot/movie in existence.