The series started out as fun little ideas that Dave Filoni would think of during his commute to and from The Mandalorian (2019) set.
Originally, the series was going to show Plo Koon going to Shili to confirm that Ahsoka was a Jedi and a heartbreaking farewell her parents would give her as she left. However, Dave Filoni was very determined to do an episode about Ahsoka and her mother, since there hadn't been that many examples of a mother-daughter relationship in the franchise and upon learning he would only have six episodes, he decided to focus on the mother and daughter.
Shares the same title as a comic book series in the Legends timeline.
The large saber-tooth tiger creature that young Ahsoka encounters appears to be an Akul, a large predatory creature that the Togruta species hunt for rites of passage and collect teeth for their head jewelry.