This cartoon was to have ended with a feature film in which Jayce finally reunited with his father, but because the action figure series was a flop, the movie was scrapped and never produced. It left the series with an open ending never concluded.
The main theme and the closing credits song "Keep on Rollin" was composed by Shuki Levy and Haim Saban and performed by Nicolas 'Nick' Carr.
Unlike "He-Man", no backstory was given with the toys for the Lightning League and The Monster Minds doing battle, and so distinct characters were created by DIC and J. Michael Stracynski to allow for a structured story.
Herc Stormsailor is based on Han Solo from "Star Wars". Herc is short for Hercules, legendary hero and semi-god in Roman mythology known to be Jupiter's son (named Heracles and his father Zeus in Greek mythology), who between another achievements traveled around Greece and beyond to make the Twelve Labours in expiation for killing his own family after to be manipulated by his step-mother Hera. Hercules was one of the Argonauts lead by Jason (Jayce in the show) looking for Golden Fleece.
"Jason and the Argonauts", "Star Wars" and "Mad Max" are considered strong influences behind the cartoon.