The alien Shminavits from Quest for He-man (1983) make a brief appearance when Om recounts his travels across the universe.
This story is loosely based on the short story "Arena" by Fredric Brown, first published in 1944, which was also the basis for Arena (1967).
Writer Warren Greenwood named the character General Tataran after storyboard artist Tom Tataranowicz.
The animated sequence in which King Randor throws a scepter to disarm a Goblin was previously used in Prince Adam No More (1983).
The animation model for General Tataran was designed by character artists Gerald Forton and Lew Ott.