In the original script, the three unidentified competitors who enter the Rebels Run alongside Bow and the Red Knight are Gommoroth, leader of the Mountain Kingdom, Frod, a primitive caveman, and Kristan, an ice-blue warrior from Frosta's empire.
The shot of Hordak and Mantenna in the Annihilator is reused from Beast Island (1985), with Mantenna taking the place of Shadow Weaver while striking the same pose.
In the original script, the Red Knight was described as wearing a hood to disguise his featured during the race instead of his full armor.
All the backgrounds for the village of Blackmoor will be seen again as the village of Bluestone in The Prisoners of Beast Island (1985) and as Valley View Castle in The Time Transformer (1987).
Of the three people on the balcony during the runaway wagon scene, the man on the left uses the character model of Teela Na's friend from Origin of the Sorceress (1985), the female uses the character model of Sibyline from The Defection (1983), and the man in green that of the adult David from The Once and Future Duke (1983).