Product placement:
- Zatec-Cha's guards use two Side Gunner vehicles from the Droids toy line.
- At the spaceport, an A-Wing (aka R-22 Spearhead) and B-Wing are docked.
- During the final chase, Zatec-Cha, Mon Julpa and C-3PO are in Kenner's Sniper Vehicle from the Power of the Force collection, Jann, Jess and Vinga pilot a Desert Sail Skiff mini-rig and Zatec-Cha's guards use One-Man Sand Skimmers from the Power of the Force line.
This story takes place on the planet Tammuz-an.
Action figures of Jann Tosh and Uncle Gundy were released as part of the Star Wars Droids toy line in 1985. The line naturally also included C-3PO and R2-D2, albeit repaints of the figures previously released in Kenner's Star Wars line. Figures of Jessica Meade and Mon Julpa (in royal robes) were planned for the second series, but went unreleased.
At the medical facility, Threepio gets int a conflict with a 2-1B surgical droid, first seen in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980).
The Imperial Sniper and One-Man Sand Skimmer vehicles were part of Kenner's Star Wars: Power of the Force toy line in 1985. This sub-set was known as Body-Rigs or Single Body Transport Vehicles, and featured a third vehicle, the Security Scout, which does not appear in the Droids series. In Europe, these vehicles were sold in a closed box, while Kenner released them in the US on a blister card.