It ran for one season of 13 half-hour episodes an hour-long special broadcast in 1986 serves as the finale. It debuted in 1985 as part of a fitness special hosted by Tony Danza and live-action versions of the droids. The series was broadcast on ABC with its sister series Ewoks (as part of The Ewoks and Droids Adventure Hour). The opening theme, "In Trouble Again", was performed by Stewart Copeland of the Police and written by him and Derek Holt.
Different episodes from different cycles were also screened across the five-year licence, with the Trigon cycle being shown in full in early 1991 on another Saturday morning children's show called The 8:15 from Manchester. The Great Heep only made one showing in 1989 on BBC's Going Live!, which was a Saturday morning children's show-it was split into two parts over two weeks. The entire series was shown twice within this time (in 19 to coincide with the full release of the Star Wars trilogy as well as Droids on VHS). In the UK, BBC Television bought rights to screen the series in its entirety between 19 as part of the Children's BBC programming strand. was the Korean company hired to animate the series. Several episodes were written by Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt. The series was produced by the Canadian company Nelvana for Lucasfilm. Other guest stars include George Buza, Andrew Sabiston, Eric Peterson, Jamie Dick, Donny Burns, Alan Fawcett, Don McManus, and Gordon Masten.