Senator Neila's last name is "alien" spelled backwards.
Many of the soldiers seen in the movie are actually members of the British Columbia Dragoons - an Army Reserve unit in Kelowna, BC Canada.
In the film, Michael (Mark Hamill) has a stubble. In the movie poster, Michael has a mustache.
The second low-budget science fiction film to star an actor from the "Star Wars" trilogy. Four years earlier, Carrie Fisher, who played Princess Leia, starred in the 1987 Australian time travel flick The Time Guardian (1987). Mark Hamill, who stars in this film, played Luke Skywalker.
Mark Hamill and Brion James have both worked with Harrison Ford. Mark Hamill starred opposite Harrison Ford in the "Star Wars" trilogy and Brion James starred opposite Harrison Ford in Blade Runner (1982).