 In unused scenes, it is explained that the Kurgan from the first  film was also a resident of the dreaded planet Zeist, hired by  General Katana (Ironside, Michael (qv)) to kill Connor MacLeod  (Lambert, Christopher (qv)). The final battle between MacLeod and  the Kurgan from the 1986 film is shown on a large screen to Zeist  bettors, and when the Kurgan fails, Katana sends down the two  assassins featured in the final cut of the film to take out MacLeod.