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>Lou Scheimer Productions wanted to keep the identity of his parents a big secret, which would only have been revealed in the very last episode of the series. It was Lou Scheimer himself who revealed shortly after the He-Ro concept bible was published that Dare's mother was indeed She-Ra.
Adora/She-Ra going missing for 10 years would have been difficult to pull off in a convincing way. Were the members of the royal family ever going to talk about how much they miss her after knowing her for a few years as an adult?
You also have to wonder if the Horde was defeated, or only Skeletor.