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Some years ago, King Zarkon’s witch Haggar placed a curse on the mighty robot Voltron, splitting it into five parts, each a robot Lion. In 1999, five earthling space explorers from the war-ravaged planet Earth rediscover the robot Lions and form Golion, to protect the planet Altea and its allies from Emperor Daibazaal and the Galra Empire. The goddess punished Golion for its arrogance by splitting it into five parts, each a robot Lion. Several thousand years ago, the mysetrious robot Golion arrogantly challenged the Goddess of the Universe to a fight. With hope that the Space Explorers can locate and bring back Voltron, Keith guides the escape ship past the Castle of Lions. Keith, captain of the Space Explorers, tells his team the legend of Voltron. The escape ship’s descent is slowed by a strange beam of light emanating from a statue in front of the legendary Castle of Lions. Yurak’s ship shoots down the escape ship as it approaches the planet Arus. The Space Explorers escape Doom in a slave ship. The Explorers’ ship is captured, and the Space Explorers are taken to the planet Doom. The ship’s descent slows, and the earthlings’ leader, Kogane, takes the controls and flies the ship past the castle.įive Space Explorers from Earth’s Galaxy Garrison reach the planet Arus, which is under attack by the forces of King Zarkon.
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Before the ship crashes, a strange beam of light emanates from a statue in front of an ancient castle. The escape ship’s descent is watched from an ancient castle by a beautiful princess. Sadak’s ship shoots down the escape ship as it approaches the planet Altea. Emperor Daibazaal orders Sadak to pursue.
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The earthlings escape Galra in a Galra slave ship. The earthlings had been captured shortly after returning from a space mission and their discovery that, in their absence, Earth had been devastated during World War III. On the planet Galra, five earthlings are in a cell in Slave Castle. My response has probably varied over the years, but the episode that I find myself watching most frequently is “Space Explorers Captured,” the first episode in original air date order, and the first episode to feature the Lion Force characters.ĭuring my most recent re-watch of the episode, as well as “Escape from Slave Castle,” the Beast King Golion episode from which it was adapted, I realized why I’m so fascinated with “Space Explorers Captured”: unlike nearly every other episode of Voltron: Defender of the Universe, “Space Explorers Captured” isn’t a straight adaptation, with violent shots removed for an audience of largely American youths – the Voltron episode has its own distinct narrative, and it sets up a surprisingly different premise from that of Beast King Golion – and all of this is accomplished with clever editing and new writing. As a longtime Voltron fan, and as co-host of Let’s Voltron: The Official Voltron Podcast, I am sometimes asked which episode of Voltron: Defender of the Universe is my favorite.