ZARKON VOLTRON LEGENDARY DEFENDER SERIES

They're not forming Voltron without everyone onboard, after all.В By the time the third episode 'Shiro's Escape' comes up, everyone is back in action, more or less. And while these episodes serve to show just how far the Paladins must go to be up to the task of defeating Zarkon, another strength is that individual characters get their own arcs and enough breathing room to let them play out without sharing screentime with the entire team.Д«ut rest assured, the disparate adventures of the Paladins only last a relatively short time before they're united once more. Meanwhile, Coran and Princess Allura (and the space mice) find themselves trapped in a time loop, to hilarious results see a clip below for a sneak peek. The first two episodes see the Voltron Force scattered and disoriented: 'Across the Universe'В tracks Keith and Shiro, who crash land on a rocky planet populated by sizable, predatory lizard creatures, and Pidge, who ends up alone in a floating debris field in space.В 'The Depths' centers on Hunk and Lance, who have touched down on a waterworld inhabited by mysterious merfolk. That divide between hopeful heroes and ruthless villains is on display in the early going of the second season, which kicks off right where we left off. That's a strength for the narrative drama in the series, but an obvious weakness for the Paladins and their allies, who are far outclassed by Zarkon's experience, powers, and resources. Make no mistake, with the exception of Shiro, our heroes are largely untested in battle they're learning day by day, but they don't even have a stereotypical sage or battle-hardened warrior to guide them through their trials. If Season 1 of Voltron Legendary Defender was an origin story of sorts for the Paladins, who had to learn to work with each other and their sometimes temperamental Lions in order to form Voltron, then Season 2 is shaping up to be a story of youthful rebellion. The creative team has been unleashed within an expanded universe that sees the Paladins traveling to new, alien worlds in order to recruit allies while fending off old and new adversaries alike and fighting the good fight against Emperor Zarkon and the Galra Empire. Voltron Legendary Defender is poised to do just that. Sophomore seasons of popular shows tend to have a lot of pressure put upon them to outperform and outdo their debut. So when I got a chance to check out the first three episodes of the second season, which returns to Netflix in its entirety on January 20th, I had to balance my expectations against my excitement.

ZARKON VOLTRON LEGENDARY DEFENDER SERIES

What could easily have been a quick grab at nostalgia without any spirit of the original series or substance in the socially conscious modern era was actually the exact opposite: Voltron Legendary Defender was the rare reboot that honored the source material while simultaneously vastly improving upon it. I was highly skeptical of the series when it was announced, but I should never have doubted the team of Joaquim Dos Santos and Lauren Montgomery, part of the creative force behind Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. Haggar at first summoned Lotor to lead the Galra Empire in his father's place, but soon questioned his motives and used dark magic to return Zarkon to 'life', more monstrous than he was before.One of the best surprises of 2016 was Voltron Legendary Defender, Netflix and DreamWorks Animation'sВ contemporary reboot of the classic anime series Voltron: Defender of the Universe, a.k.a. Shiro defeated Zarkon, but also vanished in the process, though the Voltron paladins later found Shiro. Shiro and Zarkon battled over control of the Black Paladin bayard and the Black Lion. The last time Zarkon appeared defeated it was at the hands of Shiro, the leader of Voltron. You know, from a pathos perspective I think, no matter what the relationship was at the end of the day, Zarkon was his father, soвЂ¦' 'It's also incredibly powerful that it was Lotor that had to be the one to strike the final blow. So who knows? But really, if you were on questionable grounds and you needed to prove to a group of people that you're on their side, really there's no better way to do it than to take out the guy that he's been having problems with the whole time.'

'His eyes definitely went out,' Montgomery continued.

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