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Begin the
Blitz
Big battles near the end of a season are always such a huge
spectacle for this show, and this one is no exception. In fact, this big battle marks a particular
milestone in the Paladins’ mission. It
brings together many of the plot elements that have been building up over the
course of these two seasons which is a huge source of the event’s
magnitude.
The efforts of recruiting
liberated planets for the coalition really pay off as we see all the planets
taking part in it. A majority of them even reach out to several originally
one-off planets the Paladins helped over the series. Some of them are also characters from what
seemed like an outlier episode prior, e.g. Rolo and his team from Season 1’s
“Taking Flight.”
As for their mission,
the massive forces of the coalition are big enough to take on a territory
called Naxzela. From the sound of it,
you may think that it’s just another random planet. The thing that makes it stand out is that it
takes up one third of the entire Galra Empire.
This means if the mission is successful, the Paladins will effectively
turn the tide in their efforts to save the universe. To take them, different bands of rebels from
the coalition have to take control of space cannons all over the galaxy and use
them to take out certain bases.
The
actual mission to do this brings a variety of experiences as each quadrant
attempts to take a cannon. One of them
featuring the Blade of Marmora is easily successful in taking the cannon, and
it can be argued that Keith is the one to make it all possible. For that, you can easily support his decision
to leave the Paladins for the team.
Another team of rebels featuring what’s become of Pidge’s brother Matt
who fights alongside a galaxy of anthropomorphic animals, doesn’t have such
luxury. Their cannon is so heavily
guarded that it’s not safe for them to be in the line of fire for long and
spend much time behind an asteroid waiting for help.
As some of you can imagine, the other team is
the Paladins who have a mixture of both details when their cannon is hidden
among a cleverly camouflaged mine field.
It only takes creative thinking to separate temporarily so Allura can
use the blue lion’s ice powers to freeze the mines, and then they form Voltron
again to finish off the defenses. It’s
all a collection of great action sequences from a creative collection of vastly
different aliens fighting for a great cause coming together to great
effect.
We don’t just see great moments
from the heroes though. There’s also
some interesting stuff going on with the antagonists as well. Even when declared an enemy of his own
empire, Lotor is ever confident as ever as he leads his army towards the
remains of his father’s home planet Daibazaal.
There’s a wormhole he plans on using to get his hands on unlimited
quintessence, bringing closure to what the Paladins suggested his plan was a
while back. However, ever since Zarkon’s
attack on them led to Lotor taking the life of one of the soldiers, the rest of
them are warry that he’ll turn on them.
It’s unclear if he truly would, but shortly after one of them stuns him,
that’s just what he does shortly after regaining consciousness. That’s enough to build anticipation to see
how successful he’ll remain even though he’s now on his own.
With all this said, it’s clear that the
season’s final battle is up to a great start as many plot points come together
for a great display of grand moments from our heroes and villains.
A+
Season 3 Rankings
1. The Legend Begins
2. Hole in the Sky
3. Red Paladin
4. Changing of the Guard
5. Tailing the Comet
6. The Journey
7. The Hunted
Season 4 Rankings
1. Reunion
2. Begin the Blitz
3. Black Site
4. Code of Honor
5. The Voltron Show!
The next Voltron: Legendary Defender review is on the Season 4 finale determining the success of the coalition's mission and introduces a new defender.
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