TV SERIES · 2016– · USA
Voltron: Legendary Defender
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- #001
Shiro's right arm is Galra. In parallel, Keith, the paladin of Voltron's right arm, is also Galra.
- #002
The series was produced and written by many of the same team members who worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005) and The Legend of Korra (2012).
- #003
This is the fourth Voltron TV series.
- #004
Keith, the Red Paladin, is part Galra. This is first implied in Season 1, Episode 7, when Keith and Lance close the hangar bay doors and Keith places his hand on a Galra monitor.
- #005
The designers looked at Gundam mecha shows to see the influence on Voltron's design.
- #006
The cow Kaltenecker shares its name with crew member Benjamin Kaltenecker.
- #007
Many elements are nods to Beast King GoLion (1981), the original Japanese version of Voltron, such as Altea (Planet Arus in the original American series), Sven renamed as Shiro, and the Galra Empire (the Drule Empire).
- #008
Norman Reedus (the voice of Rolo) and Steven Yeun (the voice of Keith) both appear together in AMC's hit series The Walking Dead (2010).
- #009
The series expands a longer and more detailed story of Voltron, including its mysticism and international and cross-genre cooperation. It reveals much about the history of the warring groups, the creation of Voltron, the past friendship of King Alfor and Emperor Zarkon, and Haggar being Lotor's mother.
- #010
'Shiro' is the kanji meaning 'white' in Japanese.
- #011
Showrunner Lauren Montgomery came up with the idea of hiding that Pidge is a girl because, given her past experiences with other studios, she feared executives would not allow the character's gender to be changed.
- #012
As a nod to the original series (1984), during the Castle of Lions' first flight in S01E06 "Taking Flight," Princess Allura and Coran prepare for takeoff by saying: "Activate interlocks! Dynotherms connected! Megathrusters are go!"
- #013
The Weblum shown in S08E4 was modeled on one of Zarkon's main battleships from the original Voltron series (1984).
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