Star Saber
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Star Saber is the name of a fictional character and also a legendary weapon in the Transformers toyline. He is the protagonist in the Japanese exclusive series Transformers: Victory.
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[edit] Transformers: Victory
| Transformers character | |
 Star Saber from Transformers: Victory |
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| Star Saber | |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | Autobot  |
| Sub-Group | Brainmasters |
| Rank | 10 |
| Function | Supreme Commander |
| Partner | Victory Leo |
| Motto | "The universe deserves freedom, and I’ll see that it gets it." |
| Alternate Modes | Cybertronian Jet |
| Series | Transformers: Victory |
| Voiced by | Hideyuki Tanaka (Japanese) |
In the year 2025, a skilled swordsman named Star Saber is chosen by God Ginrai as leader of the Autobots.
Star Saber transforms into two robot forms, a smaller robot/plane named Saber combining with a sky sled known as the V-Star to form a larger ship or robot, similar to Ginrai combining with his trailer to form Super Ginrai. It is in this form he is known as Star Saber. His primary weapon is the star saber, a powerful sword. He also has a standard rifle at his disposal. In this form, his helmet/face resembles Optimus Prime's, with a Red helmet rather than blue. The smaller Brainmaster component that enters Saber's chest and becomes his face is named Yukio, which means Courage. He may combine with Victory Leo (The rebuilt God Ginrai) to form Victory Saber. This combination, though incredibly strong, is exceedingly unstable due to Victory Leo's flawed personality.
In the various Japanese Transformers series, all of the robots made into toys carry serial numbers, usually preceded by a letter denoting allegiance, or a new series. Star Saber's serial number is C-324.
He is also the foster father of a young human boy named Jean (the French masculin pronunciation), who he rescued from the remains of a Destron (Decepticon) attack. Like any father, he wants what is best for his son, even taking the time to personally arrange Jan's transfer to a school so he could be with children his age.
[edit] Animated series
Throughout the series, Star Saber battles against the Decepticon Emperor of Destruction Deathsaurus and his forces. These forces include the bumbling Dinoforce and the ruthless Breast Force (alternatively spelt Brest Force). While he and his Autobot forces are successful for much of 2025, eventually the Decepticons (Destrons) start inflicting hard blows. One of the first was struck by the Breast Force, who revealed their combined form of Liokaiser and severely wounded him before being driven off by God Ginrai and the threat of further Autobot reinforcements. Another blow resulted in an ambush that severely wounded Star Saber and mortally wounded God Ginrai. The last blow resulted in the successful capture of enough energy to reactivate the Decepticon space fortress.
He finally defeated his arch-enemy Deathsaurus in a final duel aboard the fortress, which was then destroyed by the Autobots after a hard-fought battle. Deszaras cursed Star Saber before vanishing into the very dark nebula he'd fought so hard to free his fortress from.
[edit] Manga
The accompanying manga would turn the Star Saber/ Deathsaurus rivalry into something of a parental rivalry, as it revealed that Deszaras also had an adopted human son called Solon. Solon often clashed with Jan at school, leading to confrontations between their "fathers". This was eventually resolved when Deszaras abandoned him in battle, leading to Solon joining the Autobots.
The conclusion of the Victory manga is infamous among the fandom, and well-known even by those who have not read it, for its outrageously different approach. During the final battle, as Deszaras's fortress attacks the Earth, it is he, not Liokaiser, who battles Star Saber in space. Leozack, then, is able to take his treachery to the ultimate extreme by turning the fortress's power on Deszaras, and Deszaras cripples the craft with his cannon as Star Saber takes Leozack down. Then, the wounded Deszaras reveals the true reason he has quested to liberate the fortress from the Dark Nebula - it is home to the Decepticons' families and civilians. As the shocked Autobots discover this, readers meet Deszaras's wife, Esmeryl, Leozack's sister and the Dinosaur Force's children, and Deszaras and Star Saber then make peace, shaking hands and vowing to work together for the betterment of the Transformer race.
[edit] Transformers: Zone
In the sequel to Victory, Transformers: Zone, Victory Saber is severely wounded during an attack on a planet by the Decepticon Generals (the original G1 Decepticon combiners). He later turns over command of the Cybertrons to Dai Atlas while he recovers.
[edit] Transformers: Robot Masters
The original Star Saber returned in the Japanese exclusive Transformers: Robot Masters series. His function is Supreme Commander and his motto is "Power, skill, wisdom, and courage: that is a Brainmaster!" Star Saber was displaced in time by the same anomaly that had claimed Megatron, and almost immediately found himself in an aerial duel with Starscream. Star Saber was on the verge of defeat when Optimus Prime intervened and saved him.
[edit] Transformers: Armada
In Transformers: Armada, the Star Saber, formed from by the Air Defense Mini-Con Team, is one of three high-powered weapons in the Armada chapter of the Unicron Trilogy, the others being the Requiem Blaster and Skyboom Shield. The Star Saber can cut through anything, save the Skyboom Shield. It was highly coveted by Megatron, though various others possessed it for a time, most notably Starscream, Hot Shot, and Optimus Prime.
If wielded by a Decepticon with sufficient willpower, the Star Saber can be transformed into the Dark Saber, and this converts the trio of Mini-Cons into the Air Assault Team.
The three weapons were also used by Thrust as the power source for the Hydra-Cannon.
[edit] Transformers: Energon
The Star Saber appeared very briefly at the start of the Transformers: Energon series, with Kicker riding it like a flying surfboard. In addition, the Autobot Wing Saber seemed to be a homage to Star Saber.
