Skeleton Warriors
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| Skeleton Warriors | |
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| Genre | Animated series/Science fiction/Horror |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Creator(s) | Playmates Toys |
| Starring | Jeff Bennett Nathan Carlson Philip L. Clarke Michael Corbett Jennifer Hale Tony Jay Danny Mann Valery Pappas Kevin Schon |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original channel | CBS |
| Original run | 1993–1994 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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Skeleton Warriors was a 13 episode cartoon series created by Landmark Entertainment Group, which originally aired in 1994 on CBS.
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[edit] Summary
The story takes place on the distant planet of Lumimaire. The conflict of the plot evolves around the near to control what is called the Lightstar Crystal. This powerful crystal powers the great city of Luminicity. Baron Dark, the shows main villain, tried to steal the crystal in order to gain control over its incredible power. He only succeeded in obtaining half of the crystal, with the other half being obtained by Prince Lightstar.
The half of the crystal that the Baron Dark managed to obtain turned him into a living skeleton. It also gave him the power to turn those with evil hearts into living skeletons for his army. Each episode involves both Prince Lightstar and the Baron Dark attempting to obtain the other half of their respective crystals in order to gain control over the planet.
Prince Lightstar forms part of the Legion of Light. It consists of Justin Lightstar a.k.a. Prince Lightstar, Joshua Lightstar a.k.a. Grimskull, Jennifer Lightstar a.k.a. Talyn. They also have been endowed with great powers through their half of the Crystal. They team together with their uncle Ursak to battle the evil Baron Dark. While Baron Dark is transformed into an undead skeleton and given the ability to transform other living beings into his Skeleton Warriors, the Legion of Light gains other fantastic abilities. Lightstar gains the ability to channel energy through his hands, Talyn gains the power of flight, and Grimskull is transformed into an undead creature similar to the Baron, but also has the power to travel through shadows.
[edit] Spin-offs
The cartoon also spawned a toy line created by Playmates Toys and videogames for both the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation.
[edit] Characters
- Justin Steele/Prince Lightstar
Prince Justin is the leader of the legion of light and the one meant to protect the Lightstar Crystal. After its loss, he continually strives to protect humanity and defeat the skeleton warriors. He greatly frustrated the baron by displaying the clear limits to his power; a person of good heart can not be turned into a skeleton warrior. When the Lightstar Crystal was shattered, Justin received the ability to project powerful beams of energy out of his hands or through his sword, which later is declared by Ursak to be (or which might more likely contain, considering the relative sizes of the sword and crystal) an actual piece of the Lightstar Crystal.
- Jennifer Steele/Talyn
Talyn is a fierce warrior, a gracious princess, a caring soul and an unwavering defender of the righteous. She somehow manages to combine all her devotion to the fight against evil with great compassion. After the struggle which shattered the Lightstar Crystal, she was granted the power of flight and managed to reconcile Justin and Joshua. Her later exploits include finding a way to actually restore skeleton warriors to the flesh - by removing the 'heart gems' which appear after the transformation. Although this discovery is a tactical advantage and a source of hope, it also spurred baron Dark on to worse acts; if any skeleton warrior is restored, he could reclaim them, but if he himself was restored, that option would not be available.
- Ursak the Guardian
- Joshua Steele/Grimskull
Justin's younger brother, who initially worked together with baron Dark out of a misplaced envy of his older brother. When Justin and Dark struggled for the Lightstar Crystal, Joshua interfered. The resulting surge of power turned him into an undead creature, but where Dark and his Skeleton Warriors are pure skeletons, Joshua - who was renamed Grimskull - is still covered in flesh. Grimskull is seeking redemption in his way, by helping his family; he saw the baron's evil during the fight which transformed him. Grimskull has been granted the power to travel through shadows wherever he wishes. Since his transformation, he has befriended a wolf, which he has named Skulker.
- Baron Dark
- Dr. Cyborn
- Shriek
- Aracula
- Dagger
Initially baron Dark's dwarfish, slavish aide, later his dwarfish, slavish, skeletal aide. Dagger provides a certain amount of comic relief, but is mainly the baron's loyal servant. Even when he was briefly restored to the flesh, he continued to work for the baron's interests and longed to be restored to the skeletal state his master had imparted upon him.
[edit] Trivia
The themesong to the G4tv videogame review show Judgement Day is really the bonus level tune of the Skeleton Warriors videogame for the Sega Saturn.
