Star Saber
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Star Saber is the name of a fictional character and also a legendary weapon in the Transformers toyline.
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[edit] Transformers: Generation 1(1989)
| Transformers character | |
 Star Saber from Transformers: Victory |
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| Star Saber | |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | Autobot  |
| Sub-Group | Brainmasters |
| Function | Supreme Commander |
| 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 Cybertrons (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 Primes, 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.
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.
Throughout the series, Star Saber battles against the Decepticon (Destron) Emperor of Destruction Deathsaurus (Deszaras) and his forces. These forces include the bumbling Dinoforce and the ruthless Breast Force (alternatively spelt Brest Force). While he and his Autobot (Cybertrons) 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 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 Cybertrons 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.
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 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 dressed in flashy armor and capes). He later turns over command of the Cybertrons to Dai Atlas while he recovers.
[edit] Robot Masters
The original Star Saber returned in the Japanese exclusive Robot Masters series.
His function is Supreme Commander and his motto is "Power, skill, wisdom, and courage: that is a Brainmaster!"
Tech Spec: Brainmaster hero chosen by the Universal Peace Federation. Heads onto the battlefield brandishing his sword and calling out his catch phrase, "Let's say go!" Normally a gentle mechanism, but his rage towards atrocious evil towers unmatched.
[edit] Transformers: Armada (Micron Legend, 2002) Weapon
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.
