Star Saber (Primax)/785.06 Alpha


 * Star Saber is the Supreme Commander of the Autobots during the Victory era of the Generation 1 continuity family.



Leader of the Autobots, Star Saber belongs to the subgroup known as the Brainmasters. He is also an excellent swordsman and he is very protective of his adopted human son, Jan, though not protective enough to forbid him from running around the battlefield without any armor or defensive weaponry.

Star Saber has the ability to merge in either jet or robot mode with Victory Leo to form Victory Saber.

Victory cartoon
Voice actor: Hideyuki Tanaka (Japan)

Star Saber makes his first appearance in a special preview shortly after the previous Masterforce series ended. The preview was created to wrap up loose ends from Masterforce (such as why God Ginrai resembled the original Convoy {aka Optimus Prime}). The preview ends with a montage of the upcoming Victory series, featuring Star Saber and Deszaras dueling.

Star Saber makes his first true appearance in the premiere episode of Transformers: Victory entitled "Star Saber, Hero of the Universe". This first episode also introduces his foster son Jean (pronounced Jan), notable members of the Autobot forces such as the Brainmasters as well as the Decepticon Emperor of Destruction Deszaras and his Dinoforce. He is apparently nigh-legendary and is considered the greatest swordsman in the universe.

As Supreme Commander, Star Saber has come to Earth in order to track down Deszaras, who has become the number one threat to space. Meanwhile, God Ginrai and his forces (which include the Godmasters from Masterforce), battle against Overlord and his troops. Deszaras is pleased by the fact that Star Saber himself has had to come to face him, as it is acknowledgement that he is now the most dangerous Decepticon alive. He is also eager to settle scores with Star Saber and it is clear that there is bad blood between the two. In their earlier battles, Star Saber is able to fight off Deszaras with relative ease, even though Deszaras himself rarely dirties his hands.

It is revealed later that when Star Saber was simply a commander (as opposed to Supreme Commander), he learnt that Deszaras had constructed a gigantic space fortress in his bid to be named Emperor of Destruction. Leading an Autobot army, he encountered Deszaras' forces in deep space in a violent battle. While the armies fought, Autobot strike teams sabotaged the fortress, draining it of energy and causing it to fall into a Dark Nebula. In the same episode where this is revealed a furious Deszaras, roused to fighting fury by the memory of his defeat, battles and nearly kills Star Saber. Star Saber is only saved by the fact that Deszaras had expended much of his energy trying to reactivate his fortress, forcing the Decepticon to retreat.

Nevertheless, Star Saber and his Autobot forces are successful for much of 2025 but eventually the Decepticons start inflicting hard blows. One of the first is struck by the Breast Force, who reveal their combined form of Liokaiser and severely wound him before being driven off by God Ginrai and the threat of further Autobot reinforcements. Another blow result in an ambush that severely wounded Star Saber and mortally wounded God Ginrai. Despite God Ginrai's rebirth into Victory Leo, it was a severe blow to Autobot morale and the unstable Victory Leo had to prove himself to the others (similar to the predicament the Dinobots once faced). The last blow results in the successful capture of enough energy to reactivate the Decepticon space fortress.

After Deszaras abandons the blindly loyal Dinoforce, the bitter Dinoforce commander informs the Autobots about the fortress' weak point. Star Saber leads an assault on the fortress and finally defeats his arch-enemy Deszaras in a final duel, after which the fortress destroyed by the Autobots after a hard-fought battle. Deszaras curses Star Saber before vanishing into the very dark nebula he'd fought so hard to free his fortress from.

While initially appearing to have been consumed by the fortress' destruction, Star Saber and Victory Leo emerge from its ashes, victorious as their name


 * (Note: This information comes from the song played over the closing credits of the show. We swear we are not making this up.)

Victory manga
The accompanying manga would turn the Star Saber/ Deszaras 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". When Victory Leo and Star Saber revealed their Victory Combination into Victory Saber, Deszaras constructed a giant mecha for Solon to pilot, named King Solon. This mech had the ability to combine with Deszaras to form the mighty King Zaras. Solon's story 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 Deszaras himself, 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. Deszaras and Star Saber then make peace, shaking hands and vowing to work together for the betterment of the Transformer race.

His kid went to school with Deathsaurus' kid. The majority of the conflict within the manga can be summarized as "My Dad can beat up your Dad!"

Zone OVA
Victory Saber was severely wounded by the Nine Great Demon Generals on Feminia. He placed Dai Atlas in command until he recovered... which turned out to be never.

Robot Masters
Got his aft kicked.....by Starscream. He hasn't been able to show his face in polite society since

Victory

 * Star Saber (1989)
 * Japanese ID number: C-324

Star Saber transforms into a red, blue and white spacecraft. He can split into a smaller robot, Saber (Brainmaster component, which transforms into the chest and face), and a base. Saber even has his own Brainmaster, Yukio. He can combine with Victory Leo to form Victory Saber.

He is hu-UGE!!!


 * Victory Saber (1989)
 * Japanese ID number: C-328

Mega SCF

 * Star Saber

Robot Masters

 * Star Saber (2004)
 * Japanese ID number: RM-15
 * A smaller, simplified version of the Star Saber toy, the Robot Masters version of the figure cuts out the base mode and Saber's Brainmaster component, Yukio. Sadly, it has poor posability and durability.




 * Victory Saber (2004)


 * Japanese ID number: RM-17
 * Star Saber was also available into a two-pack with the Robot Masters version of Victory Leo, with whom he could still combine to form Victory Saber, both jet and robot modes. The two figures in this pack featured a more metallic paint job than their standard releases.


 * Victory Saber (eHobby exclusive, 2005)


 * An "evil recolor" of the Victory Saber two-pack completed with Decepticon symbols, this black, purple, teal and bronze redeco represents the two heroes in "optical camouflage" paintjobs for use on an undercover mission to investigate Decepticon dealings in the Middle East black market.