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- Star Saber is the Supreme Commander of the Autobots during the Victory era of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs!
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.
Fiction
Victory cartoon
- Voice actor: Hideyuki Tanaka (Japan)
Star Saber makes his first appearance shortly after the previous Masterforce series ends. 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 learned that Deszaras had constructed a gigantic space fortress in his bid to be named Emperor of Destruction. Leading an Autobot army, Star Saber engaged 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.
Cute and Cuddly Defender of the Universe.
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 Breastforce, who reveal their combined form of Liokaiser and damaged Star Saber before being driven off by God Ginrai and the threat of further Autobot reinforcements. Shortly there after, Deszaras, roused to fighting fury by the memory of his Fortress' 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. An ambush led by Deszaras not long after severely wounded Star Saber and mortally crippled 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). Finally, the final 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 mighty vessel and defeats his arch-enemy Deszaras in a final duel. The fortress is destroyed by the Autobots after a hard-fought battle and 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: According to the song played over the closing credits of the show, Star Saber never snuck food or wet the bed and got scolded for it, but was, in fact, once a kid, just like you and me. Why he would need to eat, sleep, or urinate in the first place is unclear, but we swear we are not making this up.)
Victory manga
"Warrior of Love: Star Saber!" Yes, that's the actual title of the issue.
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 Decepticon Generals on Feminia. He placed Dai Atlas in command until he recovered... which turned out to be never.
Robot Masters
Pack-in comics
OVA
Online mini-comics
Toys
Victory
- Star Saber (1989)
- Japanese ID number: C-324
Tall.
- Star Saber transforms into a large red, blue and white cybertronic spacecraft and a base. The forward section of the spacecraft, Saber, can detach from the larger spacecraft body to form a smaller red fighter. Saber is the Brainmaster component of Star Saber, forming the latter's chest and face when combined in robot mode with the larger spacecraft body. Saber has his own Brainmaster figure, Yukio, who can ride inside his cockpit while Saber is in vehicle mode and inside his chest (becoming his face when the chest door closes) when Saber is in robot mode. Saber is armed with a large grey rifle and a shield formed out of his fighter nosecone, mounted on his shoulder.
Grande.
- As noted above, when the larger spacecraft transforms into robot mode, Saber folds over his legs and sits inside the larger robot's chest. A helmet on the large spacecraft fits over Star Saber's head and together they form Star Saber. Star Saber is armed with Saber's rifle, as well as his Saberblade, whose hilt is formed out of Saber's cockpit/shield and a long silver blade stored in a slot on Star Saber's back.
- Star Saber can further combine with Victory Leo to form Victory Saber in both vehicle and super robot modes. (see below).
- Victory Saber (Multi-pack, 1989)
- Japanese ID number: C-328
Venti.
- The Victory Saber giftset is a two pack of Star Saber and Victory Leo. In Victory Saber vehicle mode, Victory Leo transforms into a compacted version of his figher mode and connects into the rear between Star Saber's engines/legs, forming a huge-ass space ship.
- For Victory Saber robot mode, Victory Leo basically splits up into multiple parts, with most of Leo's body becoming platform shoes for Star Saber, and the rest of him forming a giant backpack/weapons system from hell. As Victory Saber, the Star Saber robot is armed with his sword, the backpack's weapons and Victory Leo's huge ass cannon that can fire projectiles.
Mega SCF
- Star Saber (2002)
- Mega SCF Star Saber is a five inch tall posable PVC action figure. While he cannot transform, he can combine with Mega SCF Victory Leo to form Victory Saber. He comes with his Saberblade, two sets of hands (right hand that can hold his sword and left hand with a clenched fist; right and left hands open in a pose) and two sets of heads (his Star Saber helmet and Saber's head).
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 eliminates the base mode and Saber's Brainmaster component, Yukio. As he was based closely upon the original toy without significant (or any) improvements to the basic design, he has limited Generation 1-era articulation. His plastic is reportedly of poor quality.
- As with the larger original toy, he can combine with Victory Leo to form Victory Saber.
- 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.
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