With the defeat of the Robeast, Sendak is tasked with acquiring Voltron. Pidge apologizes to Shiro and it is revealed Pidge's real name is Katie. Afterwards, Shiro reveals to Pidge that he remembered attacking Matt so that he wouldn't be forced to fight and instead be sent to a work camp with his father. Keith uses his bayard to form Voltron's sword, allowing Voltron to deliver the finishing blow. During the fight, Shiro remembers the Robeast as the Galra warrior he defeated in battle and is able to use his previous tactics to defeat it. Pidge and Shiro head to the crashed Galra battleship they had destroyed to retrieve prisoner logs, but are interrupted by the arrival of a Robeast created by Haggar to defeat Voltron. From them, they learn that Shiro was a champion fighter in the gladiator ring that he and Pidge's brother, Matt were forced to fight in and that Shiro seemingly attacked Matt in bloodlust. Allura heads to meet the villagers along with Coran, Hunk, Keith and Lance while Pidge and Shiro tend to the rescued prisoners from the Galra battleship. It is not until the Paladins engage in a food fight with Allura and Coran that they finally begin to work as a team and are successfully able to form Voltron.ДЄs the Castle of Lions prepare for departure, the team is met by the arrival of a local Arusian. However, the Paladins fail miserably and are unable to connect. When the Paladins are unable to form Voltron during a training session, Coran puts them through his own rigorous training in order to build a sense of brotherhood and trust between the Paladins.

All five lions unite to form Voltron and destroy Sendak's ship before accepting their new roles as the Defenders of the Universe. With the other four lions retrieved, the Black Lion is released from the Castle and selects Shiro as its Paladin. Keith, Shiro and Pidge infiltrate the ship so Keith can find the Red Lion while Shiro and Pidge, who repurposes a Galra drone dubbed 'Rover', search the ship for prisoners, revealing to them that Pidge's father and brother were the other missing astronauts from the Kerberos mission Shiro was on.

Unsure of whether to run or fight, Allura consults the artificial intelligence formed by the memories of her father, King Alfor, who admits he was wrong to hide Voltron and encourages her to fight. The Red Lion, unfortunately, is in the hands of the very Galra ship advancing on Arus. Lance and Hunk retrieve the Yellow Lion while Shiro accompanies Pidge to find the Green Lion. Allura names the others as Voltron Paladins, bestows them with armor and bayards (the Paladins' weapons) and tasks them with finding the other lions. Haggar, advisor of Zarkon, leader of the Galra Empire, senses Allura's return and Zarkon sends Galra troops commanded by Sendak after them. Upon awakening, Allura is shocked to discover that 10,000 years have passed since they were placed in cryostasis. The Blue Lion accepts Lance as its pilot and takes the five through a wormhole to the Castle of Lions on Arus, where they find Princess Allura, her royal advisor Coran and four space mice in cryostasis. They find a large robotic blue lion in the desert and learn that it is only one of five lions that form Voltron. Shiro is unable to remember anything from his captivity, but the group are able to determine that the Galra are searching for a weapon known as 'Voltron'. As they form a rescue plan, an academy washout known as Keith arrives and rescues Shiro before the five of them escape into the desert.

One year later on Earth, Garrison cadets Lance, Pidge and Hunk witness a vessel crash land and learn that it contains one of the missing expedition members, Shiro, who has been quarantined by officials. overallДЄn expedition on the moon Kerberos is attacked and the crew imprisoned by a hostile alien craft from the Galra Empire.

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