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 is able to determine that the Galra are searching for a weapon known as 'Voltron'. As they form a rescue plan, Keith - a talented, but reckless academy washout - 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 team members, Shiro, who has been quarantined after escaping from the Galra. In 'Legendary Defender' the Galra Empire employs Robeasts created by Haggar and her Druids, albeit simply called 'Beasts' until Hunk gives them their more poular name in 'Shiro's Escape.'ĭuring a mission to Kerberos, one of Pluto's moons, an expedition team is attacked and imprisoned by a hostile alien craft from the Galra Empire while Galaxy Garrison - Earth's primary institution for space exploration - has presumed them dead. They meet Princess Allura, become the next Paladins, and reunite the five lions to form Voltron and combat Emperor Zarkon's nefarious schemes, with the hopes of ultimately defeating the entire Galra Empire.

A group of space pilots – Shiro, Keith, Lance, Pidge, and Hunk – discover the Blue Lion and immediately get swept up into the Galran War. In the present, the Galra Empire's path of conquest and search for Voltron has led them to Earth's solar system.

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