QWhy was Desslok's congratulatory message in episode 11 received by Eager, rather than Homer?
AThis divergence from continuity is the result of an unusual error that occurred during the production of this episode. As scripted, Aihara (Homer) was indeed supposed to receive the transmission, but due to a miscommunication with the animation studio, it was animated featuring Ohta (Eager) instead. In spite of this, the Japanese episode nevertheless referred to the character as Aihara anyway, and he was given Aihara's voice actor for the scene. Star Blazers, fortunately, did not replicate these bizarre choices, and so a different character receives Desslok's message instead of the normal communications officer.
QWhat ultimately happened to General Lysis?
AAfter being sentenced to death for his handling of the battle at planet Balan, Lysis is reprieved by Desslok so that he may lead a task force against the Star Force before they can enter the Magellanic Cloud. Whether or not he survives this battle depends upon whether one is viewing the Star Blazers version, or the original Yamato. In Yamato, he concludes the battle by fastening his command ship to the Yamato's underbelly and self-destructing. In Star Blazers, footage of Lysis's ship approaching the Argo was reused and run backwards to give the impression that he had planted an explosive device and then retreated, with additional looped footage and added dialogue showing the character lamenting the necessity of reporting his failure to Desslok. While his fate is never elaborated upon afterwards, one could easily presume that, given his failure, the previously commuted death sentence might well have been carried out after all.In the third episode of the sequel series, Desslok is seen assembling his surviving forces for a revenge strike against the Star Force. The last ship commander to report in is frequently mistaken for Lysis; however, the character actually gives his name as "Maizer," and is very different in appearance. The confusion is aided by the fact that it is clearly the same voice actor who played Lysis delivering the line. (This actor would go on to voice Gamilon General Garotte later in the series. Garotte also appeared at this muster, but with a different voice and design.)
QWhy did General Talan's name change to "Sgt. Masterson" in the third series?
AThere was a considerable gap between the US development of the second and third series, and when Peter Fernandez was brought in to produce the new episodes, he had not seen any of the Comet Empire series, and was therefore unaware that Talan had made previous appearances (technically, Talan also had appeared twice in the first series, but with a very different character design, and one could be easily excused for not realizing he was the same character).In 1989, a five-issue Star Blazers comic produced specifically for the US market by Comico, titled "The Rise of Lotar," attempted to reconcile the continuity error by claiming that "Talan" was an official title given to Desslok's second-in-command, and featured flashbacks in which the previous holder of the title introduced Desslok to his young son, Masterson, who would one day himself assume the position. Unfortunately, the comic's author, Markalan Joplin, died before the series was completed, and the replacement writer, unaware of his predecessor's intentions, killed off the Masterson character, completely negating the elaborate work-around.The change in writers notwithstanding, this rationalization runs into other problems due to Talan's appearance in the first series, at which time it is clearly General Krypt who is Desslok's executive officer.
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