Yamato's Captured!
Ferrell's fleet lures the Star Force into a trap. The Argo is captured and dragged into Admiral Smeerdom's giant space fortress. Smeerdom makes the mistake of contacting Desslok before destroying the Argo. Desslok reacts in a rage, not having known that his minions had been fighting the Star Force all this time. He contacts Wildstar, apologises, and invites the gang to Galmania. [Source: The Wave Motion Web Page http://www.desslok.com]
Aired 17/01/1981EP 15 - Yamato's Captured!
1980
Star Blazers: The Bolar Wars
A stray missile from a confrontation between the Galman empire and the Bolar Federation crashes into the sun, turning it into a time bomb of radiation. The Star Force once again sets off into space, this time on a quest to look for a new world for the human race.
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