How Voltron Became a Tragedy | Part I: Production

A set of theories on Voltron's production. UPDATES AND CORRECTIONS LISTED BELOW.

Part II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfUvSaU8_hQ

QUOTES AND REFERENCES: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vYhVpCUiyW89wWDYsKSIH47nvBU7GHUDRSajL31BLJY/edit?usp=sharing

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UPDATES:

1. (7-2-19) The director with burnout problems was actually Eugene Lee. Palmer may have left for other reasons.

2. (3-26-19) LM and JDS confirmed in a season 8 AfterBuzz interview that Keith was supposed to stay with the team throughout seasons 3-4 and bond with Lotor as a fellow half-Galran. (30:26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MudCcj6QRzA)

3. (7-2-19) In their final Let's Voltron interview, LM and JDS confirmed that there is no "unaltered" Voltron content. No whole scenes were snipped away at the last minute.
"JDS: We heard all manner of—and again, Lauren and I tried to like stay off of social media just to not deal with anything negative that was coming our way. Like we obviously heard people’s concerns and took that very seriously but we heard some conspiracy theories that there was like some alternate cut...
MM: Right.
JDS: And there was this that or the other, and I hate to like burst any bubbles—and this will probably only lend to more conspiracy theories—but there is no alternate cut of Voltron."

4. (7-2-19) I'd also like to address the fact that my stance has changed as per The Wolf, the Atlas and the Bayard. It seems much more likely to me now that Kosmo was always meant to be a dog.

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Full credits will be displayed at the end of part II.

The Wolf, The Atlas and the Bayard: https://janestrider.tumblr.com/post/177392187882/the-wolf-the-atlas-and-the-bayard

Taylor's article on season 8 from The Geekiary: http://thegeekiary.com/disaster-voltron-season-8/58749

Another helpful post about the cut-and-pastes: http://letstalkaboutmanga.tumblr.com/post/180221583325/lauren-confirmed-on-the-latest-form-podcast

Zethrid clip with audio description provided by Valkyriepilot: https://valkyriepilot.tumblr.com/post/181236849234/hey-guys-the-official-audio-transcription-version

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