Quote:DHBirr wrote:OK, I'm wondering if the original series hinted this early on that Dessler has a thing for Queen Starsha. That painting or mural practically shouted it in ep 8 already, and with that in mind, his telephone conversation at the start of 12 was very ... intriguing. He sounded like an estranged husband expressing hope for a reconciliation..In the original Yamato, his love for Starsha was really almost more of a retcon that they showed as of New Journey Yamato (the TV movie that was shown between the end of the 2nd season Comet Empire story and the Be Forever Yamato movie.) Though they did show a similar phone call correspondence even as far back as first season (1974). But there if there was something hinted at in that 1st season phonecall it was VERY subtle. And the Star Blazers transliteration pretty much glossed over that aspect completely. They did show the phone call in Star Blazers. But it was a very "political" conversation. Starsha wasn't happy with what he was doing and he explained why he felt it was necessary.
Dessler's devotion to her (posthumous) was obvious in 3rd season since he re-named an entire planet for her and there were conversations between him and Kodai and Yuki that referenced it.
So yeah - Make no mistake - a lot of this stuff was THERE in the original. But they kinda "made it up as they went along". Often doing it as a retcon or a "as you know" kind of explanation.
Here - they've taken pains to take all those ideas and characters and weave them much more organically into the narrative from the start.