The Starchild

Two rival forest tribes are caught in a battle for custody of a little girl with amazing magical powers. He-Man takes her to the Royal Palace. The Sorceress tells viewers they all have the Starchild's invisible power to bring people together; it is called love and is invoked through being kind and gentle.

**Sorceress:** "Today we saw people fighting over the Starchild. But in the end, her power brought these people together. It might surprise you to know that all of us have a power like the Starchild's. You can't see it or touch it, but you can feel it. It's called 'love'. When you care deeply about others, and you're kind and gentle, then you're using that power. And that's very special magic indeed. Until later, goodbye for now."

John Erwin as He-Man/Prince Adam and Palos

Alan Oppenheimer as Man-At-Arms, Cringer and Willen

Linda Gary as Teela, Starchild, Queen Marlena and the Sorceress

Lou Scheimer (credited as Erik Gunden) as Orko and King Randor

1. Behind the scenes: Script was approved March 28, 1983 and final script revision took place June 24, 1983. This episode was story-boarded by Byron Vaughns. In his storyboards, Vaughns illustrated the Starchild more like an elf with pointy ears, not unlike the big-haired troll figures popular at the time, rather than a little girl. Palos and his race of Cave Dwellers were originally designed to have blue skin.
2. Continuity: The character model for Palos would be reused for that of a carpenter in One for All. The design of the Ogre that attacks the Starchild was previously used as Bakkull in Teela's Quest. The two Cave Dwellers who accompany Palos are repainted character models of Old Zak and Jaymar from the episode The Curse of the Spellstone. Teela's bedroom in the Royal Palace of Eternos will be seen again as the room in which Adam and Adora were born in as seen in a flashback in The Secret of the Sword as well as Ariel's room at Castle Mystacor in the She-Ra: Princess of Power episode The Anxious Apprentice.
3. More continuity: The power source for the Royal Palace seen here is different from the one featured in Double Edged Sword. Sound effects are often reused from earlier Filmation cartoons, including several from the Star Trek SFX library. The sound of the laughing Tickletrap is the same as the Tribbles as heard in the 1973 animated Star Trek episode _More Tribbles, More Troubles_.
4. Animation errors and goofs: When Queen Marlena says "You two are just in time to year this tree man's story", instead of the correct background of her seat on the Eternian throne, the background show the middle part between the two seats instead. Near the end, when Starchild takes the hands of Palos and Willen, the black band on Palos' arm disappears.

A cosmic child arrives on Eternia carrying powers that both Skeletor and the Heroic Warriors want. He-Man must protect her until she can be returned to her people.

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