The series stars five young soldiers who are recruited to find the title character in deep space, and to use Voltron to defend the galaxy.
[6] The mini-series showed Voltron existing as a single construct created by sorcerers and scientists, resembling a knight.
During its battle with the first Drule Empire, Voltron was tricked by Haggar into landing on a black comet with the gravitational attraction of a singularity.
[citation needed] The original five issue mini-series was adapted as the 2007 motion comic Voltron: Defenders of the Universe - REVELATIONS.
[7] Its sequel, Voltron: Defenders of the Universe - PARADISE LOST, adapted the first storyarc of the ongoing series, introducing the V-15 and its pilots.