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"Lars of the Stars" is the 11th episode of the fifth season of Steven Universe and the 139th episode overall.[1]
Official Synopsis
Lars rises to the occasion.[2]
Plot
Steven and Connie are at the Crystal Temple's front porch, are about to take a care package made by Dante and Martha Barriga to their son Lars Barriga, currently stranded in space on Homeworld. Steven and Connie go inside the mane of Lion, and enter the pocket dimension accessible through Lion's mane and Lars' hair. The two traverse the pocket dimension and exit through Lars' area.
They end up on Homeworld, having been transported out of Lars' hair, as Lars wears a captain's uniform and seems to be on a spaceship. While Steven, Connie, and Lars are confused, a Gem known as Emerald appears on a large screen in the spaceship. Angrily, she taunts the "Off Colors", and Lars confidently responds that she'll "never take them alive". The four Gems comprising the group known as the Off Colors are seen to be piloting and running the ship.
It is explained that the Off Colors, led by Lars Barriga, had escaped the Homeworld Kindergarten and have been on the run. They had stolen an Emerald's personal shuttle before crashing it on the planet Upsilon-9, had travelled to various planets, had 'impersonated imperial officers during a public jubilee', and had later snuck past sixty-seven elite Citrine guards to steal Emerald's fastest ship (the "Sun Incinerator") from a docking bay on the planet Clavia-7.
While Emerald contacts them through the ship, Padparadscha (now a 'technical advisor' under 'Captain Lars') makes an oblivious late prediction that Emerald will discover and contact them. Fluorite (now a 'chief engineer') checks on the engine. The Rutile Twins (now pilots) fire up the ship's Nova Thrusters and keep them on their way. Rhodonite (now the 'head of strategic operations') informs Lars that everything is clear up ahead. After Emerald threatens them, Fluorite tells Lars that the engines are all set, and Lars has the Rutile Twins pilot the ship into taking off in hyper-speed.
Features
Characters
- Steven
- Connie
- Lars Barriga
- Padparadscha
- Fluorite
- Rhodonite
- Rutile Twins
- Emerald (debut)
- Lion
- 67 Elite Citrines (mentioned)
- Dante and Martha Barriga (mentioned)
- Sadie Miller (mentioned; pictured)
- Stevonnie
- The Cool Kids (mentioned; pictured)
- Jenny Pizza (mentioned; pictured)
- Buck Dewey (mentioned; pictured)
- Sour Cream (mentioned; pictured)
Objects
- Emerald's Personal Shuttle (mentioned) (debut)
- Sun Incinerator (debut)
- MC Bear Bear
- Destiny Destroyer (debut)
- Star Skipper (debut)
Locations
- Crystal Temple
- Homeworld Kindergarten (mentioned)
- Pocket Dimension
- Clavia-7 (mentioned)
- Upisilon-9 (mentioned)
- Outer Space
- Sector 4 and other three sectors (mentioned)
- Jungle Moon (Debut)
Music
Instrumental Songs
- TBA
Trivia
- This is the first episode to air in 2018.
- A clip from this episode was shown at San Diego Comic-Con in 2017.
- This is the first time someone other than Steven is shown inside Lion’s mane willingly, and the second time overall after Bismuth.
- This episode confirms that humans can enter Lion's mane.
- The name of Sadie's band with the Cool Kids is revealed to be 'Sadie Killer & The Suspects'.
Cultural References
- Lars' outfit takes resemblance to the outfit of the titulary character of the manga/anime 'Space Captain Pirate Harlock'. His iconic cape in specific is identical to Lars'.
- Additionally, the several skull imagery in Lars' gages and the Star Skipper are an allussion to the series.
Continuity
- Steven mentions the events of "Off Colors" and "Lars' Head".
- Additionally, Lars continues to be in the same predicament as he was left off in said episodes: stuck in space with the Off Colors.
- Stevonnie mentions being comfortable with driving a car, a callback to "Beach City Drift".
- Lars skull gages from the episodes "Horror Club" and "Tiger Philanthropist" are part of his parent's care package.
- MC Bear Bear also makes a return.
- Sadie is still lead singer of 'Sadie Killer & The Suspects', like she started to be in "Sadie Killer".
Errors
- 9:23: Emerald's Gem is reversed to left side.
- When Emerald says "Very well, prepare yourselves for destruction!", her eyelashes are missing.
Videos
Transcript
View the episode's transcript here.