Well, Zwordar's Comet Empire fortress is stopped cold when the
Yamato sends a team to disable its defenses.
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The
Yamato then starts bombarding the stationary fortress. It erupts in explosions and finally begins to disintegrate.
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However, just when you think the good guys have won a gigantic dreadnought emerges from the wreckage of the destroyed Comet Empire planetoid, far bigger than the
Yamato.
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That's the cliffhanger I ended on 23 years ago!
The final episode begins with Zwordar trashing the
Yamato and then deciding to make us all pay and begins bombarding Earth itself (I'd prefer to think that certain nefarious college programs were targeted, but the planet is wrecked). Nearly all hope appears lost.
Derek Wildstar (Kodai in Japan) is the protagonist, having started the first season as a fighter pilot and is now the captain of the
Yamato. He decides the only thing that they can do is pilot the crippled warship directly into Zwordar's giant space battleship.
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As the ship begins to move forward on its final voyage to save planet Earth, another force intervenes. Zwordar's sister Tralana appears (we had seen her in earlier episodes). She has incredible powers and is a force for good, and uses them to destroy her evil, renegade brother.
With that, the Comet Empire is defeated for good and the nearly destroyed
Yamato makes its return to Earth.