“Sometimes in the design process that happens,” explains Dos Santos. “We’re just big fans of the original series. Sometimes we’re in the writer’s room and we come up with little nods. Sometimes when we’re just at lunch and we go, ‘ah, it’d be so cool to see this!’”

While the episode was a fantastic chance to get some insight into how Zarkon and Haggar became the way they are and how the universe fell to the Galra, it at times felt overstuffed. It quickly jumps from plot point to plot point with barely any time to get to know the new characters. Montgomery wishes they didn’t have to jam it all into one episode but “you gotta do what your boss wants you to do. So we made it happen in one episode.”

The behind the scenes team was able to get across all the history the audience needed to understand where Voltron came from, but if Dos Santos had his way the episode would have been a two parter.

“It has enough content to warrant that. We could have let some stuff play a little longer, but it is what it is. Overall we’re stoked with the way it all turned out.”

Still, the team wishes they could have had more breathing room. Dos Santos says many of the scenes could have been extended and points to the banquet scene, before the comet arrives, as something they could have spent more time with.

“(It’s) something that isn’t a story breaking moment by any stretch but it’s something that would have been nice to get to know the other Paladins just a little bit more.”

Montgomery also wishes the Paladins could have had some time to get to know their Lions a little better “rather than just go straight into battle and then being ready for things immediately. Those are things that definitely take time and took a little more time than we had to give them.”