Tribes: The Duel of the Continent of Mu

Plot Synopsis
Ra Mu is awakening, and in a desperate act, Bob Copper tries pulling the Sword of Berserk off it's pedestal before Ra Mu can fully revive, but Dark Phantom pulls him away. Harp Note and Cancer Bubble manage to rescue him, and they deal with Yeti Blizzard and Dark Phantom. Rogue pulls away Hollow, while Ra Mu begins absorbing EM-Waves in some sort of energy pool.

Omega-Xis is being caught in the pool and is being pulled in. Geo runs and jumps into the pool to rescue him, and the two of them burst out as MegaMan. Copper yells at MegaMan to get the OOPArt, and Dr. Orihime calls back Hollow to stop him. Before Hollow can attack MegaMan, Copper fires off a shot at Hollow, distracting him. MegaMan yanks out the Sword of Berserk, and the other OOPArts fuse into him. He tribes on, then double tribes, then triple tribes into the Tribe King form. Hollow tries to blast him, but MegaMan is immune to his attacks. MegaMan fires back destroying Hollow.

Copper tries to arrest Dr. Orihime, but she runs into the ruins as they begin to collapse. MegaMan, Harp Note, Cancer Bubble, and Bob Copper jump out of the gate to Mu, but Ra Mu follows behind them. Rogue tries to hold back Ra Mu and orders MegaMan to destroy the game with the OOPArts. MegaMan unleashes one final blast, the Tribe King Link Force Big Bang, and the gate is sealed, and Rogue jumps in along with it. The day is saved, and the next day, all the characters from the show, including Pat Sprigs, the FMians, the other humans, Bob Copper and of course Geo and Omega-Xis, head down to a Sonia Strumm concert, where she performs the opening credits in a very "this is the last episode ever" sort of way.

Critique
As finales go, you really couldn't ask for a better way to end the series. While it sucks that we only saw the other tribe forms for maybe a total of ten seconds, at least everything got wrapped up in a nice little package, along with some great animation, and even a couple of character moments. Bob Copper really kicks ass here, and they even managed to resolve the angle with Luna, as she wishes for Geo's safe return. That's right, not MegaMan, Geo. She knew it all along.

Rating: Thumbs up!

It was obvious they knew this episode was it when XEBEC finished making this show. The concert at the end is a pretty fitting way to go as Star Force's own legacy is still in jeopardy. While I personally love the Star Force series, neither the show, nor the games were particularly popular. Poor review scores and coming off the heels of Battle Network have been hurting this series since day one, and even if Star Force does everything right, it doesn't do anything new.

In America, the show never got a chance, being placed in a ridiculous time slot for a total of one airing, and being broadcast online to a really small audience. It's clear that someone at Time-Warner was afraid of a lack of interest that NT Warrior Axess had, and thus, this great show never got started. Personally, I can't recommend the show enough, and I highly suggest you look for the show, in both the original and dubbed forms.

Star Force is hit hard by a lot of factors that kept it from shining, and it looks like this star has burnt out. Operation Shooting Star was a flop, and there are no plans for a US release. Star Force 4 may be a pipe dream altogether, and even as much as I love Star Force, I'll throw down money for Mega Man 10 first any day of the week, or Mega Man X9, or Mega Man Legends 3, or Mega Man ZX3... but not Battle Network 7...

Still, if the adventures of Geo Stelar are truly over, it was a great ride while it lasted, and I'm satisfied that both the games and cartoon end without a lot of loose ends, the game series much more especially. If you want to see what happens next for Geo, buy Star Force 3, and maybe one day we'll get to see the more "comic book hero type" blue bomber again some day.

Now all I got left to do is the rest of Axess... great...