Legend of the Galactic Heroes · SEASON 1

Before the Storm

Episode 17 · 1989-04-18

★ 9.5
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Season 1Episode 17★ 9.5/10
  • Animation
  • Drama
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • War & Politics

Episode overview

Julian Minci asks Frederica Greenhill how Yang became the "Hero of El Facil": 9 years ago. The Free Planets Alliance fleet, led by Arthur Lynch, fled the approaching Imperial Fleet, leaving 3 million people behind; Yang, one of the few officers left, organized the evacuation while the Alliance Fleet was defeated. Meanwhile, in the Empire, Reinhard thinks a civil war is about to break out; in order to avoid an intervention form the Alliance, he decides to infiltrate Lynch in the Alliance to stage a military coup. The move is hidden behind an exchange of 2 million prisoners of war. End of 796 S.C. / 487 I.C.

24 minutes

Season 1 episodes