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In the world of She-Ra, a princess isn't just a girl with a royal pedigree. She is a protector, a warrior, and a unique part of the planet's delicate ecosystem. Princesses have fabulous magical powers and exotic palaces, sure, but those perks come at the cost of duty, training, and an endless fight against the Horde, who seek to subjugate the planet of Etheria for their own murky ends.

Adora didn't start out as one of the princesses. She was, in fact, a promising young Horde soldier who stumbled upon the sword that transforms her into the formidable She-Ra. Her world crumbles in an instant, enmeshing her in a battle against everything she ever knew.  Catra, the sneeringly evil Horde general of the original 1980s series, is now Adora's best friend, curdled into tragic villainy through jealousy, spite, and an inability to understand why Adora left her. Entrapta, once a baddie with a yen for, yes, traps, is now a warmhearted oddball whose love of engineering makes her friends on both sides of the war. Queen Angella, once merely the beautiful queen of Etheria in the '80s She-Ra cartoon, is now a woman struggling to balance the demands of war with the vulnerabilities of motherhood. It's a rich fantasy of a series, each season asking provocative new questions. What does it mean to be a heroine? How does evil manifest, and how should it be defeated? These are the questions She-Ra ponders to stirring and magical effect.