From the last thread
>>8579770>You even said it yourself, where the Power Sword was an afterthought, a macguffin, and basically just a glorified key. The Star Sword and Power Star in Blackstar were capable of much more, and were more openly weapons. It's all really just superficially similar.The idea of the Power Sword and it splitting in two didn't come about until Filmation was involved; originally doing an animated toy commercial, which turned into a cartoon series. Allegedly marketing came up with the idea for the Power Sword at that time, and Filmation even did artwork of He-Man with half a Power Sword.
Early animated Filmation commercial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09f00S57DG0So, it's bullshit on ToyGuru's part to say Blackstar had nothing to do with He-Man having the same half-sword concept for both the hero and villain, because the concept didn't exist until Filmation became involved.
