Editing Dark Nova

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:''Dark Nova is a weird alien thingy from the [[Transformers: Return of Convoy (franchise)|Return of Convoy]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:DarkNova3.jpg|right|450px|thumb|Bossa Nova!!]]
'''Dark Nova''' (ダークノヴァ ''Dāku Nova'') is a mysterious supernatural entity from outer space who sides with the [[Decepticon]]s against the [[Autobot]]s. 

Known as the [[Emperor of Destruction|Ultimate Emperor]], Dark Nova revived [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], upgrading him into [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Super Megatron]] and then Ultra Megatron, and later merged with him to become the '''Star Giant''' (星の巨人 ''Hoshi no Kyojin''). He commands armies of [[Novaroid]] drones and [[Galaman]] troopers, which make up the bulk of his forces.

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Legends'' comic (1)====
After their apparent deaths at the hand of [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]'s device during the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], the two [[Vok]] that inhabited [[Tigerhawk]] instead lingered and reemerged in the 21st century. First creating [[Violen Jiger]] to procure the [[Zodiac]] to prevent [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] from reviving, the pink-eyed Vok would assume the form of Dark Nova and take control of the Decepticons when Violen Jiger fell in battle against the [[Powered Master]]s. He sometimes took the visage of [[Unicron]] to strike fear into the [[Transformer]]s and also abducted the body of Optimus Prime with a [[Vok probe]], but his efforts were for naught as it was recovered by the [[Battlestars]]. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 5: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part Two|LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part Two}}

====''The Battlestars'' manga and story pages====
Almost immediately following the defeat of [[Violen Jiger]], Dark Nova rose to take his place as [[Decepticon]] [[Emperor of Destruction|Emperor]] and began unleashing his hordes of [[Galaman]] warriors upon the universe. [[Autobot]] [[Supreme Commander]] [[Dai Atlas (Zone)|Dai Atlas]] realized that the only one capable of defeating Dark Nova was [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and ordered the [[Battlestars]] to use the [[Zodiac]] to revive the legendary commander. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 10}} {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars Part 1}}

To thwart the Battlestars, Dark Nova stole the body of Optimus Prime and cloned it as the sinister [[False Convoy]]. With the help of [[Grandus (ROC)|Grandus]], the Battlestars defeated False Convoy. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars Part 3}} The Battlestars then invaded the Decepticon planet [[Lucifer]], rescued Prime's body and used the Zodiac to resurrect him as Star Convoy. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars Part 4}}

[[Image:StarGiantRobot1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|''Bossa Nova''?]]

To counter the threat of Star Convoy, Dark Nova did one better: He beamed a blast of weird energy down to the frozen corpse of [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] in the North Pole, resurrecting and upgrading him into [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Super Megatron]]. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars Part 6}} From the [[Dark Nebula]], Dark Nova snickered with glee as Super Megatron led the Galaman forces in raiding the Earth of all its energy. Super Megatron was subsequently driven from the planet by Star Convoy. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (manga)|The Battlestars special}}

Eventually, Star Convoy defeated Super Megatron, resulting in Dark Nova providing another upgrade, this time into Ultra Megatron. Dark Nova then revealed himself to aid Ultra Megatron in battle. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars Part 8}} Ultra Megatron was ultimately defeated as well. Irritated, Dark Nova merged with Ultra Megatron, resulting in the Star Giant. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars Part 9}} He proved nearly indestructible from the outside, so Star Convoy, [[Grandus (ROC)|Grandus]] and [[Sky Garry (ROC)|Sky Garry]] allowed themselves to be eaten. Inside the Star Giant's tummy, they began tearing him apart. After doing a fatal amount of damage, the trio escaped just as the Star Giant detonated. The only piece of the Star Giant which survived the explosion was a portion of his head, which happened to be housing the remains of Ultra Megatron, allowing the Emperor of Destruction to survive. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars Part 10}}

====''Legends'' comic (2)====
When [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] paid a visit to the [[Legends World]], the [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] of that universe didn't recognize him. [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] was more than happy to give the outsider Megatron's life story, including that time he was merged with Dark Nova and turned into the Star Giant. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 13|Bonus Edition Vol. 13}}
After the defeat of the first Dark Nova the other yellow eye Volk assumed the form of a second Dark Nova and disguised as Unicron Neo to strike fear into Transformers and he intended to not make the first mistakes of his predecessor" so he can destroy the Autobots and Decepticons so their descendants  {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 5: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part Two}}
Appearing on Charr "Unicron Neo" attacks the Decepticons on Charr and delcares [[Galvatron II]] no longer had any use and attempted to destroy him but time jumped away. He procced to attack planet Z with his Decepticon loyalists and new beast warriors where the Autobots and Decepticon alliance attacked back. He then battled the sentient toy Tranformers of the toy world as the Unicron of light and was defeated however he only had an smirk on his mouth {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 4: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part One}}
{{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 5: LG-EX Big Powered Prologue Part Two}}
{{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX 1 Sonic Bomber Chapter}}
{{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX 2 Roadfire Chapter}}
{{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX 3 Dai Atlas Chapter}}
{{storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epilogue"}}
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===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 092.0 Beta]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Ask Vector Prime|Star Convoy]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)#Fire Rodimus|Fire Rodimus]] formed Supernova Convoy to defeat Star Giant and Ultra Megatron. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/15}}

Known liar and [[Herald of Unicron]] [[Sideways (Armada)|Sideways]] claimed to know enough about Dark Nova to not mess with him. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Ask Sideways|Ask Sideways, 2015/07/07}} Surprisingly enough, he might have actually been telling the truth on this one.

==Notes==
[[Image:DarkNovaRobot1.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Er... Chevy Nova?]]

*In the second toy catalog [[story page]], Dark Nova's robot mode made its one and only appearance in ''Return of Convoy'' (and in an itty-bitty picture, at that).  This mode was never used in the story pages published in ''[[TV Magazine]]''.  Additionally, this story page shows Dark Nova being defeated in an altogether different way: Ripped in two by Star Convoy as the Autobot drives over him in truck mode.
*"Hoshi no Kyojin" (星の巨人), the Japanese characters from which the "Star Giant" name derive, appear to be an intentional reversal of "Kyojin no Hoshi" (巨人の星), which is the title of a classic Japanese baseball manga and anime (otherwise known as ''{{w|Star of the Giants}}''). This may actually be a reference to Japanese Megatron voice actor [[Seizō Katō]], who played main character Ittetsu Hoshi in that TV series.

===Connection with Unicron===
[[Image:DarkNovaCron1.jpg|left|225px|thumb|Excellent!]]

Prior to 2019, absolutely no origin or back story of any kind had ever been established for Dark Nova. Where he came from, why he sided with the Decepticons and whether he has ''any'' connection to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and the Transformers at all was a complete mystery. Neither the story pages printed in ''[[TV Magazine]]'' nor the ''Battlestars'' manga elaborate upon the character in any substantial way.

Other material, however, implied some sort of connection between Dark Nova and [[Unicron]], but the extent of such a relationship was originally unclear. The first ''Battlestars'' story page published in the toy catalogs used a spectral image of Unicron to represent Dark Nova. However, when Dark Nova appeared in the second toy catalog story page, he boasted a completely original design. Neither story page mentioned Unicron by name in the actual text, further muddying any relationship between the characters.

Officially, however, the uncertain connection between Unicron and Dark Nova was acknowledged by the [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)/src#After 2025|Japanese timeline]] included with the ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]'' manga. In the ''Battlestars'' segment of the timeline, a note is included, stating: "The Great Emperor Dark Nova, who looks very similar to Unicron, appears".  Beyond that vague sentence, no further explanation was offered.

In the actual ''Battlestars'' fiction, one can pick out either intentional or coincidental similarities between Dark Nova and Unicron. Dark Nova displays the ability to resurrect and upgrade Transformers with beams of pure energy, much as Unicron did in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. The fact that the Transformer receiving these upgrades and placed into Dark Nova's servitude is Galvatron may not be an accident. And in addition to that, Dark Nova meets his end in a fashion almost identical to Unicron's: The Autobots travel inside his body, fight off his defense mechanisms and destroy him from within, with only the head of Dark Nova's Star Giant form surviving the explosion.

All this would finally be resolved [[retcon|long after the fact]] in the fiction of ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Legends]]'', which established Dark Nova as a member of the [[Vok]], and his appropriation of Unicron's appearance as evoking his fearsome reputation among Transformers in a callback to "[[Other Voices, Part 1]]".

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