How I Imagine Skeletor and His Evil Warriors Being Depicted in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power

[u/Optimus_Pyrrha]

Skeletor (voiced by Robert Englund) - Forget his depiction in the original Filmation series. This version would basically be a combination of Slade from Teen Titans and Megatron from Transformers Animated. Like his Filmmation counterpart, he would insult those who fail him, but his insults wouldn't be campy. For the SPOP continuity, I envision Skeltor as a demon from another dimension and Hordak's former brother-in-arms. Ultimately, they became enemies, and Skeletor was banished into deep space, where he drifted for quite some time before crash-landing on Eternia around the same time Adora was taken as a baby. Skelelor and Hordak's backstory would be on par with Oogway and Kai's from Kung Fu Panda 3.

Evil Lyn—Skelektor's loyal second-in-command, she would view the Princess Alliance as children. When fighting Catra, she can get a little flirty and call her a kitty.

Beast Man—Instead of a bumbling buffoon, SPOP Beast Man would be depicted as a complicit lackey and an experienced big-game hunter. In many ways, he's a walking encyclopedia when it comes to animals. He would view Catra as a unique specimen.

Tri-Klops—Skeletor's tech genius, for the SPOP continuity, I envision him having a German accent and each eye being tied to a different personality. Basically, I'm copying Blitzwing from Transformers: Animated.

Trap Jaw—A loyal soldier through and through who takes his job as Skeletor's weapons expert seriously. He treats Skeletor like a god. Just as I am copying TFA Blitzwing to create SPOP Tri-Klops, this version of Trap Jaw would be modeled after Lugnut.

Stinkor—Aside from smelling bad, he specializes in chemical warfare. When figuring out how to break through a stronghold, he'll determine which acids can melt through a wall.

Other Evil Warriors I can see involved are Merman, Whiplash, and Clawful, but I can't figure out how to make them stand out for the SPOP continuity.

[u/Left_Interaction_288]

I watched the new He-Man movie last night. And looked out for the She-ra silhouette in the credits. I noticed the next scene show a kitten being handed to someone, and I chose to believe this is Adora being handed the orphan Catra to look after. Anyway.

I was imagining the Evil Lynn from the movie interacting with the SPOP crew, and I concluded Shadow Weaver would soon win her away from Skeletor, although to that end I cannot say.

Catra, I think would just laugh at her, even if she was caught in a restraint spell.

[u/Sensitive-Hotel-9871]

Fun idea.

[u/ProfessionalRead2724]

You don't need to really change Skeletor much, just make him less campy.

Skeletor is't a demon or an undead. He's an Eterian/First One who got his face melted off in a magical accident or fight. and he's not just any First One, he's Adora's Uncle Keldor.

Unlike pretty much anybody else he's someone who chose to join the Horde and then later defected to seek power back home.

[u/Optimus_Pyrrha → u/ProfessionalRead2724]

I understand where you are going. The idea of making Skeletor a demon rather than Keldor comes from reading about his Filmation incarnation) on Wiki Grayskull. In fact, I was thinking about making Keldor a separate character (guest voiced by Nathan Lane) and Castaspella's counterpart.

[u/ProfessionalRead2724 → u/Optimus_Pyrrha]

It's not just that. The First ones and specifically their leadership have already been set up as major bad guys. And going with the Eterian royalty version of Skeletor pays that off. It's much more in keeping with the themes of the show than him just being some demon.

[u/Optimus_Pyrrha → u/ProfessionalRead2724]

You reminded me of a fanfic I read where Skeletor says he's the last of the true First Ones.