Light Hope (episode)

Light Hope (episode) is the twelfth episode of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. It was released on Netflix with the rest of the first season on November 13, 2018.

Synopsis
Swift Wind comes to Bright Moon, Entrapta decrypts the First Ones data crystal, and Light Hope tells Adora about the history of She-Ra and Etheria.

Plot
In the Crystal Castle, Adora learns about the history of the First Ones and the legacy of She-Ra. Light Hope tries to impress upon Adora that she is the defender of all Etheria, not just a small part of it. Meanwhile, Entrapta learns more about the First Ones by decrypting a datacrystal and discovering the link between the runestones and Etheria itself. Her experiments cause the runestones to fall out of balance, exposing Bright Moon to an attack by the Horde.

The Rebellion/Princess Alliance

 * Adora/She-Ra
 * Glimmer
 * Bow

The Horde

 * Catra
 * Scorpia
 * Entrapta
 * Hordak
 * Shadow Weaver
 * Imp

Allies

 * Swift Wind
 * Angella
 * Light Hope
 * Mara (mentioned)

Organizations

 * First Ones
 * The Horde
 * Rebellion

Artifacts

 * Sword of Protection
 * Runestone
 * Black Garnet

Locations

 * Despondos
 * Etheria
 * Bright Moon
 * Fright Zone
 * Whispering Woods
 * Crystal Castle
 * Grayskull (mentioned)

Technology

 * Data crystal

Cast

 * Aimee Carrero as Adora/She-Ra
 * Karen Fukuhara as Glimmer
 * AJ Michalka as Catra
 * Marcus Scribner as Bow
 * Lauren Ash as Scorpia
 * Morla Gorrondona as Hologram/Light Hope
 * Grey Griffin as Bright Moon Guard
 * Keston John as Hordak
 * Adam Ray as Swift Wind
 * Reshma Shetty as Angella
 * Lorraine Toussaint as Shadow Weaver
 * Christine Woods as Entrapta

Trivia

 * It is revealed that there have been many She-Ra's before Adora. The Masters of the Universe Classics line established that several people had taken on the mantle of He-Man before Prince Adam's time by combining information from various different incarnations of the series. This is the first time that the same is said to be true for She-Ra.
 * The last She-Ra before Adora was Mara, a thousand years prior.
 * The Dimension of Despondos was first mentioned in the 2002 He-Man and the Masters of the Universe episode The Power of Grayskull. It was later revealed in the Masters of the Universe Classics line that the planet Etheria was located in this Dimension.