At the beginning of time, the blacksmith Eternus forged the Sword Of Light, a blade so beautiful that its spark created all life as we know it. After the blacksmith saw what perfection he’d built, he tried in vain to duplicate his mold. Eventually he fell into madness. Angered by his failure, he forged one last blade before he died. The mirror opposite of its original. The Sword of Darkness. Both blades, being born of magic gave amazing powers to anyone who held them. And so they were sought after. Over thousands of years, the swords faced each other army times… …until one battle changed it all....offers the article, whose entirety you can read HERE. There's a ton of info in the article about the script (keeping in mind this is one of many possible screenplay iterations) - I highly recommend you check this out. This isn't the first time MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE was adapted for the big screen - in 1987 director Gary Goddard brought us a live-action feature starring Dolph Lundgren, Frank Langella, Robert Duncan McNeill (who went on to play Tom Paris on STAR TREK: VOYAGER), Chelsea Field (who was up for the role of Kathryn Janeway in STAR TREK: VOYAGER), Courteney Cox, and Meg Foster. Billy Barty and James Tolkan were also in it, along with the under appreciated Jon Cypher. The film, reviled in Talkbacks to this day, looked like this: