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The treatments were fortunately successful, and Valerie is now leukemia-free. The reason being was that Vernon was diagnosed with leukemia and had to leave the series to undergo treatment Saban still credited her, however, so they could assist in paying for her treatment. Valerie Vernon's character was the only Ranger to be killed off. This tradition came from the Sentai and would become a part of Power Rangers in many future seasons.

#Lost galaxy until sunset full#

In Lost Galaxy's case, the Space Power Rangers and Psycho Rangers returned in the series for the first full blown team-up episodes in series history. It also began the trend of ' Team up' episodes between the current team and past teams to fight a common enemy. Whereas all of the previous series featured interconnections in their casts and characters, Lost Galaxy used an entirely new cast of characters to become the Power Rangers.

This was often difficult for the writers as the stock footage was of a nature-based show with no space elements. Ultimately, the series' title was changed to Lost Galaxy to reflect the word 'Ginga', which is Japanese for 'galaxy', and the show's motifs were reworked to be set in space after the success of in Space as an in-spirit sequel. He observed and bought the rights to Gingaman, a nature themed Sentai he originally titled Power Rangers: Space Jungle.

However, its ratings were good enough that Saban chose to continue producing future Power Rangers seasons as standalone stories. In late 1998, it was generally believed that the two-part finale of Power Rangers in Space, ' Countdown to Destruction', which ended a six-year long storyline that began in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, would be the end of the franchise.