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In [[ | In [[1979]], the world's astronomical community noticed the presence of a rogue celestial object entering the solar system. This body was promptly called Gorath, and a crew of scientists aboard the Japanese JX-1 ''Hayabusa'' spacecraft were dispatched to investigate it. Computational results equated the mass of Gorath as 6,000 times the Earth's, but the ''Hayabusa'''s crew failed to account for Gorath's relatively small size (half the Earth's). Identified as an extremely dense, newly formed star, it was realized that Gorath would destroy Earth if the two bodies collided. Unable to escape the force of Gorath's gravity, the crew of the ''Hayabusa'', relaying the last details of Gorath to Earth, were killed upon collision with the star's surface. Upon their death, a U.N. task-force was formed figure out how to deflect it or move the Earth out of its path. | ||
===[[Millennium era|Millennium Series]]=== | ===[[Millennium era|Millennium Series]]=== | ||
====''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]''==== | ====''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]''==== |
Revision as of 22:02, 9 January 2018
Gorath (ゴラス is a runaway celestial body that first appears in the Gorasu)1962 Toho film Gorath (as a super dense star) and later makes an appearance in the film Godzilla: Final Wars in 2004, as a fake "planet" later revealed to be an asteroid.
History
Showa Series
Gorath
In 1979, the world's astronomical community noticed the presence of a rogue celestial object entering the solar system. This body was promptly called Gorath, and a crew of scientists aboard the Japanese JX-1 Hayabusa spacecraft were dispatched to investigate it. Computational results equated the mass of Gorath as 6,000 times the Earth's, but the Hayabusa's crew failed to account for Gorath's relatively small size (half the Earth's). Identified as an extremely dense, newly formed star, it was realized that Gorath would destroy Earth if the two bodies collided. Unable to escape the force of Gorath's gravity, the crew of the Hayabusa, relaying the last details of Gorath to Earth, were killed upon collision with the star's surface. Upon their death, a U.N. task-force was formed figure out how to deflect it or move the Earth out of its path.
Millennium Series
Godzilla: Final Wars
After the Xiliens revealed themselves to the people of Earth and teleported away the monsters attacking the planet's major cities, their leader, the Controller of Planet X, explained that his race had come to save mankind from an impending disaster. He revealed that a gigantic runaway asteroid called Gorath was on a collision course with the Earth and would arrive and destroy it very soon, and that the Xiliens wanted to prevent this disaster from happening. However, Miyuki Otonashi and some of the Earth Defense Force's members concluded that Gorath was not real and that the Xiliens had more sinister intentions. Whether the Controller was being honest or not about this threat never came to pass, as he was usurped and murdered by X soon afterwards.
After the Xiliens' plan was exposed and the remaining members of the EDF boarded the Xilien Mothership, X released his trump card against Godzilla. X summoned the real Gorath asteroid to Tokyo, but Godzilla managed to destroy it with his atomic breath, creating a massive explosion that destroyed a large area of the city. However, Gorath was merely a vessel for transporting the Xiliens' ultimate weapon, the creature known as Monster X, who descended to the ground and challenged Godzilla.
Trivia
- Gorath also appears in the 2015 TOHO KAIJU expansion for Bandai's trading card game Battle Spirits.