1) Further Exploration Of The Power Rangers’ History
In Mighty Morphin, the origins of the Power Rangers are left frustratingly vague. While Zordon and Rita are old enemies, there are only ever hints that there’ve been Rangers before the five teenagers of Angel Grove are chosen to save the Earth. 2017’s Power Rangers rights that wrong, however, by outlining the Rangers’ past in the very first scene.
According to Zordon, the Rangers were once “a legion of warriors” sworn to protect the galaxy from those who sought the Zeo Crystals embedded in every inhabited world. Much like the Green Lantern Corps from DC comics, the Power Rangers were not traditionally comprised of humans but individuals from various alien races. Zordon was the last Red Ranger while Rita was the turncoat Green Ranger.
The use of the term “legion” suggests that there were originally many more than just five Rangers and that there might possibly be separate teams of Power Rangers out there in the cosmos. Just as we said we wanted future movies to travel outside Angel Grove, the addition of alien Rangers would be a terrific expansion of the Power Rangers mythology. Not to mention a nice callback to the Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers miniseries.