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This article is about the Robot Master Star Man. For his NetNavi counterpart, see StarMan.EXE.
"Can you see the star over there?"
—Star Man, Mega Man & Bass database

Star Man (スターマン Sutāman) is a Robot Master created by Dr. Wily for both space exploration and combat, designed with high agility and the ability to fight at optimal efficiency in low-gravity environments. During the events of Mega Man 5, he occupied an abandoned satellite base orbiting Earth, being also allowed to concurrently serve as the supervisor of its remodeling. His Special Weapon, the Star Crash, creates a star-shaped energy barrier around him, allowing him not only to protect himself, but also to attack by throwing it at his enemies.

Appearance[]

Star Man is an average robot with seemingly a black body and has green eyes. He wear a brownish helmet with a yellow star on top front, a blue armor with orange edges, a giant star-shaped part on front of his armor, white right hand, a brownish bracer with a star on the side on his right arm, brownish buster cannon on his left arm, a brownish codpiece, brownish leg armors with a yellow star, and white feet.

Personality[]

Star Man is an ardent romanticist who enjoys watching opera and musicals, but is also a sentimentalist. He has a tendency to be excessively emotional and make decisions based on feeling rather than reason, and does not get on well with pessimists. He often refers to himself by the nickname of the Splendid Noble Youth,[1] and dreams of someday travelling through space with a love of his own.

Video game appearances[]

Mega Man 5[]

Star Man is one of the eight Robot Masters, and defeating him rewards the player with Star Crash and Super Arrow.

Attack Pattern[]

Star Man has a very simple pattern. He immediately brings up his Star Crash, a shield that protects him from attacks. However, you can shoot through the shield if you manage to stay very close to him. Star Man's movement is determined by the player's proximity: if they are far away, Star Man will do a long jump to their position. If they are close, Star Man will do a much higher jump that does not go very far. At the apex of this high jump, Star Man may stop in mid-air, shine his buster, and launch the Star Crash at Mega Man's position. It has a big hitbox, but it moves very slowly and the player can use the space physics to dodge it. Once the Star Crash leaves the screen, Star Man falls back down to the ground and creates another Star Crash once he lands. There is a possibility that Star Man will not shoot off his Star Crash at the apex of his jump: in this case, he will land back to the ground and he may do a very short hop off the ground and fire off his shield from there.

Weakness[]

Star Man is weak to Water Wave, which will defeat him in 7 hits. The waves of water can actually negate his shield and damage him at the same time, though Star Man will be quick to restore his Star Crash. Using the proximity behavior to your advantage, if you stay close to Star Man and keep negating the Star Crash right before he does a high jump, he'll get stuck in a loop of jumping high without being able to attack. As with all bosses, Star Man takes 3 damage from a fully-charged buster shot.

Data[]

Mega Man & Bass CD data[]

CDData-37-StarMan

*The English translation of his data accidentally uses the word "exploitation" instead of "exploration".

Rockman Complete Works data[]

エイセイきちをかんりしているロボ ット。バリアをはずした時にしかダメージをあたえられないぞ!

Mega Man Legacy Collection text: A robot who manages the satellite base. You can only damage him when his barrier is down!

Stage[]

Main article: Star Man Stage

Damage data chart[]

Displays the amount of damage in units that Star Man will receive from each Special Weapon in Mega Man 5.

Mega Man 5
Mega Buster Gravity Hold Water Wave Power Stone Gyro Attack Star Crash Charge Kick Napalm Bomb Crystal Eye Super Arrow Beat
1:3 0 4 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1

Other media[]

Mega Man (Ruby-Spears)[]

RSStarMan

Star Man from the Mega Man animated series.

Star Man appears in episode 22, "Curse of the Lion Men", from the Mega Man animated series.

Star Man does not use the Star Crash as often, but can shoot directly at Mega Man with his cannon. He retains his star-shaped arm cannon, which consequently fashions his plasma shots into something resembling a star.

Mega Man: Upon a Star[]

The Mega Man 5 bosses have short appearances fighting against Mega Man or helping Wily in the three episodes from the OVA.

Mega Man Megamix[]

In the manga, Star Man is a combat robot who acts as the administrator and chief sentry for Dr. Wily's space station. Being specifically developed for combat in environments with almost no gravity, he is equipped with special features that ensure physical stability in space. Through it is not nearly as powerful as Gravity Man's, Star Man has the ability to create a small gravitational field centered around himself, this ability being called the Star Crash. This ability not only acts as a defensive barrier for Star Man, but he is also able to release the gravitational field towards his opponent as an attack. His Star Crash is very resistant, being able to resist Bass' shots.

This incarnation of Star Man is a narcissist, acts very flamboyant and carries a rose in his mouth; the rose actually is used to communicate with Dr. Wily while operating in space, although it can only be used when Star Man holds it in his mouth. Star Man is openly fond of Roll, describing himself as a huge fan of her, to the annoyance of the other Robot Masters. He is depicted as the leader of the Mega Man 5 bosses.

Star Man first appears in the story "Holiday of Soldiers", where the eight Robot Masters from Mega Man 5 have part-time jobs at an amusement park to obtain money for Wily, refering themselves as "The Hourly Pay Squad: Part-Timers" and Star Man calling himself "Star Gold". Star Man operates a teacup ride when Mega Man and company arrive at the amusement park. Despite suspicions, the Robot Masters appear genuinly dedicated to their jobs and the safety of its patrons. The situation devolves into chaos however when Bass appears to take down Mega Man, decimating the park in the process. Star Man protects his allies with his barrier while the other Robot Masters fight back and manage to subdue Bass, much to Mega Man's surprise, as well as Wily's frustration to the fact that despite their victory, they are unable to achieve the same results towards world domination.

In Mega Man Gigamix, Star Man and the other Mega Man 5 Robot Masters reappear during the Stardroid invasion of Earth in "Moon of Darkness", assisting Mega Man against the invaders for the sake of their "customers". When confronting Mercury and Uranus, the Robot Masters realize they are hopelessly outmatched, and Charge Man rushes to help Mega Man escape while Star Man uses his Star Crash to shield their escape. Star Man's remains, along with those of the other Robot Masters, are later discovered having been savagely torn apart.

Star Man, along with the other destroyed Robot Masters, are later discovered alive once more, rebuilt by the combined efforts of Dr. Light and Dr. Wily, although Star Man comically loses his head again during a confrontation between Beat and Reggae. In the final stand against Terra and the remaining Stardroids, Star Man accompanies Mega Man, Ring Man and Shadow Man aboard Wily's Skull Satellite, his body hardwired into the craft to allow it to carry its passengers into space.

Mega Man (Archie Comics)[]

In the Worlds Collide crossover special with the Sonic the Hedgehog comic also put out by Archie Comics, Star Man appears as part of a large army of Robot Masters assembled by Dr. Wily and Dr. Eggman in the Skull Egg Zone.

Later, parts of Star Man can be seen in issue 54, showing that Wily began his development.

Other appearances[]

Star Man also appeared in the Rockman 5 manga.

Gallery[]

Behind the scenes[]

OG Star

Tatsumi Saegusa's boss character contest submission.

Star Man was initially designed and submitted by Tatsumi Saegusa for the Mega Man 5 boss character contest. His friend Yūsuke Murata also designed Crystal Man for the contest, and had previously designed Dust Man for the Mega Man 4 contest. A short comic by Murata mentioning Saegusa as "S-kun" was included in Mega Man: Official Complete Works.[2]

Trivia[]

Star Man and Proto Man's portraits for comparison
  • The stage select portraits of Star Man and Proto Man in Mega Man 5 are modified versions of each other, and share some tiles.
  • It is possible that Star Man summons the stars that form his Star Crash's barrier from his "cannon".

References[]


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