Live Action Movie
In the live action film, Masters of the Universe, the Prince Adam alter-ego is not explicitly shown to exist, and the Sword of Grayskull has a less prominent role. In some parts of the movie He-Man uses laser guns in addition to wielding his sword in close combat. He is also shown as being able to deflect laser beams with the blade in much the same manner as the classic cartoon. The sword serves an ambiguous purpose (if any) in gaining the Powers of Grayskull, as Skeletor has already taken the Sorceress hostage in the beginning of the film and is waiting for the Great Eye to open and give him godlike powers. However, he obtains it once he has captured He-Man and makes a particular point of declaring his possession of it, placing it in a special scabbard-like slot before the eye, possibly suggesting it serves some function in the process. When He-Man breaks free and attempts to retrieve the sword, Skeletor desperately tries to stop him.
The most explicit example of the sword's magical properties comes in the final battle between He-Man and Skeletor, where He-Man draws the sword from the aforementioned slot, while enduring energy attacks from the godlike Skeletor. When He-Man draws the sword out, he shouts "I have the power!" during which the sword glows and blue electricity coarses through He-Man (the film does not specify what this does - it may have healed him or boosted his strength for this fight). As he fights Skeletor, blue electricity from the sword and yellow electricity from Skeletor's staff appear as the weapons make contact, until finally the Power Sword smashes the Havoc Staff, causing Skeletor to lose his new powers and return to normal. At this point Skeletor draws his own black version of the mystic sword for the final stage of the duel, an obvious homage to the classic minicomics depicting Skeletor with one half of the Power Sword (although in this case it is black rather than purple, coordinated to match the character's switch in costume colour from the original).
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