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I think Zordon's killed Ecliptor. Since he was afraid he would corrupt Karone again. He couldn't take the chance Ecliptor wouldn't learn his lesson even after being purified.

Re: Was Zordon a Power Ranger?
 

Zordon was never stated to be a Power Ranger. He was just a mentor, not all mentors are Rangers.

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that wouldn't make any sense though since the Power of Good is all about giving second chances and Zordon gave that to Rita, Zedd, Divatox and Astronema by purifying them even though Rita, Zedd and Divatox didn't deserve any second chances due to the numerous evil acts that they had committed.

Re: Was Zordon a Power Ranger?
 

Zordon was a Wizard not a Power Ranger. He just knew how to work with the Morphing Grid. Which allowed him to recruit teenagers to become Power Rangers.

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Perhaps Zordon saw the potential for good in them. Or the three were abducted like Karone and raised to be evil. For what ever reason Zordon didn't feel Ecliptor could be good. There has to be a reason. Hench my theory.

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Zordon was just playing favorites. Also the writers made a mistake or didn't want to deal with a human Ecliptor. Simple as that.

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I hated how they did the cop out ending with Zordon saving the Universe magically. They should have had the Space Rangers win on their own or have left it as a cliffhanger for the next season.

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I think Zordon was one of the first Power Rangers on Eltar. Its just not clear what powers he actually had.

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I hated it too. It made no sense. Why didn't Zordon do that in season 1 than? And how was it even possible with him being in a time warp?

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because it wasn't possible as long as he was in a time warp but he wasn't in a time warp during Space. He left the time warp at the beginning of Turbo hence why you don't see him in any tubes when he returns for the "Passing of the Torch" ceremony in Turbo.
Zordon made it quite clear that the tubes in the Command Center and Power Chamber were nothing more than communication channels so it didn't matter what happened to those tubes since his physical essence wasn't even in those tubes.