Talk:Memories of the Dragon/@comment-96.246.169.38-20170813002904/@comment-196.52.39.35-20170919174704

It's well estabalished that in the context of Excalibur and Nasu's Arturian stuff in general, 星 refers to the world/earth/planet, and thats definitely what is being refered to here by 星の剣. There isn't really a debate to be had here, Nasu means the sword of the planet.

That said, it's a difficult translation problem because Nasu is purposely using a word which usually indicates a star, not a planet, but has an archaic interpretation that allows it to be used for a planet. There isn't really a parallel in English. So either way you lose some of the subtlelty that Nasu has created here.

But if you call it "star" then you not only lose the subtley, you lose the actual original meaning and the lore becomes a confusing mess for english speaking fans. That's why it should definitely be translated as "planet" or "world" here, as well as in all the other contexts this pops up (in particular the page for Merlin's and Artoria's bond CEs).