>>108761062Dreamworks needed to give Netflix another show for the deal they signed with them, and after seeing the fandom reception for Voltron they decided to go all in with the corporate "How do you do, fellow kids?" shallow 'woke' stuff that is all the rage in a tiny subsection of the internet, since its being released completely on Netflix they had hope it would become a SU underground hit. But of course they weren't going all in yet, so they released a half a season for season 1 with a very limited animation budget, and decided to wait and see.
Then come season 2 they decided "You know what? Half of that half a season is fine, they don't need any more than that."