Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always is scripted, stand-alone 30th anniversary special (Picture: Netflix)

The Power Rangers anniversary special has paid tribute to two of the franchise’s late stars.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always was released on Netflix this week and follows an ‘unlikely young hero who takes her rightful place among the Power Rangers after tragedy strikes’.

Released to commemorate the 30th anniversaryof the TV series, which ran for three seasons between 1993 and 1995, it features many of the original cast membersincluding David Yost, Walter Emanuel Jones, Steve Cardenas, Johnny Yong Bosch, Karan Ashley, Catherine Sutherland, Barbara Goodson and Richard Steven Horvitz.

But at the end of the one hour special, the show also honoured the past Yellow and Green ranger actors, Thuy Trang and Jason David Frank,who have passed away in the years since starring on the series.

In 2001 Trang died in a car accident, while Frank died by suicide in 2022.

The closing moments saw an old clip of Amy Jo Johnson, who played the Pink Ranger Kimberly Hart across the three original seasons, singing about how ‘memories will never die’.

The special played tribute to two of its late stars (Picture: Netflix)