Out of interest, did you get the third tutorial prompt? It only appears if you die on the tutorial, which -in hindsight- may have been a mistake.
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Mmm... I don't remember honestly.
Just to see it for myself, I played it again.
Apparentely, since the star is visible since the beginning, it's just easier to fly towards it directly, rather than exploding a couple of times, and having the earth block tutorial pop up.
But being completely honest, I don't remember at all how I played it the first time.
Sorry I cannot give you that much information.