Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)

Starchaser: The Legend of Orin: Directed by Steven Hahn. With Joe Colligan, Carmen Argenziano, Noelle North, Anthony De Longis. Set on the subterranean Mine-World, a band of human worker are treated like slaves under the power of the evil overlord Zygon until one, Orin, unearths the hilt of a mythical sword that only he can master. Escaping the planet, he runs into the rogue smuggler Dagg and a pair of helpful droids and the princess, who all team up to return to the Mine-World with a plan to defeat Zygon and free Orin’s enslaved people.

“One question: why does the potential overlord of the entire universe walk around dressed like a Chippendale dancer?u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is one of the those movies you canu0026#39;t take too seriously. I happened to check it out from my local library on a whim, practically wore out their copy. I found my own copy a few years ago, and every once in a while I re-visit it. Itu0026#39;s one of those guilty pleasures, sort of a u0026quot;Star Wars Lite.u0026quot;u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eA final note. I read someoneu0026#39;s review of this film where they said Dagg Dibrimi looked like a cross between Burt Reynolds and Han Solo. Itu0026#39;s pretty common knowledge in Star Wars circles that George Lucas considered Reynolds to play Han Solo before deciding on Harrison Ford. If you ever wondered what it would have been like if the decision went the other way… well, now you wonu0026#39;t have to ponder that anymore.”