Trivia / Fugitive Alien

• The Danza: Captain Joe was played by veteran Japanese character actor, Jô Shishido ^note He actually had cosmetic surgery done early in his career to have his cheeks look like that. The man specialized in mobster / tough guy roles and getting cheek implants was a way to make him stand out and look more the part.
• Follow the Leader: Star Wars — especially the turret guns in Star Force and the expies of C-3PO and R2-D2 that appeared in Star Wolf. Ken even ends up dressed like Han Solo as he becomes a rakish mercenary.
  • Then there's the Darth Vader-like Lord Halkon. The Star Wolves fighters resemble X-Wings ^note ...though Halkon's ship looks like a Klingon ship... which is another space franchise ... Both Seysar and Valnastar possess or are about to possess a planet-destroying superweapon... Ken also gets in a bar fight with some melon-helmeted Karraran mooks who say similar stuff as Dr. Cornelius Evazan in Star Wars: A New Hope ^note MOOK: "I don't like your face!..." / EVAZAN: "He doesn't like you... I don't like you, either!..."... There's even a couple of moments that resemble the "Trench Run" from A New Hope... The initial approach to Seysar by the Bacchus 3 has elements of The Millennium Falcon's initial approach to Cloud City in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back... The story ends with Ken dressed as Han Solo and accompanied by an R2D2 expy.