History Film / BattleBeyondTheStars

* LastOfHisKind: Caymen

* LoveInterest: Nanelia for Shad. Cowboy hooks up with an Akiran girl too.

** The Kelvin communicate through heat transfer. Kelvin a measurement of heat, starting at absolute zero and going up, used by physicists.

* KickTheDog: Sador destroys a manned weather satellite orbiting Akir. After delivering his ultimatum Sador orders his snipers to gun down random citizens simply to show he means business.

* BrickJoke: Cowboy shows off his nifty belt that dispenses Scotch, soda, and ice, identifying to an Akiran that he's drinking a Scotch and soda. Later, upon realizing that he can't flee now that Sador is on his way (Sador's already to close for a ship to leave undetected), he pours straight Scotch. "You forgot the soda and ice." "[[INeedAFreakingDrink No. No I didn't.]]"

[[BigBad Sador of the Malmori]] (Creator/JohnSaxon) and his crew of {{mutants}} roam the galaxy in a [[MileLongShip huge spaceship]] armed with a Stellar Convertor, the most powerful weapon [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale in the universe]]. When Sador claims the [[TechnicalPacifist peaceful farming planet]] of Akir as a colony, young Shad (Richard Thomas) volunteers to take SapientShip Nell and seek out mercenaries who are willing to fight him. They find Gelt (Creator/RobertVaughn) (a ProfessionalKiller who just wants to live on a planet where [[ContractOnTheHitman no-one's trying to kill him]]), SpaceTrucker Cowboy (Creator/GeorgePeppard) of [[HumansAreWarriors Earth]], Nanelia (Darlanne Fluegel) (a MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter), Saint-Exmin (Creator/SybilDanning) of the [[ProudWarriorRace Valkyrie]] (a [[ActionGirl warrior woman]] looking to [[BloodKnight prove herself in battle]]), Nestor (Earl Boen) (a HiveMind seeking new experiences) and Caymen (Morgan Woodward) of the Lambda Zone, who'd like to [[{{revenge}} settle accounts with Sador]] for [[TheLastOfHisKind destroying his species]]. Counting Shad that makes seven. [[TheMagnificentSevenSamurai Sound familiar?]]

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Tembo and Kalo are left behind in a fighter to keep an eye on Akir.

* CaptainErsatz: Gelt is essentially Lee from ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'' RecycledInSpace, with Creator/RobertVaughn [[CastingGag reprising his role]] in all but name.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Suggested with Gelt. He was a career assassin and very asocial, two red flags against him. But he was polite to those with whom he spoke, when he did speak. Although, nobody, including Shad, interacted with Gelt anymore than they needed to. Nell rightly predicted to Shad that this was what Gelt would be in their forming group. When the battle is over, Nanelia mentions with regret, the names of all of the other mercenaries who [[spoiler: died for the cause]], but omits Gelt.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Suggested with Gelt. He was a career assassin and not very sociable. But he was polite to those with whom he spoke, when he did speak. Although, nobody talked to Gelt anymore than they needed to. Nell rightly predicted to Shad that this was what Gelt would be in their forming group. When the battle is over, Nanelia mentions with regret, the names of all of the other mercenaries who [[spoiler: died for the cause]], but omits Gelt.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Subverted with Gelt. He was a career assassin and not very sociable. But he was polite to those with whom he spoke, when he did speak. Although, nobody talked to Gelt anymore than they needed to. Nell rightly predicted to Shad that this was what Gelt would be in their forming group. When the battle is over, Nanelia mentions with regret, the names of all of the other mercenaries who [[spoiler: died for the cause]], but omits Gelt.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Subverted with Gelt. He was a career assassin and not very sociable. But he was polite to those with whom he spoke, when he did speak. Although, nobody talked to Gelt anymore than they needed to. Nell rightly predicted to Shad that this was what Gelt would be in their forming group. When the battle is over, Nanelia mentions with regret, the names of all of the other mercenaries who [[Spoiler: died for the cause]], but omits Gelt.

* * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Subverted with Gelt. He was a career assassin and not very sociable. But he was polite to those with whom he spoke, when he did speak. Although, nobody talked to Gelt anymore than they needed to. Nell rightly predicted to Shad that this was what Gelt would be in their forming group. When the battle is over, Nanelia mentions with regret, the names of all of the other mercenaries who [[Spoiler: died for the cause]], but omits Gelt.

[[BigBad Sador of the Malmori]] (Creator/JohnSaxon) and his crew of {{mutants}} roam the galaxy in a [[MileLongShip huge spaceship]] armed with a Stellar Convertor, the most powerful weapon [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale in the universe]]. When Sador claims the [[TechnicalPacifist peaceful farming planet]] of Akir as a colony, young Shad (Richard Thomas) volunteers to take SapientShip Nell and seek out mercenaries who are willing to fight him. They find Gelt (Creator/RobertVaughn) (a ProfessionalKiller who just wants to live on a planet where [[ContractOnTheHitman no-one's trying to kill him]]), SpaceTrucker Cowboy (Creator/GeorgePeppard) of [[HumansAreWarriors Earth]], Nanelia (Darlanne Fluegel) (a MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter), Saint-Exmin (Creator/SybilDanning) of the [[ProudWarriorRace Valkyrie]] (a [[ActionGirl warrior woman]] looking to [[BloodKnight prove herself in battle]]), Nestor (Earl Boen) (a HiveMind seeking new experiences) and [[TheReptilians Caymen]] (Morgan Woodward) of the Lambda Zone, who'd like to [[{{revenge}} settle accounts with Sador]] for [[TheLastOfHisKind destroying his species]]. Counting Shad that makes seven. [[TheMagnificentSevenSamurai Sound familiar?]]

* HandOrObjectUnderwear: Saint-Exmin's battle-bra resembles a pair of silver hands clutching her impressive breasts.

* MeaningfulName: The Kelvin communicate through heat transfer. Kelvin a measurement of heat, starting at absolute zero and going up, used by physicists.

* CaptainErsatz: Gelt is essentially Lee from ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'' RecycledInSpace, with Creator/RobertVaughn reprising his role in all but name.

* EpicMovie: For certain definitions of "epic." While, for the rest of the world, this was a relatively low-budget ''Franchise/StarWars'' rip-off (not to mention a ''Magnificent Seven'' remake [[RecycledINSPACE set on another planet]], for New World Pictures, Creator/RogerCorman's production company, this was their ''Film/{{Avatar}}''. New World spent more money on this film than they had ever spent before or ever would -- when adjusted for inflation -- since.

* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet: Cowboy proudly tells everyone he's from Earth but no-one has ever heard of it.

* EpicMovie: For certain definitions of "epic." While, for the rest of the world, this was a relatively low-budget ''Franchise/StarWars'' rip-off (not to mention a ''Film/MagnificentSeven'' remake [[RecycledINSPACE set on another planet]], for New World Pictures, Creator/RogerCorman's production company, this was their ''Film/{{Avatar}}''. New World spent more money on this film than they had ever spent before or ever would -- when adjusted for inflation -- since.

[[BigBad Sador of the Malmori]] and his crew of {{mutants}} roam the galaxy in a [[MileLongShip huge spaceship]] armed with a Stellar Convertor, the most powerful weapon [[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale in the universe]]. When Sador claims the [[TechnicalPacifist peaceful farming planet]] of Akir as a colony, young Shad volunteers to take SapientShip Nell and seek out mercenaries who are willing to fight him. They find Gelt (a ProfessionalKiller who just wants to live on a planet where [[ContractOnTheHitman no-one's trying to kill him]]), SpaceTrucker Cowboy of [[HumansAreWarriors Earth]], Nanelia (a MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter), Saint-Exmin of the [[ProudWarriorRace Valkyrie]] (a [[ActionGirl warrior woman]] looking to [[BloodKnight prove herself in battle]]), Nestor (a HiveMind seeking new experiences) and [[TheReptilians Caymen]] of the Lambda Zone, who'd like to [[{{revenge}} settle accounts with Sador]] for [[TheLastOfHisKind destroying his species]]. Counting Shad that makes seven. [[TheMagnificentSevenSamurai Sound familiar?]]