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On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 17:54:41 -0000 (UTC), The Doctor wrote:

Star Command and Space Academy?

TV series I had never heard of before.

When I heard rCLStar Wars Rip-OffrCY, I immediately thought of the movie rCLBattle Beyond The StarsrCY, featuring Napoleon Solo and ... John-Boy
Walton ...
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On 2026-02-22 05:35:59 +0000, Lawrence D-|Oliveiro said:

On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 17:54:41 -0000 (UTC), The Doctor wrote:

Star Command and Space Academy?

TV series I had never heard of before.

When I heard rCLStar Wars Rip-OffrCY, I immediately thought of the movie rCLBattle Beyond The StarsrCY, featuring Napoleon Solo and ... John-Boy Walton ...

There are numerous rip-offs, copy-cats, and cash-ins of Star Wars, some
more blatant than others.

"Buck Rogers" and "Battlestar Galactica" were the most obvious American
ones, and George Lucas even took the "Battlestar Galactica" makers to
court, and eventually lost the case.

A couple of Italian knock-offs include:

- "Starcrash" (starring David Hasselhoff!)
<https://movieweb.com/star-wars-knockoff-italian-starcrash/>

- "The Humanoid"
<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080058/?ref_=fn_t_1>

Then, of course, there is the infamous "D|+nyay-# Kurtaran Adam" ("The
Man Who Saves The World") from Turkey that literally stole footage from
George Lucas' movie.



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On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 20:00:39 +1300, Your Name wrote:

There are numerous rip-offs, copy-cats, and cash-ins of Star Wars,
some more blatant than others.

You have to be careful, though. There is a tendency to see every space-opera/fantasy show post-1977 as a rCLStar WarsrCY ripoff, forgetting
that George Lucas himself rip^H^H^Hborrowed heavily from what came
before.

Lucas is like a Steve Jobs or Bill Gates of the movie world: able to
convince others, through sheer PR volume, that his repackaging of
existing ideas is something novel, unlike anything that came before.
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On 2026-02-22 07:44:35 +0000, Lawrence D-|Oliveiro said:

On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 20:00:39 +1300, Your Name wrote:

There are numerous rip-offs, copy-cats, and cash-ins of Star Wars,
some more blatant than others.

You have to be careful, though. There is a tendency to see every space-opera/fantasy show post-1977 as a rCLStar WarsrCY ripoff, forgetting that George Lucas himself rip^H^H^Hborrowed heavily from what came
before.

Lucas is like a Steve Jobs or Bill Gates of the movie world: able to
convince others, through sheer PR volume, that his repackaging of
existing ideas is something novel, unlike anything that came before.

Maybe, but George Lucas and Steve Jobs made (mostly) good products ...
Bill Gates is a con artist who has produced nothing but complete crap.
:-p


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In article <10ne4jv$1s1sq$1@dont-email.me>, ldo@nz.invalid wrote:

On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 17:54:41 -0000 (UTC), The Doctor wrote:

Star Command and Space Academy?

TV series I had never heard of before.

Don't make me Troll-O-Meter you, bro!
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In article <10ne9im$1tlf6$1@dont-email.me>, YourName@YourISP.com wrote:

On 2026-02-22 05:35:59 +0000, Lawrence D-|Oliveiro said:

On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 17:54:41 -0000 (UTC), The Doctor wrote:

"Jason of Star Command" and "Space Academy"?

TV series I had never heard of before.

When I heard rCLStar Wars Rip-OffrCY, I immediately thought of the movie
rCLBattle Beyond The StarsrCY, featuring Napoleon Solo and ... John-Boy
Walton ...

There are numerous rip-offs, copy-cats, and cash-ins of Star Wars, some
more blatant than others.

"Buck Rogers" and "Battlestar Galactica" were the most obvious American >ones, and George Lucas even took the "Battlestar Galactica" makers to
court, and eventually lost the case.

A couple of Italian knock-offs include:

- "Starcrash" (starring David Hasselhoff!)
<https://movieweb.com/star-wars-knockoff-italian-starcrash/>

- "The Humanoid"
<https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080058/?ref_=fn_t_1>

Then, of course, there is the infamous "D|+nyay-# Kurtaran Adam" ("The
Man Who Saves The World") from Turkey that literally stole footage from >George Lucas' movie.

I think those foreign ones were recapped/reviewed on Wierd Movies With
Mark.
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In article <10nfp99$2e20u$1@dont-email.me>, YourName@YourISP.com wrote:

On 2026-02-22 07:44:35 +0000, Lawrence D-|Oliveiro said:

On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 20:00:39 +1300, Your Name wrote:

There are numerous rip-offs, copy-cats, and cash-ins of Star Wars,
some more blatant than others.

You have to be careful, though. There is a tendency to see every
space-opera/fantasy show post-1977 as a rCLStar WarsrCY ripoff, forgetting >> that George Lucas himself rip^H^H^Hborrowed heavily from what came
before.

Lucas is like a Steve Jobs or Bill Gates of the movie world: able to
convince others, through sheer PR volume, that his repackaging of
existing ideas is something novel, unlike anything that came before.

Maybe, but George Lucas and Steve Jobs made (mostly) good products ...
Bill Gates is a con artist who has produced nothing but complete crap.

Bill Gates also caused a manatee at Epstein Island to kill itself.
--
Democrats and the liberal media hate President Trump more than they
love this country.

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