Battle Beyond the Stars

It is said that all films are derivative in nature. Arguments for that could be found in *Battle Beyond the Stars*, 1980 science fiction film directed by Jimmy T. Murakami. Produced by Roger Corman in an attempt to quickly exploit audience’s hunger for space opera created by *Star Wars*, it was also devised as a remake of classic 1960 western *The Magnificent Seven*, itself being a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s famous…

How close can you get to a famous movie's title without copying its name? How close can you get to a famous movie without getting into trouble? 3 years after the first Star Wars movie and 3 months after the second one - The Empire Strikes Back - this 2 million dollar movie got released to the public. Apparently, if I need to believe IMDb, it did very well, grossing 11 million in the USA alone. And you know what? It'…