Thanks to *Star Wars* and *Close Encounters of the Third Kind*, science fiction in the late 1970s enjoyed such popularity that it began to be exploited by cinema industries, film-makers, and even film franchises that previously had nothing to do with the genre. A good example can be found in *Le Gendarme* (a.k.a. *Troops*), the popular series of French comedies starring Louis de Funès. *The Gendarme and the Extra-Te…







