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   From: weberm@polaris.net   
      
   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 “Star Wars Rip-Off”, I immediately thought of the movie   
   >> “Battle Beyond The Stars”, 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!)   
   >         
   >   
   >    - "The Humanoid"   
   >         
   >   
   >Then, of course, there is the infamous "Dünyayı 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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