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- THE HUMANOID is a Star Wars copycat and a mega-waste of budget that doesn't have any of the elements that have made Star Wars a timeless classic.
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Nov 20, 2015 · THE HUMANOID (1979): THE WORST STAR WARS RIPOFF. With Star Wars Episode Seven coming out soon I figured I would examine the notoriously bad Italian ripoff of Star Wars. I know many people consider Star Crash to be the worst of the Italo-Ripoffs but I’ve always gotten more laughs out of The Humanoid.
May 4, 2020 · THE HUMANOID (1979): THE WORST STAR WARS RIPOFF. We all know today’s date, so let’s examine the notoriously bad Italian ripoff of Star Wars. I know many people consider Star Crash to be the worst of the Italo-Ripoffs but I’ve always gotten more laughs out of The Humanoid.
There are many Star Wars rip offs from the late 70s and early 80s but none are as blatant as The Humanoid well except Turkish Star Wars which literally steals scenes from Star Wars. Everything from the costumes, spaceship design, characters, special effects and sets are all reminiscent of Star Wars in one way or another.
- A long time ago … there was a whole lotta cashin’ in on George Lucas’ blockbuster.
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By Jim Vejvoda
Updated: Aug 16, 2020 2:52 pm
Posted: Aug 14, 2020 4:00 pm
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In the wake of Star Wars’ global success in 1977, filmmakers around the world -- from low-budget schlockmeisters to the most powerful Hollywood studios -- tried to cash in on the commercial craze launched by George Lucas. Many of these knock-offs were truly pitiable attempts but there were a few that have achieved a cult (and, in some cases, even mainstream) status of their own.
While Hollywood in the late 1970s to mid-1980s certainly embraced sci-fi in a major way, not every sci-fi film or show that was produced during that era was a knock-off of Star Wars so much as the entertainment industry’s reaction to obvious audience demand. There was the 1980 Flash Gordon movie and the TV series revival of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, but seeing as both were adaptations of space-faring comic strips and serials that had themselves influenced Star Wars, they’re not included on this list.
Here then are the most infamous Star Wars rip-offs of all time, in alphabetical order:
Roger Corman, the legendary king of B-movies and exploitation flicks, cashed in on the Star Wars craze with this 1980 space opera, one of his more expensive undertakings. Just as George Lucas borrowed liberally from Akira Kurosawa’s Hidden Fortress for A New Hope, Corman retooled another Kurosawa classic, The Seven Samurai, for his film. (Hollywood...
Its 21st century reboot may be better and more acclaimed, but the original ‘70s TV series is one of the earliest and best known knock-offs of Star Wars. While creator Glen A. Larson’s idea for the show predated Star Wars by several years, the series borrowed enough design and narrative elements and overall flavor from Star Wars for 20th Century Fox...
The movie nicknamed “Turkish Star Wars” literally rips off Star Wars by opening with extensive footage lifted right from A New Hope -- X-Wings, the Millennium Falcon, the Death Star! -- and plugged into the movie’s story. This 1982 film -- which sees a pair of protagonists crash land on a desert planet (hmmmm …) -- also incorporates footage from th...
This 1984 flick follows a working class youth living a mundane life in the middle of nowhere who becomes embroiled in an intergalactic conflict against an empire where his sick piloting skills help win the day. He even has an old mentor who appears to die but later comes back. While The Last Starfighter is most clearly a reaction to the then-explod...
While the toy franchise and Filmation animated series that spawned this 1987 movie borrowed sword & sorcery elements that were popular in the wake of Conan the Barbarian, the movie adaptation was also infused with sci-fi/space fantasy elements familiar to Star Wars fans. The movie’s Skeletor was basically a hybrid of Darth Vader and the Emperor, it...
Considering how much George Lucas lifted from Japanese culture and cinema for Star Wars, consider this 1978 movie a case of, ahem, striking back. Message from Space was made by the Toei Company, which produced the show Super Sentai (footage from which was repurposed for Power Rangers). Message from Space features many elements familiar to Star Wars...
The most notable lift from Star Wars in this Italian production -- one of four Star Wars-inspired films made by Alfonso Brescia -- is that its characters employ their own version of lightsabers as well as a pair of droids. (The difference there? One of the droids is suicidal!) Side note: One of the human characters wears a Spider-Man shirt! Overall...
This 1985 oddity is among the earliest films to mix traditional and computer animation (it also received a 3D theatrical release). It boasts some elaborate design work and world-building but it’s also a thinly conceived sci-fi fantasy tale that owes more than a bit to George Lucas’ hit. There’s a fabled sword, a teen hero called to action by a proj...
Jun 15, 2024 · By 1987, Star Wars knockoffs had to be clever in the ways they ripped off the biggest space opera in Hollywood history. Or, they needed to have a ripped-as-hell Dolph Lundgren and Frank Langella going HAM in a Halloween mask.
Aug 29, 2021 · Italian director Alfonso Brescia made four consecutive sci-fi films in the wake of Star Wars, with Star Odyssey being the third and most overtly Star Wars-based installment. The movie involves an evil warlord named Kress, clad in a familiar black cape, who buys Earth, causing a ragtag band of humans and bumbling robots to fight off his android ...
Many reviewers deem ' The Humanoid ' as a mere Star Wars rip-off , a clone of its earlier , more famous cousin. I , however , take the opinion that any similarities are mere coincidence , that the creative Force behind each movie was merely drinking from the same cosmic well.
