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{{quote|''"It's an intriguing mix of genocide and modern dance!"''|'''Joel Robinson'''}}
In this sci-fi flick edited down from the 1978 Japanese TV series ''Star Wolf'', our hero, Ken, is a, well, Star Wolf: part of a [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Proud Warrior Race]] of [[Super Soldier]] [[Space Pirate|Space Pirates]] from the planet Valnastar (or "Valna" for short), who [[Star Fox (series)|can't let you do that]]. During a Valna raid on the planet Earth, Ken suddenly hesitates to shoot a child he finds in the street when the child's mother runs to "Ken" -- triggering a flashback to Starwolf Ken's [[Parental Abandonment]] issues. When his best friend, a fellow soldier ([[Running Gag|possibly also named Ken -- the dub isn't clear]]) tries to shoot both of them, Ken [[Gun Struggle|attempts to stop him, and the gun goes off]]. Ken is immediately marked as a traitor to the Valna, and barely escapes pursuit by his former comrades by faking his own death in [[The Asteroid Thicket]]. He's rescued by the passing Earth starship the "Bacchus 3". Alcoholic Captain Joe discovers evidence that Ken is a Star Wolf Raider, but hides it from the rest of the crew, who still don't quite buy his flimsy cover story. After singlehandedly saving the Bacchus and its crew from a Star Wolf attack, Ken is brought back to Earth under "protective custody". He escapes.
The [[Title Drop|fugitive alien]] tries to hijack the Bacchus to escape, but he gets caught by a very drunk Captain Joe. He has his reasons -- he just learned that he'd [[Retirony|lost his wife and child in the Valna attack, just when he was planning to retire]]. Despite his anger at what Ken's people did, Joe actually listens to Ken's story, and is convinced enough to end up "[[Blackmail|inviting]]" Ken, who is STUCK HERE!, to join the rest of his crew: Rocky the pilot, some other guys, and Tammy the <s>morale officer</s> [[The Chick|Chick]]. Ken accepts. At first, Rocky distrusts Ken, and he even tries to kill Ken with a forklift and fails, which would at least hint that Ken's a Star Wolf; but later they become friends. Tammy has an unrequited crush on Ken.
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For the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' versions of both films, please see the following [[Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap|episode recaps]]:
* ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000/Recap/S03
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* [[Alien Invasion]]: The film opens with one of these, although it's not very successful.
* [[Bald of Evil]]: Lord Halkon
* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]:
** Several dials/meters on the ''Bacchus 3'' are labeled hilarious things, such as: Space Speed, Cabin Air Presser, Tenperature, Sunny Side, and Other Side.
** Or the members of the ''Bacchus 3'' wearing jumpsuits emblazoned with the badge "Security Guard".
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* [[Shallow Love Interest|Shallow Love Interests]]: Tammy, Rita
{{quote|'''Rita:''' I can't kill the one I love.}}
* [[Sci-Fi Writers Have No Sense of Scale]]: Try to figure out how the setting is organized. The ship can reach speeds of "Mach 56", planets are part of [[You Keep Using That Word|"constellations"]], and that's just the beginning.
* [[Space Clothes]]: They appear to be made out of vinyl.
* [[Space Jews]]: Did anybody else find it odd that the evil alien races are all made up to resemble non-Japanese people? The Valna raiders have blond hair (well, it's kind of unclear whether or not they're wigs; Ken's certainly is, but {{spoiler|he's not actually a Valnastar native,}} and Rita's hair is probably her "real" hair,) the Caesarians have pale makeup, and there was that one sort of Arab sheikh guy...
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