Set on the subterranean Mine-World, a band of human worker are treated like slaves under the power of the evil overlord Zygon until one, Orin, unearths the hilt of a mythical sword that only he can master. Escaping the planet, he runs into the rogue smuggler Dagg and a pair of helpful droids and the princess, who all team up to return to the Mine-World with a plan to defeat Zygon and free Orin's enslaved people.
Practical Effects
Glorious hand-drawn spaceships before CGI killed everything.
Visual Effects
Jaw-dropping rotoscope lightsaber—sorry, 'force sword'—energy.
Sound
Synth score that absolutely believes it's Queen.
Director
Steven Hahn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the first animated films to mix traditional cel animation with early computer graphics, directly competing with Don Bluth's output.
The film's theatrical release was so limited it basically went straight to VHS cult status, where it found its actual audience of confused children and stoned college students.
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