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Halloween II, German lobby card, 1981

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The Last Star Fighter premiered on July 13, 1984. The film stood out at the time for it's heavy use of early CGI and was often compared against Return of the Jedi that was still using stop motion, puppets, and matte paintings. Behind the scenes, the film was connected to the Halloween universe as its director Nick Castle played "The Shape" in Halloween, Halloween (2018) and Halloween Kills, and "flasher" in Halloween Ends, and stars Lance Guest appeared as Jimmy in Halloween II and Dan O'Herlihy starred as Conal Cochran in Halloween III Season of the Witch. In the story, an alien named Centauri (Robert Preston in his final theatric role) travelled to Earth to recruit high schooler Alex Rogan (Guest), who lived in a trailer park, because he passed a starfighter test disguised as a video game. So his absense wouldn't be noticed, Centari left a Beta clone to take Alex's place and spend time with Alex's brother Louis (Chris Hebert) and Alex's girlfriend Maggie Gordon (Catherine Mary Stewart). Meanwhile in space, due to a betrayal by Xur (Norman Snow), Alex found that he and alien pilot Grig would have to use the last starfighter to fend off an invation lead by Lord Kril (Dan Mason). ("The Last Starfighter", Film, Event)

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Up next on my Spooktober Filmfest...Halloween II (1981) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #movie #movies #horror #halloween #halloweenii #johncarpenter #michaelmyers #theshape #jamieleecurtis #lauriestrode #donaldpleasence #ripdonaldpleasance #NANCYKYES #NancyLoomis #DickWarlock #CharlesCyphers #ripcharlescyphers #pamelasusanshoop #LanceGuest #billywarlock #tawnymoyer #nancystephens #huntervonleer #jeffreykramer #KyleRichards #brianandrews #leorossi #AnaAlicia #danacarvey #GloriaGifford #AnaAlicia #cliffemmich #lucillebenson #adamgun #alanhaufrect #tymitchell #vintage #VHS #80s #spooktober #halloween #october

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The Last Starfighter will be released on 4K Ultra HD on May 30 via Arrow Video. Matt Ferguson designed the cover art for the 1984 sci-fi action adventure film; the original poster is on the reverse side.

Nick Castle - best known for playing Michael Myers in the original Halloween and co-writing Escape from New York - directs from a script by Jonathan R. Betuel (My Science Project). Lance Guest, Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart, and Robert Preston star.

The Last Starfighter has been restored in 4K from the original 35mm camera negative with Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) and uncompressed 2.0 stereo, 5.1 DTS-HD MA, and 4.1 audio. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by star Lance Guest and his son Jackson Guest

Audio commentary by director Nick Castle and production designer Ron Cobb

Audio commentary by Mike White of The Last Projection Booth podcast

Interview with actor Catherine Mary Stewart

Interview with composer Craig Safan

Interview with screenwriter Jonathan Betuel

Interview with special effects supervisor Kevin Pike

Interview with author Greg Bear on Digital Productions, the company responsible for the CGI in The Last Starfighter

Interview with arcade game collector Estil Vance on reconstructing the Starfighter game

Crossing the Frontier: The Making of The Last Starfighter - 4-part documentary with cast and crew members

Heroes of the Screen featurette

Image galleries

Theatrical trailer

Teaser trailer

Booklet with writing by film historian Amanda Reyes and author Greg Bear’s unpublished Omni article on Digital Productions (first pressing only)

Video game expert Alex Rogan finds himself transported to another planet after conquering The Last Starfighter video game only to find out it was just a test. He was recruited to join the team of best starfighters to defend their world from the attack.

Pre-order The Last Starfighter.

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“Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada.”

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"Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to defend the frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan armada." ~ Centauri's voice in the game

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Watch 'The Last Starfighter' Panel, Sequel Update from Nick Castle [Video]

Watch 'The Last Starfighter' Panel, Sequel Update from Nick Castle [Video]

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RetroCon 2024

Wyatt, Adam and Kevin share stories from RetroCon 2024 including meet-ups with fellow Geekster contributors, celebrity encounters and what retro collectibles they walked away with. Plus, a report on the very special tribute to co-founder of The Retro Network/Geekster, Jason Gross at the Cybertronic Spree concert. Watch it below!

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Classic Sequel Gets a Lenticularly EVIL! "Halloween II" reviewed! (Via Vision / Limited Edition Blu-ray)

“Halloween II” Limited Edition Blu-ray + 6 Photo Lobby Cards! Order here! The horrific Halloween night massacre in Haddonfield where a masked escaped mental patient named Michael Myers murdered the close friends of Laurie Strode has not yet ended.  Hurt and in shock after narrowly escape Michael’s relentless pursuit, Laurie is rushed to Haddonfield Memorial Hospital to receive treatment from a…

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The Last Starfighter | Episode 388

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The Last Starfighter | Episode 388

Jim reflects on a Feel-Good Sci-Fi Classic from 1984, “The Last Starfighter,” starring Lance Guest, Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Preston, Dan O’Herlihy Norman Shaw, Kay E. Kuter, Barbara Bosson, Chris Hebert and Vernon Washington. Directed by Nick Castle (Halloween and Halloween II), the film follows a young dreamer who ends up saving the universe. Find out more on this episode of MONSTER ATTACK!, The Podcast Dedicated To Old Monster Movies.