battle beyond the stars ranks at the top of the list for films that tried to capitalize on the star wars craze it was made by roger corman and if you don't know he's an exploitation producer essentially he would make cheap knockoff to whatever the most recent blockbuster was and this movie was undoubtedly a cash-in on star wars on this film roger corman supposedly wasn't on the set that much but when he would come in he'd grab the script from somebody tear a bunch of pages out and fire a few people that was his method for keeping the budget under control the movie industry knew that people were eager for more sci-fi space operas following in the wake of star wars and they didn't really care if their version was bad even if it brought in quarter the success of star wars...