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There can be no doubt that 1984's The Last Starfighter was hugely influenced by the original Star Wars trilogy, which had, triumphantly, wrapped up with Return of the Jedi the year before its release. But is The Last Fighter a playful, zeitgeist-capturing homage to George Lucas's seminal space opera, or is it just a cheap knockoff? SPOILER ALERT: it is the latter. Given that fact, is it still pretty fun?
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There can be no doubt that 1984's The Last Starfighter was hugely influenced by the original Star Wars trilogy, which had, triumphantly, wrapped up with Return of the Jedi the year before its release. But is The Last Fighter a playful, zeitgeist-capturing homage to George Lucas's seminal space opera, or is it just a cheap knockoff? SPOILER ALERT: it is the latter. Given that fact, is it still pretty fun?