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* ArcSymbol: Triangles and pyramids are liberally scattered throughout the film. And it's never explained ''why.''
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* APlanetNamedZok: In spades: Alriscon, Furdik, Zandez, Nurwan, Skutenesh, etc.
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Star Games is a 1997 DirectToVideo film and the final movie directed by Greydon Clark, the man behind ''Film/{{Joysticks}}'' and ''Film/FinalJustice''. Starring Creator/DaranNorris, Creator/TonyCurtis and Greydon Clark's own sons, Trevor and Travis. After getting lost in the woods during a family camping trip, the diabetic and video game-addicted Brian (Trevor) meets Kirk: a boy who just so happens to be an alien prince on the run from the sinister GalacticConquerer Lugos. Friendship blossoms, adventures ensue and, and... Let's just cut to the chase: it's a ''bad'' movie.

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Star Games is a 1997 DirectToVideo film and the final movie directed by Greydon Clark, the man behind ''Film/{{Joysticks}}'' and ''Film/FinalJustice''. Starring Creator/DaranNorris, Creator/TonyCurtis and Greydon Clark's own sons, Trevor and Travis. After getting lost in the woods during a family camping trip, the diabetic and video game-addicted Brian (Trevor) meets Kirk: Kirk (Travis): a boy who just so happens to be an alien prince on the run from the sinister GalacticConquerer Lugos. Friendship blossoms, adventures ensue and, and... Let's just cut to the chase: it's a ''bad'' movie.



* SpaceBattle: In the opening scenes.

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* SpaceBattle: In the opening scenes. Though it looks more like a poorly-rendered LSD trip.
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* TheGoodKing: Kirk's father.

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* TheGoodKing: Kirk's father.grandfather, Findel.
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* EasilyThwartedAlienInvasion: Lugos and his robot soldiers are outmatched and outwitted by two children. It makes you wonder how he's even a credible threat to the universe.


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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Happy freaks Brian out when the two first meet. Happy then decides to shift into a lawyer, but changes back when that proves to be even creepier (somehow).


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* HumansAreWhite: Good luck finding a single minority in the entire film.
* InsistentTerminology: Kirk insists on calling planets by their "correct" name. For example, Mars' real name is supposedly "Furdik."
* InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves: Earth is regarded by Kirk's kingdom as a violent, ugly place.

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* AliensAreBastards: Lugos, seeing how he's the only one that's clearly an alien.



* BigBad: Lugos, who is bent on galactic domination.
* CasualInterstellarTravel: All Kirk has to do is hop in his mother's spaceship and tell Happy to set a course for Earth. So yes, ''very'' casual.



* NonIronicClown: Happy is an ''[[AccidentalNightmareFuel attempted]]'' example, but at least he's got a fairly amicable personality.

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* TheGoodKing: Kirk's father.
* HumanAliens: The only alien ever seen is Lugos; everyone else is human.
* MilitarySalute: Lugos' robotic henchmen have a [[ThoseWackyNazis very unfortunate]] looking one.
* MedicalMonarch: Kirk is able to heal Brian's wounded hand instantly.
* NonIronicClown: Happy is an ''[[AccidentalNightmareFuel attempted]]'' ''attempted'' example, but at least he's got a fairly amicable personality.personality.
* SapientShip: Kirk's spaceship, thanks to Happy.
* SpaceBattle: In the opening scenes.
* SpaceRomans: Kirk's homeworld and culture is lifted straight out of medieval Europe.
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Star Games is a 1997 DirectToVideo film and the final movie directed by Greydon Clark, the man behind ''Film/{{Joysticks}}'' and ''Film/FinalJustice''. Starring Creator/DaranNorris, Creator/TonyCurtis and Greydon Clark's own sons, Trevor and Travis. After getting lost in the woods during a family camping trip, the diabetic and video game-addicted Brian (Trevor) meets Kirk: a boy who just so happens to be an alien prince on the run from the sinister GalacticConquerer Lugos. Friendship blossoms, adventures ensue and, and... Let's just cut to the chase: it's a ''bad'' movie.

Now available to watch for [[https://youtu.be/i2a4-3nn3LM free]] thanks to ''Podcast/RiffTrax''.

!!This movie contains examples of:
* BearsAreBadNews: Brian, Kirk and eventually the villains are threatened by wild bears in the forest.
* CreepyChild: Kirk - albeit an unintentional example.
* DigitalAvatar: Happy the Clown, who inhabits the computer onboard Kirk's spaceship. He also takes the form of a lawyer, a soldier and [[Film/TaxiDriver Travis Bickle.]]
* EnergyWeapon: Used regularly by both the good and bad guys. And they always look like translucent plastic tubes or coathangers for some reason.
* FeudalFuture: Implied to be the case for the rest of the galaxy.
* NonIronicClown: Happy is an ''[[AccidentalNightmareFuel attempted]]'' example, but at least he's got a fairly amicable personality.
* UniversalTranslator: One of the functions that Kirk's watch has.

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