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Greetings Starfighter! 1984 Sci-Fi Classic THE LAST STARFIGHTER Sequel Update – Watch The Sizzle Reel From Screenwriter Gary Whitta’s THE LAST STARFIGHTERS

By Michelle McCue | March 25, 2021

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

For those of you who remember seeing director Nick Castle’s sci-fi gem in theaters during the summer of 1984, those words are ingrained in your memory!

THE LAST STARTFIGHTER tells the story Alex Rogan (Lance Guest), an arcade game whizz-kid whose wildest dreams comes true when he finds himself enlisted to fight in an interstellar war. The movie also starred Dan O’Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart and the great Robert Preston as “Centauri”. It’s still a fun, great film to watch!

Now screenwriter Gary Whitta (Rogue One, The Book of Eli, Star Wars Rebels, The Walking Dead) has revealed the sizzle reel for THE LAST STARFIGHTERS, the sequel which fans have long been waiting for.

Here’s the sizzle reel for the LAST STARFIGHTER sequel I’ve been working on with original creator Jon Betuel. Thanks so much to Matt Allsopp (ROGUE ONE) for the concept art and @christilton for the amazing new version of Craig Safan’s soaring theme music. https://t.co/q0NOHFvboX
— Gary Whitta (inactive) (@garywhitta) March 25, 2021

The original score was from composer Craig Safan.

Whitta, a huge fan of the original movie, also spoke about the potential sequel over on his Twitch channel where he says they did the concept art to show the studios what the film will look like.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/962692560

The updated score is from composer Chris Tilton.

Last year, I wrote a new version of THE LAST STARFIGHTER theme for fun. Gary put it up with Matt’s amazing concept art. The response from the live chat was like injecting happiness into my veins. Thank you, Gary, for sharing it. https://t.co/badGiXqQnK
— Chris Tilton (@christilton) March 25, 2021