Space Opera
subgenreGalactic-scale adventure, heroes, and empires among the stars.
Star Wars
1977
A farm boy on a desert planet intercepts a distress call hidden in a droid, and is swept into a galactic rebellion alongside a cynical smuggler, a fugitive princess and the last of an ancient order of knights — with a moon-sized battle station waiting at the end of the run.
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Flash Gordon
1980
Football star Flash Gordon, travel agent Dale Arden and eccentric scientist Dr. Hans Zarkov are pulled through space to the planet Mongo, ruled by the tyrannical Ming the Merciless — who has set Earth in his crosshairs purely for sport. Flash must rally Mongo's warring kingdoms, the hawk-men of Sky City and the forest-dwelling Arboria, into a single rebellion before Ming's whim wipes out his home planet.
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