Spaceballs story
The film's setting and characters parody the original Star Wars trilogy, as well as other sci-fi franchises and popular films including Star Trek, Alien, The Wizard of Oz, 2001, and the Planet of the Apes.
19 total · 3 major · 16 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| anthropogenic existential risk to civilization | major | The president of the planet Spaceball schemed to force King Roland of the neighboring planet Druidia to hand over their atmosphere after squandered all of its fresh air. |
| good vs. evil | major | The evil forces of the planet Spaceball schemed to take the atmosphere from the peaceful people on planet Druidia. |
| romantic love | major | The story culminated with Lone Starr and Princess Vespa tying the knot. |
| ape-like being | minor | We saw two Planet of the Apes-like apes toward the conclusion of the story. |
| attitude of superiority | minor | Princess Vespa took a high and mighty attitude toward her gruff rescuers. Lone Starr and Barf. |
| clash of wills | minor | The rough and tumble Lone Starr and Princess Vespa were at each other's throats because Vespa took a high and might attitude toward him. |
| commercialism in society | minor | The film openly satirized the Hollywood practice of merchandising (e.g., actions figures and lunch boxes) and sequel making (e.g. the mention of making Spaceballs 2: The Quest for Money) at the possible expense of film quality. |
| desert planet | minor | Lone Starr and his party crash-landed on a desert moon of the planet Vega. |
| extraterrestrial being | minor | Pizza the Hutt was a parody of classic alien Jabba the Hutt, and various other weird aliens popped up over the course of the film. |
| father and daughter | minor | King Roland and Princess Vespa. |