The Last Starfighter story
A teenager recruited by an alien defense force to fight in an interstellar war.
22 total · 10 major · 12 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| boyfriend and girlfriend | major | Alex and his high school sweetheart Maggie. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | The film is filled with funky looking aliens. |
| from zero to hero | major | Alex went from living in a trailer park with little hope for a bright future to being the savior of the Star League. |
| good vs. evil | major | It was up to Alex and the Star League Starfighters to stop Emperor Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada from conquering hundreds of worlds, including Earth. |
| interstellar space travel | major | There was an interstellar war being fought. In particular, Alex traveled to Rylos and back with Centauri in his flying car style spaceship. |
| romantic love | major | Alex and his high school sweetheart Maggie. |
| speculative spaceship | major | We saw numerous spaceships of the space opera variety. Particularly featured was Centauri's flying car that doubled as a spaceship and Alex's Star Fighter ship. |
| teen romance | major | Alex and his high school sweetheart Maggie. |
| war | major | We saw an epic, interstellar war unfold between the Star League and Emperor Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada. |
| what if I met my double | major | Alex was quite taken aback to find that an android replica of himself named Beta Alex had taken his place at home. |