It's so good that it's worth ignoring Lucas's choice to skew the ship's design more towards fantasy than science. The Last Starfighter is an under-appreciated 80s gem and a groundbreaking landmark ...

"The Last Starfighter" was a pioneering step in the ... There'd been some practice work done to make something look like a digital ship. But to maneuver it and to do it within scenes, it was ...

The Last Starfighter has vague answers to logistical ... All except one, an experimental ship that requires Alex to fly it with an alien co-pilot named Grig (Dan O'Herlihy). This detail nicely ...