Spaceballs (allthetropes.org) Spaceballs is a farcical comedy film directed by Mel Brooks which does for Science Fiction – especially Star Wars – what Blazing Saddles did for The Western.
John Hurt makes a cameo appearance credited as himself, parodying his character Gilbert Kane’s death in the film Alien (1979).
Spaceballs is a 1987 American space opera parody film co-written, produced and directed by Mel Brooks.
It is primarily a parody of the original Star Wars trilogy, but also parodies other sci-fi films and popular franchises including Star Trek, Alien, The Wizard of Oz, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, and Transformers.
You idiots! These are not them! You’ve captured their stunt doubles! Captain of the Guard, Spaceballs
The stars of Canes Venatici are not bright. In classical times, they were listed by Ptolemy as unfigured stars below the constellation Ursa Major in his star catalogue.