9 Awesome 80s Kid's Movies You Probably Forgot

9. Starchaser: The Legend Of Orin (1985)

Starchaser has some obvious parallels with a certain little movie released in 1977 called Star Wars. The hero is an unassuming type who has the adventure somewhat thrust upon him. Oh, and he also has a light sword thing. There is a rogue smuggler who has a pretty kick-ass ship (named Starchaser), there are some droids, and even a princess. But, if these similarities are taken as nothing more than homage and you can get over them, you will find that this film is thoroughly entertaining.

It’s a rocket of an adventure in which Orin, a human slave living in a subterranean mine-world, embarks on a quest to find a sword blade that will defeat his captors and bring about freedom.

But that is just scratching the surface.

A pioneer of the time, it was the first animated movie to be theatrically released in 3-D, although it is highly unlikely that you will be able to find it in that format these days. However, you will not lose anything by not viewing it in 3-D as the adventure and animation is still fabulous without.

It is, as the taglines pointed out, an adventure of epic proportions!