Star Wars fans who are also cult-movie junkies: today is the equivalent of your birthday and Life Day rolled into one. The last remaining 35mm print of 1982's The Man Who Saves the World, a.k.a. “the Turkish Star Wars,” has been found. Toss aside your crappy bootleg, because you’ll finally be able to see this…
These aren't action figures depicting characters from the Turkish Star Wars (a.k.a. Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam or The Man Who Saved The World), but they're almost as great. Hailing from Turkey, these are Uzay action figures, an unabashed rip-off of Kenner's Star Wars line from the 1980s.
You may be familiar with Turkish Star Wars a.k.a. Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam a.k.a. The Man Who Saved The World a.k.a. that movie that cribbed scenes from Star Wars and the theme of Indiana Jones.
In honor of Turkey Day, here's seven of the best Turkish rip-off movies presented in their entirety. Copyright and production values are nonexistent, but the thrills are (sort of) non-stop. Here's Turkish Star Wars, Star Trek, and other trashterpieces.
Here's the Turkish version of Star Trek, which attempts to copy a large chunk of the "Man Trap" episode almost word for word. Click through for more, plus Turkish E.T. and Turkish Superman.
Darth Vader tosses throwing-stars the size of dinner plates at Luke Skywalker. Who then unmasks Vader and karate-chops him so hard, he splits in half. It's the climax to Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam (The Man Who Saved The World), usually called Turkish Star Wars. Not only does the Turkish film make liberal use of clips from …
