Earth Star Voyager

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EarthStar Voyager*
Earth Star Voyager German VHS cover
Genre	Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Creator(s)	Ed Spielman
Starring	Duncan Regehr Brian McNamara Julia Montgomery Jason Michas Tom Bresnahan Margaret Langrick Sean O'Byrne Peter Donat
Theme music composer	Lalo Schifrin
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of episodes	2 (aired)
Production
Producer(s)	Howard P. Alston Dennis E. Doty
Running time	96 min (whitout commercials)
Broadcast
Original run	15 January, 1988 – 24 January, 1988
Links
IMDb profile

Earth*Star Voyager is the name of a science fiction television series shown on the Wonderful World of Walt Disney in 1988. The show aired as a two-part pilot, but was never picked up for a series and has not been released on DVD, although a fanbase for the pilot has grown over the years.

[edit] Cast and crew

Directed by

James Goldstone

Writing credits

Ed Spielman

Cast (in credits order)

Duncan Regehr .... Jacob 'Jake' Brown
Brian McNamara .... Capt. Jonathan Hays
Julia Montgomery .... Dr. Sally Arthur
Jason Michas .... Jessie 'Beanie' Bienstock
Tom Bresnahan .... Huxley Welles
Margaret Langrick .... Luz Sansone
Sean O'Byrne .... Vance Arthur
Peter Donat .... Adm. Beasley

rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Dinah Gaston .... Lani Miyori
Bruce Harwood .... Dr. Leland Eugene
Henry Kingi .... Shell
Lynette Mettey .... Priscilla
Ric Reid .... Capt. Forbes
Frank C. Turner .... Willy

[edit] Storyline

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

In the future, planet earth's natural resources have been depleted and acid rain is a common problem. In response to the environmental devastation, the Earth Star Voyager is created as an experimental space ship that sends the brightest young crewmen and women on a quest to find a new planet that human beings can colonize. Along the way, they find the long lost Jacob 'Jake' Brown, find a world with hostile aliens, and learn that the star craft top secret purpose was not a peaceful space exploration mission, but in fact the critical piece of a weapon of mass destruction.