The Star Skipper Movie

The Star Skipper Movie is a 2024 action-adventure comedy film based on Star Skipper made by Paramount Animation. The film is directed by Nathaniel Baptiste and Pamela Flare in their feature directorial debut. It stars Brianna Denski as the voice of Star Skipper and Nathaniel Baptiste as Shadow Nelvana, as well as Peter Capaldi, Olivia d'Abo, Raven-Symoné, David Bradley, and Andrew B. Bachelor. In the film, Star teams up with local town sheriff Jim Weinstein to find her lost stones and to escape Shadow Nelvana.

Plot
Star Skipper, an extraterrestrial white cat who has star energy, finds herself sought after a force of darkness for her energy. Her mom, Stella Skipper, gives her a bag of stones that can transform into stars and allow traveling other planets/worlds, using one, transforming into a star, to send her to Earth while they protect her from darkness, and gives Star a map to a planet filled with light and dark crystals if she finds trouble. Ten years later, Star enjoys a secret life in the town of Zukor, Maine, but longs to make friends. She idolizes the local sheriff, Jim Weinstein, and his veterinarian wife Julie, unaware the pair are planning to relocate to Boston, Massachusetts soon, as Jim has been hired by the Boston Police Dept.

One night, Star became upset over her loneliness when playing baseball by herself, and runs on her starboard as a result, inadvertently triggering an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) that knocks out the entire Pacific Northwest. Darkness being human and genius, Shadow Nelvana, is enlisted by the US Dept. of Defense to uncover the source of the outage. Shadow discovers and tracks Star, who hides in the Weinsteins’ shed. Jim uncovers Star who accidentally shoots her with a tranquilizer causing her to send a bag of stones to Boston. Jim reluctantly agrees to help Star before Shadow arrives at the Weinsteins’ house and the two flee. As the pair evade Shadow, who enables Jim a domestic terrorist, they slowly bond, with Jim learning about Star’s desire for a real friend.

Shadow comes across one of Star’s energy, discovering the power in it has the potential to fuel his darkness and becomes obsessed with catching Star. As he tracks them down, Jim discusses his plan to leave Zukor, which Star disapproves of. Shortly after defeating a dark monster sent by Shadow, an explosion injures Star. Arriving at Boston, Jim brings her to Julie, who revives her. While Jim explains this about their situation with Julie, Star receives a new pair of clothes from Julie’s niece. The group soon head to the roof of the Millenium Tower, where Star’s bag of stones landed, and recover them. Shadow arrives in a dark shapeshifter and attacks them, forcing Star to use a stone, into a star, to send Jim and Julie back to Zukor.

Star flees from Shadow, who uses the power to match her energy. The two engage in across the world, ultimately returning to Zukor. Shadow incapacitates Star but Jim and the other townsfolk intervene, allowing Star to regain her strength and reclaim her lost energy. Overcoming Shadow, Star defeats him by sending him to the light and dark crystal planet. Following the incident, Jim and Julie decide to stay in Zukor and let Star with them. The US Government erases all evidence of the events, including one of Shadow’s existence. Meanwhile, Shadow (with his skin now grey and his eyes eclipse-like), still in possession of Star’s energy and losing his sanity, begins plotting revenge. On Earth, Lauren, a younger sister from Star’s world, emerges from a star in search of finding Star.