Space Wars: Chapter III – The Civil Wars

Space Wars: Chapter III – The Civil Wars is a 2045 American epic science-fiction film directed by Brandon Greene. The sequel to Attack of the Troops (2039), it is the seventh film in the Space Wars film series and third chronological chapter of the "Starrider Saga". The film stars Brad Pitt, Mae Whitman, Dante Basco, Sarah Nicole-Robles, Mark Hamill, Dennis Haysbert, Christopher Lloyd, Harvey Fierstein, Gedde Watanabe, Jerry Tondo, David Tennant, Dee Bradley Baker, and George Takei.

The film's setting and characters is primarily a parody of .

The story is set shortly after Attack of the Troops, at the start of the titular Civil Wars. In the film, Count Doofus and Yabba the Butt's uncle Zero orchestrate a plan to turn Yabba against the 0R-01 Enterprise and the Spacefleet Republic by framing the Astro-Knights for the kidnapping of his son. While Captain Adrian Starrider and his newly assigned apprentice Celfhea along with the 0R-01 Enterprise crew attempt to deliver the child back to his father, General Oberon Canary and Senator Stella Amadeus lead separate investigations to uncover Doofus and Zero's plot.

The film was released on Amazon Prime Video on August 18, 2045. It received mostly positive reviews from critics, claiming it as an improvement from the first Space Wars two films. Revenge of the Smith (2048) followed The Civil Wars, concluding the Space Wars prequel film series.

Plot
One Year later after the battle on Genesis during the first year of the Civil Wars, 0R-01 Enterprise Captain Adrian Starrider and his master, General Oberon Canary, lead their Enterprise crew and a small battalion Republic Space troopers against Count Doofus' Organization robot army on the planet Christopher. Awaiting reinforcements, the two Astro-Knights greet a shuttle carrying a young Cadet-Squire named Celfhea, who insists that she has been assigned by Grandmaster Yoga to serve as Adrian's apprentice instead of Oberon's, as initially believed. Adrian reluctantly accepts Celfhea as his apprentice and the two succeed in deactivating the Separatists' energy field while Oberon stalls the robot army commander, allowing a Republic victory. Celfhea earns Adrian and the crew's respect.

Following the battle, Yoga arrives and informs the Enterprise crew that alien gangster Yabba the Butt's son Rota has been kidnapped. The kidnapping has been engineered by Doofus' evil Smith master Dark Hideous, who hopes to frame the Astro-Knights for Rota's kidnapping in order to get Yabba to ally with the Organization and fuel anti-Astro-Knights sentiment from the Butts. The Enterprise crew are tasked with retrieving the Buttlet, while Oberon is sent to the planet Thiserilia to negotiate with Yabba over a potential treaty between the Butts and the Republic. Adrian and Celfhea track the kidnapper and Rota to the planet Tet, where they are ambushed by Organization forces led by Count Doofus' assassin and Dark Astro-Knight Astrid Vengance. The crew manage to escape the trap along with R.O.V.E.R. and hijack a derelict transport with which they travel to Thiserilia. Oberon, alerted by Adrian, arrives on Tet and defeats Vengance in a lightsaber duel. Though she manages to escape, she knows she has failed.

Meanwhile, Adrian's secret wife Senator Stella Amadeus learns of her husband's mission and fears for his safety. She decides to contact Yabba's uncle Zero on Coruscant. The Butt refuses to cooperate, apparently believing that it is the Astro-Knights who are responsible for the situation. Despite President Paladine's concerns for her safety, Stella travels to Thiserilia. However, she soon discovers that Zero has actually conspired with Doofus to have Rota killed, so that Yabba would execute Adrian and Celfhea in return and be taken into custody by the Astro-Knight Council, which will allow Zero to seize power over the Butt Clan. Stella is captured but a chance call by H.U.E. enables her to summon a squadron of space troopers, and Zero is arrested, despite revealing Dooku threatened to execute him if he did not cooperate with the conspiracy.

Upon their arrival on Thiserilia, the enterprise ship is shot down by MagnetGuards, but the crew survive. Adrian devises a ruse to confront Doofus while carrying a decoy Rota, leaving Celfhea to take the real Rota to Yabba's palace. While Adrian fights off Doofus, Celfhea, Yoel, Lane, and Cheepo are ambushed by the MagnetGuards, whom they defeat, despite them being difficult adversaries. The crew deliver Rota safely to Yabba, who nonetheless orders the enterprise crew to be executed for their supposed kidnapping attempt. However, Stella contacts Yabba in time and reveals Zero and the Organizations' responsibility for the kidnapping. Acknowledging the Astro-Knights' heroism and allowing the Spacefleet Republic to have Zero punished for his betrayal, Yabba, in gratitude, agrees to the treaty. Meanwhile, Doofus reports the plot's failure to Dark Hideous, who assures him that the tide of the war is still in their favor. Back at the palace, Adrian and Celfhea are picked up by Oberon and Yoga as Hooked on a Feeling plays in the background and credits.