Beyond the Stars

 is an American action-science fiction media franchise produced and distributed by Ember Studios since April 16th, 1987.

Synopsis
Set in the far future, humanity has expanded far beyond the Solar System and into the initially uncharted Aegis System as soon a war between the Humanity Expansion Front and a hostile alien race known as the Shedded begins, bringing forth the fate of the entire galaxy.

First film
Ed Kelser is a bounty hunter who gets visited by a mysterious woman named Velvet to smuggle a weapon and bring it to General Mattias Erak, soon learning that the infamous alien race known as the Shedded wants it and the weapon can severely halt the Shedded's schemes.

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Main Saga

 * 1) Beyond the Stars (1987)
 * 2) TBD (1990)

Introduced in First Film

 * Edmund "Ed" Kelser (played by TBD) - a cocky human bounty hunter who quickly becomes the Humanity Expansion Front's sole hope when he gets hired to smuggle a weapon that can destroy the Shedded's own weapon, the Maw, soon getting deeper involved in the H.E.F.'s war against the Shedded.

Introduced in First Film

 * General Mattias Erak (played by TBD) - a devoted general for the Humanity Expansion Front who wants to stop the Shedded's devastation of human colonies, being involved in the war between the H.E.F. and the Shedded.
 * Velvet (played by TBD) - an enigmatic member of the H.E.F. who hired Ed to smuggle the weapon known as the Magnum Opus, thrusting him into the war against the Shedded.

Introduced in First Film

 * General Galloun (played by TBD) - a power-hungry and menacing Shedded general who oversees a giant space station known as the Maw, planning to destroy the H.E.F. colony of Epsilon. He ends up being killed by Ed who used the Magnum Opus to destroy the Maw and him in it.