Back in the late 1970s, there existed a healthy dose of efforts to capitalize on the success of 1977’s Star Wars. Some, like Battlestar Galactica, have been able to withstand the test of time. Others, like Disney’s The Black Hole, have not. And then there was Jason of Star Command — a serialized live-action series that appeared on CBS during Saturday morning cartoons (a weekly event that more recent generations will never fully understand).
Jason of Star Command featured a low-rent Han Solo named Jason — a soldier of fortune who battled space bad guys for Star Command. He had a little robot named W.I.K.I., which looked like a windup Polaroid camera. The commander of Star Command was played by James Doohan (Star Trek’s Mr. Scott) during the show's first season, and there was a villain named Dragos (who looked like he stepped off the set of Flash Gordon).
It was produced by Filmation and ran from 1978 to 1981 — totally cheesy, corny, and completely AWESOME (as far as I was concerned). Thankfully, you too can enjoy the series in all its low-budget glory on YouTube.
Here is the first episode of Jason of Star Command... “Attack of the Dragon Ship”:
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