Space Wars (Attack Machines)

Space Wars is a 1996 Californian color motion picture released by The Lucas Corporation on behalf of the surviving assets of Twentieth Century Fox. Interdimensional travel in recent years has led to comparisons being drawn with the Turkish Star Wars, though philosophically it is its equivalent of Star Wars.

Premise
The film is set in 2546, a full six centuries after Kraventhorn killed off most humans in the world. The world's population is at 40 million. Florida oficially starts the Space Age and the first moon landings occur in 2111. In subsequent decades, Earthlings discover human races that closely resemble them coming from other planets. By then, civilizations and history were a thing of the past, with some of humanity living at a primitive style.

By 2545, most of Earth is divided in two factions, the Global Front and the Emancipation Front. Little did they know that a certain governor from the former United States (disbanded in 2530) known as Tarkin has plans to showcase his demonstration of power by planting explosives around the world.

Lucas Cephas had successfully escaped Earth and is now living in Xephon-9. Lucas heads to a mission to save as many earthlings possible. By the time of the escape, it was too late. A good 80% of the population was wiped off as the impossible happened, the two fronts united for world peace prompting Tarkin's explosives to cause two flashes, the first one killing off the humans and the second killed off both the Earth and Moon creating the Graveyard. It is believed that Tarkin was an envoy of Kraventhorn and demanded human assassination. Envoys from other planets stop receiving news from there. This was only discovered after he realized to Xephonians that

Towards the end of the film, Xephon-9 had developed time travel techniques, only going back in time in order to cause a weakening of the space-time continuum.

Cultural themes
Tarkin's doomsday sequence is reminiscent of Kraventhorn's destruction in 1946, but played differently.

Sequels
Two films followed in 2001 and 2004, respectively. The first sequel, Space Wars 2, continues where the first film left off, reversing Tarkin's events.

Television series
A Space Wars television series debuted in 2009.