The History of Battle of the Planets: Animated Star Wars by Way of Gatchaman

Toy Galaxy: The History Of... – Season 5

Back in the late 70's Star Wars was released and it was huge. So huge that everyone was looking for the next Star Wars. Sandy Frank saw his opportunity in a popular Japanese animated show named Gatchaman. He bought the rights, reedited and redubbed the episodes and thus was born Battle of the Planets. But there's a lot more to the story...