A story occurs as pastiche of The Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven. The peaceful planet of farmers come threatened per space tyrant, Sador (played by Corman regular John Saxon). Richard Thomas (at a instance attempting to fashion the film career according to the popularity of his character in The Waltons) plays Shad, who sets intent on recruit the band of soldier of fortune to fight Sador. This band includes Lucre, played by Robert Vaughn in the a share that is fundamentally a reprise of his role in The Splendid Seven by using numerous of the equivalent lines of dialogue, George Peppard as a space cowboy (who was originally considered to play Vin, Steve McQueen's character, in The Magnificent Seven), & probably the virtually all memorable character, Saint-Exmin, a "Valkyrie" played by Sybil Danning.

the film dialogue contains a high level of wit reflecting Sayles' influence. These are likewise the compedium of the cliches that came to dominate sci-fi films charted Star Wars including giant starship, "cute" golem, exotic aliens & the finale of the self-destructive assault in a space fort.

At a instance of its release, Battle Beyond a Stars was a virtually all expensive film by Roger Corman. Several of the results shots were re-utilized inside late Corman productions.