Space Western

Space Western is a sub-genre of science fiction that has many elements of Western .

For example, lawless prairies and badlands can be found on alien planets, and despite technical progress and the availability of high technology and spaceships, saloons, horses, cowboy hats, ranches, gunslingers, sheriffs, bounty hunters, outlaws, settlers, shootings, etc. The genre was particularly popular in the 1980s. Space westerns are to be distinguished from westerns that only have futuristic or science fiction elements (e.g. Wild Wild West , Cowboys & Aliens ).

Series (selection)

The Phantom Empire (1935)
Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs (1984–1985, 1987–1988)
Galaxy Rangers (1986-1989)
Silver Hawks (1986)
Brave Starr (1987-1988)
Cowboy Bebop (1997-1998)
Firefly (2002)
The Mandalorian (2019)

Films (selection)

Bandits on the Moon (1969)
Galaxina (1980)
Outland: Planet of the Damned (1981)
Proxima Centauri 3 - Revolt in Space (1985)
BraveStarr: The Legend (1988)
Alien Desperados (1994)
Badlands (1995)
Serenity - Escape to New Worlds (2005)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

Literature (selection)

Space Western Comics (comic series, 1952–1953)
Santiago (novel, 1986)
Star Rangers (comic series, 1987–1988)
Trigun (Manga series, 1995-1997)
Frontiersmen (novel series, 2015-2018)

Computer and video games (selection)

StarCraft (Space Western Minors, 1998)
Gunman Chronicles (2000)
Borderlands (2009)
Borderlands 2 (2012)

Space Western

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