Earth Star Voyager Full SCI-FI movie from 1988 

I was 37 when this came out, recorded it to watch later. Worked the night shift at our local VA hospital. Rather enjoyed it, watched the tape until my VCR died. Now I would like to find this on DVD for my library. I am now 70 and still enjoy watching it.

Its August, 2023. It was 35 years ago when I watched this on the Sunday night Disney movie as a 12 year old. I'm 47 now and I wonder where those years went.

I was a little kid watching this with my father. I’m so glad this was on RU-vid. I am having such a memory lane moment. Wish my dad was still here. Thanks for having it here.

I remember seeing this movie. I must have been about 25 years old. That's been almost 40 years ago.

Fun fact. This was filmed on the old Expo 86 grounds. That is why you see a Monorail in the background.

Every Sunday night, my family would pop popcorn, cut up some apples, and had Hershey’s chocolate and Diet Coke for the _Disney Sunday Movie._ Along with BRAT Patrol and Double Switch, this was a part of the ones we recorded in VHS and I watched over and over again.

I have waited over 30 years to watch the ending of this film. I grew up over seas and my late grandfather sent vhs copies of recorded shows. The last 1/2 hour of this show didn’t fit on the vhs. I can finally rest

25 and i remember my friends younger brother going on about this film , so we watched it with him and me and his big brother were impressed. Wish those times were here again, we lost my friend in 94 , now I'm his big brother.

This has lived rent free in my head for nearly 35 years. Shocked that it's been on here for so long without me finding it

I wish this had become a series

I missed this in 1988. Thank you for providing it here!

It’s 10 May 2024. Loving it. From Singapore 🇸🇬

Omg, this was a real treat. I was 16 years old when this came out. I THOGHT we were going to be young forever. Ha ha. I learned a good lesson. Reality bites! Lol

Our family was also one that recorded this off tv on vhs back in the 80s. My sister and I watched this together over and over. It's an exclusive club that enjoyed this special that way, anytime any of us had a rainy day, bored, or sick with the flu, we all put this on and I'm proud that everyone here was part of it. Most people in the world have never seen this back then but I find there is one commonality among the families that have, they are all good wholesome people, let's all go to Demeter! ♡

One of my favorites ever made! Thank you for recording this and uploading it to RU-vid!

I too had a VHS rip of this as a kid. So awesome to watch again, over three decades later. Amazing to realign all these scattered memories of this movie. It's really something special to relive a piece of your childhood, especially when it's so well preserved. Thanks for this!

You know you’re old when Watching this as a kid and now all these years later coming to the disturbing realization that I am now older than the “old” 36 year old Character.

I was 32 years old when this miniseries premiered on ABC. It’s now 2019 and it’s still not available on home video. EARTHSTAR VOYAGER was living proof that a great sci-fi miniseries could be made on a low budget. And Academy Award-winner Richard Edmund handled the visual effects. Worth watching.

I remember this movie!! How did I not find it sooner!!

The Doctor character was one of the Lone Gunmen. When I first saw the Cyborg I immediately thought of the Borg.

That was really good. Having no corny over the top American exceptionalism made it even better.

I loved this as a kid. My favorite part is the ending. The thought of being young and heading to a new world, its beautiful. I don't know where 30 years went, but its a time I wish I could go back to.

I vaguely remembered this as Disney trying to do an original series. The one line that I did remember was "do you want a laser that might work or a well-aimed rock!"

My son’s and I watched and recorded this off of the Disney Channel. It was one of our favorite movies. Several times we would all end up with the flu at the same time. We would hunker down in the living room on the sleeper sofa. We each took turns picking movies to watch and this movie was always picked by one of us. Thanks for uploading it.

Finally! I have searched over 20 years for this movie. I watched part of it in my early teens, way past my bedtime. I was fascinated.Thank you for sharing.

What a blast from the past! Was disappointed the two-part pilot was never picked up for a regular series. Thanks for sharing it.

The OTZ was a concept that has stayed with me for decades.

“Earth Voyager “ is the very good sci-fiction movie (1988) as I never heard about it before.

This was made back when they actually put a little thought and imagination into the movies. No trash or smut.....just wholesome and interesting.

I was thinking about this today, I still can't believe how this extended pilot from Disney stuck in my brain for... well, my entire life! I could still remember certain lines and moments, and this was just really cool to see again for nostalgia's sake.

Thank you! I saw it in Chile in 1990 and I loved it.😀 It would have been great if they had made more episodes. Thanks for sharing this memory. I enjoyed it a lot!! 👍👍👍

AFTER 30 YEARS, I'VE FINALLY FOUND IT!!!!!

I love this movie and it has held up very well over the year. One thing that is interesting to me is that it was shot mostly around the Vancouver area immediately after Expo 86. This made for some amazing location shots as everything looked pretty “futuristic” at the time and meant that set design could be minimized. Most of the scenes were done on the recently closed Expo grounds. The opening scene for Earth with the monorail was done at the Plaza of Nations. The large glazed corridor behind bridge that was also incorporated in the model was the upper level of the BC Pavilion.. which is now the Edgewater Casino. Expo Tomorrow shows the Science World Omnimax geodesic dome. And the bridge of the Earth Star Voyager itself was made out of the USSR Pavilion. This is part of why the sets seem to have such an immense amount of space.. even making the positively cavernous Enterprise D seem cosy. Blue Star Gamma was a repurposed power plant. You can see the boilers. Possibly one of the district heating plants in downtown Vancouver.

I loved this movie as a kid. My Dad actually worked on many of the set pieces. It was filmed in Vancouver a lot of which was done at the Expo grounds.

Damn, an actual happy childhood memory.

The ship is damaged. "Will make it home, sir?" "You bet we are." That kind of grit lacks from sci fi heroes nowadays.

Remember watching this when it first aired I was 7 or 8 I watched the first part but never got to see the second part. For years and years never saw it. Thank God for RU-vid can finally see it lol.

This was peak 80s. Wireframe CGI, violin theme music, glam rock gladiators, computers must beepadiboopity constantly, music louder than dialogue, proto-Borg...

I loved this movie when it aired (in two parts) in 1988. I was turning 8 that year, and loved space and sci-fi. My parents recorded it on vhs, and I watched it over and over. So good to see it again. I still love it, even with the holes and cheesy technology (hey, they were working with what they had!). Thanks for uploading!

The great thing about space Travelers once you hit the speed, that's your maximum. You can turn off the engine and travel for free. For millions of years, if you want as long as you don't get into a gravitational pull, you will forever go straight with the engines off.

Thank YOU! Thank you VERY MUCH! I hadn't seen this in years, I had lost my VHS copy just after the turn of the century (boy does that make me sound old). I use to watch it off and on often over the years and didn't realize how much I missed it. Thank you again for the trip to the past with this very special viewing treat.

The fact this isn't on disney+ is a shame and also pretty telling of disney's supposedly strong hate for this show.

Most excellent. Ty for sharing. Can't believe this hasn't made it to at least a DVD. Ah well, will be showing my family this.. this weekend. LOL.

Hi. THANK YOU for uploading this. I have never seen this scifi movie, and it is pretty Amazing for its time.

I thank you for this! One of my favs from my youth! Wish they had done more with this movie as far as publishing... :)

Thanks for uploading this classic film. So far never released on DVD and the VHS version is rare to find and only 120 minutes long. I hope others can enjoy this movie forever.

Been reminded of this film multiple times over the last few years, glad I finally looked it up, something. There's something about classic sci-fi that the modern stuff always ignores due to the magic shields that prevent 99% of harm. .

I watch this Movie when I was 3 Year old on my Birthday in February 24 and I never get tired to watch it every year on my Birthday, I am a Big Fan of the Man Kind space Exploration starting with the Astronauts of the Project Mercury like John Glen, Gemini Project, Apollo like Neil Armstrong, Sky Lap and Space Shuttle Even Thought I am a Star Wars and Star Trek Fan

thank u for posting this I use to watch this as a kid and glad I found it again.

Thanks for sharing with us, I was station overseas in Germany when this aired in 1988.

Thank you! Wanted to watch this back when it first aired but my family was invited out for dinner so I was not happy. Thank god for RU-vid. Getting to see all the Disney shows I never saw the end of as a kid. This and The Kids Who Knew Too Much.

Had my own VHS of this. I've seen this movie a 100 times and I love it. Thanks for preserving it. Disney will never sell this movie for some reason. I never understood it. They made it, they have it, why not put it on blue ray and let us give them money? /shrug

I actually, remember watching this on TV when it came out. The Nostalgia!!

Thanks for posting this. It actually holds up fairly well, better than some shows from the 80's. Brings back memories.

Thoroughly enjoyed this!

Enjoyed the mov. Thanks.

Haven't seen this in 27 years. Nice to see it again.

Saw this twice, decades ago. Never completely. Always on TV. Should have been made into a series. Thank you.

Seen it when it first aired, loved it then, love it now, nice to watch a movie without cursing.

For the record: DUNCAN REGEHR ... was-IS a true gentleman, an ever so talented actor, gifted artist and a gift to any production. I know this because Duncan was the title character / bad guy in a film I wrote called 'THE BANKER' (1989) ... I was truly fortunate to work with him and gleefully would again in a millisecond given the opportunity ... D.A.

I was 10 when I saw it for the first time. Those times this movie was really great and still is. What a pity they didn't make more series it would have been a great TV-shows. Thanks for uploading it. Thanks for getting back those feelings I had many years ago watching this movie.

This takes me back, never thought I'd see it again. I remember watching it back in 1992 or '91 in Poland. It aired in 4 parts about 45 minutes each.

good film i wish all the actor's and actress's in this movie well where ever they are.

I also had a vhs copy, loved it then, glad to see it today

Oh my god I LOVE you!! I used to love this movie when I was a kid. I've been searching for it for years. THANK YOU for this!

I’ve been trying to find this for over 10 years! I only got to see part of it when I was 6 in 1988! Thank you so much. I finally got to see the whole thing and understand what was going on. It truly is a shame it was only a pilot. It had a lot of potential.

Thanks for this! I LOVED this movie when I was a kid. My Dad taped it off the tv and I used to drive my parents nuts watching it over and over lol.

I love you I love you I love you!!!!! This was my favorite movie as a kid and my VCR stopped working so i can't watch it anymore! So happy to have found it!!!!!

What is REALLY fascinating is how much the scout looks like a Borg. After some research, I found that even though the first OFFICIAL appearance of the Borg didn't happen until 1989, they were hinted at all the way back to the Vger probe in STTMP. There must have been idea stealing somewhere along the lines :)

Thank you SO MUCH for uploading this! I missed it when it originally aired. It's taken nearly 30 years to get a chance to watch this again! :)

I had the feeling they were trying this out for a series but couldn't get a green light passed the movie.

This was good. I'm surprised they didn't make this into a televisoin series like they did with Battlestar Gallactica. Thanks for posting.

wow i cant believe this made it on youtube! I watched this when it came out in the 80's and it was awesome! the opening sequence at the beginning takes place at disney world epcot center when they first built it.. so funny. the way they portray the future. Love the green burgers too!! thanks a bunch for uploading this video.

It's like Riker with a dozen Wesleys.

Hadn't seen this before, but you know what? It's pretty decent! The writing beats the crappy stuff we get these days, and the sets and costumes are very good for it's day---and on a TV budget no less. You can see how this must've influenced later series like BSG and TNG(that was a Borg if I've ever seen one!) Certainly worth watching.

GREAT SHOW!!!!!! Thank you.

The star, Duncan Regehr, did this picture just before he did a film I wrote called THE BANKER (shot in February 1989). Great actor, and a very talented artist, by the way. One day, between shots, I asked him his favorite director and he replied 'James Goldstone' -- the very same director of EARTH STAR VOYAGER. Strange looking at the models they used for effects back then. One can pick out what tank-kits many of the parts came from. Ahh, those were the days. D.A.

Thank you for taking the time to convert this from VHS and uploading it ! It must have taken a LOT of time

Wow, just WOW!!! First I have to say, I never knew this film existed. I'm 53 and this is the first time I've seen it. I really wish I had seen it back then but at least I've seen it. What a treat. Lately I have seen a few private made videos and they all suck, but not this one. This is by far the best thing I've seen outside of Star Wars and Star Trek. A lot of people did a great job 👏👍👌🙌😀❤ By the way I was in the Army and overseas when this came out.

This is when I really got interested in sci-fi. It didn't hurt that the lead was cute. I kinda liked the Captain too. They were warning us about the environment back then.😮 God I feel old.😢 15:52

Wow. Thank you for this! What a nostalgic reminder of the late 80's and my first year in college. This would have made a great TV series at the time but I think it got overshadowed by STAR TREK: TNG which premiered the year before. This is a great example of the high concept space adventures I loved as kid and wish there was more of today. It's infused with such youthful vigor, enthusiasm, optimism and even a touch of the omnipresent teen sexual angst that defined so much of late 80's popular entertainment.

This is a true story. I was the old lady at 8:00. I died soon after and reincarnated yesterday here in the past. I found this movie while I was reviewing my past lives. It has been very helpful -- now everything almost makes sense. Thank you !

I was just thinking how much I wanted to see this movie again, and then there it shows up in my recommends.

I was a teen when this came on Disney show in '88 and thought it was really cool. Star Trek TNG had just come on syndication, but as I recall there was no other sci fi shows on at the time.

Well it's been 27 years since this was made and their mission was for 26 years, so maybe having a return or conclusion of this pilot might be a good start for those who were there to begin with. After Brown lost his ship to Ms. Arthur's brother, they could bring him back as well, showing the truth about what really happened. I guess it would be up to a money backers to decide whether they want it or not. In a way I do hope they choose to go for it.

A cool idea: Why not reunite these actors , not for a reboot, but a conclusion to the story. It is 30 years later and their mission should be nearing its end.

I had forgotten that I watched this before, but also watched it when it first came out in the theaters with my sons, so here I am watching it again, oh well, LOL, space travel may be attained one day, but not with the way the world is going right now, so sad….HIGH 5

How I loved (and still love) this micro-series!

I remember watching this as my family recorded this movie off TV back in 1988. It is still funny and exciting as it was back then as it is now.

This is where they thought we'd be 60 years from now.

Priceless, thank you for preserving such a treasure.

Why have I been watching this 35 minutes into it, wishing my little grandson was with me? My now 15 yr old grandson, would watch it with me if he were near...he always did. Oh wait, no foul language. Rather nice for a change, even if their keyboard is older than mine!

Ive watched about one hour so far, and I must say that I would have loved this as a kid! I like it even as an adult :)

if only I had seen this in 88 when I was 11, I would have LOVED it!

runejens, thanks for uploading this. I was just ten years old when this originally aired and I only caught the last half of it. I've had only a vague idea as to the main plot of this movie for so many years. Now not only do I know that I have also learned that Jacob Brown's character was played by Duncan Regehr and not Jonathan Frakes like I always thought. You've really helped me sort out my memories. Many, many thanks.

I remember when this came out on ABC in the spring of 1988 I was a teenager.

Never heard of this; never saw it before. Thank you.

one of the better early sci fi movies, worth a watch,

Forgot about SeaQuest...how many of these never saw the light of day, yes, quite good...being 66 and remembering the first ep of dr. who...for its year this is good.

Good movie. Thanks for sharing.