Other reviewers posit this episode is a rip-off of the Harry Mudd Star Trek TOS episode. Oh, how wrong they are.
Fact: Harry Mudd was a straight up con artist and drug pushing pimp. Taybor is an intergalactic trader.
Fact: Harry Mudd was suave and sophisticated, flitting about the galaxy with 3 hot babes in tow. Taybor behaves like a lecherous used car salesman and molests Maya at the first opportunity.
Fact: Harry Mudd's receding hairline is clear evidence he suffers the ignominy of male pattern baldness. Taybor's purple mohawk is a clear sign of self confidence and an emblem of nonconformity.
Fact: the Taybor character is not a Star Trek rip off. No way. Taybor is a rip off from Lost in Space TOS. Yep, Taybor is the same type of campy, flamboyant villain "Lost" turned to in Season 2 to battle "Batman" for ratings. The proof is incontrovertible.
Fact: this script refers to "jumping" and "hyperspace" and does this in 1976. That's a full year before anyone heard of "Han Solo". That, my friends, can only mean one thing: this episode did not plagiarize Star Trek at all. No sir. Or madam. It means George Lucas totally plagiarized S1999 to make Star Wars.
Mic drop.
Fact: Harry Mudd was a straight up con artist and drug pushing pimp. Taybor is an intergalactic trader.
Fact: Harry Mudd was suave and sophisticated, flitting about the galaxy with 3 hot babes in tow. Taybor behaves like a lecherous used car salesman and molests Maya at the first opportunity.
Fact: Harry Mudd's receding hairline is clear evidence he suffers the ignominy of male pattern baldness. Taybor's purple mohawk is a clear sign of self confidence and an emblem of nonconformity.
Fact: the Taybor character is not a Star Trek rip off. No way. Taybor is a rip off from Lost in Space TOS. Yep, Taybor is the same type of campy, flamboyant villain "Lost" turned to in Season 2 to battle "Batman" for ratings. The proof is incontrovertible.
Fact: this script refers to "jumping" and "hyperspace" and does this in 1976. That's a full year before anyone heard of "Han Solo". That, my friends, can only mean one thing: this episode did not plagiarize Star Trek at all. No sir. Or madam. It means George Lucas totally plagiarized S1999 to make Star Wars.
Mic drop.