space opera

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The mecha franchise “Gundam” is best known for its giant robots, but it’s a sprawling space opera that touches on political themes including the horrors of corruption, inequity and war.

From Los Angeles Times

“Star Wars” is a space opera and a series of family movies made, in part, with toy licensing in mind.

From Salon

It’s not that he was underemployed or little known — he’s been celebrated in genre circles since “Firefly,” the 2002 single-season western-themed space opera in which he played the sweet, comical pilot of a spaceship captained by smuggler Mal, played by Nathan Fillion, with whom he has since been linked in the interested public mind, like Hope and Crosby, or Fey and Poehler.

From Los Angeles Times

One of his top-selling comics over the past year has been “Saga,” an epic space opera/fantasy series written by Brian K. Vaughan from Image.

From Los Angeles Times

The main, and most interesting characters, in HBO’s space opera are Valya Harkonnen, played by Emily Watson, and her sister Tula, played by Olivia Williams.

From Los Angeles Times