All Aboard The Starship Tiger Claw (June 24, 2007)

[ChrisReid]

AD was poking around the Fox UK website and ran across the product page for the Wing Commander movie on DVD. The Region 2 DVD was released much later in the United Kingdom than elsewhere in Europe, and they've posted a plot synopsis that we might not have picked up on before. It's slightly different than the brief write-up you'll find elsewhere online. Note the reference to 2004's Troy.

Wing Commander
In the mid-27th century the Kilrathi, an evil Alien race, are headed for Earth on a mission of destruction. The starship Tiger Claw and its elite crew are the only ones who can save Earth and all humanity.

Freddie Prinze Jr (Scooby Doo) is First Lieutenant Christopher Blair, the fearless pilot of the Tiger Claw, who with his wing commander Lieutenant Commander Devereaux (Saffron Burrows, Troy) is prepared to fight to the end to stop the Kilrathi destroyng everything they know and love.

Wing Commander is based on the popular computer game of the same name and is directed by Chris Roberts, the game's creator.

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Original update published on June 24, 2007

 

[TheFraix]

I don't remember Saffron Burrows playing in Troy. I wonder when they're releasing Wing Commander in Region 3...

 

[Peterson]

I don't remember Saffron Burrows playing in Troy. I wonder when they're releasing Wing Commander in Region 3...

She played Hector's wife, Andromache.

 

[Tigerhawk]

She played Hector's wife, Andromache.

Heh...now I'm going to have to go back and watch Troy again...