But before their foreboding mother ship can wipe out all humanity, the sky is peppered by a fleet of escape shuttles and Titan, a gargantuan vessel critical to someday restoring all earthly species and reuniting refugees. At the helm of Titan is Sam Tucker, a military scientist forced to leave his young son, Cale, in order to do his planetary duty. Soon everyone in the universe is searching for the legendary craft some to fulfill its mission, some to profit from it, others to destroy it. The rest of their odd, alien crew could have been shanghaied straight from a Mos Eisley cantina creatures ranging from endearing, to bizarre, to repulsive. Sam accepts what he realizes is a suicide run to preserve earth s legacy.
Characters risk their own safety to rescue friends.
When hope seems lost, Cale refuses to accept defeat and rallies a disheartened Akima to help him beat the odds. When another character also reveals hidden motives, the first turncoat reevaluates his loyalties and finds redemption. Cale walks into Akima s quarters to find her wearing only a towel. The mass destruction of an entire planet notwithstanding, several more personal examples may disturb young viewers. A human breaks an alien s neck and tosses him down a flight of stairs.