Original sentence: Richard Thomas plays Shad, who sets out to recruit a band of mercenaries to fight Sador.The film is a compendium of the clichés that came to dominate sci-fi films following Star Wars including giant spaceships, "cute" robots, exotic aliens and the finale of a suicidal assault on a space fortress.This band includes Gelt, played by Robert Vaughn in a part that is essentially a reprise of his role in The Magnificent Seven with many of the same lines of dialogue; George Peppard (who was originally considered to play Vin, Steve McQueen's character, in The Magnificent Seven) as a space cowboy; and Saint-Exmin, a member of the alien Valkyrie race, played by Sybil Danning
Edited sentence: It is also a compendium of the clichés that came to dominate sci-fi films following Star Wars including giant spaceships, "cute" robots, exotic aliens and the finale of a suicidal assault on a space fortress.Richard Thomas (at the time attempting to fashion a film career based on the popularity of his character in The Waltons) plays Shad, who sets out to recruit a band of mercenaries to fight Sador.The film dialogue contains a high level of wit reflecting Sayles' influence.This band includes Gelt, played by Robert Vaughn in a part that is essentially a reprise of his role in The Magnificent Seven with many of the same lines of dialogue; George Peppard (who was originally considered to play Vin, Steve McQueen's character, in The Magnificent Seven) as a space cowboy; and probably the most memorable character, Saint-Exmin, a member of the alien Valkyrie race played by Sybil Danning