Spaceball One

Spaceball One is a fictional spacecraft featured in the 1987 sci-fi comedy Spaceballs. It was also seen in the 2008 Spaceballs animated series.

Description
Spaceball One was the capital ship of the Spaceball fleet of Planet Spaceball. It was commanded by Lord Dark Helmet and his executive officer Colonel Sandurz. In addition to its prodigious size and various amenities, Spaceball One was a unique vessel in that it could completely reconfigure itself for alternate functions. The best known example of which, is when the ship reconfigured intself into Megamaid, in which it was able to use a massive vacuum to siphon the atmophere away from Planet Druidia.

Notes & Trivia

 * The introductory shot of Spaceball One is an excedingly extended tracking shot, exagerrating the overall length of the ship. This is mocking the opening scene from Star Wars when the Imperial Star Destroyer first looms into view. This memorable technique has been mocked or paid homage to in several sci-fi films.


 * Spaceball One has three aft engines, visuall similar to the engines of Star Destroyer. The back of ship has a bumper sticker which reads, "We Brake for Nobody".