Each character provides plenty of hysterical one-liners, with Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) often responsible for the funniest Spaceballs quotes. Using Star Wars satire for many of its jokes ...

Brooks said Moranis "brilliantly improvised" another of the film's best moments, when Dark Helmet is caught playing with Spaceballs action figures of himself, Lone Starr, and Princess Vespa.

The legendary comic is making his seventh appearance at the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Film Festival to present his 1987 film "Spaceballs ... and his hatchet man, Dark Helmet, played by Moranis.

Directed by Brooks, the original Spaceballs was a send-up of the sci-fi genre released by MGM in 1987. The film’s plot revolves around the evil Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) and President Skroob ...

Adapted from George Lucas’ original “Star Wars” trilogy, “Spaceballs” centers around President Skroob (Brooks) as he commands Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) to take Princess Vespa (Daphne ...