The many influences behind George Lucas' epic space opera Star Wars prove that one common criticism of the franchise never ...

John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctantly becomes embroiled in an epic conflict.

John Carter, a Civil War veteran ... He meets a woman who helps him to discover that he is on Mars, and he learns that some kind of unrest is going on.