Kenny Starfighter

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Kenny Starfighter
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Genre Comedy
Science fiction
Created by
Starring
Country of originSweden
Original languageSwedish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Producers
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network SVT
Release4 October (1997-10-04) 
8 November 1997 (1997-11-08)
Release21 September 2022 (2022-09-21) 
present
The suit of Kenny Starfighter at Stockholm City Museum. Kenny drakt 1.JPG
The suit of Kenny Starfighter at Stockholm City Museum.

Kenny Starfighter is a Swedish science fiction television series that follows the titular hero as he fights against the evil lord Dr. Deo. [1] [2] Although aimed at children, this show was popular with adults as well. A film, Kenny Begins , was made in 2009. In June 2022, it was announced that a new season of the series will premiere in the fall, and will take place 20 years after the first season. [3] [4] It began airing on September 21, 2022, and so far has only aired one episode. It is unknown if there will be any more in the second season.

Contents

Premise

Kenny Starfighter, a Galactic Hero of dubious ability, is sent to Earth to find and stop the evil Doctor Deo as the Galaxy's last hope after all other Galactic Heroes have gone MIA. Whilst in pursuit of the doctor his space-bus crashes in a small Swedish town. Here he learns that the teachers at a local school have been acting bizarrely and joins forces with some of the school children to investigate this. They find the person behind the strange behavior at the school is none other than Dr. Deo. Through their combined efforts they manage to defeat him and save Kenny's home planet Mylta.

Cast

Episodes

Season 1 (1997)

No.
overall
No. in
season
Title [5] Directed by [6] Written by [6] Original air date [1]
11"Vårt sista hopp" Carl Åstrand, Mats Lindberg & Pontus Löwenhielm Carl Åstrand, Jonas Inde, Mats Lindberg
Pontus Löwenhielm & Måns Mårlind
October 4, 1997 (1997-10-04)
22"Den försvunna Chokladzingofabriken"Carl Åstrand, Mats Lindberg & Pontus LöwenhielmCarl Åstrand, Jonas Inde, Mats Lindberg
Pontus Löwenhielm & Måns Mårlind
October 11, 1997 (1997-10-11)
33"Vem är Dr Deo?"Carl Åstrand, Mats Lindberg & Pontus LöwenhielmCarl Åstrand, Jonas Inde, Mats Lindberg
Pontus Löwenhielm & Måns Mårlind
October 18, 1997 (1997-10-18)
44"Gate of hell"Calle Åstrand, Mats Lindberg & Pontus LöwenhielmCarl Åstrand, Jonas Inde, Mats Lindberg
Pontus Löwenhielm & Måns Mårlind
October 25, 1997 (1997-10-25)
55"Dr Deo slår tillbaka!"Carl Åstrand, Mats Lindberg & Pontus LöwenhielmCarl Åstrand, Jonas Inde, Mats Lindberg
Pontus Löwenhielm & Måns Mårlind
November 1, 1997 (1997-11-01)
66"Kennys återkomst"Carl Åstrand, Mats Lindberg & Pontus LöwenhielmCarl Åstrand, Jonas Inde, Mats Lindberg
Pontus Löwenhielm & Måns Mårlind
November 8, 1997 (1997-11-08)

Season 2 (2022)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date [3] [4]
71TBA Carl Åstrand, Mats Lindberg & Pontus Löwenhielm Carl Åstrand, Mats Lindberg & Pontus LöwenhielmSeptember 16, 2022 (2022-09-16)

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References

Notes

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  2. "Rheborg: "Jag ser Runar i spegeln"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 10 July 2020.
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  5. "Kenny Starfighter". SVT Play . Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Kenny Starfighter (1997)". Svensk filmdatabas . Retrieved 10 July 2022.