BEACON 23 – created by Zak Penn – (limited spoilers) ⁓
Neither knows why, but Halan Kai Neilsen (Stephan James) and Aster Calyx (Lena Headey) find themselves drawn to Beacon 23. one of many beacons positioned along galactic travel routes to detect hazardous concentrations of dark matter. It is a remote place, surrounded by gas, dust, and other debris.
Halan deserted his military unit and traveled halfway across the galaxy to get there, and when he did, he captured the beacon’s keeper, Solomon Smythe (Stephen Root). Not long after that, Halan rescues Aster, the only surviror of a ship that crashed because Halan didn’t know how to operate the beacon. Aster is the only survivor of the crash, and she was going to Beacon 23 anyway. Solomon escaped the beacon in Halan’s ship, but did not survive.
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