Buck Rogers In The 25th Century

Buck Rogers In The 25th Century starring Gil Gerrard revived the 1930s comic hero for the Star Wars generation, complete with Ralph McQuarrie fighters and funny wee robot and snooty computer friends, as well as Buck reintroducing disco to humanity, and then the Star Trek generation more in the second season as the characters went exploring planets of the week in a big spaceship.

The Thunderfighter by Ralph McQuarrie

An unconnected RPG version came along a decade later, an attempt to do a grounded version which always felt like a strange idea.