Not star kid (1997)….. Just throwing that out there.
I saw this movie series on hbo in 1999. The plot is a bit fuzzy but from what I remember there was a kid who was fighting this alien commander guy. The commander guy would send like aliens and bounty hunters (also aliens) after the kid. It had a very power rangery vibe with the aliens being in costume. Kid had a space ship with artificial intelligence and i think some kind of super suit or just advanced tech. He would fly around and try to stop commander guy. I remember one scene in particular where he was trapped in a (terribly animated) blue box like force field and was waiting for his suit or gun or something to recharge to escape. I don’t know if it was a movie or a mini series. It did have several 2 hour (episodes/movies), around 5, I think.
Thanks, I just remember loving this movie series and wanted to let my kid experience it. Sorry it’s so vague.
If it was a series of movies it could be the “Josh Kirby Time Warrior” Series. There 6 “Chapters” ( each it’s own movie. They date from 1995 – 1996. IMDB lists them as direct-to-video but I do recall seeing and recording some of them in the late 90’s on cable.