John Carter and Sarka face each other in a duel, but Sarka is killed by an insect during the fight.

When Sarka escapes, Carter helps Tarkas kill Hajus and become the new leader of the Tharks.Ĭaptain Carter then learns that Dejah Thoris has fled to the planetary air-cleaning station that keeps Barsoom habitable, which Sarka damages, causing the atmosphere to deteriorate. Upon winning, Carter faces Sarka, an Afghan mercenary who had betrayed him. Learning that Tarkas gave Carter a military rank only Hajus can give, Tarkas and Carter are forced to duel. The group of Tharks, led by Tars Tarkas, takes Carter to their leader Tal Hajus, guarded by Tars Tarkas' daughter Sola. Initially enslaved by the Tharks, he earns a rank among them and later saves a rival group's princess, the human-looking Dejah Thoris, from death. Army sniper serving in Afghanistan, wounded in the line of duty and used in a teleportation experiment wherein he is transferred to Barsoom, a planet outside of Earth's solar system, where he exhibits the ability to leap amazing distances. In the UK, the film was released with the title The Martian Colony Wars. It is not to be confused with the higher-budget 2012 film John Carter, which is an adaptation of the novel. The film's promotional art mentions how the original story inspired some elements of James Cameron's 2009 film Avatar, but neither the credits nor promotional material mention Edgar Rice Burroughs. Princess of Mars (retitled and re-released in 2012 as John Carter of Mars ) is a 2009 direct-to-DVD science fiction film made by American independent studio The Asylum, loosely based on the 1917 novel A Princess of Mars by author Edgar Rice Burroughs.

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