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Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)

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The last major Colonial fighter carrier leads a makeshift fleet of human refugees on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.

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Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations. See more awards »

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Cast

Complete series cast summary:
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 Capt. Apollo (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
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 Lt. Starbuck (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
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 Commander Adama (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
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 Lt. Boomer (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
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 Baltar (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
Maren Jensen ...
 Athena (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
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 Boxey (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
Laurette Spang ...
 Cassiopeia (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
Tony Swartz ...
 Flight Sgt. Jolly (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
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 Colonel Tigh (22 episodes, 1978-1979)
David Greenan ...
 Omega (19 episodes, 1978-1979)
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 Sheba (11 episodes, 1978-1979)
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 Flight Cpl. Rigel (11 episodes, 1978-1979)
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The Human Colonial forces have agreed to peace with their mortal enemies the Robotic Cylons when a surprise attack destroys most of the Colonial Fleet. The remnants of the Colonials form up a "ragtag group of ships" on the surviving major ship, the Battlestar Galactica. They decide to go off in a search for the planet founded by missing tribe of the Colonials, a planet called earth as the Cylons continue to search for them. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>

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17 September 1978 (USA)  »

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Battaglie nella galassia  »

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$750,000 (estimated)
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Trivia

The Cylons are led by an "Imperious Leader." The word "imperious" actually means arrogantly domineering and overbearing, but the writers chose it because it sounded different from "Imperial," a word that too strongly evoked Star Wars. See more »

Goofs

Also, the Rising Star brought Uri from his home, which had to be on one of the other eleven planets (the novelization says that he was Leon.) This makes sense, as we can see when Apollo leaves Jolly below decks, we see the writing L.S.S. Rising Star on the bulkhead. Yet, in "The Long Patrol," Athena's computer lists it as T.S.S. Rising Star, making it Tauron. See more »

Quotes

Lucifer: Anything is possible, but the odds are astronomically against it.
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Connections

Referenced in Mystery Science Theater 3000: Future War (1999) See more »

Soundtracks

"It's Love, Love, Love"
by John Andrew Tartaglia, Sue Collins and Glen A. Larson
Performed by The Space Angels
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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What happens to the characters in the end?
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one of my favorites
17 August 2000 | by (Bethesda, MD) – See all my reviews

Yeah yeah, so it may be considered a Star Wars ripoff by some. Who cares? As a kid in the 70's, I loved nothing more than the movie and then the subsequent ABC TV series especially with all of the special effects that kids love to see after Star Wars came out. And when the Scifi Channel started to show the series again, I couldn't get enough of it. An underappreciated scifi series in my opinion.
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