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"Battlestar Galactica" (1978): Season 1: Episode 21 -- Rather than continue fleeing from their enemies, the crew of Galactica commences an all-out attack on a Cylon Basestar.
"Battlestar Galactica" (1978): Season 1: Episode 20 -- Starbuck runs into his long-lost love, Aurora, who is involved with a group trying to free the electronics ship Celestra from its supposedly dictatorial captain.
"Battlestar Galactica" (1978): Season 1: Episode 19 -- Apollo and Starbuck follow the escaped Eastern Alliance ship back to Terra, where they help the Terrans overcome a nuclear holocaust.
"Battlestar Galactica" (1978): Season 1: Episode 18 -- When Baltar plans his escape with the help of the three Borellians and the Eastern Alliance Enforcers, members of the Council of Twelve are taken hostage, and Adama must give in to the escapees' demands.
"Battlestar Galactica" (1978): Season 1: Episode 17 -- The exciting conclusion - When Apollo and Starbuck find a primitive sleeper ship carrying a man, a woman, and four children, speculation spreads in the fleet that the people are from Earth.

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Release Date:
17 September 1978 (USA) more
Plot:
The last major Colonial fighter carrier leads a makeshift fleet of human refugees on a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth. full summary
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Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations more
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one of my favorites more (43 total)

Cast

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Richard Hatch ... Capt. Apollo (21 episodes, 1978-1979)

Dirk Benedict ... Lt. Starbuck (21 episodes, 1978-1979)
Lorne Greene ... Commander Adama (21 episodes, 1978-1979)
Herb Jefferson Jr. ... Lt. Boomer (21 episodes, 1978-1979)
Laurette Spang ... Cassiopeia (21 episodes, 1978-1979)
Terry Carter ... Col. Tigh (21 episodes, 1978-1979)
John Colicos ... Baltar (20 episodes, 1978-1979)
Tony Swartz ... Flight Sgt. Jolly / ... (20 episodes, 1978-1979)
Maren Jensen ... Athena (19 episodes, 1978-1979)

Noah Hathaway ... Boxey (19 episodes, 1978-1979)
David Greenan ... Omega / ... (18 episodes, 1978-1979)
Patrick Macnee ... Opening Credit Announcer / ... (13 episodes, 1978-1979)

Anne Lockhart ... Sheba (12 episodes, 1978-1979)
Sarah Rush ... Flight Cpl. Rigel / ... (10 episodes, 1978-1979)
Felix Silla ... Lucifer (10 episodes, 1978-1979)

Jonathan Harris ... Lucifer (9 episodes, 1978-1979)
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60 min (24 episodes)
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.33 : 1 more
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Canada:G (Quebec) (VHS/DVD rating) | Canada:PG (TV rating) | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG

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The exact size of Colonial battlestars such as the Galactica and of Cylon base stars was never properly explained in the show, leading to some disagreement over the years. A scale measurement comparison of the Galactica to one of her Vipers provided the final answer - the Galactica and identical battlestars were each 4,150 feet in length, with each of two flight bays measuring 1,977 feet in length and some 215 feet in width; each flight bay was thus nearly twice the length and almost the width of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, and a battlestar could easily carry far more fighters than the listed 150 with 24 shuttles - a more accurate measurement would be 300 fighters (with perhaps a third in ready reserve; Saga Of A Star World listed the Galactica's pilot contingent at over 200 while in Lost Planet Of The Gods injured warriors hastily return to duty and fly what are presumably backup fighters stored in ready reserve) and 40 to 50 shuttles. A Cylon base star, based on scale measurement comparison, is 5,800 feet wide and can carry far more than its listed contingent of 300 fighters. more
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Miscellaneous: In Mission Galactica:The Cylon Attack" (a VHS television movie comprised of parts of the "Living Legend I and II” episodes plus parts of the "Fire in Space" episode), Cain sends the Pegasus through a bright starfield after Baltar's Baseship. According to the dialogue, the Pegasus is traveling alone at this point. However, the exterior shots in this sequence show the Battlestar being followed by at least half a dozen other ships. (These shots are actually of the Galactica leading the fleet through the Nova of Madagon, from "Saga of a Star World"). In the "Living Legend" episodes original form (now available on DVD), the sequence is different and doesn't show this supposed goof. more
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Narrator: There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians or the Toltecs or the Mayans. Some believe there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive, somewhere beyond the heavens. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Saving 'Star Wars' (2004) more
Soundtrack:
It's Love, Love, Love more

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14 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
one of my favorites, 17 August 2000
Author: terp_92 from Bethesda, MD

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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