Battlestar Galactica (1978)/Season 1

Battlestar Galactica was an American science fiction television series that aired on ABC from July, 1978 to April, 1979 spanning a total of twenty-one episodes over the course of a single season. It was produced by Glen A. Larson Productions and starred Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Herbert Jefferson, Jr. and John Colicos. Recurring guest stars included Maren Jensen, Noah Hathaway, Laurette Spang, Tony Swartz and Terry Carter. The series proved popular enough to spawn a comic book series by Marvel Comics, and later, another comic series by Dynamite Entertainment, a series of novels, a video game, a short-lived spin-off series called Galactica 1980 and an unreleased sequel film called Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming.

The series followed the adventures of the crew of the Galactica, the last Battlestar of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol. Following a surprise attack by the robotic Cylons, the survivors of the colonies flee their devastated homworlds. Commander Adama of the Battlestar Galactica leads a ragtag fugitive fleet, desperately searching for a legendary world, a lost thirteenth colony, whom he believes will aide them in their war against the Cylons - a planet called Earth.

Production

 * Glen A. Larson - Creator; Executive producer
 * Donald P. Bellisario - Supervising producer
 * John Dykstra - Producer
 * David J. O'Connell - Producer
 * Winrich Kolbe - Associate producer
 * David G. Phinney - Associate producer


 * Gary Winter - Associate producer
 * Leslie Stevens - Supervising producer
 * Stu Phillips - Composer
 * Ben Colman - Cinematographer
 * David Howe - Editor
 * Harker Wade - Unit production manager

Directors

 * Alan J. Levi
 * Christian I. Nyby, II
 * Daniel Haller
 * Donald P. Bellisario


 * Richard A. Colla
 * Rod Holcomb
 * Vince Edwards
 * Winrich Kolbe

Writers

 * David G. Arthur
 * David G. Phinney
 * Donald P. Bellisario
 * Frank Lupo
 * Glen A. Larson
 * Herman Groves


 * Jim Carlson
 * John Ireland
 * Ken Pettus
 * Michael Sloan
 * Terrence McDonnell

"The Living Legend (Part 1)"
The legendary Commander Cain of the battlestar Pegasus meets up with the Colonial survivors and ignites a new campaign against the Cylons at Gamoray. But Adama finds Cain's warmongering ways to threaten the fleet's very existence, despite the renewed morale among the Colonials. Sheba (Anne Lockhart), Cain's daughter and love interest for Apollo, and Bojay (Jack Stauffer) are introduced.

"Murder on the Rising Star"
Following an intense game of Triad, Starbuck is framed for the murder of a rival Colonial warrior, Ortega, which he didn't commit. And his only chance for acquittal is: Baltar.

"Greetings from Earth (Part 1)"
An alien spacecraft is discovered by Starbuck and Apollo on patrol. It contains six human fugitives in suspended animation - possibly from the planet Earth. Tension amongst the fleet at the prospects of brethren from Earth rises. In time, the humans are revealed to be from Terra, a Colonial-like world. They are journeying to Paradeen (a nearby colony world) to escape the threat of the Eastern Alliance, a Terran faction with a ruthlessness akin to the Cylons. Starbuck, Cassiopeia and Apollo finish the journey with the Terrans, hoping to find clues to the location of Earth. But the Eastern Alliance pursues the ship to Paradeen, where more troubles ensue.

Home Video

 * Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Epic Series: This collection was released in standard flip-case boxset edition as well as sold with a special Cylon Head collector's case edition. This edition was produced by Universal Studios and released in Region 1 format on February 10th, 2004.