CAUGHT IN THE CROSSIRE - 'THE BATTLE OF GALACTICA'!

It can be a perilous thing to be a tourist travelling through the Universal Studios backlot. The chances are high that you'll be captured by a Cylon force and taken to the interior of one of their vessels for questioning and possible death decreed by the evil and gruesome Imperious Leader.

Thankfully, though, they'll always be a lone, blaster-wielding Colonial Warrior to come to our rescue at the worst moment, during the terrific The Battle of Galactica ride that I, and many other readers, enjoyed being a part of back in the eighties. Our chance to enter the exciting realms of the series, if only for five or six minutes at a time, 

Promo image for the thrill ride.

SERINA THE WARRIOR!

Her reporting career seemingly defunct with the destruction of Caprica, the beautiful Serina turns her hands and skills to more worthy pursuits following the terrors of Carillon, first as a blossoming shuttle pilot and then, in a time of great crisis, as a full-blown Colonial Warrior viper pilot! 

Jane Seymour looks stunning in this great publicity image for Lost Planet of the Gods.

Great art of Serina the Colonial Warrior. Anyone know the artist?

THE SHUTTLE ARRIVES...

Safely arrived in one of the Galactica's immense landing bay, Shuttle 356 prepares to disembark a special envoy to Commander Adama and his finest Colonial Warriors, in a scene from The Living Legend, Part One.

'GALACTICA 1980': STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND!

It's a world that's surely stranger than anything they've ever encountered before. Nonetheless, Galactica's Earthbound recon team of Troy and Dillion must investigate with their arrival in the land called the United States, in these great images from the (still) mostly disappointing Galactica 1980.

The photo blow-up Colonial Viper is put into position on location.

NOW AVAILABLE! THE INTRADA 'GALACTICA' SOUNDTRACK COLLECTION...

The wait is over.

Get the stunning all-new set here:

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE CLASSIC SERIES SOUNDTRACK COLLECTION (8CD)

With thanks to John Johnson for the heads-up.

SPECTRE OF ATILLA!

The IL series of Cylons were always an ambitious breed off the production line, and none more so than the scheming Spectre, based with his garrison of Cylons on the wet forest world of Atilla. With the likelihood of catching a Colonial Warrior recently crash-landed there, it has dreams of promotion within the Cylon hierarchy.

A great scene from The Young Lords, showing the impressive outdoor fort location that would reside for years on the Universal Backlot.

HAPPY 48TH ANNIVERSARY, 'BATTLESTAR GALACTICA'! (2026)

Artist unknown.

The incredible universe of Battlestar Galactica remains as popular and enduring as ever, as the show approaches its incredible 50th Anniversary. Let's hope that, as you read this, Universal Studios will show the series the respect it deserves, and that there are some kind of events and cool merchandise being ready for worldwide fans to savour...

We wish that Glen A. Larson, Richard Hatch, Lorne Greene, Terry Carter and many others sadly no longer with us connected to the series could be here to witness this oncoming milestone...