Wednesday 24 December 2014

SEASON'S GREETINGS!


The happiest of Xmas and New Year Greetings to all worldwide readers, from the SAGA OF A STAR WORLD website!

See you in '15!

Tuesday 23 December 2014

Saturday 20 December 2014

GALACTICA 1980: CY THE CARD SHARK?


No longer killing Humans, the adjusted and repaired "Cy" the Cylon Centurion has instead become a very good Pyramid player for his new companion, Starbuck, in the one and only classic episode of GALACTICA 1980 that was The Return of Starbuck.

Wednesday 17 December 2014

CLASSIC ART: A UNIVERSE AT WAR!


A Yugoslavian poster found on Ebay for the original theatrical release of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA- I like the planet Earth targeted in the top left corner! If anyone has a better quality scan of this image, please get in touch.

And check out this fun HD remaster of the series original launch on ABC Television from 1978: Battlestar Galactica 1978 #1 Full HD Trailer SciFi English 1080p ReMastered By JDG - YouTube

Saturday 13 December 2014

BEHIND THE SCENES: A MAN AND HIS VIPERS!


Visual effects legend Richard Edlund checks the positioning of three Viper ships in readiness for blue screen filming at Van Nuys, California- for use in the opening episodes of GALACTICA's weekly debut in 1978.

Tuesday 9 December 2014

CLASSIC IMAGE: GARRISON ATTACK!


Starbuck and Boomer boldly lead the charge in attacking Vulpa's Cylon Garrison, in a classic action scene from the finale of Gun on Ice Planet Zero - one of so many great moments from the original series.

Our sister site, KOOL TV, celebrating the recent UK release of GALACTICA on Blu-ray, has compiled twenty additional scenes which I'm sure readers will enjoy revisiting: "SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE HEAVENS!" CELEBRATING TWENTY CLASSIC MOMENTS FROM THE ORIGINAL 'BATTLESTAR GALACTICA' - OUT NOW ON BLU-RAY


Get hold of the Blu-ray here: Battlestar Galactica - Complete Original Series Blu-ray Region Free: Amazon.co.uk: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Maren Jensen, Laurette Spang: DVD & Blu-ray

Saturday 6 December 2014

CLASSIC IMAGE: THE KILLING ZONE!


The Cylons cause chaos in another attack on the almost defenceless Rag-Tag fleet, in this rare effects work shot from the Classic Series that only appeared briefly in the pre-episode teaser for The Magnificent Warriors.

Wednesday 3 December 2014

CLASSIC IMAGE: THE BEAMING WARRIOR!


1978: Happy and rewarding times ahead for Richard Hatch in winning the role of the heroic and likable warrior Captain Apollo for the original BATTLESTAR GALACTICA...


With the recent release of the series on Blu-ray from UNIVERSAL, check out this mostly positive review: Battlestar Galactica Blu-ray review | GamesRadar