CLASSIC IMAGE: "DO WHAT THE MAN SAYS, HE'S IN CHARGE!"

Sire Uri's game for control of the Colonial fleet is well and truly over once the Cylon's agrressive presence is discovered at the Ovion casino on Carillon, in this classic comedy moment from Saga of a Star World, which I clearly recall got a big laugh from cinema audiences in 1978.

Its a shame that Sire Uri never received a mention or made an appearance in the actual TV series ever again. Did he survive the battle on Carillon and go skulking back to the Rising Star?

CLASSIC IMAGE: BEYOND ATHENA...

It may not be Galactica, but its at least related by star, and it'll certainly help thaw out the cold nights: Maren Jensen looking hot, with a very young, equally hot Sharon Stone, plus Susan Buckner, in a posed image for the Wes Craven horror film Deadly Blessing, which I'm assuming was made just after Galactica ended or when Jensen left the series.

Deadly Blessing trailer - YouTube

At some point I'll have to find this film and see if it's any good...

CLASSIC IMAGE: DAMAGE REPORT!

A concerned Boomer takes a look up towards the heavy damage inflicted to Starbuck's viper, owing to a sneak Cylon attack, during the tense beginning of The Young Warriors.

DELETED SCENE: TO PILOT A VIPER

They've been Shuttle pilots, or Shuttle pilot cadets, but now Athena and the spirited and sexy ladies of the new Blue Squadron must learn how to take control of a far more sophisticated and agile fighter craft in the Colonial Viper, during a deleted computer simulation training scheme scene, instructed by Starbuck, from Lost Planet of the Gods Part One.

CLASSIC IMAGE: CYLON SUPERSTAR!

Instantly iconic, the deadly Cylon Centurion makes the grade as a cover star to the December 1978 issue of the popular STARLOG magazine wannabe FANTASTIC FILMS, joining illustrious sci-fi greats like Leonard Nimoy's Mister Spock, and a classic THE OUTER LIMITS alien. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA had well and truly arrived!

CLASSIC IMAGE: "GOOD LORD, THEY'RE FAST!"

Bojay and his deep space Viper patrol are stunned by the speed of the mysterious energy auras following their ships, in an eerie beginning to the epic two-parter, War of the Gods.

CLASSIC ART: DEATH IN THE STARS!

Ralph McQuarrie's ominous interpretation of a Cylon Basestar heading towards the Twelve Colonies of Man, readying to destroy them, in this great conceptual art for Saga of a Star World.

Art of Ralph McQuarrie: Battlestar Galactica 35th Anniversary Portfolio

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Sending us into the new year on a happy note are our smiling Classic GALACTICA stars Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict, in this early publicity image prior to the series weekly arrival.