'GALACTICA' AT 40: INTRODUCING LT. STARBUCK!

He'd prior been best known for playing a human turned reptile in the subtly effective seventies horror film Ssssss, but now Dirk Benedict was finally getting the chance to be a heartthrob hero for fans young and old to enjoy, portraying with comfortable ease the likeable card-playing scoundrel, ladies man, begrudging flying ace and Cylon Centurion blaster extraordinaire- Lt. Starbuck!

It was to prove a role tailor made for him!

'GALACTICA' AT 40: TERROR FROM SPACE!

A trio of Cylon Raiders close in for the kill during their brutal attack on the colony world of Caprica, from Saga of a Star World. I love the huge amount of detail on the models presented here.

'GALACTICA' AT 40: BROTHERS AND WARRIORS!

It should have been a peace envoy where nothing could go wrong, yet sadly Apollo's young brother, Zac (warmly played by singer/actor Rick Springfield), despite all his skills and enthusiasm as a Colonial Warrior, would perish just short of reaching the human fleet in his damaged viper, and just as the Cylon attack was unveiled...

The above image comes from an alternate/deleted scene shot for Battlestar Galactica's pilot episode by is original director, Richard A. Colla. It surfaced on DVD eventually.

'GALACTICA' AT 40: VIPERS AWAY!

The Colonial forces greatest weapon of war: the Viper craft, one of many aboard the legendary Battlestar Galactica, takes to the spacial skies alongside one of its comrades, in this unused effects angle for Saga of a Star World.