GETTING THE 'STARLOG' SPECIAL TREATMENT!

The mysterious 'Ship of Lights', so important to Galactica's later episodes, graces the cover of Starlog magazine's then hugely detailed 1979 coverage of the classic series, featuring some fine articles and photography covering the show's effects and its overall making, plus an episode guide which was a genuine god send, especially to UK TV viewers who were then starting to see the series and eagerly awaited the ongoing adventures beyond the pilot.

CLASSIC ART: A LIGHTSHIP SHOWCASE!

With their three-episode appearance in the latter half of the series, notably in the memorable opening to the epic two-parter War of the Gods, those mysterious enigmatic 'gods' in their striking, ethereal 'Lightship' would certainly make an eerie impression on viewers and especially the series long-term fan base, as seen in this terrific art.

If anyone knows the name of the artist, please get in touch...

CLASSIC IMAGE: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS...

Silver Spar squadron's ordinary recon patrol takes a mysterious and sinister turn as they encounter mysterious swarming lights beyond anything ever encountered before, during the memorable opening to War of the Gods Part One.

CLASSIC IMAGE: BACK TO A PAST LIFE ENCOUNTER!

He'd be in their unique ship environment before but never remembered it, now the reawakened Apollo must serve the mysterious 'light beings' in a vital mission to save the humans of Terra from a destruction similar to that which befell the Twelve Colonies, in the Heaven Can Wait-esque light comedy adventure, Experiment in Terra.

CLASSIC IMAGE: A LOT TO TAKE IN!

Apollo tries to get used to his new surroundings as the mysterious John shows him around the enigmatic Lightship, in the opening to Experiment in Terra.

CLASSIC IMAGE: REALITY OR ILLUSION?

Apollo wakes up from his "kidnapping" to find himself aboard the mysterious Lightship, meeting the enigmatic spokesman "John" for the first time, during Experiment in Terra.

CLASSIC IMAGE: CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF GODS!

Having been unable to pursue the alien lights swarming across the Colonial Fleet, Boomer's Viper is quickly caught in the sights of the mysterious Lightship and vanishes, in a scene from Part Two of War of the Gods.

CLASSIC ART: OF GODS AND MONSTERS!

Another terrific composite photo/art cover for Volume Four of the limited edition CD releases of Stu Phillip's classic GALACTICA incidental music scores, courtesy of INTRADA, covering the middle to later part of the series.

BEHIND THE SCENES: YOUR PLACE OR MINE?

Dirk Benedict has some fun with one of the alien gods in an outtake from WAR OF THE GODS Part Two, from a fine collection of classic GALACTICA 1978/79 bloopers (which includes deleted scene material from The Man With Nine Lives) put up on Youtube by StingoftheScorpion78.

Link: Battlestar Galactica (1978): bloopers/outtakes - YouTube