Soon passing its incredible 45TH ANNIVERSARY legacy, this is a celebration of the classic, world popular original TV series from 1978, created by Glen A. Larson for UNIVERSAL TELEVISION. Re-live the heroic adventures of the crew of the mighty GALACTICA, fleeing the Cylon tyranny, in its epic search for the lost Thirteenth Tribe on Earth.
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As Apollo's covert assault team begins planting explosives across key areas of Gamoray city, Starbuck and Boomer begin their interior search for the enemy control centre that also needs to be neutralised prior to Viper air assault. Incredulously, their current locale is seemingly deserted, our duo unaware that the Cylon's Imperious Leader has now arrived at the base for an important gathering...
In a deleted scene, Starbuck and Boomer follow the Gold Centurion and his guards to the command centre from the audience chamber corridor, once the Colonial bombings of the city have started.
Dirk checks his script between shooting action scenes.
A US TV/celebrity magazine covers Dirk Benedict enjoying Starbuck's new all-black combat outfit, during The Living Legend's location filming.
The marketing of Battlestar Galactica as event TV was none more keenly felt by teenagers after the success of Star Wars, and the American Scholastic schools magazine Sprint made the most of that excitement ahead within one of their 1978 issues.
One of the most expensive sets ever created for television at that time, and one of the costliest to maintain what with its all its electronic requirements, the fully-functional onscreen Galactica bridge remains one of the iconic sets of not just this series but of US TV science fiction series in general.
An ambitious press launch for the series on the bridge set.
With such a pedigree added to the series, its no surprise that Universal and the series producers were keen to make the most of the set in terms of promotion, and they were successful in their results in the lead-up to the Star Wars on TV event, as the press would originally describe it!
Enjoy below's special promo featuring unused or alternate footage linked to the pilot, including the Imperious Leader voiced by an unknown actor, who wasn't Ted Cassidy or Patrick Macnee!
Magazine scans of Tekweek linked to the creation of the Bridge set and publicity for the new series...
From The Portland Rose Festival Friday June 2nd 1978 - Tekweek article.
A look at the original 1978 filming supervised by Saga director Richard A. Colla on the Galactica bridge set.
The fastest and most advanced fighting craft of the Colonial forces, the Viper (aka 'Starhound fighter'), gets a superb close-up examination in this great art which originally appeared in Famous Spaceships of Fact and Fantasy magazine, from 1979.
This classic Ralph McQuarrie conceptual art for BATTLESTAR GALACTICA would soon capture fans imaginations worldwide, especially via magazine covers, as seen here in 1978's brief-run US magazine SCIENCE FANTASY FILM CLASSICS.
Everything you wanted to know about Dirk Benedict and Richard Hatch but were afraid to ask- if you were reading one of the many teen magazines back in the day. If anyone knows which US title this nostalgic clipping originally appeared in, please get in touch...
