BEHIND THE SCENES: DREAMS TURNED REALITY

On location handling effects photography linked to the GALACTICA weekly series episode The Long Patrol, special effects icon-to-be Richard Edlund surveys the area.

Check out this great interview with Edlund where he talks about his work on the super effects of GALACTICA, working alongside John Dykstra and the APOGEE company in 1978: CineMagic: VFX Maestro Richard Edlund Talks Original ‘Galactica’ | CINEMASPY.COM

CLASSIC IMAGE: VIVA LAS CARILLON!

Some of the weird and wonderful peoples and aliens loitering and enjoying the gambling casino resort of Carillon, in this scene not shown in the film or TV movie of Saga of a Star World. But just how many of them managed to escape the planet and its carnivorous Ovions to spend their winnings?

CLASSIC IMAGE: SPACE FLIGHT...

The mighty Battlestar Galactica makes for an impressive sight as it journeys its way across deep space, in this lovely effects composition.

CLASSIC IMAGE: GALACTICA TRIO

Our core series stars- Richard Hatch, Lorne Greene and Dirk Benedict- pose for a post pilot, pre-series publicity image for ABC TV's BATTLESTAR GALACTICA in 1978.

CLASSIC IMAGE: SPACE SKIRMISH!

Those dreaded Cylons continue their sneak attacks on the Galactica in this lovely piece of art by Bob Larkin, which also incorporates prior artistic inspiration from Ralph McQuarrie, for one of the 1978 MARVEL SUPER SPECIALs dedicated to adapting the theatrical version of Saga of a Star World. Its design is based on prior cover spread work done by Rick Bryant for another MARVEL Galactica special published earlier in the year.

CLASSIC IMAGE: IN CYLON HANDS...

Captured Viper Pilot Cadet Cree (Alan Stock) is brought before the Gold Cylon Warrior, Vulpa, for interrogation, in a deleted scene and posed publicity photo for the first story filmed after the original pilot episode: Gun on Ice Planet Zero.

CLASSIC IMAGE: BATTLESTAR INFERNO!

The Galactica is savagely attacked by two ramming Cylon bombers loaded with Solenite charges in the classic BATTLESTAR GALACTICA episode/homage to the disaster movie THE TOWERING INFERNO, the very popular fan favourite, Fire in Space.