CLASSIC IMAGE: UNLOCKING THE ANCIENT MYSTERY!

Within the fascinating but ominous tombs of Kobol, Commander Adama searches for answers to the location of the lost Thirteenth Tribe on Earth, but soon runs into great danger from an old enemy, in this great image from Lost Planet of the Gods Part Two.

CLASSIC MERCHANDISE: NICE - PRICE 'GALACTICA'!

There are many young people out there who don't know what a VHS is, nor its true place in commercial entertainment history. But for us Classic Galactica fans, the thrill of getting that first theatrical film on 'nice-price' cassette tape was certainly memorable. I always have great affection for this early CIC Video packaging, which I recall purchasing in the Piccadilly Circus branch of HMV in the late eighties.

CLASSIC IMAGE: THE MYSTERY OF IBLIS!

He;s enchanted, beguiled and confounded the human Colonial Fleet with his arrival and the subtle unleashing of his mysterious powers. Just how benevolent is Count Iblis, our Galactican heroes wonder, as the War of the Gods begins its epic two-part adventure, Patrick Macnee clearly gives one of his finest performances on States-side television, after his prior international acclaim as the debonair agent John Steed in The Avengers.

CLASSIC ART: JOURNEYING ON...

 

The business of survival and the great hope of finding that long fabled Thirteenth Tribe spurs the mighty Battlestar Galactica and its rag-tag fleet of humanity ever onwards, in this great comic art worthy of any effects shot seen in the actual weekly series. 

If anyone knows the artist, or exactly where this piece originally appeared, please get in touch.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS 2020!

Having survived the manipulations of the demonic Count Iblis, our Galactican family celebrate a toast to a new phase of their future, during the finale to War of the Gods.

Saga of a Star World wishes all its worldwide readers a very MERRY CHRISTMAS, and a safe, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

BEHIND THE SCENES: THE CYLON ATTACK!

Having revitalized the modern Hollywood special effects industry with their spectacular work on the first Star Wars movie, Glen A. Larson was lucky to secure John Dykstra's Apogee effects team to work on what was then known as Galactica. Here, Dennis Muren, Grant McCune and Don Dow supervise the filming of the Cylon sneak attack squadrons in mid-1978.

CLASSIC MERCHANDISE: THE 'T's OF 'GALACTICA'!

Back to the classic merchandise days, and a great advert from the US Marvel comics of the time promoting the series memorable T-shirt line,with some very cool images adorned. Somebody out there should resurrect those T's as all-new nostalgia greats.