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.
It would normally be a routine patrol but things are different for Starbuck this time, volunteering the chance to pilot a new experimental Viper with greater speed (known as Starchaser on its nose side), and housing a computer with an attitude - CORA, as the Galactica heads further out from the once colony worlds, in a great moment from comedy adventure, The Long Patrol.
For years, who knew the Viper had a name, until a keen Classic Galactica Facebook group fan spotted it on HD Blu-ray. Well spotted!
Key icons of the series in Adama, Starbuck and a Cylon Centurion made for a memorable image composition in Universal Home Video's promotion of the original Battlestar Galactica as single episode tales released in the US during the noughties. Who out there managed to get a complete set, and who still has them?
Always enjoying his work in the realms of diverse model making and special effects, the late Grant McCune flies with the superb vehicle creations of the classic series in this terrific 1978 behind the scenes image composite.
A respected warrior and commander, and an eager to please but no less talented pilot in the raw, Apollo and his youthful brother Zac would be the two fateful Colonial patrollers who'd discover an apocalyptic tragedy too late to prevent, in another great posed publicity image of actors Richard Hatch and Rick Springfield from the series ever-impressive pilot episode, Saga of a Star World.
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.
Another classic space battle image from Saga of a Star World that would be used as stock footage for the weekly series on a semi-regular basis, as a colonial pilot lands himself a new tin head target.
They became the best of friends, brothers, after the Cylon annihilation of the Colonies, so what previously brought Starbuck and Apollo into locking blasters on one another?
Great variant cover art by Sean Chen from the consistently enjoyable Dynamite Comics four-part mini-series celebrating the original series iconic scoundrel hero during his origin years.
