Battlestar Galactica

1978 - 1979

Saga of a Star World

17th September 1978

Episode 1

The Cylon Empire tricks the Twelve Colonies into believing they are striving for peace. Then they ambush the unprepared colonies and destroy the military's Battlestar fleet. One surviving Battlestar, the Galactica, under the command of Commander Adama, gathers the remaining humans and leads them in the search for the legendary 13th colony called Earth.

Lost Planet of the Gods (1)

24th September 1978

Episode 2

Apollo and Starbuck discover a void in space. Commander Adama is convinced that this void will lead them to the planet Kobol, and orders they go through.

Lost Planet of the Gods (2)

1st October 1978

Episode 3

While Commander Adama leads the rag-tag fleet of ships to the planet Kobol, where he hopes to find clues of Earth's location, the Viper pilots contract a disease, making it necessary for the women to take on fighter patrol duties. But the traitor Baltar leads the Cylons in an attack on the Galactica.

The Lost Warrior

8th October 1978

Episode 4

Apollo is marooned on a Western Frontier-like planet, where he meets a woman and her son ... and a damaged Cylon, known as Red Eye, who has become a notorious gunslinger.

The Long Patrol

15th October 1978

Episode 5

Starbuck is assigned to test a new ultra-fast, but unarmed, Viper with a talking computer named CORA; but when he meets a bootlegger, who steals the Viper, Starbuck finds himself arrested by the Galactic Police of a prison planet.

The Gun on Ice Planet Zero (1)

22nd October 1978

Episode 6

Baltar attempts to lure Galactica into range of a gigantic pulsar cannon. Adama becomes aware of the trap and sends in a team of commandos to destroy it.

The Gun on Ice Planet Zero (2)

29th October 1978

Episode 7

Apollo and Starbuck lead a group of convicts on a possible suicide mission to destroy the cannon, which is located on an icy planet.

The Magnificent Warriors

12th November 1978

Episode 8

When a Cylon attack destroys most of the fleet's food supply, the Galactica must trade equipment for grain on a rural planet plagued by the Borays, a group of pig-like marauders.

The Young Lords

19th November 1978

Episode 9

Starbuck crashes on the planet Trillion, where the Cylons have destroyed all the humans except for a band of children, who have become warriors to save their enslaved father.

The Living Legend (1)

26th November 1978

Episode 10

While on patrol, Apollo and Starbuck encounter the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus, commanded by the living legend, Commander Cain.

The Living Legend (2)

3rd December 1978

Episode 11

The brash Commander Cain insists that the Galactica join in on a frontal attack on the Cylons -- an attack that Adama believes would be a suicide mission.

Fire in Space

17th December 1978

Episode 12

A Cylon kamikaze attack leaves the Galactica burning in space, with no way to extinguish the blaze that has trapped Boomer, Athena, and Boxey except a dangerous spacewalk by Apollo and Starbuck.

War of the Gods (1)

14th January 1979

Episode 13

While the fleet is plagued by glowing lights that constantly fly past them too fast to be followed, Apollo, Starbuck, and Sheba find the remains of a shipwreck, with a mysterious and seemingly all-powerful being named Count Iblis, who helps them capture Baltar.

War of the Gods (2)

21st January 1979

Episode 14

While the fleet is plagued by glowing lights that constantly fly past them too fast to be followed, Apollo, Starbuck, and Sheba find the remains of a shipwreck, with a mysterious and seemingly all-powerful being named Count Iblis, who helps them capture Baltar.

The Man with Nine Lives

28th January 1979

Episode 15

An old con man known as Chameleon meets Starbuck and convinces him that he may be Starbuck's father, to gain Starbuck's help in evading a trio of bloodthirsty Borellians who are after him in revenge for another con.

Murder on the Rising Star

18th February 1979

Episode 16

When Starbuck's rival in the popular sporting event is found murders, all the evidence points to Starbuck; and Apollo is about the only person who believes in Starbuck's innocence.

Greetings from Earth

25th February 1979

Episode 17

When Apollo and Starbuck find a primitive sleeper ship carrying a man, a woman, and four children, speculation spreads in the fleet that the people are from Earth.

Baltar's Escape

11th March 1979

Episode 18

When Baltar plans his escape with the help of the three Borellians and the Eastern Alliance Enforcers, members of the Council of Twelve are taken hostage, and Adama must give in to the escapees' demands.

Experiment in Terra

18th March 1979

Episode 19

Apollo and Starbuck follow the escaped Eastern Alliance ship back to Terra, where they help the Terrans overcome a nuclear holocaust, with the help of the race of white lights that had earlier helped them defeat Count Iblis.

Take the Celestra

Episode 20

Starbuck runs in to his long-lost love, Aurora, who is involved with a group trying to free the passenger ship Celestra from its supposedly dictatorial captain.

The Hand of God

29th April 1979

Episode 21

Rather than continue fleeing from their enemies, the crew of the Galactica commences an all-out attack on a Cylon base.

Top Cast

Lorne Greene•Dirk Benedict•Richard Hatch

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Drama

When the 12 Colonies of Man are wiped out by a cybernetic race called the Cylons, Commander Adama and the crew of the battlestar Galactica lead a ragtag fleet of human survivors in search of a "mythical planet" called Earth.

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Lorne Greene Image

Lorne Greene

Commander Adama

Dirk Benedict Image

Dirk Benedict

Lt. Starbuck

Richard Hatch Image

Richard Hatch

Capt. Apollo

Maren Jensen Image

Maren Jensen

Lt. Athena

Herbert Jefferson Jr. Image

Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Lt. Boomer

Terry Carter Image

Terry Carter

Colonel Tigh

Noah Hathaway Image

Noah Hathaway

Boxey

Tony Swartz Image

Tony Swartz

Flight Sargeant Jolly

John Colicos Image

John Colicos

Count Baltar

Laurette Spang Image

Laurette Spang

Cassiopeia

Full Crew

Glen A. Larson

Executive Producer

Stu Phillips

Original Music Composer

Jean-Pierre Dorléac

Costume Design

Scott H. Eddo

Key Makeup Artist

Gary Armstrong

Assistant Camera

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Douglas Knapp

Camera Operator

Michael J. Schwartz

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