Caprica (series)

"Caprica" is the current title of a planned prequel series to the Re-Imagined Series of Battlestar Galactica, also created by Ronald D. Moore. "Caprica" (CAP) begins over 50 years before the current series Ron D. Moore-created series (RDM).

The Sci Fi Channel will delve into the backstory of "Battlestar Galactica" with a new series that looks at the creation of the race of robots known as Cylons by the humans of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol, and the eventual revolt of the Cylons against their human masters which will lead the two races to become locked to the death in a bitter war for their respective survivals, the Cylon War.

The Scifi.com new release on April 27th, 2006 stated:

"SCI FI Channel announced the development of Caprica, a spinoff prequel of its hit Battlestar Galactica, in presentations to advertisers in New York on April 26. Caprica would come from Galactica executive producers Ronald D. Moore and David Eick, writer Remi Aubuchon (24) and NBC Universal Television Studio.

Caprica would take place more than half a century before the events that play out in Battlestar Galactica. The people of the Twelve Colonies are at peace and living in a society not unlike our own, but where high-technology has changed the lives of virtually everyone for the better.

But a startling breakthrough in robotics is about to occur, one that will bring to life the age-old dream of marrying artificial intelligence with a mechanical body to create the first living robot: a Cylon. Following the lives of two families, the Graystones and the Adamas (the family of William Adama, who will one day become the commander of the Battlestar Galactica), Caprica will weave together corporate intrigue, techno-action and sexual politics into television's first science fiction family saga, the channel announced. "

The series in only in early planning stages at the moment and the pitch by Ron Moore has not yet been formally picked up, and it might be a year or two before it begins. It is described as not just focusing on scifi battles and action, but on the complex family and character relationships and connections which interplay during this major event in human history.