Portal:Characters

The Characters Portal

Characters make the story interesting in all three of the Battlestar Galactica series shows. Each series has no shortage of characters to make every show that has been produced interesting and dynamic. Dramatic changes have been made to the characters of the Original Series for the Re-imagined Series. Boomer in the original Battlestar Galactica was a black man, whereas Boomer in the Re-imagined Series is an Asian woman (and a Cylon). Religion, sexuality, and even nationality are now part of each characters' motives, making Galactica a place that is influenced by real-life situations.

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Characters in the Original Series


Adama	Tigh	Omega	Rigel	Athena	Apollo	Starbuck	Boomer	Jolly

Sheba	Greenbean	Cassiopeia	Boxey	Dr. Wilker	Dr. Salik	Baltar	Lucifer	Imp. Leader

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Characters in Galactica 1980

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Characters in the Reimagined Series

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Characters in Caprica

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Lt. Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson is a female Raptor ECO aboard battlestar Galactica, and due to manpower shortages often moonlights as a Raptor pilot. Racetrack tends to have a dark, fairly cynical attitude after the Cylon attack. Racetrack accompanied Galactica-Sharon on a mission to destroy a Cylon Basestar in orbit of Kobol by sneaking inside with a nuclear warhead, and soon after witnessed Boomer's attempted assasination of Commander William Adama. Racetrack has unresolved tensions with fellow Raptor ECO Karl "Helo" Agathon. Later, it was Racetrack who discovered the habitable planet New Caprica, when her Raptor strayed from a rescue mission.

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Did you know...

...That actress Grace Park, who currently plays Sharon "Boomer" Valerii, originally auditioned for the role of Dualla, and Kara "Starbuck" Thrace? Park originally tried out for Dualla and didn't get the role, but director Michael Rymer liked her performance, and asked her to return and audition for the role of none other than Starbuck. Park was actually one of two finalists for the role, the other being Katee Sackhoff, who ultimately got to be Starbuck.

However, Rymer and the writing team were still so impressed with her that they asked her to join the cast to play Boomer. Grace Park actually never gave an audition for the role of Boomer, because she had already done ones for Dualla and Starbuck and the production team already knew her acting range, but as a result she didn't actually sit down and read the parts of the Miniseries script containing Boomer until after she was cast in the role, so she was surprised by Boomer's revelation as a Cylon at the end.

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Quotes

Lt. Karl Agathon: Hey, aren't you Gaius Baltar?
Dr. Gaius Baltar: I haven't done anything. This lady here has ticket number 47.
Agathon: Could you come up here please?
Lt. Sharon Valerii: What are you doing?
Agathon: I'm giving up my seat.
Valerii: Like hell.
Agathon: A civilian should take my place.
Valerii: You're going.
Agathon: Look at those clouds. Sharon look at those clouds. Tell me this isn't the end of everything. Whatever future is left is going to depend on whoever survives. Give me one reason why I'm a better choice than one of the greatest minds of our time.
--Miniseries
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Adama	Troy	Dillon	Jamie Hamilton	Xaviar	Jack Sydell	Boomer	Doctor Zee	Starbuck


Starla	Wellington	Lancer	Moonstone


William Adama	Laura Roslin	Kara Thrace	Lee Adama	Gaius Baltar	Number Six	Number Eight	Saul Tigh	Karl Agathon	Galen Tyrol

Felix Gaeta	Anastasia Dualla	Cally Tyrol	Samuel Anders	Number Three	Ellen Tigh	Tory Foster	Billy Keikeya	Number Two	Number Five

Number One	Number Four	Tom Zarek	Sherman Cottle	Diana Seelix	"Jammer"	"Racetrack"	Louanne Katraine	"Hotdog"	"Crashdown"


Daniel Graystone	Joseph Adama	Amanda Graystone	Zoe Graystone	Sam Adama

Lacy Rand	Clarice Willow	William "Willie" Adama	Cyrus Xander	Jordan Duram