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	* The [[Imperious Leader]], on a basestar near the Colonies, orders the planetary attack to begin.		* The [[Imperious Leader]], on a basestar near the Colonies, orders the planetary attack to begin.
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	* Adama orders ''{{TOS\|Galactica}}'' to head for Caprica to defend the colony. Viper pilot [[Greenbean]] and other pilots notice the battlestar leaving the battle zone.		* Adama orders ''{{TOS\|Galactica}}'' to head for Caprica to defend the colony. Viper pilot [[Greenbean]] and other pilots notice the battlestar leaving the battle zone.
	* As ''{{TOS\|Galactica}}'' closes in on the Colonies, the jamming clears to allow them to view a news report from the surface of Caprica from [[Serina]]. As the attack begins, Serina ends her report abruptly to find her son {{TOS\|Boxey}}, whose [[daggit]] is killed. ''{{TOS\|Galactica}}''{{'\|s}} crew watch helplessly as the destruction of the colonies continues. Even the outer colonies such as Sagitara are not spared.		* As ''{{TOS\|Galactica}}'' closes in on the Colonies, the jamming clears to allow them to view a news report from the surface of Caprica from [[Serina]]. As the attack begins, Serina ends her report abruptly to find her son {{TOS\|Boxey}}, whose [[daggit]] is killed. ''{{TOS\|Galactica}}''{{'\|s}} crew watch helplessly as the destruction of the colonies continues. Even the outer colonies such as Sagitara are not spared.

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	=== Cast ===		=== Cast ===

	* ''Richard Hatch discusses reshooting ~~a scene in~~ the ~~episode depicting~~ [[Ovion]]s eating ~~human flesh from~~ a 1978 interview:''		{{Quote
	~~: '''[[Richard Hatch]]:''' "~~Most companies have to continuously cut corners, settle for less than the best. Not ''Galactica''. We still have to work quick, and there's only so much money, but the producers are determined that everything be the best it possibly can be. They know it's the little places that count. For instance, we have these alien creatures that feed on human flesh. In one shot of them, the lighting wasn't quite right, and their walk was just not convincing. They could have let that go, but they went back and reshot the entire sequence to get the right look, the right texture."<ref name="starlog dec 78">{{cite magazine ~~\|quotes=~~ \|last=Houston \|first=David ~~\|authorlink= \|coauthors=~~ \|year=1978 \|month=December \|title=Two Crazy Kind of Guys \|magazine=Starlog ~~\|volume=~~ \|issue= \|pages=29 ~~\|id= \|url= \|accessdate=~~ }}</ref>		\| context = [[Richard Hatch]] discusses reshooting the [[Ovion]] flesh-eating sequence in a 1978 interview:
			\| text = Most companies have to continuously cut corners, settle for less than the best. Not ''Galactica''. We still have to work quick, and there's only so much money, but the producers are determined that everything be the best it possibly can be. They know it's the little places that count. For instance, we have these alien creatures that feed on human flesh. In one shot of them, the lighting wasn't quite right, and their walk was just not convincing. They could have let that go, but they went back and reshot the entire sequence to get the right look, the right texture.
			\| sign = [[Richard Hatch]]
			\| source = <ref name="starlog dec 78">{{cite magazine \| last=Houston \| first=David \| year=1978 \| month=December \| title=Two Crazy Kind of Guys \| magazine=[[Starlog]] \| issue=18 \| pages=29 }}</ref>
			}}

	=== Crew ===		=== Crew ===

	* ''[[Richard A. Colla]] ~~discusses what lead to~~ his termination from the production ~~in a 2008 interview~~:''		{{Quote
	: It seemed to be, because...I mean it's just that I don't understand it. When you set something loose like that, you've either got to step in and carry the thing yourself, and finish it yourself, or somebody's got to come in and do it. Well, that's kind of what I did for [[George Santoro\|George [~~Santoro]]]~~. ~~George had always been very good to me, and when he need help, I was there for him~~. ~~So it wasn't about [[Glen A~~. ~~Larson\|Glen [Larson~~]~~]]. It was about making this thing work for George, and when in the end~~ Glen kept finding little faults, I just told him he was an ungrateful bastard, because everybody was working so hard to pull his ass out of the fire here, and now he's in there pretending like he's the one who has all the ideas here. Well it was his idea originally. Nobody can fault him for that. You know, it's [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (TOS)\|him and the Mormon church]]. So if you say ok, this is mine, well that's just fine, and I applaud his ability for all of the work that he's able to do in television, all of those opportunities that he saw in movies and then made television shows out of, all that stuff that he was able to convert. So I could even understand where he would want to feel like he was back in control of it once the major roaring fire of this thing was out~~, and some hope was in the air,~~ but I just found him very ungrateful to all the people who worked so hard for him.<ref name="galtv">{{~~cite_web~~\|url=http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-1978-interviews/richard-colla-galactica.tv-interview.html\|title=Richard Colla GALACTICA.TV interview\|date=29 ~~April 2008~~\|accessdate=~~2 June~~ 2019\|last=Egnor\|first=Mike~~\|format=\|language=~~}}</ref>		\| context = [[Richard A. Colla]] on his termination from the production and his conflict with [[Glen A. Larson]]:
			\| text = It seemed to be, because... I mean it's just that I don't understand it. [...] Glen kept finding little faults, I just told him he was an ungrateful bastard, because everybody was working so hard to pull his ass out of the fire here, and now he's in there pretending like he's the one who has all the ideas here. Well it was his idea originally. Nobody can fault him for that. You know, it's [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (TOS)\|him and the Mormon church]]. So I could even understand where he would want to feel like he was back in control of it once the major roaring fire of this thing was out... but I just found him very ungrateful to all the people who worked so hard for him.
			\| sign = [[Richard A. Colla]]
			\| source = <ref name="galtv">{{cite web \| url = http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-1978-interviews/richard-colla-galactica.tv-interview.html \| title = Richard Colla GALACTICA.TV interview \| date = 2008-04-29 \| accessdate = 2019-06-02 \| last = Egnor \| first = Mike }}</ref>
			}}

	* ''[[Alan J. Levi]] ~~discusses~~ his first ~~day on the set,~~ after ~~[[Richard~~ Colla~~]] was terminated~~:''		{{Quote
	: [[Glen Larson\|Glen ~~[Larson]~~]] didn't like the way the exterior of the casino was shot, just didn't have any great feeling of murder and escape and such. That was my first night of shooting, and everybody's looking at me like I'm the new kid on the block ~~and they're going, 'you want me to do what?' And~~ I'm screaming through the megaphone and people are running back and forth ~~and this and that and the cameras are racing from here to there…well~~, I wore everybody out, but it turned out to be a good sequence. ~~It did kind of put a feeling of respect for me in people's minds as to what I was after~~.<ref>{{~~cite_web~~\|url=http://www.geocities.ws/sjpaxton/ajl.html\|title=Battlestar Zone interview with Alan J. Levi~~\|date=\|accessdate=30 April 2008~~\|last=Paxton\|first=Susan J.\|~~format=\|language~~=}}</ref>		\| context = [[Alan J. Levi]] on his first night of shooting after taking over for Colla:
			\| text = [[Glen Larson\|Glen]] didn't like the way the exterior of the casino was shot, just didn't have any great feeling of murder and escape and such. That was my first night of shooting, and everybody's looking at me like I'm the new kid on the block... I'm screaming through the megaphone and people are running back and forth... well, I wore everybody out, but it turned out to be a good sequence.
			\| sign = [[Alan J. Levi]]
			\| source = <ref name="ajl_interview">{{cite web \| url = http://www.geocities.ws/sjpaxton/ajl.html \| title = Battlestar Zone interview with Alan J. Levi \| last = Paxton \| first = Susan J. \| accessdate = 2008-04-30 }}</ref>
			}}

	* ''Story editor [[Terrence McDonnell]] reflects on the pilot at the 30th anniversary screening:''		{{Quote
	: [T]his still holds up, after all this time. Not that I was necessarily surprised by that, but it was nice to see. Because a lot of shows you have fond memories of and then you see them years later and you go: "Oh, geez..."<ref name="galtv-tm">{{~~cite_web~~\|url=https://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-1978-interviews/terrence-mcdonnell-galactica.tv-interview.html\|title=Terrence McDonnell GALACTICA.TV interview\|date=17 ~~September 2009~~\|accessdate=12 ~~June 2019~~\|last=Egnor\|first=Mike~~\|format=\|language=~~}}</ref>		\| context = Story editor [[Terrence McDonnell]] reflects on the pilot at the 30th anniversary screening:
			\| text = [T]his still holds up, after all this time. Not that I was necessarily surprised by that, but it was nice to see. Because a lot of shows you have fond memories of and then you see them years later and you go: "Oh, geez..."
			\| sign = [[Terrence McDonnell]]
			\| source = <ref name="galtv-tm">{{cite web \| url = https://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-1978-interviews/terrence-mcdonnell-galactica.tv-interview.html \| title = Terrence McDonnell GALACTICA.TV interview \| date = 2009-09-17 \| accessdate = 2019-06-12 \| last = Egnor \| first = Mike }}</ref>
			}}

	=== Re-imagined Series Development ===		=== Re-imagined Series Development ===

	* ''[[Ronald D. Moore]] discusses his approach to reimagining "Saga of a Star World" ~~in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)\|Re-imagined Series]]~~:''		{{Quote
	: The original series was a noble failure. It pushed the boundaries in a lot of ways~~, especially visually,~~ and it had a really intriguing and extraordinarily dark premise ~~— an entire civilization is destroyed in a sudden attack and humanity is reduced to just one warship and a rag-tag fleet~~. ~~But the original ''Battlestar Galactica'' was a show of its time~~. ~~It was made just after ''Star Wars'', which was the ultimate in escapist popcorn fun, so there was no way it was going to be a dark and brooding science fiction series~~. Ultimately, the show attempted to tell the story of these people after the destruction of their entire civilization and be escapist fun at the same time, and it just couldn't square that circle.<ref name="companion10-11">{{cite book\|last=Bassom\|first=David\|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]\|pages=10-11\|publisher=Titan Books}}</ref>		\| context = [[Ronald D. Moore]] discusses his approach to reimagining "Saga of a Star World":
			\| text = The original series was a noble failure. It pushed the boundaries in a lot of ways... and it had a really intriguing and extraordinarily dark premise. [...] Ultimately, the show attempted to tell the story of these people after the destruction of their entire civilization and be escapist fun at the same time, and it just couldn't square that circle.
			\| sign = [[Ronald D. Moore]]
			\| source = <ref name="companion10-11">{{cite book \| last=Bassom \| first=David \| title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]] \| pages=10-11 \| publisher=Titan Books }}</ref>
			}}

	== Noteworthy Dialogue ==		== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

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	:''The [[Cimtar (TOS)\|Human-Cylon peace accords]] are a ruse by the genocidal [[Cylons (TOS)\|Cylons]], determined to exterminate all humanity. Only the [[battlestar (TOS)\|battlestar]] ''{{TOS\|Galactica}}'' and a ragtag [[The Fleet (TOS)\|Fleet]] survive, journeying across the galaxy in search of a long-lost sister civilization, [[Earth (TOS)\|Earth]]. On the first leg of their journey, the Fleet is lured to the planet [[Carillon]] for fuel and relaxation—and barely survives a trap by the [[Ovions]], an underground, insectoid species in league with the Cylons.''		:''The [[Cimtar (TOS)\|Human-Cylon peace accords]] are a ruse by the genocidal [[Cylons (TOS)\|Cylons]], determined to exterminate all humanity. Only the [[battlestar (TOS)\|battlestar]] ''{{TOS\|Galactica}}'' and a ragtag [[The Fleet (TOS)\|Fleet]] survive, journeying across the galaxy in search of a long-lost sister civilization, [[Earth (TOS)\|Earth]]. On the first leg of their journey, the Fleet is lured to the planet [[Carillon]] for fuel and relaxation—and barely survives a trap by the [[Ovions]], an underground, insectoid species in league with the Cylons.''

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	* The [[Imperious Leader]], on a basestar near the Colonies, orders the planetary attack to begin.		* The [[Imperious Leader]], on a basestar near the Colonies, orders the planetary attack to begin.
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	* Adama orders ''{{TOS\|Galactica}}'' to head for Caprica to defend the colony. Viper pilot [[Greenbean]] and other pilots notice the battlestar leaving the battle zone.		* Adama orders ''{{TOS\|Galactica}}'' to head for Caprica to defend the colony. Viper pilot [[Greenbean]] and other pilots notice the battlestar leaving the battle zone.
	* As ''{{TOS\|Galactica}}'' closes in on the Colonies, the jamming clears to allow them to view a news report from the surface of Caprica from [[Serina]]. As the attack begins, Serina ends her report abruptly to find her son {{TOS\|Boxey}}, whose [[daggit]] is killed. ''{{TOS\|Galactica}}''{{'\|s}} crew watch helplessly as the destruction of the colonies continues. Even the outer colonies such as Sagitara are not spared.		* As ''{{TOS\|Galactica}}'' closes in on the Colonies, the jamming clears to allow them to view a news report from the surface of Caprica from [[Serina]]. As the attack begins, Serina ends her report abruptly to find her son {{TOS\|Boxey}}, whose [[daggit]] is killed. ''{{TOS\|Galactica}}''{{'\|s}} crew watch helplessly as the destruction of the colonies continues. Even the outer colonies such as Sagitara are not spared.