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	'''''~~Saga of a Star World~~''''' is a [[novelization]] of the premiere episode, "[[Saga of a Star World]]," for the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)\|Original Series]].
			'''''Battlestar Galactica''''' is a [[novelization]] of the premiere episode, "[[Saga of a Star World]]," for the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)\|Original Series]].

	This book was reprinted by iBooks Inc. on September 30, 2005.		This book was reprinted by iBooks Inc. on September 30, 2005.

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	'''''Saga of a Star World''''' is a [[novelization]] of the premiere episode, "[[Saga of a Star World]]", for the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)\|Original Series]].		'''''Saga of a Star World''''' is a [[novelization]] of the premiere episode, "[[Saga of a Star World]]," for the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)\|Original Series]].

	This book was reprinted by iBooks Inc. on September 30, 2005.		This book was reprinted by iBooks Inc. on September 30, 2005.
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	* The Ovions are selling all of their tylium to the Cylons, but they are forced to because the Cylons rule over them. The Ovions actually despise the Cylons.		* The Ovions are selling all of their tylium to the Cylons, but they are forced to because the Cylons rule over them. The Ovions actually despise the Cylons.
	* Monogomy is prevalent on some Cylon worlds, and the Imperious Leader considers this to be a bad thing.		* Monogomy is prevalent on some Cylon worlds, and the Imperious Leader considers this to be a bad thing.
	* The boss of the casino gives Starbuck and Boomer free food and drink when they first arrive. The short simian waiters are "mildly telepathic", enabling them to serve Starbuck his favorite drink, Sagitarian straight-arrow, and his favorite dessert, Aquarian ambrosia cake, without him having to ask for them.		* The boss of the casino gives Starbuck and Boomer free food and drink when they first arrive. The short simian waiters are "mildly telepathic," enabling them to serve Starbuck his favorite drink, Sagitarian straight-arrow, and his favorite dessert, Aquarian ambrosia cake, without him having to ask for them.
	* Jolly is the first to be captured by the Ovions. Muffit is also captured along with Boxey.		* Jolly is the first to be captured by the Ovions. Muffit is also captured along with Boxey.
	* The Imperious Leader recalls a conversation he had with a captured human scientist. After several days of communication, the man became lethargic. When the Leader asked why, the man explained the concept of boredom. The Leader found the concept so loathsome that he refused to accept it and became incensed with rage. The man also became angry and argued that no one liked to be bored, but it was unavoidable. The Leader commented that the man now seemed much less bored, therefore talking about boredom must not be boring. The man screamed that he was now more bored than ever, that the Imperious Leader and all the rest of the Cylons were such smug hypocrites with little personality that any sensible human could not help but be bored after a few days in their company. Although Imperious Leader did not believe boredom to be a genuine state, he resented the man's claim of boredom in Cylon company, and he banished the man from his presence forever. He probably had the man put to death, but that was a piece of information he would not have bothered to preserve in any of his brains. Ironically, Imperious Leader was now feeling bored while waiting for the Carillon trap to be sprung on the humans. When he hears news of ''Galactica'''s arrival at Carillon, he orders the Cylon task force at Borallus to be ready to travel to Carillon.		* The Imperious Leader recalls a conversation he had with a captured human scientist. After several days of communication, the man became lethargic. When the Leader asked why, the man explained the concept of boredom. The Leader found the concept so loathsome that he refused to accept it and became incensed with rage. The man also became angry and argued that no one liked to be bored, but it was unavoidable. The Leader commented that the man now seemed much less bored, therefore talking about boredom must not be boring. The man screamed that he was now more bored than ever, that the Imperious Leader and all the rest of the Cylons were such smug hypocrites with little personality that any sensible human could not help but be bored after a few days in their company. Although Imperious Leader did not believe boredom to be a genuine state, he resented the man's claim of boredom in Cylon company, and he banished the man from his presence forever. He probably had the man put to death, but that was a piece of information he would not have bothered to preserve in any of his brains. Ironically, Imperious Leader was now feeling bored while waiting for the Carillon trap to be sprung on the humans. When he hears news of ''Galactica'''s arrival at Carillon, he orders the Cylon task force at Borallus to be ready to travel to Carillon.
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	=== Contradictions ===		=== Contradictions ===
	* The book contradicts itself over how the [[Thousand Yahren War]] with the [[Cylons (TOS)\|Cylons]] began. In the first entry of {{alt\|Adama\|TOS}}'s journals, Adama claims that the "war with the Cylons began abruptly—without warning, without even a formal declaration that war was to be". Adama explains that the Cylons first opened fire on Colonial merchant ships, destroying their ships by "the thousands", and, following this, the Cylons sent a fleet of [[basestar (TOS)\|basestar]] to the [[The Twelve Colonies of Man\|The Twelve Colonies]]. However, this attack was repulsed by the Colonial military, who had the military might to do so.<ref>''Ibid.'', pgs. 1-2</ref> Later, in a discussion with the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)\|Quorum of Twelve]] over the issue of disarmament, Adama points out to the Quorum that the Colonials did not come into direct conflict with the Cylons (and thus start the conflict) until they defended their neighbors, the [[Hasari]]s, from the Cylons who sought to enslave them.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 193.</ref> (This contradiction can likely be interpreted by the fact that Robert Thurston was given many rewrites of the pilot script, which radically changed from its origins, as [[#Official Statements\|noted here]].)		* The book contradicts itself over how the [[Thousand Yahren War]] with the [[Cylons (TOS)\|Cylons]] began. In the first entry of {{alt\|Adama\|TOS}}'s journals, Adama claims that the "war with the Cylons began abruptly—without warning, without even a formal declaration that war was to be". Adama explains that the Cylons first opened fire on Colonial merchant ships, destroying their ships by "the thousands," and, following this, the Cylons sent a fleet of [[basestar (TOS)\|basestar]] to the [[The Twelve Colonies of Man\|The Twelve Colonies]]. However, this attack was repulsed by the Colonial military, who had the military might to do so.<ref>''Ibid.'', pgs. 1-2</ref> Later, in a discussion with the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)\|Quorum of Twelve]] over the issue of disarmament, Adama points out to the Quorum that the Colonials did not come into direct conflict with the Cylons (and thus start the conflict) until they defended their neighbors, the [[Hasari]]s, from the Cylons who sought to enslave them.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 193.</ref> (This contradiction can likely be interpreted by the fact that Robert Thurston was given many rewrites of the pilot script, which radically changed from its origins, as [[#Official Statements\|noted here]].)

	== Analysis ==		== Analysis ==

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	== Official statements ==		== Official statements ==
	*''[[Robert Thurston]] explains the differences between the novelisation and the episode:''		*''[[Robert Thurston]] explains the differences between the novelisation and the episode:''
	:"There were many changes done in the novelization as the film script changed. Each week or so I would recieve new script pages (new pages were in different colors), which presented new writing and indicated material cut out, and I diligently tried to incorporate each change into the novelization. Actually, this was one of the more exciting things about this particular novelization. Features of it were always changing in the way one alters a clay figure. However, the book was done several months ahead of the TV premiere, which explains some of the major differences between the film and the novelization. The most important one, as I’m sure you already know, was the nature of the Cylons. In the script they were always aliens. When I finally saw the film in a theatre in Canada, they were still aliens. But of course, apparently due to some network stricture about how many could be killed, they were changed to robots. The [[Carillon\|gambling planet]] section was extensively revised and was, I thought at the time, better in its original than in its reworking. I wish I could remember why."<ref name="Thurston">{{cite_web\|url=http://www.geocities.~~com~~/sjpaxton/thurston.html\|title=Battlestar Zone Interview: Robert Thurston\|date=\|accessdate=26 February 2008\|last=Paxton\|first=Susan J\|format=\|language=English}}</ref>		:"There were many changes done in the novelization as the film script changed. Each week or so I would recieve new script pages (new pages were in different colors), which presented new writing and indicated material cut out, and I diligently tried to incorporate each change into the novelization. Actually, this was one of the more exciting things about this particular novelization. Features of it were always changing in the way one alters a clay figure. However, the book was done several months ahead of the TV premiere, which explains some of the major differences between the film and the novelization. The most important one, as I’m sure you already know, was the nature of the Cylons. In the script they were always aliens. When I finally saw the film in a theatre in Canada, they were still aliens. But of course, apparently due to some network stricture about how many could be killed, they were changed to robots. The [[Carillon\|gambling planet]] section was extensively revised and was, I thought at the time, better in its original than in its reworking. I wish I could remember why."<ref name="Thurston">{{cite_web\|url=http://www.geocities.ws/sjpaxton/thurston.html\|title=Battlestar Zone Interview: Robert Thurston\|date=\|accessdate=26 February 2008\|last=Paxton\|first=Susan J\|format=\|language=English}}</ref>

	* ''The back-cover description from the first edition:''		* ''The back-cover description from the first edition:''

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	=== Contradictions ===		=== Contradictions ===
	* The book contradicts itself over how the [[Thousand Yahren War]] with the [[Cylons (TOS)\|Cylons]] began. In the first entry of [[Adama (TOS ~~alternate)\|Adama]]~~'s journals, Adama claims that the "war with the Cylons began abruptly—without warning, without even a formal declaration that war was to be". Adama explains that the Cylons first opened fire on Colonial merchant ships, destroying their ships by "the thousands", and, following this, the Cylons sent a fleet of [[basestar (TOS)\|basestar]] to the [[The Twelve Colonies of Man\|The Twelve Colonies]]. However, this attack was repulsed by the Colonial military, who had the military might to do so.<ref>''Ibid.'', pgs. 1-2</ref> Later, in a discussion with the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)\|Quorum of Twelve]] over the issue of disarmament, Adama points out to the Quorum that the Colonials did not come into direct conflict with the Cylons (and thus start the conflict) until they defended their neighbors, the [[Hasari]]s, from the Cylons who sought to enslave them.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 193.</ref> (This contradiction can likely be interpreted by the fact that Robert Thurston was given many rewrites of the pilot script, which radically changed from its origins, as [[#Official Statements\|noted here]].)		* The book contradicts itself over how the [[Thousand Yahren War]] with the [[Cylons (TOS)\|Cylons]] began. In the first entry of {{alt\|Adama\|TOS}}'s journals, Adama claims that the "war with the Cylons began abruptly—without warning, without even a formal declaration that war was to be". Adama explains that the Cylons first opened fire on Colonial merchant ships, destroying their ships by "the thousands", and, following this, the Cylons sent a fleet of [[basestar (TOS)\|basestar]] to the [[The Twelve Colonies of Man\|The Twelve Colonies]]. However, this attack was repulsed by the Colonial military, who had the military might to do so.<ref>''Ibid.'', pgs. 1-2</ref> Later, in a discussion with the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)\|Quorum of Twelve]] over the issue of disarmament, Adama points out to the Quorum that the Colonials did not come into direct conflict with the Cylons (and thus start the conflict) until they defended their neighbors, the [[Hasari]]s, from the Cylons who sought to enslave them.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 193.</ref> (This contradiction can likely be interpreted by the fact that Robert Thurston was given many rewrites of the pilot script, which radically changed from its origins, as [[#Official Statements\|noted here]].)

	== Analysis ==		== Analysis ==

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	== Alternate covers ==		== Alternate covers ==

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	Image:Bg01.jpg\|Cover from the original print.		Image:Bg01.jpg\|Cover from the original print.
	Image:Battlestar Galactica back cover.jpg\|Back cover to the original edition.		Image:Battlestar Galactica back cover.jpg\|Back cover to the original edition.

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	Image:Bg01.jpg\|Cover from the original print.		Image:Bg01.jpg\|Cover from the original print.
	Image:Battlestar Galactica back cover.jpg\|Back cover to the original edition.		Image:Battlestar Galactica back cover.jpg\|Back cover to the original edition.

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	~~: ''~~For other uses of the title of "Saga of a Star World", see: [[Saga of a Star World (disambiguation)]]''		{{disline\|For other uses of the title of "Saga of a Star World", see: [[Saga of a Star World (disambiguation)]]}}


	{{separate continuity\|universe=TOS\|cont=Berkley books\|lcont=:Category:Books}}		{{separate continuity\|universe=TOS\|cont=Berkley books\|lcont=:Category:Books}}

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	=== Contradictions ===		=== Contradictions ===
	* The book contradicts itself over how the [[Thousand Yahren War]] with the [[Cylons (TOS)\|Cylons]] began. In the first entry of [[Adama (TOS alternate)\|Adama]]'s journals, Adama claims that the "war with the Cylons began abruptly—without warning, without even a formal declaration that war was to be". Adama explains that the Cylons first opened fire on Colonial merchant ships, destroying their ships by "the thousands", and, following this, the Cylons sent a fleet of [[basestar (TOS)\|basestar]] to the [[The Twelve Colonies ~~(TOS)~~\|The Twelve Colonies]]. However, this attack was repulsed by the Colonial military, who had the military might to do so.<ref>''Ibid.'', pgs. 1-2</ref> Later, in a discussion with the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)\|Quorum of Twelve]] over the issue of disarmament, Adama points out to the Quorum that the Colonials did not come into direct conflict with the Cylons (and thus start the conflict) until they defended their neighbors, the [[Hasari]]s, from the Cylons who sought to enslave them.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 193.</ref> (This contradiction can likely be interpreted by the fact that Robert Thurston was given many rewrites of the pilot script, which radically changed from its origins, as [[#Official Statements\|noted here]].)		* The book contradicts itself over how the [[Thousand Yahren War]] with the [[Cylons (TOS)\|Cylons]] began. In the first entry of [[Adama (TOS alternate)\|Adama]]'s journals, Adama claims that the "war with the Cylons began abruptly—without warning, without even a formal declaration that war was to be". Adama explains that the Cylons first opened fire on Colonial merchant ships, destroying their ships by "the thousands", and, following this, the Cylons sent a fleet of [[basestar (TOS)\|basestar]] to the [[The Twelve Colonies of Man\|The Twelve Colonies]]. However, this attack was repulsed by the Colonial military, who had the military might to do so.<ref>''Ibid.'', pgs. 1-2</ref> Later, in a discussion with the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)\|Quorum of Twelve]] over the issue of disarmament, Adama points out to the Quorum that the Colonials did not come into direct conflict with the Cylons (and thus start the conflict) until they defended their neighbors, the [[Hasari]]s, from the Cylons who sought to enslave them.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 193.</ref> (This contradiction can likely be interpreted by the fact that Robert Thurston was given many rewrites of the pilot script, which radically changed from its origins, as [[#Official Statements\|noted here]].)

	== Analysis ==		== Analysis ==

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	* ''The back-cover description from the iBooks Inc. reprint:''		* ''The back-cover description from the iBooks Inc. reprint:''

	: At the end of [[Thousand Yahren War\|a bloody thousand-year war]] against an invincible enemy, an uneasy peace has finally between been achieved between humans and the dreaded cyborg warriors of the Cylon Empire. But peace soon turns to bloodshed when the Cylons launch an unexpected attack against humanity's twelve Colonial worlds, wiping out most of the inhabitants. Pursued by Cylon forces, the survivors gather together a ragtag fleet of ships, their only protection the valiant warriors of ''Galactica'', the sole battlestar able to escape the sneak attack. Led by Commander ~~[[Adama (~~TOS)\|Adama]] and his son, Captain Apollo, the Colonials begin a desperate search for a new home: a planet called [[Earth (TOS)\|Earth]], where legend says the long-missing [[Thirteenth Colony]] of Mankind will be found. Unfortunately, no one knows where, exactly, Earth might be, and the journey may be a long one-with the Cylons drawing closer with every passing moment.<ref>{{cite_web\|url=http://astore.amazon.com/battlestarwik-20/detail/1416504079\|title=Battlestar Wiki/Amazon.com US Store: Battlestar Galactica Classic: The Saga of A Star World (Battlestar Galactica)\|date=\|accessdate=2007 October 14\|last=\|first=\|format=\|language=}}</ref>		: At the end of [[Thousand Yahren War\|a bloody thousand-year war]] against an invincible enemy, an uneasy peace has finally between been achieved between humans and the dreaded cyborg warriors of the Cylon Empire. But peace soon turns to bloodshed when the Cylons launch an unexpected attack against humanity's twelve Colonial worlds, wiping out most of the inhabitants. Pursued by Cylon forces, the survivors gather together a ragtag fleet of ships, their only protection the valiant warriors of ''Galactica'', the sole battlestar able to escape the sneak attack. Led by Commander {{TOS\|Adama}} and his son, Captain Apollo, the Colonials begin a desperate search for a new home: a planet called [[Earth (TOS)\|Earth]], where legend says the long-missing [[Thirteenth Colony]] of Mankind will be found. Unfortunately, no one knows where, exactly, Earth might be, and the journey may be a long one-with the Cylons drawing closer with every passing moment.<ref>{{cite_web\|url=http://astore.amazon.com/battlestarwik-20/detail/1416504079\|title=Battlestar Wiki/Amazon.com US Store: Battlestar Galactica Classic: The Saga of A Star World (Battlestar Galactica)\|date=\|accessdate=2007 October 14\|last=\|first=\|format=\|language=}}</ref>

	== Alternate covers ==		== Alternate covers ==