Editing The Battle of Troy

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'''"The Battle Of Troy"'''<ref name="term"/> is not the actual title of the story pitch, and is [[BW:TERM|used to describe]] what the script covered. 

The story pitch had been as follows: {{1980|Troy}} and [[Dillon]] go back in time to ancient Greece to stop the villain [[Xaviar]] from altering the [[w:battle of Troy|battle of Troy]] and allowing the [[w:Trojans|Trojans]] to win. [[w:Helen of Troy|Helen of Troy]] falls for either Troy or Dillon. In the end, they stop Xaviar, make sure [[w:Trojan Horse|the big horse]] gets through the gate, and rescue a teenage [[w:Homer|Homer]]. 

''[[Galactica 1980]]'' story editors [[Allan Cole]] and [[Chris Bunch]] vividly remember the final scene with Homer as it was read to them by the script's writer: 

: ''As he looks up at our heroes, face full of wonder and worship, we see tears forming in his sweet, clear, blue eyes. And we realize, some day he will be tragically blinded.''

"Our heads were already spinning from a pre-game meeting blast of something to settle our nerves. But when we heard this it put us in Pittsburgh. Since the writer's visit was only a courtesy, there was nothing we could have said without being fired."<ref>''Galactic Sci-Fi Television Series Revisited.'' Alpha Control Press, 1995.</ref>

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