Planet Starbuck

Lieutenant Starbuck's Viper escape pod makes it to the surface of the self-named planet ^{(1980: "The Return of Starbuck")}.

Planet Starbuck is a barren, desert-like planet that its sole Colonial occupant, Starbuck, names after himself. It is in proximity of at least three stars, and no fewer than five planetoids that are visible in the planet's night sky.

During the battle above this planet, Lieutenants Boomer and Starbuck engage a squadron on Cylon Raiders. With Starbuck's Viper too damaged to make it back to the Fleet, Starbuck makes his one-way trip to, and begins to grow lonely on, the planet.

He happens across a surviving Raider that crash-landed from the earlier encounter, and constructs a shelter from its debris. He rebuilds a lone Centurion whom he calls Cy, building a rapport and friendship with, culminating into Cy's discovery of the pregnant Angela. Together, Cy and Starbuck construct a craft from surviving components of both fighters, capable of sending Angela and her newborn child beyond the planet and to the Galactican Fleet.

Another Raider lands on the planet following the launch, resulting in the death of Cy and Starbuck seemingly marooned there ^{(1980: "The Return of Starbuck")}.

Related imagery

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  Five planetoids as seen by the naked eye in the planet's night sky ^{(1980: "The Return of Starbuck")}.
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  Starbuck now alone on Planet Starbuck after a Skirmish on Planet Starbuck ^{(1980: "The Return of Starbuck")}.

Notes

• Scenes from the planet were filmed in Red Rock Canyon State Park in Cantil, California, known for its uniquely colorful and distinct rock formations.