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[[Image:Quantum_Mechanix_The_Twelve_Colonies_of_Kobol.jpg|thumb|"Intergalactic travelers and stargazers need never be lost in the [[Cyrannus (TOS)|Cyrannus]] star system if they have this in their back pocket: the first and only official map of the 12 Colonies of Kobol." | [[Image:Quantum_Mechanix_The_Twelve_Colonies_of_Kobol.jpg|thumb|"Intergalactic travelers and stargazers need never be lost in the [[Cyrannus (TOS)|Cyrannus]] star system if they have this in their back pocket: the first and only official map of the 12 Colonies of Kobol." | ||
—[[Quantum Mechanix]]]] | —[[Quantum Mechanix]]]] | ||
'''Battlestar Galactica Map of the 12 Colonies'''<ref name="Quantum Mechanix">{{cite_web|url=http://store.qmxonline.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Map-of-the-12-Colonies_p_119.html|title=Battlestar Galactica Map of the 12 Colonies|date=|accessdate=29 January 2011|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref> is a [[Quantum Mechanix]] product depicting the [[The Twelve Colonies Of Kobol]] as seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Re-imagined Series]] and its spin-off ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]''. According to Quantum Mechanix<ref name="Quantum Mechanix">{{cite_web|url=http://store.qmxonline.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Map-of-the-12-Colonies_p_119.html|title=Battlestar Galactica Map of the 12 Colonies|date=|accessdate=29 January 2011|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref>, the map's status is official. However, according to Jane Espenson, quoted in an interview with [[w:io9|io9]]<ref name="io9">{{cite_web|url=http://io9.com/5742034/a-detailed-map-of-battlestar-galacticas-twelve-colonies?skyline=true&s=i|title=Detailed Map Of Battlestar Galactica's Twelve Colonies|date=24 January 2010|accessdate=29 January 2011|last=Anders|first=Charlie Jane|format=|language=English}}</ref>, its status is "quasi-canon. | '''Battlestar Galactica Map of the 12 Colonies'''<ref name="Quantum Mechanix">{{cite_web|url=http://store.qmxonline.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Map-of-the-12-Colonies_p_119.html|title=Battlestar Galactica Map of the 12 Colonies|date=|accessdate=29 January 2011|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref> is a [[Quantum Mechanix]] product depicting the [[The Twelve Colonies Of Kobol]] as seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Re-imagined Series]] and its spin-off ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]''. According to Quantum Mechanix<ref name="Quantum Mechanix">{{cite_web|url=http://store.qmxonline.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Map-of-the-12-Colonies_p_119.html|title=Battlestar Galactica Map of the 12 Colonies|date=|accessdate=29 January 2011|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref>, the map's status is official. However, according to Jane Espenson, quoted in an interview with [[w:io9|io9]]<ref name="io9">{{cite_web|url=http://io9.com/5742034/a-detailed-map-of-battlestar-galacticas-twelve-colonies?skyline=true&s=i|title=Detailed Map Of Battlestar Galactica's Twelve Colonies|date=24 January 2010|accessdate=29 January 2011|last=Anders|first=Charlie Jane|format=|language=English}}</ref>, its status is "quasi-canon", meaning that they worked off it for the series but were free to contradict if it the story called for it. So far, it has not been contradicted, and it remains to be seen if this will still be the case when ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'' airs. | ||
== Production == | == Production == | ||
Revision as of 05:13, 31 January 2011
Battlestar Galactica Map of the 12 Colonies[1] is a Quantum Mechanix product depicting the The Twelve Colonies Of Kobol as seen in the Re-imagined Series and its spin-off Caprica. According to Quantum Mechanix[1], the map's status is official. However, according to Jane Espenson, quoted in an interview with io9[2], its status is "quasi-canon", meaning that they worked off it for the series but were free to contradict if it the story called for it. So far, it has not been contradicted, and it remains to be seen if this will still be the case when Blood and Chrome airs.
Production
The map was made over the course of one year with the help of writer Jane Espenson and scientific advisor Kevin Grazier while graphic designer Geoffrey Mandel "created the map from scratch".[1] In an interview with io9, the map drew inspiration from Bob Harris's book Beyond Caprica: A Vistor's Pocket Guide to the Twelve Colonies[2] as well as Kevin Grazier's "Astronomy of the Twelve Colonies", which he wrote based on the "series bible" and the first two scripts of "33" and "Water".[2]
Official statements
- Kevin Grazier explained the necessity of making the map:
- Later, when I was working on the chapter about planets for the book Science of Battlestar Galactica, I revisited that document – expanding upon it for the book. While I was writing that chapter I had a conversation with Jane and we agreed that it might serve the dramatic needs of Caprica if we laid out the Colonies explicitly before they got too deep into writing.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Battlestar Galactica Map of the 12 Colonies (backup available on Archive.org) . Retrieved on 29 January 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Anders, Charlie Jane (24 January 2010). Detailed Map Of Battlestar Galactica's Twelve Colonies (backup available on Archive.org) . Retrieved on 29 January 2011.