Filming locations (1980)

For information on the Filming locations in the Re-imagined Series, see Filming locations (RDM).

For information on the Filming locations in the original series, see Filming locations (TOS).

All of the Battlestar Galactica series, from the Original Series through 1980 to the Miniseries and beyond, have made use of location shooting to provide some of the background and scope for the storyline.

The programs filmed from 1978 through 1980 conducted location shoots around Southern California, for the most part not far from Universal Studios in Studio City, California.

Galactica 1980 Filming Locations

• Phone Booth

In "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I", Troy and Dillon first meet Jamie near what is now a French restaurant in the Soledad Canyon in Los Angeles County. The phone booth that is featured in the scene was still there as of June 2006.

• Planet Starbuck

The scenes of the planet Starbuck names after himself in "The Return of Starbuck" were filmed entirely on location at Red Rock Canyon State Park near Cantil, California, USA

• Alonso Ranch

Much of the episode "Space Croppers" was filmed at the Disney movie ranch in rural Los Angeles county, a favorite location for Galactica 1980. The recognizable covered bridge that is in the center of the ranch property is on prominent display in one scene.

Galactica 1980 definition:  Troy attempts to use a phone booth near a gas station prior to their first run-in with Jamie Hamilton (1980: "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I").