Saga of a Star World

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Overview

After a sneak attack destroys human civilization as the Colonials know it; under Commander Adama the survivors set out to find a mythical planet called Earth.

Summary

The Human-Cylon peace accords turn out to be a ruse by the genocidal Cylons, determined to exterminate all humanity. Only the Galactica and a ragtag fleet survive, journeying across the galaxy in search of long-lost sister civilization Earth. Lured to the planet Carillon for fuel and relaxation, the fleet barely survives a trap by the Ovions, an underground, insectoid species in league with the Cylons.

Questions

  • Is each Colony on a planet or are some of them on moons orbiting another Colony's planet?
  • Why didn't the Cylons drop nuclear weapons on Colonial cities? Dialouge makes it clear the goal was complete anihilation of the race known as man.
  • Why did the survivors so quickly abandon their homeworlds? Although defending the Twelve Colonies with a single battlestar would have been impossible it is unlikely all survivors would be eager to leave quickly.
  • How many civilians were left alive on the Colonies because there were not enough ships to carry them to safety?
  • Are the civilan conditions on the Gemini freighter typical of those on the other ships?
  • If the Ovions got their food supply from harvesting the Colonials what were they feeding them at the casino and what were they sending up to the fleet in supplies?
  • Were all the civilians and Colonial Warriors able to evacuate Carillon before the the planet was destroyed?
  • Which Colony was Baltar from? His colony was to have been spared but it was left unnamed.

Analysis

Notes

  • The conflict with the Cylons has raged for some 1,000 yahren.
  • Each Colony of Man has one representative on the Quorum of Twelve (TOS), and each member to the Quorum has command of a battlestar, apparently.
  1. Adama represents Caprica and commands Galactica.
  2. Adar is president and commands the Atlantia.
  • The Cylons have an hierarchal imperical society, lead by an emperor (Imperious Leader).
  • The Cylons wish to exterminate human life as Colonials have interfered with Cylon efforts. (see: Hasari)


Noteworthy Dialogue

Official Statements

Novelization

  • Novelized as Battlestar Galactica (ISBN 0-425-03958-7), by Glen A. Larson and Robert Thurston, released by Berkeley Publishing in September 1978.


Statistics

Guest Stars


Writing & Direction


Production Notes

  • Series 1 (1978 / 1979)
  • Production Number: 1.01
  • Airdate Order: 1 (of 21)

First Run Air Dates & Releases

  • UK Airdate: Date
  • US Airdate: September 17, 1978
  • DVD Release: December 28, 2004
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