- Title: Battlestar Galactica – Saga of a Star World
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“Fleeing from the Cylon tyranny, the last battlestar, Galactica, leads a rag-tag fugitive fleet on a lonely
quest…a shining planet known as Earth.”
It was the TV-movie that started it all. Born from the mind of Glen A. Larson, “Saga of a Star World” premiered in 1978 as the most expensive television pilot of its time (it was even released theatrically to help make back some of the cost). A Wagon Train to the stars, Battlestar Galactica began with the fall of the human race to their robotic enemies the Cylons. The lone surviving warship, Galactica, would lead a ragtag fleet of the remainder of tweleve tribes of humanity looking for a lost colony known as Earth.
While not every episode of the series is a winner, “Saga of a Star World” holds up remarkably well more than 35 years later. The practical special effects, particularly the dog fights have aged better than modern CGI used in movies and TV series decades later. Despite the more dramatic themes of the later reboot of the franchise, I still prefer the look and style of the original when it comes to the (extremely cool) Cylons and their ships, and the uniforms and Viper fighters of the Colonial Warriors.
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