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Battlestar Galactica

ABC

1978-1979

First Broadcast: Septemer 17, 1978

Last Broadcast: April 29, 1979

After the Twelve Colonies of man are all but destroyed by a race of robots called the Cylons, the remaining humans and their ragtag fleet, led by Commander Adama on the Battlestar Galactica, search for the legendary planet Earth.

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Battlestar Galactica Cast

Actor	Character
Lorne Greene	Commander Adama
Richard Hatch	Apollo
Dirk Benedict	Starbuck
John Colicos	Baltar
Herbert Jefferson, Jr.	Lieutenant Boomer
Maren Jensen	Lieutenant Athena
Laurette Spang	Cassiopeia
Noah Hathaway	Boxey
Tony Swartz	Flight Sergeant Jolly
Terry Carter	Colonel Tigh
Anne Lockhart	Lieutenant Sheba

Theme Song & Opening Credits

Episodes

There was 1 season and 21 episodes of Battlestar Galactica. Check out the Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide.

Quotes

Narrator (opening credits): There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe… with tribes of humans… who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians… or the Toltecs… or the Mayans. Some believe there may yet be brothers of man… who even now fight to survive – somewhere beyond the heavens!
Lucifer: Anything is possible, but the odds are astronomically against it.
Commander Adama: (closing credits) Fleeing from the Cylon Tyranny, the last battlestar Galactica leads a ragtag fugitive fleet on a lonely quest… a shining planet known as Earth.