Battlestar Galactica

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Television series
German title Battlestar Galactica
Original title Battlestar Galactica /
Galactica 1980
Galactica Logo.png
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1978-1980
length 45 minutes
Episodes 34 ( list )
genre Drama , science fiction , action series , adventure
idea Glen A. Larson
music Stu Phillips
First broadcast September 17, 1978 (USA) on ABC
German-language
first broadcast		 January 31, 1981 on ARD
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Battlestar Galactica is one of Glen A. Larson developed and produced science fiction - television series from 1978 to 1980 produced by Universal Pictures . The original series consists of 24 episodes (here episodes 1-24), the offshoot Galactica 1980 consists of 10 episodes (here episodes 25-34). From some of these 34 episodes, three films were cut together.

Series

Battlestar Galactica (1978–1979)

The series started on American television in September 1978. Despite acceptable ratings , the television station ABC canceled the series after only one season , probably because production costs were too high. The first German broadcast of the shortened version of the pilot took place in 1981 on ARD , the first complete broadcast of the series in 1989 on RTL plus . RTL Nitro has been broadcasting the TV series Kampfstern Galactica restored in HD since November 9, 2013, starting with the German television premiere of the pilot film Kampfstern Galactica, unabridged and completely dubbed in German.

Galactica 1980 (1980)

Half a year after the end of Battlestar Galactica , a slimmed-down sequel called Galactica came on the screens in 1980 , which one noticed the significantly lower budget compared to the original series. Trick technology was largely avoided (the series takes place almost exclusively on earth) and almost all of the original actors were no longer there. Space battle scenes mainly consisted of reused effect shots originally created for the previous series. Since the episodes were shown in the children's program, they were only allowed to contain a minimal amount of scenes of violence. The relaunch (and with it the third feature film) is flatly rejected by die-hard fans. B. completely ignored in the project The Second Coming (1998/1999). Since August 24, 2013, Galactica 1980 has been broadcast, remastered and restored in HD for the first time on RTL Nitro .

German synchronization

The German version of the series was created in 1988 on behalf of RTL plus by Studio Hamburg and Hamburger Synchron (Galactica 1980) . As in the films, Adama was spoken by Friedrich Schütter again . Apollo was dubbed by Wilfried Freitag and Starbuck by Sascha Draeger . Hans Paetsch spoke the prologue .

In the later dubbing of the pilot film (2014), Jochen Striebeck , Philipp Moog and Pascal Breuer spoke for Adama, Apollo and Starbuck .

cinemamovies

Battlestar Galactica (film, 120 min., Battlestar Galactica , 1978)

In order to better amortize the high production costs, a slightly shortened version of the pilot film was released in theaters in several other countries (Canada, Japan, Europe) at the same time as the start of series production in the USA , which also had considerable success. Some episodes were later recut for further films. The film premiered on July 7, 1978 in Canada. The German premiere took place on October 26, 1978.

The movie Battlestar Galactica is an alternate cut of the pilot. It even surpassed Star Wars in various countries . In Germany, the long version of the pilot film Kampfstern Galactica (or the three-part series made for later broadcasts) was only shown on November 9, 2013. There are some minor differences between the American TV version and the theatrical version, but the most important one is that Baltar was executed by the Cylons in the movie, but pardoned in the pilot. The movie Kampfstern Galactica was equipped with the then very innovative Sensurround magnetone process.

Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (105 min., Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack , 1979)

The second film Mission Galactica - Attack of the Cylons is a compilation of the series episodes During the lifetime of legend parts 1 and 2 and Galactica under fire .

The two-part episode Mission Galactica: Attack of the Cylons can only be seen as a cinema version and not as an episode on German television, as only the scenes used for the film were dubbed. This results in a partly German and partly English translation. The episodes were released on DVD anyway. Galactica under fire , however, was completely dubbed and broadcast as an episode.

The film Mission Galactica: Attack of the Cylons was also presented in German cinemas with Sensurround sound. The German premiere took place on August 9, 1979.

Galactica III: The End of an Odyssey ( Galactica III: Conquest of the Earth , 1980)

The third film is a compilation of episodes 25, 26, 31 and 32 of the Galactica relaunch in 1980 . The action takes place about three decades after Mission Galactica . In addition, short scenes from the episode The Counterattack (The Young Lords) were used. The dialogue between Baltar, Lucifer and Specter was slightly changed for this, as the scene for the film now dealt with the drifting "AB ship". For this, John Colicos (Baltar) spoke his text in three passages and synchronized himself, so to speak. With regard to the film and thus also with regard to Galactica 1980 there is a break in the logic, since in the last episode of season 1, The Great Battle, the Apollo moon landing can be seen in the final scene. That was in 1969, and it can be assumed that the signal had been in space for some time. The series Galactica 1980 should therefore play at the earliest today (2015). The German premiere took place on September 4, 1981.

German synchronization

Starbuck ( Uwe Paulsen ), Apollo ( Lutz Riedel ) and Adama ( Friedrich Schütter ) had the same dubbing voices in all films. Baltar, on the other hand, was given a different speaker in each film: Horst Schön spoke him in the first, Hermann Ebeling in the second and Michael Chevalier in the third. Lucifer also had three different speakers ( Arne Elsholtz spoke him in the second film ). The same was true for the regular Cylons, whose voice was alienated differently in each film.

Some German speakers can be heard several times in different roles in the films: The speaker of the prologue from the first film Michael Chevalier also lent his voice to Baltar in the third film. Heinz Petruo (he also dubbed Darth Vader), who spoke to the Imperious Leader in part 1, lent his voice to Lloyd Bridges as Cain in the second part . Apollo's spokesman Lutz Riedel spoke in the third part of the Cylon humanoid robot Andromus ( Roger Davis ), since Apollo does not appear in this film. Years later, Riedel dubbed Andromus in the two series episodes Landing the Cylons and Hunting Through New York . The German prologue spokesman for Mission Galactica , Norbert Langer, known as the voice of Tom Selleck , was also the dubbing voice of the on-board officer Tholen in the same film as well as the German voice of Dillon in The End of an Odyssey .

Plot and background

The story is based on the assumption that human life began on the planet "Kobol". The 13 tribes of Kobol left their dying planet. 12 moved out and formed the human society depicted in the series. The thirteenth tribe is believed to be lost and, according to ancient legends, founded human civilization on earth . (It is an allusion to the myth of the thirteenth tribe of Israel .)

After a thousand years of war between the human colonies and the robot breed of animals of the Cylons is a peace in sight. The twelve human colonies plan to sign a peace treaty with the Cylons . But the people are betrayed by one of their own, Count Baltar : In a deadly trap of the Cylons, the human space forces, consisting of battle stars (oversized aircraft carrier-like battle space ships ), are crushed. Only the battlestar Galactica, led by Commander Adama , and - as you will learn later - the battlestar Pegasus can escape the ambush. After the destruction of the human armed forces, the Cylons can attack the now defenseless civilian colonies undisturbed and destroy them.

Under the leadership of Commander Adama, the battlestar Galactica embarks on a convoy of refugees (Ragtag fleet) , crammed into 220 smaller ships, on the run from the tyranny of the Cylons and in search of a new home: the lost, legendary 13th Colony, planet earth. They are followed by Cylon baseships.

One of these base ships is under the command of the traitor Baltar. Knowing the way people think, Baltar is usually more successful in tracking than the Cylon baseship commanders. Although escaping the Cylons is at the forefront of the series, the Fleet and Galactica also have some unrelated adventures to do with Cylons. On their flight they also encounter the origin of humanity, the planet Kobol.

The Galactica 1980 series begins at the time when Galactica has found contemporary earth.

Cylons

The Cylons ( Engl. Cylons ) were originally a race of humanoids that lived on the planet Zylon and eventually began to design intelligent robots. However, these rebelled against their masters and builders and destroyed them. The Cylons use all means to destroy all people. Civilians are not spared. Even after the practically complete victory over the colonies of the people, they do not let up in this endeavor.

Cylon leadership

They are led by the sublime leader (Engl. Imperious Leader ), the ruler of all Cylons, one of the physiognomy of her reptilian beings. The Cylon Leader himself is a machine from the same series as "Lucifer". Lucifer is the name of an IL series Cylon that is directly subordinate to Baltar. In episode 16 ("Devilish Temptation - Part 1") it becomes clear that the Cylon leader speaks with the voice of the devil . This was to make it clear that the Cylon Empire was founded or ruled by evil.

The real background to this fact, however, is that Patrick Macnee , who played the "devil" in the two-part film "Devilish Temptation", lent his voice to the leader of the Cylons in the English original. Macnee also spoke in the original the intros to the first two films and the series, in which the first intro, slightly shortened and changed, was used.

Cylon society

Cylon society is known to be completely militarized. Cylon civilians appear only once in the films, the series or the books for the series: As a cheering backdrop when the Supreme Leader visits Gamoray (in Mission Galactica: Attack of the Cylons ). Cylon society has a strict hierarchical structure. There is hardly any individuality or your own opinions. The Cylons have a leader (Imperious Leader) who will only tolerate unwilling drones next to him. The common Cylons have no other opinion than that of their leader . In addition, there are also the Cylons of the IL series, which visually differ significantly from the Centuries. They wear a cloak, have two eyes and a transparent head that tapers at the top. They are used for higher tasks than the Centuries and are also subordinate to them. The IL series models have a strong power orientation and a will of their own and often act selfishly, even if they thereby damage the Cylon empire. In Robert Thurston's novels for the series, on the other hand, the Cylons are depicted as a non-humanoid race that wears combat suits, which gives them their robot-like appearance. Hierarchically, the simple Cylons ("Centurion") with one brain differ from the two-brained officers (golden armor) and finally the Sublime Leader with three brains.

Cylon military

Cylon hunters ( Engl. Raiders)

Heavy fighters with three inert Cylon robots as a crew. The crew consists of two pilots and a commander who only gives orders.

Base ships

Huge carrier ships for Cylon fighters. Visually two huge rotating dark gray saucers that are connected in the middle. Unlike human ships and Cylon fighters, baseships do not have any visible propulsion. A baseship has many twin light defense cannons against enemy fighters. The nominal strength of one of the 4 Cylon squadrons stationed on a base ship is 75 fighters; a fully equipped base ship thus has 300 hunters.

The twelve colonies of the people

The twelve colonies

Once upon a time, people lived on the planet Kobol. They left this because of natural disasters. Twelve of the tribes living on the planets established the twelve colonies. The thirteenth the earth. The twelve tribes have alienated names of the 12 zodiac constellations , which can actually only be seen from the earth.

Human military

Vipers

Small one-man interceptors.

Battle stars

A battle star is a large spaceship that is designed as both a mother ship and a battleship. It serves as a base for various smaller spaceships, especially for the fighter called Viper .

The exact number of battle stars in the original series is discussed intensely; there are no official comments on this. In the novel for the first film, on which Glen A. Larson co-wrote, it is explained that there are a total of five battle stars, namely in addition to the Galactica also the Pegasus, the Solaria and the president's ship, the Atlantia. The name of the fifth battle star is not mentioned. In the episode The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part 1 , the Columbia is mentioned as another battle star, which was destroyed together with the Atlantia. The English Wikipedia lists the following battle stars in addition to Galactica: Atlantia, Acropolis, Pacifica, Triton (as battle stars that appeared in the first battle), Pegasus, Rycon, Solaria and Columbia (as the name of the spaceship class). Most of the names of the five battle stars at the beginning of the plot are in the background of the first film.

The term BattleStar (engl. F. Combat / battle rating ) has been synchronized with the first film "battle ship" (from Apollo and Adama) and "Basic Ship" (a Zylone the leader of the cyclone). In the title, however, the term was translated as "battle star". According to Glen Larson, the term is an abbreviation of “line-of-battle starship”, which can be translated as “star battleship of the line ”. In the synchronization of the intro to the regular series “Kampfstern Galactica”, “Battlestar” became “ Kampfschiff ”.

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Leading roles

Well-known guest stars

Episode list

Battlestar Galactica (only season 1978–1979)

The first broadcast of Kampfstern Galactica was from September 17, 1978 to April 29, 1979 on the US broadcaster ABC . The German-language first broadcast took place from March 22 to August 9, 1989 on RTL plus , the series with the episode The Lost Planet of the Gods, Part 1 was started. The pilot film was first broadcast in the form of its shortened theatrical version (English: Battlestar Galactica ) in German cinemas on October 26, 1978 and on January 31, 1981 on ARD on German-language television. The uncut television version of the pilot film ( Saga of a Star World ) was shown for the first time on German-speaking television on November 9, 2013 with a new synchronization on RTL Nitro . The double episode The living Legend was not broadcast completely in German for a long time, but had its German cinema premiere as Mission Galactica - Attack of the Cylons on August 9, 1979 and its German television premiere on ARD on July 4, 1981 in a shortened feature film . The official first broadcast in Germany is August 10, 2018 (part 1) and August 13, 2018 (part 2) as part of the series broadcast on Tele 5.

number German title Original title First broadcast in the
USA 		German language first broadcast
(D) 		Director script
01 Battlestar Galactica
 Saga of a Star World, Part 1 17 Sep 1978 Nov. 9, 2013
(TV Version)
October 26, 1978
(Theatrical Version (cinema))
Jan 31, 1981
(Theatrical Version (TV)) 		Richard A. Colla & Alan J. Levi Glen A. Larson
02 Battlestar Galactica
 Saga of a Star World, Part 2 17 Sep 1978 Richard A. Colla & Alan J. Levi Glen A. Larson
03 Battlestar Galactica
 Saga of a Star World, Part 3 17 Sep 1978 Richard A. Colla & Alan J. Levi Glen A. Larson
04 The lost planet of the gods, part 1 Lost Planet of the Gods, Part 1 Sep 24 1978 22 Mar 1989 Christian I. Nyby II Glen A. Larson & Donald P. Bellisario
05 The lost planet of the gods, part 2 Lost Planet of the Gods, Part 2 Oct. 1, 1978 29 Mar 1989 Christian I. Nyby II Glen A. Larson & Donald P. Bellisario
06 The missing warrior The Lost Warrior Oct 8, 1978 Apr 5, 1989 Rod Holcomb Acting: Donald P. Bellisario
Plot: Herman Groves
07 The long patrol The Long Patrol Oct 15, 1978 Apr 12, 1989 Christian I. Nyby II Donald P. Bellisario
08 The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part 1 Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part 1 Oct 22, 1978 Apr 19, 1989 Alan J. Levi Acting: Michael Sloan, Donald P. Bellisario & Glen A. Larson
Plot: John Ireland
09 The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part 2 Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part 2 Oct. 29, 1978 Apr. 26, 1989 Alan J. Levi Acting: Michael Sloan, Donald P. Bellisario & Glen A. Larson
Plot: John Ireland
10 Risky trading The Magnificent Warriors Nov 12, 1978 May 3, 1989 Christian I. Nyby II Glen A. Larson
11 The counterattack The Young Lords Nov 19, 1978 May 10, 1989 Donald P. Bellisario Donald P. Bellisario, Frank Lupo & Paul Playdon
12 Mission Galactica: Assault of the Cylons - Part 1 The Living Legend, Part 1 Nov. 26, 1978 10 Aug 2018
9 August 1979
(Theatrical Version (cinema))
4 Jul 1981
(Theatrical Version (TV)) 		Vince Edwards Acting: Glen A. Larson
Plot: Glen A. Larson & Ken Pettus
13 Mission Galactica: Assault of the Cylons - Part 2 The Living Legend, Part 2 December 3, 1978 Aug 13, 2018
August 9, 1979
(Theatrical Version (cinema))
Jul 4, 1981
(Theatrical Version (TV)) 		Vince Edwards Acting: Glen A. Larson
Plot: Glen A. Larson & Ken Pettus
14th Galactica under fire (parts of it used in Mission Galactica - Attack of the Cylons ) Fire in Space December 17, 1978 May 17, 1989 Christian I. Nyby II Acting: Jim Carlson & Terrence McDonnell
Plot: Michael Sloan
15th Devilish Temptation, Part 1 War of the Gods, Part 1 Jan. 14, 1979 May 31, 1989 Daniel Haller Glen A. Larson
16 Devilish Temptation, Part 2 War of the Gods, Part 2 Jan. 21, 1979 June 7, 1989 Daniel Haller Glen A. Larson
17th The man with nine lives The Man with Nine Lives Jan. 28, 1979 July 19, 1989 Rod Holcomb Donald P. Bellisario
18th Suspected of murder Murder on the Rising Star Feb. 18, 1979 June 14, 1989 Rod Holcomb Acting: Donald P. Bellisario, Jim Carlson & Terrence McDonnell
Plot: Michael Sloan
19th Contacts to Earth, Part 1 Greetings from Earth, Part 1 Feb 25, 1979 June 21, 1989 Rod Holcomb Glen A. Larson
20th Contacts to Earth, Part 2 Greetings from Earth, Part 2 Feb 25, 1979 June 28, 1989 Rod Holcomb Glen A. Larson
21st Escape risk Baltar's Escape March 11, 1979 July 26, 1989 Winrich Kolbe Donald P. Bellisario
22nd Danger of war Experiment in Terra March 18, 1979 Aug 2, 1989 Rod Holcomb Glen A. Larson
23 The mutiny Take the Celestra Apr 1, 1979 May 24, 1989 Daniel Haller Acting: Jim Carlson & Terrence McDonnell
Plot: Jim Carlson, Terrence McDonnell, David G. Phinney & David G. Arthur
24 The great battle The Hand of God Apr. 29, 1979 Aug 9, 1989 Donald P. Bellisario Donald P. Bellisario

Remarks:

  1. ↑ a b c The pilot did not appear in Germany as a three-part series.
  2. ↑ Some sources give July 5, 1989 as the German language first broadcast date for this episode.
  3. ↑ Some sources give July 12, 1989 as the German language first broadcast date for this episode.

Galactica 1980 (only season 1980)

The first broadcast of Galactica 1980 was to be seen from January 27 to May 4, 1980 on the US broadcaster ABC . The German-language first broadcast took place from August 16 to October 18, 1989 on RTL plus . The movie The End of an Odyssey - Galactica III , cut from several episodes, was first broadcast on German-language television on September 4, 1981, and on December 23, 1985 on the station Das Erste .

number German title Original title First broadcast in the
USA 		German language first broadcast
(D) 		Director script
25th Exploration of the Earth (parts of it used in The End of an Odyssey - Galactica III ) Galactica discovers Earth, Part 1 Jan. 27, 1980 Aug 16, 1989 Sidney Hayers Glen A. Larson
26th Danger to humanity (parts of it used in The End of an Odyssey - Galactica III ) Galactica discovers Earth, Part 2 Feb. 3, 1980 23 Aug 1989 Sidney Hayers Glen A. Larson
27 The power struggle Galactica discovers Earth, Part 3 Feb 10, 1980 Aug 30, 1989 Sidney Hayers Glen A. Larson
28 Saving the Children, Part 1 The Super Scouts, Part 1 March 16, 1980 6 Sep 1989 Vince Edwards Glen A. Larson
29 Saving the Children, Part 2 The Super Scouts, Part 2 March 23, 1980 13 Sep 1989 Sigmund Neufeld Jr. Glen A. Larson
30th The blackmail Spaceball March 30, 1980 Sep 20 1989 Barry Crane Jeff Freilich, Glen A. Larson & Frank Lupo
31 The Landing of the Cylons (parts of it used in The End of an Odyssey - Galactica III ) The Night the Cylons landed, Part 1 Apr 13, 1980 27 Sep 1989 Sigmund Neufeld Jr. Glen A. Larson
32 Chase through New York (parts of it used in The End of an Odyssey - Galactica III ) The Night the Cylons landed, Part 2 Apr 20, 1980 Oct. 4, 1989 Barry Crane Glen A. Larson
33 New partners Space Croppers Apr. 27, 1980 Oct 11, 1989 Daniel Haller Robert McCullough
34 The Starbuck Secret The Return of Starbuck May 4th 1980 Oct 18, 1989 Ron Satlof Glen A. Larson

Television films

After the television series was discontinued, all episodes of the original series were re-edited for independent television stations in the form of television films, including a third cut version of the pilot film Battle Star Galactica . The two-part episodes The Lost Planet of the Gods , The Gun on Ice Planet Zero , Mission Galactica: Attack of the Cylons and The Great Battle were each merged and expanded with over five minutes of previously cut scenes. The remaining individual episodes were cut into two-hour blocks and supplemented with partially newly dubbed dialogues so that the plot fits together better because the sequence of the episodes is no longer correct. The final television film, an expanded version of War Danger , has been combined with some scenes from the Galactica 1980 episode The Secret of Starbuck and contains new footage in which an astronaut Commander finds Adama's log, which describes the plot of the series.

No. TV movie Original episodes
1 Battlestar Galactica Saga of a Star World I – III
2 Lost Planet of Gods Lost Planet of the Gods I – II (extended)
3 Gun on Ice Planet Zero Gun on Ice Planet Zero I – II (extended)
4th The Phantom in Space The Lost Warrior and The Hand of God
5 Space Prison The Man With Nine Lives and Baltar's Escape
6th Space Casanova Take the Celestra and The Long Patrol
7th Curse of the Cylons Fire in Space and The Magnificent Warriors
8th The Living Legend The Living Legend I – II (extended)
9 War of the Gods War of the Gods I – II (extended)
10 Greetings from Earth Greetings from Earth I – II
11 Murder in Space Murder on the Rising Star and The Young Lords
12 Experiment in Terra The Return of Starbuck (shortened) and Experiment in Terra (extended)

Awards (selection)

  • In 1979 the series was awarded an Emmy in the categories Outstanding Costume Design for a Series and Outstanding Individual Achievement - Creative Technical Crafts .
  • Richard Hatch was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Actor that same year . The entire series also received a nomination.

Plagiarism allegation

Battlestar Galactica has been the subject of legal disputes over various echoes of George Lucas ' 1977 film Star Wars . Oddly enough, John Dykstra , who was then working for Lucas' company Industrial Light and Magic , which had also worked on Star Wars , was responsible for the special effects for the first episodes .

In 1978, 20th Century Fox sued the film studio Universal Studios (the producers of Battlestar Galactica ) on this plagiarism allegation. Universal Studios was charged with stealing over 34 Star Wars ideas . Universal Studios, on the other hand, accused Star Wars officials of stealing ideas from their Buck Rogers series from the 1930s. The lawsuit ended in 1980, and neither 20th Century Fox nor Universal Studios won it.

Afterlife of the series

  • The 1988 South African film Space Mutiny used entire Galactica space scenes from the series. Otherwise the film has no connection to the series or the Galactica films.
  • Between 1998 and 1999, Richard Hatch, who played Captain Apollo in the original series and ex-terrorist Tom Zarek in the new series, produced a professional five-minute trailer titled Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming , which is a concept for a new series or series Film presented. In terms of content, the new series should follow on from the old one, ignoring the events from the unpopular series Galactica 1980 . Despite some interest from Universal Pictures , the idea never came to fruition.
  • The fan film Battlestar 1999 can be found on YouTube . This film is a 43-minute crossover between the cult series Battle Star Galactica and Moon Base Alpha 1 . The footage was cut from the original episodes and put together with new specials, effects and a new plot.
  • In 2003, the mini-series Battlestar Galactica , developed by former Star Trek writer and producer Ronald D. Moore , was broadcast. It tells the story of the attack on the human colonies and the ensuing composition of the refugee fleet. This concept of reimagining was very successful and led to four series seasons, three television films ( Razor , The Plan and Blood & Chrome ) and the prequel series Caprica .

Novels and literature

Novels

       The plot of the three pilot episodes and the feature film Kampfstern Galactica (1978) .

  • Glen A. Larson, Robert Thurston: Battlestar Galactica 2 - The Cylon Death Machine, Goldmann - ISBN 3-442-23749-1

       Based on the serial double episode The Gun on Ice Planet Zero .

  • Glen A. Larson, Robert Thurston: Battlestar Galactica 3 - The Tombs of Kobol, Goldmann - ISBN 3-442-23750-5

       Based on the series double episode The Lost Planet of the Gods .

  • Glen A. Larson, Robert Thurston: Battlestar Galactica 4 - The Young Warriors, Goldmann - ISBN 3-442-23751-3

       Based on the series episode The Counterattack .

       Based on the three pilot episodes of Galactica 1980 ( Galactica discovers Earth ). Since the following nine novels were published because of the great success and take place before the discovery of the earth, it was stated in the prologue to the following volume 6 that the following volumes are records of the "Adama diaries", from Troy to Adamas Death in orbit over Earth on Galactica.

       Based on the series double episode The Living Legend . The two series episodes of The Living Legend were also used for the feature film Mission Galactica: Attack of the Cylons . Film and series contradict each other. The novel sticks to the television series and thus contradicts the feature film.

  • Glen A. Larson, Nicholas Yermakov: "Battle Star Galactica 7 - War of the Gods", Goldmann - ISBN 3-442-23791-2

       Based on the double episode Teuflische Temptation .

       Based on the serial double sequence of contacts to earth .

  • Glen A. Larson, Ron Goulart: “Battle Star Galactica 9 - Lost in Chaos”, Goldmann - ISBN 3-442-23793-9

       Based on the series episodes Risk of Escape / Risk of War .

  • Glen A. Larson, Ron Goulart: “Battlestar Galactica 10 - Guardians in Time”, Goldmann - ISBN 3-442-23794-7

       Based on the series episode The Long Patrol .

  • Glen A. Larson, Robert Thurston: Battle Star Galactica 11 - The Devil's Machine, Goldmann - ISBN 3-442-23795-5

       According to the imprint of the novel, it is based on the script of an unrealized double episode ("based on the episodes 'The Nightmare machine'").

  • Glen A. Larson, Robert Thurston: Battlestar Galactica 12 - Die, Chameleon, Goldmann - ISBN 3-442-23796-3

       Not based on a specific series episode, but takes up the plot of the episode The Man with the Nine Lives and continues it.

  • Glen A. Larson, Robert Thurston: "Battlestar Galactica 13 - Apollo's War", Goldmann - ISBN 3-442-23797-1

       Not based on any particular series, but obviously was inspired by Angel Hill: l'ultima missione (1988, 'Bye Bye Vietnam') . The film is set in the Vietnam War and Richard Hatch (who plays Apollo) plays an American soldier.

  • Glen A. Larson, Robert Thurston: "Battle Star Galactica 14 - Surrender the Galactica!", Goldmann - ISBN 3-442-23799-8

       Not based on a particular series episode , apparently also inspired by the Star Trek episode (original series) 1.13 Kodos the Executioner - The Conscience of the King : Baltar comes to Galactica as an actor.

  • Glen A. Larson: Battlestar Galactica. The Cylon death machine. Die Gräber von Kobol “(three novels in one volume), Goldmann - ISBN 3-442-10177-8

Continuation of the series in novel form by Richard Hatch

Richard Hatch also wrote a few new novels in the 1990s to promote the remake he envisioned above. The novels are set a few decades after the Battlestar Galactica series .

At the beginning of the series, Adama dies and the next generation (Apollo and Athena) takes over. Boxey (the son of Apollo) and Dalton (a newly introduced daughter of Starbuck and Cassiopeia ) have grown up and are taking over the part that Apollo and Starbuck played in the original series .

Hatch ignores Galactica almost entirely in 1980 (exceptions: for example, the adult Boxey calls himself Troy . In Galactica 1980 , people invented a method to make vipers (and other objects) invisible. In Richard Hatch's novels, people use a similar technique) .

Hatch's novels have not yet been translated into German. The English titles of Hatch's novels are:

  • Battlestar Galactica: Armageddon (August 1, 1997)
  • Battlestar Galactica: Warhawk (September 1, 1998)
  • Battlestar Galactica: Resurrection (July 1, 2001)
  • Battlestar Galactica: Rebellion (July 1, 2002)
  • Battlestar Galactica: Paradis (July 1, 2003)
  • Battlestar Galactica: Destiny (June 29, 2004)
  • Battlestar Galactica: Redemption (November 25, 2005)

comics

Marvel Comics published a short-lived comic series based on the films between 1978 and 1981. There were other comic series from Maximum Press (1995–1997), Realm Press (1998–1999) and Dynamite Entertainment (2006–2009). In addition to classic comics about Battlestar Galactica , Dynamite Entertainment also produced a dark, reinterpreted version of Galactica 1980 , where the discovery of the earth is portrayed in a completely different way. Dynamite Entertainment also released comics for the 2003 reboot.

Video / DVD / BD

Movies

All three films were released on July 26, 2013 in Germany by Koch Media in a DVD box. Battlestar Galactica was not published anamorphically. Mission Galactica: Attack of the Cylons and The End of an Odyssey , however, are in the correct 4: 3 full-screen format. In addition, Kampfstern Galactica and Mission Galactica: Attack of the Cylons lack the Sensurround sound of the German cinema version. Battle Star Galactica is the only Universal film to be released on Blu-ray to date. The picture is now anamorphic in the original cinema format (1.85: 1), but the German Sensurround sound is missing again.

Series

Koch Media Verlag published the complete original series Kampfstern Galactica in three DVD boxes. The first of these three boxes, Kampfstern Galactica - The Original - Part 1, was released on December 2, 2008. The second box, Kampfstern Galactica - The Original - Part 2, was released on March 12, 2009. The third box, containing the Galactica 1980 series , went on sale on August 7, 2009.

  • Kampfstern Galactica - Volume 1 DVD box with 11 episodes on 4 DVDs (in German and English) - Release: December 2nd, 2008
  • Kampfstern Galactica - Volume 2 DVD box with 13 episodes on 5 DVDs (in German and English) - Release: March 12, 2009
  • Kampfstern Galactica - Volume 3 DVD box with 10 episodes on 4 DVDs (in German and English) - Release: August 7, 2009

Koch Media Verlag also published the contents of the three DVD boxes in a complete DVD box.

  • Kampfstern Galactica - The complete series DVD box with 34 episodes on 13 DVDs (in German and English) - Release: October 15, 2010

Koch Media released the entire TV series in HD in a complete BD box:

  • Kampfstern Galactica - The complete series was released on 9 Blu-ray Discs and a bonus DVD with all 34 episodes on December 6, 2013. (In German and English; extras: various original trailers, audio comments, features, Super 8 versions, documentation “Memories of Kampfstern Galactica”, documentation “Galacticon”, cut scenes, picture gallery with rare advertising material).
  • Kampfstern Galactica - The pilot film: The uncut, fully dubbed German pilot film was subsequently released as a single BD by Koch Media (on October 8, 2015) and is not included in the complete TV box in the complete German version (there are missing parts in the complete box only in the original English version with German subtitles). There are three audio tracks for the new release: 1. Complete German re-synchronization (as broadcast for the first time on November 9, 2013), 2. Old German cinema dubbing (if there were missing parts, the missing sound was taken from the television re-dubbing), 3. Original English sound.

Super 8 frames:

  • Battle star Galactica, 2 × 110 m / colored / clay - two-piece
  • Mission Galactica, 2 × 110 m / color / sound - two-piece
  • The end of an odyssey (Galactica '80), 2 × 110 m / color / sound - two-part

All three versions were distributed by Piccolo Film. Part 1 and 2 were universal takeovers. Part 3 was edited by Piccolo himself. All two-part pieces have a running time of about 33 minutes. There was also a one-piece version of Revue-Film (distributed by Foto-Quelle) in black and white.

Computer games

A Battlestar Galactica video game was released in 2003 for the Sony PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Xbox .

Soundtracks

To Battlestar Galactica , there are a lot of soundtrack releases with music by Stu Phillips : For the first movie, there is the original soundtrack of MCA, the 25th Anniversary Edition of Universal and the Colosseum a version of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. There is also an original audio play from MCA with the title The Saga of Battlestar Galactica (plot of the first movie). The original soundtrack for the television series was published by Intrada in four editions: Vol. 1 (one CD) and Vol. 2, 3 and 4 (each as a double CD). Eventually, Stu Phillips released a four-pack promo CD set.

There are also cover versions of Giorgio Moroder , TV Junkeez and The Electric Moog Orchestra.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The original series consisting of 24 episodes + the offshoot consisting of 10 episodes
  2. ↑ Cancellation ( Memento of the original from December 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / en.battlestarwiki.org
  3. ^ Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming
  4. ^ Battlestar Galactica. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
  5. ↑ What is Battlestar Galactica? - The Original Battlestar Galactica Series . galactica.tv. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  6. ↑ a b Kampfstern Galactica (movie) in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used
  7. ^ A b Mission Galactica: Attack of the Cylons (movie) in the lexicon of international filmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used
  8. ↑ a b The end of an odyssey (movie) in the lexicon of international filmTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used
  9. ↑ a b c broadcast dates on fernsehserien.de. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  10. ↑ Cut version entry for Battlestar Galactica in the online film database . Retrieved September 15, 2014.
  11. ↑ a b cf. fernsehserien.de/episodenguide and homepagemodules.de/Kampfstern Galactica (78-80) with fernsehserien.de/sendetermine und Kampfstern Galactica / Episodenführer by Norbert Korfmacher. Retrieved on September 15, 2014.
  12. ^ Space Mutiny on IMDb
  13. ↑ John Kenneth Muir: In 1997, Mike, Crow and Servo watched Space Mutiny . In: An Analytical Guide to Television's Battlestar Galactica: An Episode Guide and Analysis of the 1978 Science Fiction Television Series and Its Short Lived Sequel, "Galactica: 1980" . McFarland, 1999, ISBN 0-7864-0441-8 , p. 146.
  14. ↑ Richard Hatch's Battlestar Galactica Books
  15. ↑ movie on OFDb.de