Michael John Petty is a Senior Features Writer for Collider who writes mostly about Westerns but also loves superheroes and supernatural thrillers.
The Big Picture Considered one of the best television dramas of the century, Battlestar Galactica is one of those shows that you've likely been exposed to in some form, even if you haven't watched it in full. It's a philosophical take on the space opera, and one that continues to make waves long after it concluded back in 2009. But with the series' 20th anniversary upon us, there's no time like the present to dive back into the adventures of the wandering Galactica.
The following year, Galactica 1980 aired on the network. With a lower budget, a few missing cast members, and a new time travel-themed premise, this show only ran for 10 episodes before it got the ax, this time for good. For decades, Battlestar Galactica wandered the distant domain of syndication, becoming a cult phenomenon that never took off the way other sci-fi franchises did.
'Battlestar Galactica' Continues With the 2004 Sci-Fi Series From there, the 2004 television series was launched. Premiering with the pilot episode "33" on October 18, 2004, Battlestar Galactica hit the ground running and didn't let up. The show continued to explore the survival of the human race following the events of the miniseries and developed these characters over a longer period.
'The Plan' Tells 'Battlestar Galactica's Story From the Cylons' Point of View About seven months after BSG's series finale aired, the television film Battlestar Galactica: The Plan was released first on home video before airing on television a few months later. This feature, penned by Jane Espenson and directed by series star Edward James Olmos himself, chronicled the events of BSG from a slightly different perspective: that of the Cylons.
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