star wars came first, battlestar galactica came second.
which came first battlestar galactica or star wars?
star wars
glen a. larson, the creator and executive producer of "battlestar galactica", claimed he had conceived of the "battlestar galactica" premise, which he called "adam's ark", during the late 1960s. as james e. ford detailed in “"battlestar galactica" and mormon theology,” a paper read at the joint conference of the american culture and popular culture associations on 17 april 1980 (and published as “theology in prime time science fiction: "battlestar galactica" and mormon doctrine,” "journal of popular culture" #17 [1983]: 83–87), the series incorporated many themes from mormon theology, such as marriage for "time and eternity", a "council of twelve," a lost thirteenth tribe of humans, and a planet called kobol (an anagram of kolob), as larson was a member of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints. however, he was unable to find financial backing for his tv series for a number of years. "battlestar galactica" was finally produced in the wake of the success of the 1977 film "star wars". the original cylons of battlestar galactica, robotic antagonists bent on destroying all humankind, owe much to fred saberhagen's berserker stories, including saberhagen's fictional race the builders whose "sliding single red eye" became the signature design element for the cylons.
battlestar galactica
battlestar galactica (disambiguation)





























battlestar galactica is an american science fiction franchise. it may also refer to the following aspects of the franchise:





























bullet::::- "battlestar galactica" (fictional spacecraft), the titular fictional ship





























section::::battlestar galactica franchise.





























section::::battlestar galactica franchise.:original universe (1978–1980).





























bullet::::- "battlestar galactica" (1978 tv series), the original television series





























bullet::::- "saga of a star world", pilot episode released theatrically in 1978 as "battlestar galactica"





























bullet::::- "galactica 1980", a short-lived spin-off series of the original 1978 series





























section::::battlestar galactica franchise.:"re-imagined" universe (2003–2012).





























bullet::::- "battlestar galactica" (miniseries), the 2003 three-hour miniseries
battlestar galactica (disambiguation)