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another son, John Talbert (born 1968), from an earlier relationship, who had been given up for adoption. With the help of his adoptive parents, Talbert discovered and contacted his birth parents. Dirk Benedict Dirk Benedict (born Dirk Niewoehner on March 1, 1945) is an American movie, television and stage actor and author. He is best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Templeton "Faceman" Peck in "The A-Team" television series and Lieutenant Starbuck in the original "Battlestar Galactica" film and television series. He is the author of "Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy" and "And Then We Went Fishing". Benedict was born
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Earth, to the great dismay of fans. Another factor for fan apathy was the nearly complete recasting of the original series: Lorne Greene reprised his role as Adama (working unpaid), Herb Jefferson, Jr. played "Colonel" Boomer in about half of the episodes (with little screentime), and Dirk Benedict as Starbuck for one episode (the abrupt final episode, though his character was to have also appeared in the unfilmed episode "Wheel of Fire", which was a semi-sequel to "The Return of Starbuck"). Richard Hatch (Apollo in the original series) was sent a script for "Galactica 1980", but he turned it down
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what was perceived as its darker, more confused tone. In a May 2004 article from "Dreamwatch" magazine titled "Starbuck: Lost in Castration", Dirk Benedict, who portrayed Lieutenant Starbuck in the original series, harshly criticized the re-imagined series, citing its dark tone and supposed moral relativism: Benedict devoted the greatest part of the article to criticizing the producers' decision to turn Starbuck into a female character, Kara Thrace (whom Benedict derisively calls "Stardoe" throughout his commentary), tying it in to what he perceived as a general anti-masculinity agenda: The final passage reads: Other critics, even those who wrote rave reviews about
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Lieutenant Starbuck Lieutenant Starbuck of the Colonial Service, played by Dirk Benedict, is a fictional character in the 1978 science fiction television series "Battlestar Galactica." Starbuck is a Viper starfighter pilot, gambler, womanizer and smoker of "fumerellos," or cigars. He is involved with Lieutenant Athena and socialator Cassiopeia, and best friend of Captain Apollo. Orphaned at a very young age in the Cylon attack on Umbra, a small agro community on Caprica at the edge of the thorn forest in yahren 7322, Starbuck never knew his parents. The man known as Chameleon, portrayed by Fred Astaire in the episode "The
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Jim McMullan as Officer Don Burdick and Dirk Benedict as officer Gil Foley. Benedict would later earn fame as Lt. Starbuck in the original 1978 TV show "Battlestar Galactica" and as Lt. Templeton 'Faceman' Peck in the TV show "The A-Team". Ted Hartley played their boss Capt. McKeegan and Lou Frizzell played Mitch, the crusty mechanic. On July 12, 2016, Sony Pictures released "Chopper One: The Complete Series" on DVD in region 1. This is a Manufacture-on-Demand (MOD) release, available exclusively in the US and is part of the "Sony Pictures Choice Collection" in partnership with Amazon.com and their CreateSpace
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of the original "Battlestar Galactica". In "Galactica 1980"s last episode. "The Return of Starbuck", the character of Dr. Zee is revealed to have been born to one of the Seraphs known as "Angela". While the series was cancelled before it could be shot, a script was written where it is revealed that Starbuck had in fact joined the Seraphs. The Ship of Lights is a Seraph spacecraft from the original "Battlestar Galactica" television series. It emits an extremely loud sound that can be heard by people in nearby spaceships and is sufficient to render humans unconscious. The Ship of Lights
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also carries smaller craft. In the re-imagined series, this vessel appears in a painting created by Starbuck. In addition, that series' Resurrection Ship restores characters (Cylons) to life, and in both series Lieutenant Starbuck/Kara Thrace is part of a resurrection-related plot that leads the characters toward Earth. The model for the Ship of Lights was made out of neon lights and plastic by Universal Hartland Visual Effects. Seraphs (Battlestar Galactica) The Seraphs (singular: Seraph) were an alien race in the original "Battlestar Galactica" series from 1978/79 and its spinoff series, "Galactica 1980". They were never expressly referred to by name
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Seraphs (Battlestar Galactica) The Seraphs (singular: Seraph) were an alien race in the original "Battlestar Galactica" series from 1978/79 and its spinoff series, "Galactica 1980". They were never expressly referred to by name in the series, but were called "Seraphs" in the scripts for the episodes in which they appear, as well as in the mid-1990s "Galactica" comic books. The Seraphs were a noncorporeal race of sentients who first appear in "War of the Gods". They show up again at the conclusion of the "Terra" story arc and in the "Galactica 1980" episode "The Return of Starbuck" which explained the
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Maelstrom (Battlestar Galactica) "Maelstrom" is the seventeenth episode of the third season from the science fiction television series, "Battlestar Galactica". Survivor Count: 41,400 The episode begins with Starbuck restlessly asleep in her bunk and having a dream in which she finds herself in her apartment on Caprica painting the Eye of Jupiter on her wall. She becomes frustrated and splashes white paint over her artwork as the Cylon Leoben Conoy approaches her from behind. The two begin to aggressively make love until Starbuck awakens, breathing heavily. Later, Starbuck talks with Helo, who learns of her strange dreams and suggests she
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Rapture (Battlestar Galactica) "Rapture" is the twelfth episode of the third season from the science fiction television series "Battlestar Galactica". Aired on January 21, 2007, this episode marks the return of regular broadcasting after the Christmas mid-season hiatus. Survivor Count: 41,401 Apollo holds Samuel Anders at gunpoint when he demands that Apollo do something to rescue Starbuck. Apollo radios Dee who says she sees the smoke from Starbuck's crash site and Apollo orders her to intercept it and rescue Starbuck, which puts Anders at ease for the moment. Anders threatens to kill Apollo if Starbuck dies, and Apollo responds that
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Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television. "Slate" magazine named the character as one of the reasons they were looking forward to the return of the show in fall 2007. Kara Thrace Kara Thrace (callsign "Starbuck") is a fictional character in the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" series. Played by Katee Sackhoff, she is a revised version of Lieutenant Starbuck from the 1978 "Battlestar Galactica" series. She is one of the show's main characters. Described by a critic as "one of television's most complex, ever-evolving characters", the role of Starbuck changed over the run of the series. According to Sackhoff, Starbuck originally
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Kara Thrace Kara Thrace (callsign "Starbuck") is a fictional character in the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" series. Played by Katee Sackhoff, she is a revised version of Lieutenant Starbuck from the 1978 "Battlestar Galactica" series. She is one of the show's main characters. Described by a critic as "one of television's most complex, ever-evolving characters", the role of Starbuck changed over the run of the series. According to Sackhoff, Starbuck originally "didn't value her own life," inspiring her readiness to die for her shipmates. By the end of the series, however, she is prepared to sacrifice herself for others because of
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According to Clifton, the ways in which Apollo and Starbuck protest their transfer orders reflect their characters: Apollo points out the detrimental effects of shuffling personnel ahead of an operation, and Starbuck insults Cain and the "Pegasus" CAG. In January 2005, Moore wrote that the writers had been discussing "for a couple of years" a storyline around a battlestar "Pegasus" inspired by the original "Battlestar Galactica". In his September 2005 podcast commentary on the episode, Moore said he had been thinking about the episode "literally since I agreed to do the project." However, he waited until the middle of the
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You Can't Go Home Again (Battlestar Galactica) "You Can't Go Home Again" is the fifth episode of the first season of the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series. After ejecting from her Viper, Starbuck awakens on a moon with a poisonous atmosphere. While avoiding being dragged over a cliff by her tangled-up parachute, Starbuck hits her knee on a rock, seriously injuring it. Starbuck is left trapped on the moon's surface with around two days of air and her radio broken. Boomer is able to rescue Hotdog from his disabled Viper, but finds no sign of Starbuck. In response, Apollo begins
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Scar (Battlestar Galactica) "Scar" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series. It aired originally on the Sci Fi Channel on February 3, 2006. In the episode, Viper pilots Starbuck and Kat form a rivalry over which of them will destroy Scar, a feared Cylon Raider. Tormented by her feelings for Sam Anders, Starbuck nearly allows Scar to kill her in a game of chicken. In the end, she swerves and lures Scar to Kat, who destroys Scar. Executive producer Ronald D. Moore insisted that the episode include only one dogfight. As a
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Torn (Battlestar Galactica) "Torn" is the sixth episode of the third season from the science fiction television series "Battlestar Galactica". This episode introduces the concept of a "hybrid", a semi-organic computer which operates the Basestar and is - in a 'very real sense' - to ""be"" the Basestar. Some Cylon models - the number twos (of which Leoben Conoy is), believe the Hybrid to be speaking for the one true god. After Starbuck crashes her Viper during a training exercise, Apollo strips her flight status. Colonel Saul Tigh mourns for his wife. He and Starbuck criticize the crew members who
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Helo as he swallows hard and tells Starbuck he cannot put the crew at risk. Starbuck relieves him and appoints Mr. Gaeta as the new XO, but he also refuses to follow her command. Starbuck narrows her eyes as Helo asserts his authority to relieve her of command. The Road Less Traveled (Battlestar Galactica) "The Road Less Traveled" is the seventh episode in the fourth season of the re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica". It first aired on television on May 2, 2008. The survivor count shown in the title sequence is 39,676. It is the only episode of the entire series in
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white woman choosing to remain childless with contemporary demographics in Europe and the United States. In this context, Simon's appeals to Starbuck correspond to attempts by governments in these areas to increase fertility rates. Hellstrand also notes that Starbuck's character is modeled on her male counterpart in the original "Battlestar Galactica", but only the female Starbuck is forced to explain her career-oriented lifestyle choices. Jowett notes that the "image of women hooked up to machines for reproduction" can be found in other works of science fiction, citing the television series "Dark Angel" and the film "Alien Resurrection". Kieran Tranter cites
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The Eye of Jupiter (Battlestar Galactica) "The Eye of Jupiter" is the eleventh episode of the third season from the science fiction television series "Battlestar Galactica". It aired on December 15, 2006 and was filmed in Kamloops, B.C. The refugee fleet orbits an algae planet for two weeks. Members of "Galactica" have set up a base camp on the surface while harvesting food supplies. After Starbuck haphazardly lands a Raptor, Apollo admonishes her behavior, but the two soon embrace in a kiss. Apollo wants to stop hiding their feelings and divorce their respective spouses, but Starbuck says marriage is a
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The Hand of God (2004 Battlestar Galactica) "The Hand of God" is the tenth episode of the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series. It shares its title with the last episode of the original series. In the episode, the humans capture a fuel-rich asteroid from the Cylons using a plan devised by Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace. President Laura Roslin begins seeing visions, and Gaius Baltar comes to believe that his contribution to the raid on the asteroid was guided by God. On Caprica, Helo and Caprica-Boomer keep running from the Cylons. President Roslin experiences a hallucination of snakes produced by the
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The Farm (Battlestar Galactica) "The Farm" is the fifth episode of the second season of the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series. It aired originally on the Sci Fi Channel on August 12, 2005. It is the first episode of the series in which the A plot is set on Caprica. In the episode, Cylons capture Kara "Starbuck" Thrace and hold her in an abandoned hospital, where they are performing experiments with human reproduction. Starbuck escapes and leaves Caprica to return to the human fleet. Commander William Adama returns to command of the fleet, but President Laura Roslin persuades almost a
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daughter is returned, Athena kills Boomer. "Galactica" is set upon by Cylon boarding parties arriving in "platoon strength", as reported to Tigh and Adama in the CIC. As Starbuck, Apollo, Athena and Helo return to the battlestar and make their way to CIC, they encounter a boarding party composed of Cavil's modern Centurions and original Cylon War models. Hera runs away in the confusion. She is spotted by Roslin, who had a vision of her while assisting with triage, and is able to hide her from the Cylons, until she disappears again. While Roslin gives chase, Baltar and Caprica Six
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Hero (Battlestar Galactica) "Hero" is the eighth episode of the third season from the science fiction television series "Battlestar Galactica". This episode aired on November 17, 2006. The fleet encounters two Cylon Raiders in pursuit of a third. Starbuck and Kat take out the two pursuing Raiders and engage the third when a panicked male voice comes over the comm identifying himself as Lt. Daniel "Bulldog" Novacek and pleads to call off the attack. Admiral Adama allows the Raider to land on the "Galactica" and a disheveled man emerges from the cockpit. Adama welcomes the man aboard apparently knowing who
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20 storylines and moments in the re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica". Resistance (Battlestar Galactica) "Resistance" is the fourth episode of the second season of the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series. It aired originally on the Sci Fi Channel on August 5, 2005. In the episode, Marines fire on civilians following Colonel Saul Tigh's declaration of martial law. President Laura Roslin and Lee "Apollo" Adama escape "Galactica", Commander William Adama recovers, and Specialist Cally kills "Galactica"-Boomer. On Caprica, Starbuck and Helo join a human resistance group led by Sam Anders. When civilian ships protest martial law, acting commander Tigh orders marines to take
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The Captain's Hand "The Captain's Hand" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series. It aired originally on the Sci Fi Channel on February 17, 2006. Apollo, freshly promoted to Major, is assigned to the Battlestar "Pegasus" to assist her new captain, Commander Barry Garner, the ship's former senior engineer. When two "Pegasus" Raptors sent out on a routine training mission by Captain Starbuck disappear from DRADIS, Commander Garner places all blame on Starbuck, implying that she is negligent. On "Galactica", Rya Kibby, a pregnant teen stowaway is discovered who seeks an abortion
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Starbuck whose hands are burned, but her raptor is relatively intact. While repairing the raptor, a drugged Starbuck muses on her relationship with Apollo to Dee who is well-aware of their affair as is Anders. After the raptor is repaired, Dee is forced to fly it and Starbuck back to "Galactica" herself due to Starbuck's injuries. Back aboard Galactica, Captain "Helo" Agathon and his wife Athena discuss rescuing their child Hera from the Cylons. Athena has a dangerous plan to resurrect her way onto the Cylon ship, but Helo is hesitant to go through with killing her - he eventually
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Count Iblis Count Iblis is an alien on the TV series "Battlestar Galactica". He was part of the original 1978 series, and was central to the plot of the two-part episode "War of the Gods". In that episode, he was played by Patrick Macnee. He did not appear in the re-imagined series. A long-range patrol of vipers led by Lt. Bojay and Lt. Jolly suddenly disappears; the telemetry the Galactica receives indicates some kind of explosion. When a follow-up patrol from the "Galactica" consisting of Lts. Starbuck, Sheba, and Captain Apollo lands on an unexplored planet in search of the
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of the Gods". Despite this, Marvel made a conscious decision to continue the story with their own vision of how the series would progress, and so presents an interesting interpretation of "Galactica" – through a Marvel paradigm. This adaption more closely followed the novelization of the two-hour movie, "Saga of a Star World," than what was seen on ABC television. Also, some panels depicted a likeness of Lt. Starbuck for scenes presenting Captain Apollo. These were corrected in the re-print version, seen in the original comic series. Although the run of the "Battlestar Galactica" comic coincided with the broadcast of
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is not a malicious individual, but rather a highly flawed one. A significant theme in the series is his path to redemption, as in the original series, despite his initial actions. The role of Dr. Gaius Baltar is played by James Callis. Baltar (Battlestar Galactica) Baltar is a fictional character in the "Battlestar Galactica" universe who betrays the human race, through willing treachery in the original 1978 series, and as the inadvertent result of arrogance and self-interest in the 2003 miniseries and following TV series. In the original 1978 "Battlestar Galactica" movie and television series, Count Baltar was a leading
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announced that a volume two of the Classic Battlestar Galactica would be released. This series started in 2013 and has released four issues as of August. In July 2013, Dynamite also announced a mini-series focusing on the character, Starbuck. In May 2006, Dynamite Entertainment announced a new ongoing "Battlestar Galactica" comic book series based on the reimagining, set between the events of "Home" and "Resurrection Ship". In addition to the aforementioned ongoing title, other "new" "Battlestar Galactica" comics have been announced, including a 4-issue series spotlighting Tom Zarek's life, a prequel mini set during the First Cylon War, and a
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Resistance (Battlestar Galactica) "Resistance" is the fourth episode of the second season of the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series. It aired originally on the Sci Fi Channel on August 5, 2005. In the episode, Marines fire on civilians following Colonel Saul Tigh's declaration of martial law. President Laura Roslin and Lee "Apollo" Adama escape "Galactica", Commander William Adama recovers, and Specialist Cally kills "Galactica"-Boomer. On Caprica, Starbuck and Helo join a human resistance group led by Sam Anders. When civilian ships protest martial law, acting commander Tigh orders marines to take withheld supplies by force. On the civilian ship "Gideon",
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this plotline, the fleet stumbles upon Scavenger World, the dominion of the female space pirate Eurayle, who makes a deal to spare the Colonials if she can keep Starbuck at her side. The interactions between Starbuck and Eurayle are memorable, with a satisfying conclusion in a tremendous battle (issue #13). At the end of the tale, Starbuck remains with Eurayle, and the fleet moves on without him, setting up his triumphant return in issues #19 and #20. Unlike both television series, the "Galactica" comic actually had a planned ending, with a series of plot devices being wound up in the
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Fragged (Battlestar Galactica) "Fragged" is the third episode of the second season of the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series. It aired originally on the Sci Fi Channel on July 29, 2005. It is the first episode in which Starbuck does not appear. In the episode, on Kobol, Crashdown leads an ill fated assault on a Cylon missile battery. Gaius Baltar frags Crashdown, to Head Six's approval, shortly before the survey team is rescued. On "Galactica", Colonel Saul Tigh's gambit to discredit President Laura Roslin fails, and he declares martial law. "Fragged" received an award at the 2005 VES Awards for
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The two sit down to talk. Hero (Battlestar Galactica) "Hero" is the eighth episode of the third season from the science fiction television series "Battlestar Galactica". This episode aired on November 17, 2006. The fleet encounters two Cylon Raiders in pursuit of a third. Starbuck and Kat take out the two pursuing Raiders and engage the third when a panicked male voice comes over the comm identifying himself as Lt. Daniel "Bulldog" Novacek and pleads to call off the attack. Admiral Adama allows the Raider to land on the "Galactica" and a disheveled man emerges from the cockpit. Adama welcomes
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hybrid. While searching for a way off planet, the two encounter Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace, who is on a mission to retrieve an important artifact. In a scuffle with Starbuck, Sharon flees in Starbuck's captured Cylon Raider, but later returns to help rescue Starbuck from a Cylon facility. Sharon uses her knowledge of the Tomb of Athena on Kobol as leverage to avoid immediate execution and consistently demonstrates her loyalty by defending the group from Cylon ambushes. Sharon's reunion with the "Galactica" personnel is tense due to Boomer's history with them, but she makes it clear that she is a separate
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Number Four (Battlestar Galactica) Simon O'Neill (Number Four), is a fictional character, a Cylon from the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" series. He first appears in The Farm (August 2005), an episode written by Carla Robinson and directed by Rod Hardy. Like the Cavils and Number Threes, and in contrast to Leobens, Dorals, Number Sixes, and Number Eights, Simons appear to be relatively uncommon and never appear in large groups. He has a more prominent role in the movie "". A Number Four first appears posing as a human physician treating Kara Thrace (Starbuck) for ballistic trauma in what was supposedly a
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Cylons abandon the infected basestar. Later, Athena and Racetrack discover the basestar while scouting the nebula in a Raptor. Torn (Battlestar Galactica) "Torn" is the sixth episode of the third season from the science fiction television series "Battlestar Galactica". This episode introduces the concept of a "hybrid", a semi-organic computer which operates the Basestar and is - in a 'very real sense' - to ""be"" the Basestar. Some Cylon models - the number twos (of which Leoben Conoy is), believe the Hybrid to be speaking for the one true god. After Starbuck crashes her Viper during a training exercise, Apollo
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Faith (Battlestar Galactica) "Faith" is the eighth episode in the fourth season of the re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica". It first aired on television on May 9, 2008. The episode guest starred actress Nana Visitor, best known for her role as Kira Nerys on "". The survivor count shown in the title sequence is 39,675. The episode begins aboard the "Demetrius," as Helo refuses to obey Captain Starbuck's orders to rendezvous with Leoben's Basestar. Starbuck tries to initiate the FTL jump herself but is restrained by Athena. Helo tells Gaeta to initiate the jump to the fleet, but Anders prevents it by
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Sacrifice (Battlestar Galactica) "Sacrifice" is the sixteenth episode of the second season of the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series. It aired originally on the Sci Fi Channel on February 10, 2006. In the episode, Dee spurns Billy Keikeya and goes on a date with Lee "Apollo" Adama at a bar. An armed group takes control of the bar, demanding the captive Cylon Sharon in return for the lives of their hostages. Lee is badly wounded when Starbuck attempts a rescue. Billy is shot and killed saving Dee just before a team of Marines raids the bar and rescues the remaining
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easily my favorite single scene in the history of the show." Kelly Woo of TV Squad ranked "Scar" as the series's eighth best episode. Eric Goldman of IGN ranked Starbuck's showdown with Scar at #19 on his list of the series's top "storylines and moments", calling it a "visually strong battle sequence". Scar (Battlestar Galactica) "Scar" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series. It aired originally on the Sci Fi Channel on February 3, 2006. In the episode, Viper pilots Starbuck and Kat form a rivalry over which of them will destroy
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Commander Adama (original Battlestar Galactica) Commander Adama is a fictional character in the 1978 movie and subsequent ABC television series "Battlestar Galactica" and its continuation series, "Galactica 1980". Adama is the commander of the great military vessel Battlestar "Galactica", commander of the refugee fleet, and military commander of the evacuees of the Twelve Colonies. He is also the spiritual leader of the surviving colonists, leading the quest for Earth. Adama was played by Canadian actor Lorne Greene of "Bonanza" fame. In the 2004 re-imagined series a similar character, named William Adama and nicknamed "Husker", commands the "Galactica". William Adama is
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adult, he is not intended to be the same Troy from "Galactica 1980"). The novels begin with the death of Adama: "Adama was dying". Commander Adama (original Battlestar Galactica) Commander Adama is a fictional character in the 1978 movie and subsequent ABC television series "Battlestar Galactica" and its continuation series, "Galactica 1980". Adama is the commander of the great military vessel Battlestar "Galactica", commander of the refugee fleet, and military commander of the evacuees of the Twelve Colonies. He is also the spiritual leader of the surviving colonists, leading the quest for Earth. Adama was played by Canadian actor Lorne
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Karl Agathon Karl C. Agathon (callsign "Helo") is a fictional character on the re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica" TV series, portrayed by Tahmoh Penikett. Agathon is an Electronic Countermeasures Officer, part of a two-person Colonial Raptor crew based on the Battlestar "Galactica", and is paired with Sharon "Boomer" Valerii before the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies. Unlike other major characters such as Kara "Starbuck" Thrace or Gaius Baltar, the series reveals little about Agathon's life before the events of the series. It is confirmed Helo is a Caprican, which is partly why he and Starbuck knew each other. The (unofficial) backstory
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passage where Lee tampers with the oxygen sensor. Moore emphasized that he believed the episode's shortcomings were his responsibility as showrunner and that his criticisms were directed at himself and not at anyone else. He praised the performances of actors Jamie Bamber (Lee), Campbell, Kandyse McClure (Dee), Mary McDonnell (Roslin), and Katee Sackhoff (Starbuck). Overall, he called it "a decent episode, not my favorite but I don't think a disaster." Sacrifice (Battlestar Galactica) "Sacrifice" is the sixteenth episode of the second season of the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series. It aired originally on the Sci Fi Channel on February 10,
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sneak attacks. Kat challenges Starbuck, getting her to bet her beer stein labeled ""Galactica" Top Gun". Later, Kat interrupts Starbuck during a briefing, breaks her record in a test of shooting a side arm accurately while dizzy, and chastises her after her advice gets a rookie pilot killed by Scar. Sharon warns Starbuck that Scar is likely so competent and bloodthirsty because "he" has died and been resurrected many times. With the Cylon Resurrection ship gone, destroying him would make his death permanent. Starbuck is troubled by memories of Anders, whom she promised to rescue from Caprica; Admiral William Adama
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press who are concerned about the possibility of more terrorist attacks. Roslin maintains that she will not let the attack deter the court from giving Baltar a fair trial. Back aboard Galactica, Apollo conducts a briefing with his pilots, but he is distracted with thoughts of Starbuck. In an embarrassing moment, he comments on a joke told by Racetrack, accidentally calling her Starbuck. Meanwhile, Roslin and the tribunal judges interview Romo Lampkin, Baltar's replacement counsel who is shown to be a very eccentric individual who constantly wears a blue overcoat and sunglasses. When Roslin asks why he volunteered to be
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a new character was created as his daughter, a bold and brazen Viper pilot not unlike the female Starbuck character in the new series. Filming on the project began in the summer of 1998 and lasted through late 1999. Some of the filming was done in conjunction with the Battlestar Galactica 20th Yahren Reunion which was held at the Los Angeles Hilton in September 1998. The finished edit of "Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming" had a running time of thirty minutes in length. A four-minute trailer was later assembled from this thirty-minute version and computer generated special effects were added.
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Moore, it was a very expensive museum-quality model worth over two thousand dollars that was being rented for the production. It was insured, according to Moore. Katee Sackhoff submitted this episode for consideration in the category of "Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series" on her behalf for the 2007 Emmy Awards. Maelstrom (Battlestar Galactica) "Maelstrom" is the seventeenth episode of the third season from the science fiction television series, "Battlestar Galactica". Survivor Count: 41,400 The episode begins with Starbuck restlessly asleep in her bunk and having a dream in which she finds herself in her apartment on Caprica painting
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The Road Less Traveled (Battlestar Galactica) "The Road Less Traveled" is the seventh episode in the fourth season of the re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica". It first aired on television on May 2, 2008. The survivor count shown in the title sequence is 39,676. It is the only episode of the entire series in which Bill Adama does not appear, and the first of two episodes not to feature Laura Roslin. It is also the final episode in which Number Six is absent. The episode begins aboard "Demetrius," now 58 days into the mission to find Earth. Helo reports to Captain Starbuck
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the truce is broken when Galen Tyrol murders Tory Foster. The Four in the CIC is shot dead by Starbuck in the ensuing fight. The remaining Fours aboard the Colony all perish when it falls into the naked singularity it was orbiting and is obliterated. Number Four (Battlestar Galactica) Simon O'Neill (Number Four), is a fictional character, a Cylon from the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" series. He first appears in The Farm (August 2005), an episode written by Carla Robinson and directed by Rod Hardy. Like the Cavils and Number Threes, and in contrast to Leobens, Dorals, Number Sixes, and Number
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it as "Astral Body M8." The real-life Lagoon Nebula has Messier designation M8 but is located in Sagittarius, not Scorpius. Home (Battlestar Galactica) "Home" is a two-part episode of the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series. Part 1 aired originally on the Sci Fi Channel on August 19, 2005, and Part 2 aired on August 26, 2005. In the episode, Starbuck returns to the human fleet bearing the Arrow of Apollo. President Laura Roslin leads a team to the surface of Kobol to find the Tomb of Athena and a map to Earth. Commander William Adama overcomes his anger at Roslin
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overdue, Adama wonders if he will ever see Starbuck and her crew again. Roslin explains that she is with him now and that they will find Earth. Adama recollects when he only was using the myth of Earth as a carrot for the fleet. Roslin asks why he now believes in Earth, and he replies, smiling, she made him believe. Faith (Battlestar Galactica) "Faith" is the eighth episode in the fourth season of the re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica". It first aired on television on May 9, 2008. The episode guest starred actress Nana Visitor, best known for her role as Kira
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each other to a stand-still. They slump against each other in the middle of the ring with their arms around each other. An awkward silence follows, and the spectators shuffle out of the hall. Anders leaves too, while Dee lowers her head. Starbuck whispers to Apollo that she has "missed him". Apollo replies that he missed her, too. As the scene fades out, there is the trace of a smile upon Starbuck's face. Unfinished Business (Battlestar Galactica) "Unfinished Business" is the ninth episode of the third season from the science fiction television series "Battlestar Galactica". It aired on December 1,
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Home (Battlestar Galactica) "Home" is a two-part episode of the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series. Part 1 aired originally on the Sci Fi Channel on August 19, 2005, and Part 2 aired on August 26, 2005. In the episode, Starbuck returns to the human fleet bearing the Arrow of Apollo. President Laura Roslin leads a team to the surface of Kobol to find the Tomb of Athena and a map to Earth. Commander William Adama overcomes his anger at Roslin and her allies and joins them on Kobol, where the Tomb provides a clue to Earth's location. The fleet is
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off of Caprica now that they have three months of anti-radiation medication and his leg wound has healed. While making breakfast, Helo is discovered by a patrol of Cylon Centurions. Helo destroys one, but is knocked unconscious by falling debris in the gunfight. Upon regaining consciousness, Helo finds the remaining Centurion gone and no sign of Sharon. You Can't Go Home Again (Battlestar Galactica) "You Can't Go Home Again" is the fifth episode of the first season of the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series. After ejecting from her Viper, Starbuck awakens on a moon with a poisonous atmosphere. While avoiding
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protect a mining operation in an asteroid field. As Starbuck and Kat patrol in their Vipers, Kat pursues a Raider she believes to be Scar. As Starbuck checks behind them, the real Scar appears and damages Starbuck's Viper. Starbuck plays chicken with Scar, to Kat's horror. Remembering her promise to Anders, Starbuck swerves at the last moment. She lures Scar into Kat's line of fire, and Kat shoots him down. Back in the mess, Starbuck yields her stein to Kat and toasts a succession of pilots who have perished since the war began. She claimed previously that she could not
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while Starbuck tells the newly recruited nugget to double-time it to debriefing. Seelix rushes off with an excited smile on her face. Dirty Hands (Battlestar Galactica) "Dirty Hands" is the sixteenth episode of the third season from the science fiction television series, "Battlestar Galactica". A Raptor piloted by Racetrack experiences engine failure soon after launch and collides with "Colonial One", nearly killing President Roslin and her aide Tory Foster. An investigation reveals that a recent batch of Tylium fuel contains impurities and Roslin calls upon Xeno Fenner, the director of the fleet's refinery ship, for answers. When Fenner meets Roslin
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is temporarily hospitalized. After Starbuck and Apollo are transferred to the battlestar "Pegasus", Kat seems to act as the "Galactica" 's "de facto" CAG, and in the months after their return, the rivalry between Kat and Starbuck intensifies. After settlement of New Caprica, Kat is promoted to Captain and becomes the "Galactica"'s CAG; she and Racetrack leads the decoy operation that allow the rescue of the civilian population. After the escape, Apollo is reinstated as CAG; Kat and Starbuck become squadron leaders. When the fleet attempts passage through a highly-radioactive star cluster, Starbuck discovers Kat's past and threatens to reveal
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nuggets and to get out his sight. Following Adama's dressing down of her, Starbuck begins acting like an actual flight instructor, leaving her issues out of the cockpit. However, while on a flight with nuggets Hotdog, Kat and Chuckles, eight Cylon Raiders suddenly appear. As "Galactica" launches Vipers, Starbuck sends the nuggets back and attacks the Raiders alone in a sure suicide run. Disobeying orders, Hotdog returns to help Starbuck fight off the Raiders, destroying one before his Viper is disabled. During a dogfight with the last Raider, Starbuck is able to take it out with a shot to the
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this role that he can be heard at the end of Miles Davis' soundtrack album, "Jack Johnson", saying: "I'm Jack Johnson. Heavyweight champion of the world. I'm black. They never let me forget it. I'm black all right! I'll never let them forget it!" Between 1981 and 1996, Peters provided the voice of Darth Vader for the radio adaptation of the original "Star Wars" trilogy for National Public Radio. He also played the role of a Colonial prosecutor trying to make a murder case against Starbuck in an episode of the original "Battlestar Galactica". He appeared in the films ""
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copy was eliminated after Samuel Anders saw the Four copy who cornered Starbuck outside the Cylon facility Another Four - also named Simon - was a medic in the Colonial Fleet on Gemenon and later lived on the ship "Cybele" in "Galactica"'s refugee fleet with his human wife Giana O'Neill and stepdaughter Jemmy. This Simon was reluctant to act against humanity because he loved his wife and stepdaughter. A Brother Cavil attempted to pressure him into blowing up the "Cybele". Simon airlocks himself instead. Giana learned the truth about her husband after Starbuck returned to the fleet. Although she was
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Cain in the new series in 2005, but declined the part. An amalgam analogue of Serina and Cassiopeia appears as Shevon, who has a daughter Paya who functions in a manner similar to Serina and Boxey in relation to Lee Adama, Captain Apollo's analog in the episode "Black Market". This episode also guest starred Richard Hatch who played the original Captain Apollo and featured a scene where Hatch's character Tom Zarek gave Adama information that led to Shevon and Paya's rescue. Serina (Battlestar Galactica) Serina is the name of a fictional character in the 1978 "Battlestar Galactica" television series. Portrayed
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Kobol's Last Gleaming "Kobol's Last Gleaming" is the two-part first season finale of the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series. In the first part, the human fleet discovers the abandoned planet Kobol. A survey team is stranded there by Cylons while President Laura Roslin convinces Starbuck to disobey orders and retrieve the Arrow of Apollo. In the second part, Commander William Adama stages a military coup and places Roslin in "Galactica"s brig. Starbuck retrieves the Arrow and discovers that Boomer, still on "Galactica", is a Cylon. This Boomer destroys the Cylon Basestar orbiting Kobol, returns to "Galactica", and shoots Commander Adama;
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Captain Apollo Captain Apollo is a fictional character in the "Battlestar Galactica" franchise. He was first played by Richard Hatch, who would also later appear as the character of Tom Zarek in the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" series in 2005. Apollo is a Viper spacefighter pilot of the Battlestar "Galactica", and the son of Commander Adama. (A diary entry from Adama in one of the novelizations based on the original television series says that he was named for one of Adama's squadron mates from his time aboard the battlestar "Cerberus".) His sister is Lieutenant Athena, and his mother was Ila. Apollo's
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had died years before. In early drafts of the "Galactica" scripts the Apollo character was named Skyler. Captain Apollo Captain Apollo is a fictional character in the "Battlestar Galactica" franchise. He was first played by Richard Hatch, who would also later appear as the character of Tom Zarek in the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" series in 2005. Apollo is a Viper spacefighter pilot of the Battlestar "Galactica", and the son of Commander Adama. (A diary entry from Adama in one of the novelizations based on the original television series says that he was named for one of Adama's squadron mates from
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Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming is a 1999 science-fiction action film. It was a project to create a pilot film for a proposed new "Battlestar Galactica" television series that would pick up where the original 1978 series left off. All continuity related to "Galactica 1980" would have been completely ignored. Co-created, co-written, executive produced and co-directed by Richard Hatch who starred in the original series as Captain Apollo, the pilot film was conceived to convince Universal Studios, the owner of the "Battlestar Galactica" franchise rights, to greenlight a new project based on this concept. The
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Starbuck dogfights the Cylon through the clouds, eventually entering a swirling storm into which the Cylon dives. Strangely, the clouds take on the red, blue and yellow colors of the Eye of Jupiter. Determined to kill the Cylon, Starbuck maintains her pursuit, ignoring the frantic calls from Apollo to pull up before she is crushed by the increasing atmospheric pressure below the cloud deck. After seeing glimpses of her apartment between flashes of lightning and the outline of her mother standing in the room, Starbuck finally comes to her senses and returns to "Galactica". Once aboard, she is shocked by
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the fleet stock shot from the original series. D'Anna Biers (played by Lucy Lawless) is the only Cylon not to appear in this episode, as her character had stayed on the original 'Cylon' Earth at the end of "Sometimes a Great Notion." Before entering coordinates on the FTL-drive control console, Starbuck says 'there must be some kind of way out of here' which is the opening lyric of Bob Dylan's song "All Along the Watchtower". The coordinates she enters are revealed through flashbacks to be the numerical representation of the opening notes of that same tune. The song is a
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Starbuck escapes from the red moon on which she was stranded, flying a captured Cylon Raider. It also scored the heart-felt finale when William Adama forgives her for the death of his younger son, Zak Adama. "I never intended this simple theme to become a signature for Starbuck, but since it played both warm/bitter-sweet and triumphant/exciting in one episode it obviously had potential as a malleable thematic idea. In fact, in "Flesh and Bone", this theme was given a dark variation as Starbuck mercilessly tortured Leoben and her motives for doing so became questionable." — Bear McCreary A second theme
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see an oracle. During the discussion, Starbuck catches a glimpse of a little beaten girl in a mirror; it is her younger self. Turning about, the child is not there. Starbuck then heads to Dogsville in the hangar and sees the oracle, Yolanda Brenn. She enters the tent, finding a small winged figurine. Suddenly, Brenn speaks from the shadows, explaining that the figurine is a depiction of the goddess Aurora, who signifies change and allows Starbuck to keep it. Before Starbuck can say much, Brenn says she knows why she came. She says she knows of Leoben and the dreams,
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on Starbuck. For Kat, Scar embodies her fear of not being as good as Starbuck and her fear of letting the fleet down, which in the past caused her to turn to abuse stimulants. Kat and some other pilots try to remember the name of a fallen comrade's girlfriend who died in the attack on the Colonies, but Starbuck considers it pointless. Clifton suggests Kat identifies with the dead woman more than Starbuck because Kat was a civilian until she signed up as a pilot during the series. He also notes a similarity between the names that are guessed (Kathy,
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need. Following the rescue of the New Caprica colonists, Cottle resumes his duties as "Galactica"<nowiki>'s</nowiki> chief medical officer. He volunteers for the apparent suicide mission in the series finale, Daybreak", but is reminded by William Adama that the fleet can not afford to lose a doctor. The civilian fleet reunites with "Galactica" after the battle, at the new habitable planet Starbuck jumped it to. Cottle then settles down on the new planet, named "Earth" after the original one, with the rest of the surviving crew. Sherman Cottle Major Sherman Cottle is a fictional character in the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" series.
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plan and speaks of Baltar's preachings. Vexed, Tyrol states she has been spending too much time with Baltar. On "Demetrius", Anders returns from a recon flight and finds Leoben with Starbuck, guiding her hand in painting her mural - his other hand on her hip. Anders furiously rips Leoben away from her and Starbuck protests the intrusion. As the guards take Leoben away, Helo steps in and reminds Starbuck of the months of mind-games that Leoben played on her back on New Caprica, but she argues that Leoben can help find Earth. Meanwhile, Anders roughs up Leoben and demands to
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Agathon. Apollo leaves the ring and picks up his dog tags to signify that he is quitting the competition. However, Starbuck drops her tags in the box and goads an initially reluctant Apollo into fighting her instead. Admiral Adama arrives with President Roslin, who is a boxing enthusiast, to watch the next series of fights; Kat wins against a female crew member, and Hot Dog is quickly knocked out by Starbuck. Adama then observes Chief Tyrol and his wife Cally, recalling a moment when the fleet first settled New Caprica and Tyrol and Cally were still assigned to "Galactica". Tyrol
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and enters the Tomb with Roslin, Apollo, Starbuck, and Billy. Starbuck inserts the Arrow of Apollo into a statue of the archer Sagittaron, triggering a vision of a grassy field under a night sky. The party sees constellations representing each of the Twelve Colonies, and Starbuck realizes they are "standing" on Earth. Apollo recognizes a nebula among the constellations (he says it's the Lagoon Nebula, to which his father Adama says it's Astral Body M8) and concludes the fleet can plot its next direction based on it. Returning to "Galactica", Adama promises to keep the fleet unified and reinstates Roslin
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Thompson began the episode at the start of Starbuck and Kat's patrol and told the bulk of the story in flashbacks; inserted more opportunities for Starbuck and Kat to clash on "Galactica"; and wrote another dogfight to be narrated over radio. The writers went over the script in detail with Moore in a July 2005 writers' meeting that was recorded and published by podcast. one key plot point they discussed at length was a motive for Galactica staying in one place while Scar shoots down its fighters one at a time. "Slate" summarized the ensuing discussion: One writer suggests that
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Apollo always flies with Starbuck as his wingman. The exception is in the episode "Lost Planet Of The Gods," where he flies with Serina in her second and last mission as a Viper pilot. Starbuck and Apollo frequently fly with Lieutenant Boomer as a third wingman. Richard Hatch's relaunch novel series, which continues the story of the Colonials after the TV series end, has Apollo becoming Commander of the "Galactica" after the death of his father Adama. The Maximum Press "Battlestar Galactica" comic book series published in the 1990s sees him taking command of the "Galactica" after his father is
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the notion and leaves. Afterward, Anders tells the others of Leoben's proposal which causes more animosity amongst the crew who want to return to the fleet. Everyone, including Athena, believes Starbuck is being brainwashed by the Cylon and he will only lead them into a trap. Helo tries to silence any talk of mutiny, but the antagonism grows more intense. Starbuck appears, apparently overhearing the others, and tells Helo to retrieve the navigation computer from Leoben's Raider. Back on "Galactica", Baltar discusses with Tory the effects his movement is having on President Roslin and the Quorum. Although he is attracting
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end of the "Battlestar Galactica" episode "Scar" after Kara "Starbuck" Thrace toasts the memory of pilots who had been tragically killed doing what they loved. See also Music of Battlestar Galactica (re-imagining). "Cavatina" was also used to accompany "The Gallery" in the children's programme "Take Hart", and its predecessor "Vision On", during the 1970s. It was also used for some time in the 1970s as the close-down music when BBC radio went to sleep at 2 a.m. The song was featured in the 2005 film "Jarhead". Cavatina (Myers) "Cavatina" is a 1970 classical guitar piece by British composer Stanley Myers
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by a copy of Number Six and Aaron Doral. The two comment on Sharon's skill while the Six expresses sadness at the destruction surrounding them. While Six feels that humanity is their parents in a sense, Doral tells her that parents must die in order for children to come into their own. Richard Hatch, who plays prisoner Tom Zarek in this and future episodes, was the actor who played Captain Apollo in the original 1978 series. Bastille Day (Battlestar Galactica) "Bastille Day" is the third episode of the first season of the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" television series. Following the discovery
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"Galactica 1980." His appearance was much the same as in the original miniseries with the addition of a full beard. A hologram of Adama appears in Richard Hatch's sequel short film "". Richard Hatch's relaunch novels are set considerably after the end of the TV series, e.g. a child of Starbuck and Cassiopeia that did not exist in the series is almost of age at the beginning of the novels. Also the Boxey from the series has grown up and has become a Colonial warrior like his step father (although in this continuity he is also called Troy as an
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the last Viper off the Galactica and when Anders flies the fleet into the sun. In the episode "Someone to Watch Over Me", the piano player riffs on a theme which Starbuck identifies as the second movement of Nomian's 3rd Sonata; the theme is Stu Phillips' "Exploration", the trumpet fanfare from the prelude to the original theme. The prelude fanfare is also heard during the ceremonial squadron flyby in the first part of the miniseries. In the prequel show "Caprica", the original theme is heard relatively unaltered before the beginning of a professional Pyramid game, giving the impression that it
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before crashing on the moon. Finding the Raider intact aside from a hole in the "head" where her shot hit, Starbuck decides to hijack the ship to return to "Galactica". To Starbuck's surprise, she finds that the Raider is actually a living being instead of a mechanical ship and manages to repair the hole and figure out the Raider's controls. As the fleet prepares to jump, they detect Starbuck's hijacked Raider on DRADIS. Unaware that the ship is under the control of Starbuck, Apollo is launched to intercept and destroy it. Starbuck is able to evade Apollo's attempts to destroy
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ships to "Galactica's" search for Starbuck. Doctor Gaius Baltar is reminded by his internal Six that they have at most three days before the Cylons realize their patrol is missing and send more ships. Baltar warns Roslin who presses on, but grows increasingly alarmed by Adama and Apollo's tactics. After learning of their history with Starbuck from Colonel Tigh, Roslin is able to make the two men see sense and call off the search. While the search goes on, Starbuck searches for higher ground in hopes of being found. In her search, Starbuck finds the Cylon Raider she shot down
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callsign even though Starbuck refuses to tell him her name. Leoben claims he has hidden a nuclear weapon on one of the ships in the fleet that will go off at 18:30 hours. Starbuck is forced to continue interrogating Leoben while the fleet searches for the bomb without success. As Starbuck employs multiple methods of torture, particularly waterboarding, Leoben claims to be able to see the future and speaks of his religious beliefs with Starbuck who believes that he is simply afraid that he is too far away from the Cylon homeworld to download when he dies and is lying
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Baltar (Battlestar Galactica) Baltar is a fictional character in the "Battlestar Galactica" universe who betrays the human race, through willing treachery in the original 1978 series, and as the inadvertent result of arrogance and self-interest in the 2003 miniseries and following TV series. In the original 1978 "Battlestar Galactica" movie and television series, Count Baltar was a leading antagonist character who betrayed the human race to its enemy, the robot race of Cylons. Faced with execution by the Cylons following the successful attack on the humans, Baltar convinces them to let him live so he may be permitted to pursue
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series by Ronald D. Moore, which was greenlit as a miniseries by the Sci Fi Channel. Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming is a 1999 science-fiction action film. It was a project to create a pilot film for a proposed new "Battlestar Galactica" television series that would pick up where the original 1978 series left off. All continuity related to "Galactica 1980" would have been completely ignored. Co-created, co-written, executive produced and co-directed by Richard Hatch who starred in the original series as Captain Apollo, the pilot film was conceived to convince Universal Studios, the owner
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its hydraulic fluid and says all the birds leak fluid. She angrily demands that he fix the problem, but Tyrol says the seals are worn and replacements are scarce. He promises that the problem is minor and her Viper will fly, but Starbuck does not believe him. Apollo arrives and takes Starbuck aside to cool her temper. The end scene where Adama smashes up his model sailing ship was improvised by Edward James Olmos and was not part of the original script. Olmos was unaware that the model was not an inexpensive prop built for the production. According to Ron
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Cylon rebels. "Galactica" and the other ships in the fleet are abandoned. Admiral Adama flies the last Viper off the ship, and the battlestar and its fleet are scuttled by Samuel Anders, who pilots them directly into the Sun. Battlestar Galactica (fictional spacecraft) Battlestar "Galactica" is a space battleship in the original and re-imagined science fiction television series "Battlestar Galactica". In the series, the Twelve Colonies built approximately 120 Battlestars during their thousand-year war with the Cylons, whose own battleships are known as Basestars. One of twelve Battlestars constructed by the Twelve Colonies of Man, "Galactica" represents the Colonial planet
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one day, and hid plastic insects in her mother's shoes. As punishment, her mother slammed Starbuck's hand repeatedly in a door. Later, Starbuck and Hot Dog are on patrol, piloting their Vipers in the clouds of the gas giant. Starbuck catches sight of a Cylon Heavy Raider and gives chase. Because of the radiation, the DRADIS is blind and Hot Dog is unable to get a confirmation of the ship. He soon loses sight of Starbuck, who remains in hot pursuit of the Cylon. In orbit, Admiral Adama aborts the refuelling and orders the fleet to prepare for a jump.
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Apollo (Battlestar Galactica) Apollo is the name of two characters in the Battlestar Galactica universe: Apollo is the son of Commander Adama & Ila. He is played by Richard Hatch (who also portrays Tom Zarek in the new Battlestar Galactica). Apollo has a sister Athena, also a Warrior, and a brother Zac who was killed in a Cylon ambush prior to their attack on the 12 colonies. Apollo's mother was killed in the attack on the colonies. In the new Battlestar Galactica (re-imagining), Apollo is no longer the character's name but rather his call sign (although Laura Roslin calls him
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the photo of Duck and Nora, who were both lost on New Caprica. Starbuck asks his decision about her flight readiness and he gives her some words of encouragement. Meanwhile, she observes dripping candle wax taking the pattern and colors of the Eye. When Starbuck passes Admiral Adama and President Roslin, she gives the figurine of Aurora to Adama, saying it would make a great figurehead for the model sailing ship in his quarters. Preparing for her next flight mission, Starbuck stops herself from entering her Viper cockpit when she sees her younger self sitting in the seat. Visibly shaken,
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paper on the table and grabs it despite her mother's objection. The report says her mother has terminal cancer. Starbuck offers sympathy, but her mother rejects it, saying that Starbuck should have pity for herself. In anger, Starbuck walks out the door, vowing to never return and that her mother can die alone. Starbuck relives the moment and sobs. Leoben then takes her to the bedroom where her mother lies on her deathbed and gives Starbuck another chance to be with her mother as she dies. Starbuck sits next to the bed and notices her mother holds a scrapbook filled
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possible execution, but Anders quits during the deliberation, not wanting to continue to judge any more cases. Tigh replaces Anders with Starbuck, who votes for Gaeta's execution. Tigh and three others vote along with Starbuck and then eventually convince Tyrol to vote with them. The Circle then abducts Gaeta and prepares to execute him. An angry Starbuck demands that he beg for his life and attacks him, reminding him of what he told her in the mess hall, including the dog bowl dead drop. Chief Tyrol realizes that Gaeta had been the resistance's source and sets him free. Stunned by
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film, as is G.F. Starbuck, referencing Lieutenant Starbuck, Benedict's character from the original "Battlestar Galactica". The film fell slightly short of expectations for its opening weekend, earning $26 million, as opposed to the initially predicted $30–35 million. The film opened behind "The Karate Kid", which took in $56 million. The film opened in the UK/Ireland on July 28, 2010, and came at No. 3 in at the box office with a first weekend haul of $5.6 million. , "The A-Team" had taken over $77 million at the U.S. box office, and $99 million internationally, for a worldwide total of over
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"[Starbuck], played with a tomboyish swagger by Katee Sackhoff, is fast becoming the latest in a long line of feminist television icons." The series has also received favorable reviews from other writers. Stephen King wrote, "This is a beautifully written show, driven by character rather than effects...but the effects are damn good. And there's not a better acting troupe at work on television." Joss Whedon commented: "I think it's so passionate, textured, complex, subversive and challenging that it dwarfs everything on TV." Some fans of the original 1970s series opposed the re-imagined series since the time it premiered, due to
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because they do not exist and humanity has been pandering to their own ignorance. Meanwhile, in his quarters, Galen Tyrol listens to Baltar's rhetoric over a radio while he exercises. In space, Starbuck and her wingman Hot Dog head out to explore the sector. Soon, DRADIS picks up an incoming Cylon Heavy Raider. Starbuck intercepts the craft which is heavily damaged and spinning out of control. Suddenly, she hears the voice of Leoben Conoy over the communications channel who tells Starbuck that he has found her and it is time to complete her journey. Leoben is brought aboard "Demetrius" where
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anyone finds out about what they have done — especially Anders or Dee. Apollo stands up and shouts to the night sky that he loves Kara Thrace, unconcerned about anyone hearing him. Hesitantly at first, Starbuck eventually does the same shouting that she loves Lee Adama. Apollo says he will tell Dee about the new situation and asks that Starbuck do the same with Anders. In the boxing ring, Apollo knocks Starbuck to the mat at which point the fighting turns dirty. Starbuck does a leg sweep and trips Apollo. As he gets back to his feet, Starbuck kicks him
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Notably, the writers of the "Galactica" comic were quite willing to remove key characters from the dramatic mix for periods of time. From issues #6 to #12, Commander Adama is placed within a machine to help him remember the ancient writings he briefly saw on Kobol and, although we do spend some time in his dreams, he is effectively removed from commanding the "Galactica" for several issues, which of course sets up its own dramatic tension. Another character who leaves the series for a while is Starbuck, as part of perhaps the most effective story arc in the series. In
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detonate the bomb once she found Hera. Anders breaks out the prisoners from the Cylon compound and finds Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (Katee Sackhoff) who rescues Kacey (Madeline Parker) from Leoben Conoy (Callum Keith Rennie) by killing him. At the same time, Laura Roslin leads forces that reclaim the abandoned "Colonial One", retaking it as her ship rather than departing with Zarek. "Galactica" is overwhelmed by bombardment from the Basestars. As it is facing destruction, "Pegasus" makes a timely arrival, destroying a Basestar. Apollo, having disobeyed Adama's orders by bringing Pegasus into the fight, buys the crew of "Galactica" time to
Exodus (Battlestar Galactica)
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Cylons resume fighting; after the other Cylons in CIC are killed, Cavil commits suicide. At the same instant, a chance rock strike in the debris field causes Racetrack's dead hand to fall on the launch button for her Raptor's nuclear weapons, which were primed for launch before the Raptor's crew was lost. The missiles strike directly into the Colony, knocking it out of orbit. With "Galactica" still tangled in the Colony and being dragged toward the singularity along with it, Adama orders Starbuck to jump the ship away, anywhere. In a flash of inspiration, Starbuck mutters "there must be some
Daybreak (Battlestar Galactica)