All of the Battlestar Galactica series have the same basic setting . The franchise began with the Battlestar Galactica TV series in 1978 , and was followed by a brief sequel TV series in 1980 , a line of book adaptations , original novels , comic books , a board game , and video games . The reimagined miniseries Battlestar Galactica , developed by Ronald D. Moore and David Eick , was first telecast in 2003 , and this concept was continued with another Battlestar Galactica TV series telecast from 2004 to 2009 .