Battlestar Galactica starred which actor and director?
Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos
Edward James Olmos (born February 24, 1947) is an American actor and director.
 Among his most memorable roles are William Adama in the re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica", Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in "Miami Vice", teacher Jaime Escalante in "Stand and Deliver", patriarch Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. in the film "Selena", Detective Gaff in "Blade Runner", and narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of "Zoot Suit".
 In 1988, Olmos was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film "Stand and Deliver".
Battlestar Galactica (miniseries)
Battlestar Galactica is a three-hour miniseries (comprising four broadcast hours) starring Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, written and produced by Ronald D. Moore and directed by Michael Rymer.
 It was the first part of the "Battlestar Galactica" remake based on the 1978 "Battlestar Galactica" television series, and served as a backdoor pilot for the 2004 television series.
 The miniseries aired originally on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States starting on December 8, 2003.
 The two parts of the miniseries attracted 3.9 and 4.5 million viewers, making the miniseries the third-most-watched program on Syfy.
Battlestar (fictional spacecraft)
Battlestars are capital ships from the science fiction universe of "Battlestar Galactica", depicted in the original "Battlestar Galactica" movie and series, the "Galactica 1980" spinoff, and the re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica" series. Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson.
 The franchise began with the original television series in 1978 and was followed by a short-run sequel series ("Galactica 1980"), a line of book adaptations, original novels, comic books, a board game, and video games.
 A re-imagined version of "Battlestar Galactica" aired as a two-part, three-hour miniseries developed by Ronald D. Moore and David Eick in 2003.
 That miniseries led to a weekly television series, which aired until 2009.
 A prequel series, "Caprica", aired in 2010. Aaron Kelly (Battlestar Galactica)
Captain Aaron Kelly is a fictional character, played by Ty Olsson, in the reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" TV program.
 The character has been part of the show since the 2003 Miniseries.
 Captain Kelly is the landing signal officer (LSO) aboard the Battlestar "Galactica".
 At the beginning of the second season, Captain Kelly was third in line of command, after then-Commander Adama and then-Colonel Tigh.
 The character of Aaron Kelly has no direct analog in the original "Battlestar Galactica". Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)
Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction television series, created by Glen A. Larson, that began the "Battlestar Galactica" franchise.
 Starring Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict, it ran for the 1978–79 season before being canceled.
 Afterward, a write-in campaign revived the show as "Galactica 1980" with 10 episodes in 1980. 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. Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
Battlestar Galactica (BSG) is an American military science fiction television series, and part of the "Battlestar Galactica" franchise.
 The show was developed by Ronald D. Moore and executive produced by Moore and David Eick as a re-imagining of the 1978 "Battlestar Galactica" television series created by Glen A. Larson.
 The series first aired as a three-hour miniseries (comprising four broadcast hours) in December 2003 on the Sci-Fi Channel, and ran for four seasons thereafter, ending its run on March 20, 2009.
 The series features Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell, and garnered a wide range of critical acclaim, which included a Peabody Award, the Television Critics Association's Program of the Year Award, a placement inside "Time"' s 100 Best TV Shows of All-Time, and Emmy nominations for its writing, directing, costume design, visual effects, sound mixing, and sound editing, with Emmy wins for both visual effects and sound editing. Battlestar (reimagining)
A battlestar is a battleship/carrier hybrid starship in the reimagined science fiction television series "Battlestar Galactica".
 The reimagined series' battlestars and the series' other visual effects were designed and created by Zoic Studios for "Battlestar Galactica". Saga of a Star World
"Saga of a Star World" (or "Battlestar Galactica") is the pilot for the American science fiction television series of "Battlestar Galactica" which was produced in 1978 by Glen A. Larson.
 A re-edit of the episode was released theatrically as Battlestar Galactica in Canada, Australia and some countries in Europe and Latin America before the television series aired in the U.S., in order to help recoup its high production costs.
 Later, in May 1979, the feature-film edit was also released in the U.S. (see below)