<P> 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 , '' and a planet called Kobol , 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 . </P>
<P> 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 , '' and a planet called Kobol , 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 . </P>
which came first battlestar galactica or star wars
which came first battlestar galactica or star wars
Star Wars
Star Wars