The Battlestar Galactica franchise has a lot more to it than some fans realize, featuring all of these shows and movies.
Battlestar Galactica is one of the best-known sci-fi television series of all time, having been a popular series long before the rebooted series brought a more modern audience to the franchise. With two primary television series in the franchise, as well as multiple television spin-offs and even a few movies, there is plenty for fans to explore in the world of BSG.
With the franchise gearing up for a return after a quiet period, with new shows and films both on the way, the Battlestar Galactica series is ripe for a revisit. Fans and newcomers to the franchise alike will love checking out some of the amazing sci-fi action available in what can be described as a more militaristic Star Trek. 12 Galactica 1980
This follow-up/spin-off series to the original 1978 show involved the crew of the Galactica finding Earth after a generation, and discovering that it was unable to defend itself from Cylons. Thus, Commander Adama sends his people to Earth in an attempt to begin integrating with the population and preparing them, raising their technological level.
While this was a bold attempt to add new sci-fi elements like time travel to the franchise and simultaneously bring down the costs of making the show so it could be more viable, it was a failed project and the ten-episode first season was all that was ever made for Galactica 1980. 11 Battlestar Galactica (1978 Movie)
The original pilot episodes for the first Battlestar Galactica series were released separately as a film which can be watched today as a great project in its own right, and it remains the only theatrically released film in the franchise. Dealing with the Cylons, after a 1000-year war, attempting to make peace, only to reveal their betrayal as they destroy most of the Battlestar ships in one fell swoop, this film was a fascinating watch.
For the time, and with the constraints of a television-level budget, Battlestar Galactica, released in some territories as Saga Of A Star World, looked great and managed to generate a lot of interest for the ensuing series. Ending with a great victory and the humans deciding to set out for the legendary planet Earth made for a perfectly rounded out standalone film, with the leftover tease of more to come in the series. 10 Battlestar Galactica: The Plan
A fascinating special event, the television film known as The Plan featured many of the events from throughout the newer Battlestar Galactica series, retold and expanded upon from the perspective of the Cylons hiding among the humans. From their initial genocidal plot on the human colonies onward through the events of the first two seasons of the show.
Released to expand upon the secretive nature of many characters in the show, the focus of The Plan was on the two different versions of Cavil, known as Number One, and on how they argued over what should be the fate of humankind. The Final Five is also brought into more focus by this event, which was a great piece of lore and world-building for the villains of the franchise but wasn’t a fantastic film in its own right. 9 Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome
Released initially as a web series but compiled later into a film, Blood & Chrome took place during the first Cylon War, decades before the events of the Battlestar Galactica series.
