Battlestar Galactica was an original and slightly cheesy science-fiction TV series from 1978, created by Glen A. Larson. Its story was based around the idea that humanity lived in a distant part of the galaxy in 12 colonies, having left its original home world of Kobol, and was constantly at war with a robotic android race called the Cylons who wished to rid the galaxy of humans. In 2003, the franchise was re-launched with a new, much darker, edgier and character-driven TV series which aired until 2009. This updated show held the premise that, after years of peace, a second war with the Cylons began with a pre-emptive Cylon strike, resulting in the near extermination of the colonies. This time, along with the traditional Cylons, some of them actually look like humans and have managed to infiltrate key positions within the fleet. The few surviving scattered humans form a makeshift band of various spacecraft to make their escape, and the sole remaining Colonial Fleet Battlestar 'Galactica' protects this rag-tag collection of ships.
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