Battlestar Galactica, or BSG, is a franchise of American science fiction
films and television series, the first of which was produced in 1978. A series
of book adaptations, original novels, comic books and video games have also been
based on the concept. A re-imagined miniseries aired in 2003, with a regular
television series starting in 2004.
All of the Battlestar Galactica
productions share the same premise: In a distant part of the universe, a
civilization of humans live on planets known as the Twelve Colonies. In the
past, the Colonies have been at war with a cybernetic race known as the Cylons.
With the help (knowing or unknowing) of a human named Baltar, the Cylons launch
a sudden sneak attack on the Colonies, laying waste to the planets and
devastating their populations. A few thousand of the human survivors flee into
space aboard any spacecraft they can reach. Of all the Colonial Fleet, the
Battlestar Galactica appears to be the only military ship that survived the
attack. Under the leadership of famed military leader Commander Adama, the
Battlestar Galactica and its crew take up the task of leading the ragtag
fugitive fleet of survivors into space in search of a fabled refuge known as
Earth.