The Cylons have unexpectedly sued for peace, through the diplomatic agency of a human, Count Baltar. Twelve colonies of humans, living on different worlds, have been fighting a 1,000 year war against the robotic race of Cylons, who seek to exterminate all of humanity. Later, the standalone film edit was also released in the United States.īattlestar Galactica is set in a distant star system, in an age described as 'the seventh millennium of time'. A re-edit of the episode was released theatrically as Battlestar Galactica in Canada before the television series aired in the United States, in order to help recoup its high production costs. ' Saga of a Star World' (aka “ Battlestar Galactica”) is the pilot for the American science fiction television series of Battlestar Galactica which was produced in 1978 by Glen A.
(edited theatrical version released in cinemas J(Canada) & (United States))
