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Lieutenant Starbuck of the Colonial Service, played by Dirk Benedict , is a fictional character in the 1978 science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica . Starbuck is a Viper starfighter pilot, gambler, womanizer and smoker of "fumerellos" (cigars). He is involved with Lieutenant Athena and socialator Cassiopeia, and best friend of Captain Apollo . Orphaned at a very young age in the Cylon attack on Umbra, a small agro community on Caprica at the edge of the thorn forest in yahren 7322, Starbuck never knew his parents. The man known as Chameleon , portrayed by Fred Astaire in the episode "The Man with Nine Lives", is discovered to be Starbuck's father, but Chameleon never reveals this fact to his son, instead trusting only Cassiopeia with this knowledge. Starbuck is very close to the family of Commander Adama , who refers to Starbuck as a man "he loves like a son" in Galactica 1980 's " The Return of Starbuck ". Starbuck w...

A Cylon is a robot at war with the Twelve Colonies of humanity in the Battlestar Galactica science fiction franchise, in the original 1978 and 1980 series, the 2004 reimagining , as well as the spin-off prequel series, Caprica . In the 1978 series, Cylon is also the name of the reptilian race who created the robot Cylons. The nature and origin of the Cylons differ greatly between the two Battlestar Galactica continuities. However, both series feature Cylon Raiders, Cylon Basestars and Cylon Centurions. The prequel series, Caprica, focuses on the creation of the Cylons, which differs from all the previous Battlestar Galactica series. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylon_(Battlestar_Galactica) --------------------------------- Battlestar Galactica is an American  science fiction television  series, created by  Glen A. Larson , that began the  Battlestar Galactica franchise . Starring  Lorne Greene ,  Richard Hatch  and  Di...

The Raider is the standard starfighter employed by the Cylons in the 1978 science fiction television series and movie Battlestar Galactica along with its re-imagining in the 2003 miniseries and 2004 television series . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylon_Raider --------------------------------- Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction television series, created by Glen A. Larson , that began the Battlestar Galactica franchise . Starring Lorne Greene , Richard Hatch and Dirk Benedict , it ran for the 1978–79 season before being canceled. Afterward, a write-in campaign revived the show as Galactica 1980 with 10 episodes in 1980. Books have also been written continuing the stories. Battlestar Galactica was remade in the 2000s with a mini-series and a weekly series . A feature film remake was also planned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(1978_TV_series) --------------------------------- A  replica  is an exact...

Captain Apollo is a fictional character in the Battlestar Galactica franchise. He was first played by Richard Hatch , who would also later appear as the character of Tom Zarek in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series in 2005. Apollo is a Viper spacefighter pilot of the Battlestar Galactica , and the son of Commander Adama . (A diary entry from Adama in one of the novelizations based on the original television series says that he was named for one of Adama's squadron mates from his time aboard the battlestar Cerberus.) His sister is Lieutenant Athena , and his mother was Ila . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Apollo ------------------------------ Battlestar Galactica is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson . The franchise began with the original television series in 1978 and was followed by a short-run sequel series ( Galactica 1980 ), a line of book adaptations, original novels, comic books, a board game, and video g...