What was the premise of Galactica 1980?
Officially, Galactica 1980 was set 30 years after the events of Battlestar Galactica. All the original cast members were either dead, missing or never seen in Galactica 1980, with the exception of Commander Adama and Boomer (now Colonel, replacing Tigh.) Captain Troy (a grown-up Boxey) and Lt. Dillon were second-rate copies of Apollo and Starbuck. Other new characters include the teenage genius Dr. Zee, a renegade Council member (Xavier), and a television reporter (Jamie Hamilton.) In the three-hour premiere, “Galactica Discovers Earth,” the Galactica had at last found Earth (c. 1980). Unfortunate for Adama and company was the discovery that the Cylons had been following them all across the galaxy. The Galactica found Earth’s technology was so backward that colonization of Earth would be impossible, until Earth could raise it to a level where it could defend itself against the Cylons. One plot element involved Galacticans contacting Earth’s top scientists to help Earth bring its techno
