After finishing the first Star Wars movie, Ralph McQuarrie was asked to do the concept art for the Battlestar Galactica 1978 series. Ralph McQuarrie worked on the designs of the battlestar Galactica, the Viper, the Cylon Raider and Basestar and even did some preliminary artwork on the costumes of the Cylons, the Imperious Leader and the Ovions. Also his work on the Battlestar Galactica logo and poster is shown. This gallery shows a collection of these concept sketches.

Next to doing concept sketches for the designs of the ships and aliens on Battlestar Galactica 1978, Ralph McQuarrie was also asked to paint 24 color images to be used on the first script of the pilot "Saga of a Star World". This script (of which only 50 were printed) was written to convince the studios to pick up this costly project and the illustrations helped to explain and visualize the story. This gallery shows, for the first time, a complete set of those 24 color images.

For years there was a rumor that Carlo Rambaldi had created the Imperious Leader for the Battlestar Galactica 1978 pilot "Saga of a Star World". Marcel Damen, a long time Battlestar Galactica fan and fan of the work of Carlo Rambaldi investigated the story. He caught up with Carlo Rambaldi on the opening day of his traveling exhibition to get the full story of the multiple Oscar winner himself.

Dale Long got in touch with Peter Berkos, the sound effects editor on the Battlestar Galactica 1978 series. In 2004 Peter Berkos was awarded lifetime achievement Oscar for his outstanding career in sound editing. For Battlestar Galactica he was responsible for the sound effects of the laser guns, the barking of Muffit and of course the distinctive voice of the Cylons. We talk to him about his career and how the sounds on Battlestar Galactica were created.

Some time ago Mike Egnor caught up with Jim Peck, better known to Battlestar Galactica 1978 fans for his part as the Commentator on Caprica, reporting the Cylon attack on the Colonies. Though this was his only movie role, which he got through his friend, director Richard Colla, Jim Peck is well known as a game show host in the 70s-80s. We talk about his career, his part on Saga of a Star world and what he's up to these days.

Mike Egnor caught up with Battlestar Galactica 1978 pilot director Richard Colla. In the major exclusive for the first time he openly discusses his work on "Saga of a Star World" and talks in great detail about the sets, actors, producers, problems with the budget, why the pilot was released theatrically, use of the word "frack", and much more. He also gives his personal no holds barred opinion of Glen Larson, including the reasoning why he got fired from the pilot.