The Living Legend

Episode aired Nov 26, 1978
47m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

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Richard Hatch in Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Action Adventure Sci-Fi

While suffering from a fuel shortage, The Galactica finds the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus, led by the legendary Commander Cain.While suffering from a fuel shortage, The Galactica finds the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus, led by the legendary Commander Cain.While suffering from a fuel shortage, The Galactica finds the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus, led by the legendary Commander Cain.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

511

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
In the early scenes of Saga of a Star World (1978), five battlestars appear, although only two are clearly named: the Galactica and the Atlantia. Faint background radio voices can be heard identifying the other three: Pacifica, Triton, and Acropolis. In The Gun on Ice Planet Zero (1978), Cree mentioned the Columbia. In "The Living Legend," a sixth battlestar, the Pegasus, is named. The other six remained unnamed.

Goofs
As Commander Cain's shuttle approaches Galactica's landing bay the writing on the side of the shuttle is GAL 356 making it from Galactica, not Pegasus. Reused footage.

Quotes
[last lines]
Count Baltar: Burn, Galactica. You're finished, Adama!
Cylon Centurion: [looking out to port] Sir, if I may...
Count Baltar: I don't want to miss a moment of the last Battlestar's destruction.
Cylon Centurion: I really think you should take look at the other Battlestar.
Count Baltar: What are you babbling about, a...
[Baltar is dumbstruck at the sight of the Battlestar Pegasus]
Count Baltar: It's impossible!
Cylon Centurion: No. It is a Battlestar.
Count Baltar: *Turn* you fool! Turn! He's coming right for us!
[freeze frame: TO BE CONTINUED]

Connections
Edited into Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1979)

Soundtracks
Exploration/Theme from Battlestar Galactica
(uncredited)
Composed and Conducted by Stu Phillips
Performed by The Los Angeles Philharmonic

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Featured review

9/10

Lloyd Bridges!

I saw this two parter at the cinema as a kid. It's one of the more ambitious and cinematic episodes. The Galactica comes across Cain and the Battlestar Pegasus. This introduces a few more characters to the series, notably Sheba, Cain's daughter who becomes a main player. What makes this episode interesting is Lloyd Bridges and his conflict with Adama. The two of them disagree on every strategy despite the fact they both want the same end goal. There are some nice subplots like Cassiopia being Cain's ex, which doesn't go down well with Starbuck. Overall there is a good mix of action and conflict, and on top of that, if you've seen Lloyd Bridges in Hot Shots, it's very hard not to laugh because he's playing a very similar character here, only it's not meant to be funny on this occasion.