this noisy aimless mess be an attempt to cash in on the popularity of star war and release the previous year . battlestar galactica be barely able to hang on for one season despite the fertile ground and general acceptance for sci fi that have be create by the star war hit . this 1978 galactica and and all the other followup galactica movie and series to come from it in the early 1980 and be poorly write and poorly develop . the final product be so revolt that they even manage to mangle the hackneyed character stereotype and plot twist that be regularly use to fill out the majority of each week episode . while fan of the series heap praise on lorne greene and john colicos ( and richard hatch ) for their fine effort and most seem to ignore the fact that these unlucky thespian be work with ridiculous script . one shudder to think how much bad the final on screen product would have be if everyone perform as poorly a dirk benedict and the intend lovable rogue stereotype who instead come across a the obnoxious pain in the a stereotype . the final product would have be well suit for saturday morning and but the expense of the lead edge special effect ( for 1978 ) force this to be a prime time offering . producer glen larson have an impressive track record for produce fun and technology base fare and but galactica be simply too weak on too many level . catch his buck rogers and early knight rider or fall guy for example of how the genre can work without make you wish that the bad guy would win so the series could end .