Galactica 1980 Trivia Facts

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For a sequence that showed the Cylons attacking Earth, the producers used footage from Earthquake (1974) and superimposed Cylon fighters firing and causing the destruction in the sequence. Thus they managed to create a spectacular sequence on a tiny budget.
Lorne Greene, and Herb Jefferson Jr. are the only regular cast members from the original Battlestar Galactica to appear in the revival series. As a last ditch effort to raise ratings, the producers brought back Dirk Benedict as Starbuck for one episode.
At the end of several episodes a message appeared on the screen that said: "The United States Air Force stopped investigating UFOs in 1969. After 22 years they found no evidence of extra-terrestrially visits and no threat to national security."
"Capt. Troy" was the same character as "Boxey" (Apollo's adopted son) from the original Battlestar Galactica, twenty years later.
Galacticans have no fingerprints - as revealed by the arrest of Troy and Dillon.
Before her job at United Broadcasting - Jamie Hamilton worked in Reno.
Before flying to the Galactica - Jamie Hamilton thought Troy and Dillon were terrorists, drug runners, and while in space - she thought they were super-NASA or super-CIA people.
Commander Xavier time travelled back to 1944 Nazi Germany's town of Peenemunde to assist in the V2 development. He arrived there shortly before D-day, possibly in late-May 1944.
Troy, Dillon and Jamie Hamilton time travelled back to 1944 Nazi Germany to stop Commander Xavier. They arrived in 1944 on 4th June.
In this episode, the Nazi General Jodl was portrayed examining the V2 test in 1944. The 'real' General Jodl later signed the Nazi surrender to the Allies, thus ending the European part of WWII.
Troy, Dillon and Jamie Hamilton rescued a group of Jews in Germany - en-route to concentration camps - during the initial hours of the D-Day landings.
According to the doctor treating the sick Galactica scouts, the kids had different blood cells to Earth humans.

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