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The 21st century re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica adapted a storyline from the short-lived spinoff series Galactica 1980 to save the life of Starbuck (Katee Sackhoff). The original Battestar Galactica had been canceled by ABC in 1979, leading to a letter writing campaign and protests outside their studios demanding the show be recommissioned. Surprised by the public backlash to the decision to cancel Battlestar, ABC contacted show creator Glen A. Larson to see if he could revive the series for a smaller budget.

The revived series, Galactica 1980, was an obvious money-saving exercise that swapped the space battles of the original series for life in contemporary America. The premise was that a new generation of the Galactica crew were now working with human scientists to advance technology and prepare the Earth for an attack by the Cylons. The new Battlestar Galactica series was poorly received by audiences and Galactica 1980 was canceled...