I just watched the last Episode of Season 3 and immediatly went online to see if there will be a Season 4.  It seems it'll be a while though, so I am looking into watching the old original 70s version.  I do remember watching 3 movies back as a kid in Germany titled:
Kampfstern Galactica
Angriff der Zylonen
Kampfstern Galactica 1980

When I checked online it only shows me the original movie and the complete epic series available on DVD.

What about Misson Galactica: The Cylon Attack?  And Battlestar Galactica 1980 (seems to be a 10 Episode Series)

Anyone know if those are availabe on DVD in any Region?  I know a lot will say that especially the later is nothing compared to the Series, but I really want to watch this again as I remember only bits and pieces of it...

Oh and no "Crossroads Part 1&2" spoilers in this thread please, I haven't seen the finale yet. Waiting for my new 24" screen

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The Cylon Attack is a trimmed down version of BSG 1980.

No it ain't - as you explained earlier.

The trimdown of Galactica 1980 is "Conquest of the Earth".


PS: Still have to watch the last 6 episodes of Galactica Season 3

Quoting DJ Doena:

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Quoting Peter von Frosta:

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The Cylon Attack is a trimmed down version of BSG 1980.

No it ain't - as you explained earlier.

The trimdown of Galactica 1980 is "Conquest of the Earth".

I have been wanting to get into this show but I didn't want to commit until I could afford the season 1 & 2 sets (need a discounted price from somewhere) and the time to fully enjoy them!!!

Quoting Peter von Frosta:

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There is not season 2 in BSG 1978.

I belive he's talking about Galactica 2003-2006

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Quoting Peter von Frosta:

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Oh and no "Crossroads Part 1&2" spoilers in this thread please, I haven't seen the finale yet. Waiting for my new 24" screen

No spoilers...though they were pretty good episodes...but it is not returning until 2008?!?!?!  I just don't get how these networks can treat a series like this. 

But at least the episode order got expanded to 22 eps!

In an interview at Salon.com (and other interviews elsewhere), Ron Moore discusses much of this.

There's a real problem with serialized dramas. Viewers who miss episodes often do not return, those who do not catch the opening episodes tend never to watch. Fans become fairly loyal (to good shows), but there is inevitable losses in numbers viewing.

So the filler shows (stand alones) are needed for a couple reasons: mainly to satisfly writers' needs to create something not directly in the story arc, to detail a character...

But Pegasus will be the focus of a mini-series airing this fall, and immediately available on DVD after.

The quick release of season (or half-season) DVD sets are the only way for serialized dramas on TV to survive. Without the ability of loyal viewers to catch the episodes they missed, and to bring in new viewers and catch them up quickly, these multi-season serialized dramas would lose far more viewers over time than without these DVDs. There were complains about the DVDs for season 2 being released in two parts (2.0 & 2.5), but, by doing so, ratings held up better than the SciFi channel had expected, encouraging them to expand season 4 (starting in January) to 22 episodes.

Moore still wants to end the series at Earth. By looking at what works best for the series and the network, that might be at the end of season 4, or might be later -- no decision has been made yet.

So we now know four of the final five cylons.

And they like Bob Dylan.