Can Richard A. Colla's Missing Footage Be Included In The Deal, On Bluray?

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I Guess Another One of The Other Faults That We're Not Supposed to Notice About Universal Studios Mismanagement of The "1978 Battlestar Galactica" Series"...

 

....is that a good chunk of Richard A. Colla's original, theatrical quality footage, was disposed of by Universal Studios. Never seen by anyone and never will be seen because it long since, no longer exists....

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One of Those "Buried Battlestar Galactica Mysteries" From The Past That Universal Studios Prefer No One Knows About

 

Original "Saga of a Star World" (the 1978 Battlestar Pilot episode) director Richard A. Colla filmed a good 95% of the pilot episode. He only had "4 scheduled remaining days left to go" before Glen A. Larson fired him, and dumped his perfectly good, theatrical quality footage in the trash heap never to be seen by anyone, ever.

One of the sequences he filmed was a long and extended sequence of the "Ovions" escorting Apollo, Serena, and Jolly through the "Ovion Catacombs." Just as "Boxey" was captured by the "Ovions" and taken someplace else....Apollo, Serena, and Jolly are loaded into a "tram" and taken to the entrance of the "Ovion Catacombs." Apollo, Serena, and Jolly get off the tram and begin a slow walk through the catacombs. A rather lengthy sequence with no dialogue. Apollo, Serena, and Jolly follow "Ovions" with other "Ovions" walking behind them. Apollo staring at ceilings and walls while the walk continues, Jolly nervously looking down at his gun during the walk, with Serina looking very upset. This leads up to what is left in the movie, Apollo communicating with the "Queen Ovion - Lotay" asking her where "Boxey" is at.

This is just an example of the great stuff we lost in extended footage from the movie. ABC-TV and Glen A. Larson cut this fantastic footage, Universal Studios never catalogued and stored the footage in protected surroundings (destroyed forever through neglect), and the other fantastic, extended stuff that Richard A. Colla shot was apparently lost in a fire. (Convenient).

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What is Left For "Peacock-Streaming" to Be, After it Failed at Being The "Flagship Service For Battlestar Galactica", and Failed at Being a "Sports Streaming Service?"

 

Being a "Piss-Pot" little streaming service with "Rinky-Dink" ambitions?

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As Is This

"Peacock-Streaming" got scared off by the "$150 million dollar bar tab" for 10 episodes of "Battlestar Galactica."

This Blog Has some news for "Peacock-Streaming." New programming doesn't cost only $1.98 per episode in the 2026 economy.

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This Is Definitely Worth Repeating

Yet, when new "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" productions are doing very, very well. ..Universal Studios still doesn't revive "Battlestar Galactica."

Remember the "Rick Berman Era of Star Trek?" (1987-2002)

1. Star Trek: The Next Generation

2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

3. Star Trek: Voyager

4. Star Trek: Enterprise

Remember also, these most recent "Star Wars" productions?

1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2. Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker

3. Star Wars: Last Jedi

4. Star Wars: Mandalorian & Grogu

5. Star Wars: Rogue One

All of the above productions did very, very well. Yet, Universal Studios still didn't do anything new with "Battlestar Galactica."

Universal Studios can't have it both ways. Keeping "Battlestar 1978" under lock and key regardless of whether or not "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" are doing very well or very poorly during different decades.

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"Universal Studios" Has Always Had One of Those "Missing in Action Legal Departments." Especially When it Has Come to The 'Battlestar Galactica IP."

 

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"Battlestars" Above Pyramids: The Very "Core Premise" of "Battlestar Galactica 1978." The Movie "Aliens vs. Predator" Swiped The Idea For Itself Back In 2006

 

I guess the "Universal Studios Legal Dept." was absent during that entire decade as well.

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Remember That "Weird Ass Show" That Thought It Was "Battlestar Galactica" and Simultaneously Had This Strange Preoccupation With Business Suits and Cigarettes?

 

And 'Lazy Scriptwriting" will also make any series look like a "Gangster Drama" like the "Untouchables."

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This Would Be The Perfect Story For "Universal Studios" to Never Make!! And They Wouldn't!!

 

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Remember "Mad Magazine" From Way Back When?

 

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In Other Words, "Peacock" Will Remain 'Dormant / Inert" as It Always Has Been For Six Years

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Is It Any Wonder Why "Battlestar Galactica" Never Survived Within This Entire Corporation?

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Universal Studios Couldn't Even Handle The Massive Logistics Involved, In a "Battlestar Comic Book"

 

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Could "Peacock-Streaming" Handle Managing a "Lemonade Stand" Without Screwing That Up?

 

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Yes, More Merchandise From The Very TV Show That "Universal Studios" Doesn't Even Revive as a "Radio Drama"

 

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Yes, Less Than Stellar Merchandise Combined With a "Decades Old Dysfunctional Corporation" Not Reviving "Battlestar" No Matter What!!

Great times we're living in!!

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It Has Come Full Circle, Hasn't It? The Entire World Has Always Blamed "Universal Studios" For No New "Battlestar: Anything" For 48 Consecutive Years!!

 

And just remember everyone!! Universal Studios still didn't make anything new, "Battlestar" related, when the "Rick Berman Era of Star Trek" was doing so well....

1. Star Trek: The Next Generation

2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

3. Star Trek: Voyager

4. Star Trek: Enterprise

And Universal Studios still didn't make anything new, "Battlestar" related, when the Star Wars re-boots were doing so well...

1. Star Wars: Rogue One

2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens

And Universal Studios still didn't make anything new, "Battlestar" related, when the "Star Trek" re-boots were doing so well....

1. Star Trek

2. Star Trek: Into Darkness

3. Star Trek: Beyond

So, "Universal Studios" always has a "conveniently timed, strategically placed excuse" for not bringing "Battlestar" back, to cover both ends of the marketplace when Science Fiction is either doing extremely well, or poorly.

Welcome to "Universal Studios / Battlestar 101." The "Corruption Machine" in full operation for 48 consecutive years: 1978-2026.

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Someone Is Doing All of The Talking For This Blog

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If You Still Have Your "Battlestar" Toys From 1978, Keep Them

 

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Doesn't Sound Much Better Than "Galactica: 1980"

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When News Like This Slips Under The Cracks, This Blog Will Always Scoop It Up

Try even doing a "Bing" or "Google" search on "Battlestar -$150 million for 10 episodes on Peacock?" The response you will always get from both is "we don't know anything about it!!"

"Battlestar Collectica" dug it up.
 

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"Disaster" Is Now One of The "Synonyms" For "Universal Studios"

 

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Only 200 "Viper Helmets" Will Be Made? Well, There Will Still Be Leftover "Storage Space" on "Comcast / NBC-Universal's Storage Shelves"

 

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If "Comcast / NBC-Universal" Were a "Grocery Store", This Is How Well Their Shelves Would Be Stocked

 

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The Corporation Always Known For Not Doing Anything, Is Now Splitting Itself in Half

 

https://apnews.com/article/comcast-nbcuniversal-sky-5dc27c2e6fe45eb78eae4336e025b4e2

Whoop-Dee-Doo!!

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Breathlessly Awaiting How Little Money "Peacock" Will Make In The Next Quarter.

 

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Once Again, Everyone Else Is Continuing to Do All of The Work, While 'Universal Studios' Sits on The Sidelines Doing Nothing

 

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Good Grief. "Universal Studios" Has Sat On Its "Corporate Ass" Doing Nothing With "Battlestar" For 48 Consecutive Years. Give It Up, Already

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Because With "Comcast / NBC-Universal" Always Being The Owners, It Would be Nothing But "Dark News", Right?

 

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This is How "Peacock-Streaming" Always Handles The Entire Issue of "Money" With "Battlestar Galactica"

 

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What Does "Peacock" Do When It Doesn't Want to Pay The "$150 Million Dollar Tab" On a "New 10 Episode Battlestar Series" That Already Went Through "Pre-Production?"

 

It CANCELS the new series when the...."$150 Million Tab"....comes in, and then tries to blame "Battlestar" fans for its cancellation by blaming "Battlestar" fans for not watching new incarnations of...."Star Wars"...."Star Trek"....and...."Stargate"....??

This Blog is just going to turn right around, and blame...."Peacock"....for not paying the...."$150 Million Dollar Tab"....at the time the bill came due.

Sounds fair?

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Remember 1987-2002? The Stunning Success of The "Rick Berman Era of Star Trek" Still Didn't Motivate Universal Studios to Revive "Battlestar Galactica"

 

So you see, either way, (failure or success of other shows)....(by hook or by crook), Universal Studios is NOT going to spend $150 million to make 10 new episodes of "Battlestar Galactica." 

Universal Studios will just continue modifying (changing) its excuses year after year, decade after decade, to suit any particular moment in time that benefits them personally.

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Universal Studios Has Also Pioneered a Whole New Concept In "IP Mismanagement!!"

 

If there are other "Properties" that have absolutely NOTHING to do with "Battlestar Galactica", their failures will cause NEW "Galactica" productions to NOT GET MADE.

And then...."Universal Studios"....will blame...."Galactica fans...for not watching those other productions (pictured above) that have absolutely nothing to do with...."Battlestar Galactica"....and then use that...."Totally Bizarre Twilight Zone Illogic"....as an excuse for not proceeding forward with new...."Galactica"....productions.

A new...."Chapter"....in Universal Studios...."Total Psychotic Lunacy With Battlestar Galactica".... has...."Officially Begun"....

Interesting!!

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Universal Studios is So Determined That It is "Not Going to Spend $150 Million on 10 New Episodes of Battlestar", That It Will Keep "Changing Its Excuses" (to a New Modified Excuse) as to What is Currently Happening In The "Marketplace"

 

1. If New "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" spin-offs come along and are doing extremely well, Universal Studios excuse would be (for not spending $150 million on 10 new episodes of "Battlestar"), is that "the market is flooded right now with too many new, outer space products."

2. If the spin-offs are not doing well, their excuse would be, "Outer space products are not doing well right now. Thus, we can't spend $150 million on 10 new episodes of  'Battlestar' right now."

3. If the marketplace is inactive right now, their excuse would be, "Nobody is doing anything new with outer space right now. Thus, we can't spend $150 million on 10 new episodes of 'Battlestar' right now."

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Can We Make It Even More "Blunt" as to What "Universal Studios" is Really Trying to Say?

 

Universal Studios: "We wouldn't want to spend $150 Million on 10 new episodes of "Battlestar Galactica" even if spin-offs of "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" were both doing extremely well right now."

"Universal Studios" just forgot to throw in the "Ironic Twist", that's all!!

So, it's our fault, the fans....right? As in...."Universal Studios"...."Welfare Joe, Frugality"...with...."Battlestar Galactica"....dating back to 1978.

Got it!!

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This is What "Universal Studios" Excuse Would be If New Manifestations of "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" Were Both Doing Extremely Well Right Now

 

Universal Studios: " The marketplace is currently saturated with popular new content from "Star Wars" and "Star Trek." We're going to have to wait for the current enthusiasm to drain out of the marketplace before we try a new 'Battlestar' production."

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So, In Other Words, Universal Studios Still Wears Both Its "Corporate Shoes" on The Wrong Feet (Since 1978)

 

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Sadly, What We Will Never See

 

Richard A. Colla filmed his original version of "Saga of a Star World" (The "Galactica 1978 Pilot Episode" back in the Spring of 1978.) What he filmed was Leslie Steven's original concepts for the series. A more adult conception of the holocaust including more focus on refugee survivors, better character development between Apollo, Starbuck, and Boomer. Focus on Cassiopia not as a med tech but as a "Socialator." The "Ovions" were graphic carnivores in this version. Makeup artist John Chambers and his crew spent months designing creatures for the "Carillon Casino." The entire movie was a solid, unedited event. The entire inhabitants spent a great deal of time planning their evacuation from "Carillon" because they knew ahead of time the planet was going to explode. Lots of extra footage of the Cylons and Ovions underground. Including the Cylons getting into the ground elevator and riding the elevator up to "Sire Uri's" speech towards the end. 

Richard A. Colla filmed a good 85% of this more adult version of the pilot, before Alan J. Levi took over and filmed a more juvenile version of the pilot, which we have been stuck watching since 1978.

The production so ran out of money, that Dykstra and his crew couldn't afford to film the final explosion of "Carillon" at the end. Instead, stock animators at Universal Studios literally had to draw in a "Cartoon Explosion" of "Carillon" blowing up, which is why it never looked good and looked riduliculous.

What Richard A. Colla actually filmed:

1. There was a "Prostitution Ring" within the "Rag-Rag Fleet." Cassiopia wasn't the only "Socialator."

2. The Cylons were lizards wearing Cylon armor.

3. Graphic footage of the "Ovions" consuming humans.

4. "Ovions" being blasted with laser fire with their insides oozing out.

5. Dire survival situations the humans were coping with.

6. Richard A. Colla completed roughly 85% of the filming of his and Leslie Steven's "more adult" version of the "Galactica 1978 Pilot."

7. "Queen Seetol" (The Queen Ovion), having conversations with "Cylon Centurions" underground.

8. The actual beheading of "Baltar", not a quick cutaway. With blood.

9. More scenes of humans in the incubation chambers.

10. Extra footage of the 'Carillon Casino" implying that it is a very dangerous place, and not a "Las Vegas" hangout.

....More to come

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Yet, "Peacock" Would be More Than Willing to Spend More Than "150 Million" on Its "Failed Sports Service Concept"

 "So Say We All!!

This Entire Corporation Quite Simply, Does Not Want to Exist

 

https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/nbc-quietly-cancels-9-shows-including-comedy-with-96-on-rotten-tomatoes

It wants to be the next..."ESPN"....but it has failed at everything else before then.

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What The Missing Footage of "Saga of a Star World" Reveals That "Universal Studios" Destroyed Decades Ago

 

1. Apollo and Zac and their patrolling of "Cimtar" goes on for alot longer in the destroyed footage. Longer skimming in and out of cloud cover and flybys of the tankers. Longer combat footage.

2. The "Cimtar" sequence intercut with Starbuck's card game.

3. Jim Peck as a "Caprican Newscaster." Possibly co-anchoring with Jane Seymour.

4. The attack on "Caprica" longer and more violent.

5. Longer footage with Adama and Baltar on "Caprica" after the "Cylon" attack.

6. More refugee survivor footage on the "Rising Star."

7. Footage of Apollo approaching the refugee survivors on "Caprica" near his "Viper" as an alternate take.

8. More council footage involving them, Apollo, Starbuck, and Boomer.

9. Longer take of the fleet traversing the "Nova of Madagon" with close-up shots of the "Cylon Mines" and longer explosions of them.

10. Creatures in the "Carillon Casino" that are actually alien creatures and not merely actors in Mardi Gras costumes.

11. Extra footage of "Carillon Guests" discussing rumors that internal planetary pressures could cause the entire planet to explode.

12. More chaos of the planetary evacuation.

13. More footage of the Cylons and Ovions underground.

14. Longer fire fight across the underground bridge when the Cylons are chasing humans.

More to come.

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Is The "SyFy Channel" Still "Putzing Along?"

 

Yes, I thought so. As I suspected.

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Wouldn't The Never Seen "Pulsar Gun" From The Episode "Gun On Ice Planet Zero" Be an Overwhelmingly Obvious Choice For a Newly Commercially Released "Model Kit?"

 

Including the clearly visible staircase and upper platforms for "Cylon Centurions" to walk and stand on, who were originally, supposed to be "Optically Inserted" into the shot.

Another model kit that needs to be released: The 'Cylon Tanker" from "Saga of a Star World." The "Battlestar 1978 Pilot Episode."

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No Matter How Frequently You "Spin The Narrative", It Will Always Be a Thoroughly Unsuccessful Business

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/peacock-has-41-million-paid-subscribers-nba-taylor-sheridan-1236413850/

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Is There Anything Left at "Comcast / NBC-Universal?"

 

Ghost Town

https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2026/05/multiple-nbc-shows-canceled-as-network-reshapes-lineup-for-2027.html

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Once Again, "Peacock-Streaming" is Left Out in The Cold While Another "Streaming Service" Gets All of The Glory

 

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The Internet is Revealing What John Dykstra and His ""Apogee" Crew Never Used In The "Battlestar 1978" Pilot Episode

 

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I Swear, In The Future, "Universal Studios" Decades Spanning Mishandling of The "Battlestar Galactica IP" Will Be The "Premiere Topic of Discussion" Among 'Media Historians', With The Question Always Being Asked: "Why Was Universal Studios" NEVER Thinking Normally With This IP?"

 

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Concept Artist Ralph McQuarrie Originally Wanted "Buck Rogers Thunder Fighter" to be The "Colonial Viper" in "Battlestar Galactica."

 

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It Would Be a "Research Project" In Itself Uncovering All of The "Artistry & Craftmanship" That Went Into The Making of The "Battlestar Galactica Pilot Episode" and Series

 

"Galactica" under construction.

"Pulsar Gun" mountain exploding in "Gun On Ice Planet Zero." Behind the scenes.

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The Artistry and Craftsmanship That Was Never Even Seen in "Saga of a Star World", The Pilot Episode of "Battlestar Galactica 1978"

 

The "Ovions" were originally intended to interact more frequently with the humans. The "Pilot" episode needed another year to perfect everything.

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What Now? Another 25 Years of Indeciseveness?

 

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Want to Know What Would Have Made an Interesting "Battlestar 1978" Book?

 

Includes a staircase and guard railings for the Cylons to walk on. We sure never saw this when it was broadcast back in 1978.

All of the missing miniature models built by John Dykstra and his "Apogee" crew that never even showed up in the original broadcasts of the 1978 series.

Including this, the "Pulsar Gun Miniature" from "Gun On Ice Planet Zero."

There were glimpses of it in the dark, but that's it.

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How About a "Sharknado" Reunion Special? With The Cast Members and The Sharks Sitting on The Beach and Reminiscing?

 

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This Blog is Rooting For a "Mash-Up"

 

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Well, "Universal Studios" Dusted off The Old Property, and Nothing Happened

 

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"Peacock-Streaming" Will Never Be a "Sports Leader" Either. "Netflix" Just Snatched That Up as Well

https://www.newsweek.com/sports/mma/ronda-rousey-gina-carano-card-delivers-record-breaking-ratings-for-netflix-11970291

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