Apollo and Starbuck Attack Cylon Baseship - Battlestar Galactica 1978

From "Saga of a Star World".

Apollo and Starbuck attempt to trick the Imperious Leader into compromising his baseship.

[crungus__]

“How? We took them by surprise!”
“Apparently it was not as big a surprise as we had hoped for”
Hilarious, loved the lines from the OG Cylons

[scottmitchell]

The infamous Purple and Orange squadrons. Unbeatable. Unstoppable.

[battlestarmarc]

Best sci fi series that should have been a mega franchise.
ABC wanted too much too soon from Larson.

[YDV]

I'd forgotten how hilarious Cylon lines could be in BSG:TOS. It's hard to choose between "Apparently, it was not as great a surprise as we'd hoped for" and "Sir, I really think you should take a look at the other battlestar." and "We were discussing the matter when the planet came up and hit us."

[contextspecific]

Man those Cylons had some pretty dry humour sass going on

[wingsley]

Somebody really needs to do a CGI remake of the battle between the Pegasus and the two baseships in "The Living Legend, Part 2".

[robertthomas]

One of The Most Expensive and Spectacular Space Adventures Ever Filmed for Television

[Bondek]

Great scene. Apollo and Starbuck showing early on their friendship and bravery. Though I like Apollo reigning Starbuck in: "..let's not get carried away..."

[AlphanPeter]

One of best scenes in classic Battlestar Galactica.

[SnowyNightFlyer]

Planet's going to explode, sending out billions of debris and fragments in a blinding flash: a perfect time to lower the shield!

[erichtomanek]

An excellent example of working smarter not harder!

[Randy-cxjb]

Classic TV cannot be beat. Less channels and no bs like dumping moms on island to date other moms sons, crap tv, and Kardashian tripe we stuck with today.

[dangeary]

My favorite line of the entire Galactica series!
“Apparently, it was not as big a surprise as we had hoped for!”

Famous last words!!!

[azurerainbow]

Such a great idea it was for Apollo & Starbuck to trick the Cylon Imperious Leader to land on Carillon and get it destroyed with the planet. Odd it take long for the Imperious Leader to get replaced after he was destroyed with the Base Star.

[toddpayne]

3:36 is one of the coolest moments of my childhood!

[nicholasmorsovillo]

When Athena said those lines 'Commander we're picking up attacking signals from Purple and Orange Squadrons we don't have Purple and Orange Squadrons' and Adama saying 'Purple and Orange' as I mentioned in a previous comment they knew they didn't have Purple and Orange squadrons but the Cylons didn't know that and seeing the look on Adama's face when he realized it was Apollo and Starbuck I can certainly understand his concern when he said 'Lord Help Them Both'.

[vulkanXVII]

Even a tv show from 1978 has better animations then some tv shows in 2020

[geoffreyah]

I was sixteen when I saw this episode and it brings back fond memories. I still love the special effects still good by today's standards. Being more savvy in physics and science today, i think that if that planet was made of enough explosives it enough to blow itself up it would have blown much earlier and not conveniently for the destruction of the base star. Science fiction can get away with a lot with the general public.

[jamesgrasshopperninja]

WAY back when special effects were so "bad" (compared to today) and very still better plot than most shows today.

[battlestarmarc]

More Battlestar clips.
Any chance of full Battlestar episodes ?
What did the IL stand for in IL series in the Cylon empire ?