The Return Of Starbuck
Several
years earlier, Starbuck and Boomer, while on patrol,
are ambushed by Cylon raiders. Starbuck's Viper is damaged severely
and crashes on a small planet, while the Galactica is forced to move on.
Starbuck
awakens in a desert landscape and discovers a Cylon ship that also crashed.
Starbuck constructs a shelter out of the ship wreck and then tries to rebuild
one of the Cylons. When the Cylon is reactivated, it immediately threatens to
kill Starbuck, but the human manages to win over the huge robot soldier with a
combination of argument and threats to turn off his power. Starbuck also starts
calling him "Cy"
and proposes that they teach one other about their respective races.
The
twosome's lonely existence on the planet is interrupted when the Cylon
discovers a strange woman, whom they are surprised to discover is pregnant. The
woman remains mute for the first few days but then enigmatically asks Starbuck,
"Would you die for me?". The woman, named Angela, starts referring to
her unborn baby as "our child." On her request, Starbuck and Cy build
a vehicle to transport the baby to safety.
The morning
after the baby's birth, another Cylon ship lands close to the crash site,
apparently having picked up the distress beacon. Cy announces that he must join
his fellow Cylons. Starbuck protests, but cannot bring himself to shoot the
departing centurion. He then hustles Angela to the completed hybrid ship and
gets her and the baby inside. He himself stays behind (to save fuel) and launches
the ship manually. Starbuck is suddenly attacked by the Cylons. Cy reappears
and shoots the attackers, his fellow Cylons, but is himself mortally damaged.
Cy dies in Starbuck's arms, calling the human his "friend." Angela's
shape appears above the hills, declaring, "The child is safely on its way
and I am ready to return home now... And I judge this mortal to be good, so
very good."
Planet Starbuck
Planet Starbuck is a
barren, desert-like planet that its sole Colonial occupant, Starbuck, names after himself.
During the battle above
this planet, both Lieutenant Boomer and
Starbuck engage a squadron on Cylon Raiders. With Starbuck'sViper too damaged to make it back
to the Fleet, Starbuck makes a one-way trip to
the planet and begins to grow lonely on planet.
Eventually, he discovers a
Raider he had shot down also crash-landed on the planet, using the debris from
the Raider to build a shelter, as well as eventually rebuilding a lone Centurion whom he calls Cy (The
Return of Starbuck).
The Seraphs (singular: Seraph) were an alien race in the
original Battlestar Galactica series
from 1978/79 and its spinoff series, Galactica 1980. They were never expressly referred to by name in the series, and were
called "Seraphs" in the scripts for the episodes in which they
appear, as well as in the mid-1990s Galactica comic
books.
Contents
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1 Appearances
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2 Depiction
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2.1 Ship of Lights
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3 References
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4 External links
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5 See also
Appearances[edit]
The Seraphs
were a noncorporeal race
of sentients who first appear in "War of the Gods". They show up again at
the conclusion of the "Terra" story arc and in the Galactica 1980 episode "The
Return of Starbuck" which explained the origins of the
mysterious Doctor Zee. They were to figure heavily in the episode "Wheel
of Fire", which was in preproduction when the series was cancelled.
The Seraphs
are represented in the 2003 reimagining by the mysterious "angel"
characters who appear throughout the series' run.
Depiction[edit]
Seraphs are
wingless angels, traveling in a large spacecraft most commonly referred to as
the Ship of Lights. They appear roughly humanoid, though their faces are always
veiled. When Lieutenant
Starbuck attempts to touch one, his hand goes through its body. It is
later revealed in "Experiment in Terra" that they can take on a
normal human form when called upon to do so. In this particular instance a
Seraph appeared as a normal human and called himself John (played by Edward Mulhare) and acted
as Apollo's liaison during the Terra crisis.
When asked
about their origins, the Seraphs claimed to have evolved to their present
state: "As you now are, we once were; as we now are you may yet
become." This references the concept of deification in Mormon cosmology,[1] which
was succinctly summarized in a couplet by Lorenzo Snow: "As man
now is, God once was: As God now is, man may be."[2][3]
Commander Adama realizes
the Seraphs are the same angelic "Beings of Light" mentioned in
"The Book of the Word", the dominant Colonial Scripture, and that
these beings have played a part in human society. In "War of the
Gods", the crew of the ship indicate they are the natural enemies of Count Iblis. Because it is
implied that Count Iblis is the original basis for Satan or "evil", this could imply the
Ship Of Lights and its inhabitants are meant to represent angels or
"good", though this is not directly stated.[4] This
is indicative of the absolutist, even Manichean world-view
of the original Battlestar Galactica.[5]
In Galactica 1980's last episode. "The Return of
Starbuck", the character of Dr. Zee is revealed to have been born to one
of the Seraphs known as "Angela". While the series was cancelled
before it could be shot, a script was written where it is revealed that
Starbuck had in fact joined the Seraphs.
Ship of Lights[edit]
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Ship of Lights
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Ship of Lights from War of the Gods
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"War of the Gods"
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Beings of
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References
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"War of the Gods"
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The Ship of Lights is a Seraph spacecraft from the original Battlestar Galactica television series.[6] It
emits an extremely loud sound that can be heard by people in nearby spaceships
and is sufficient to render humans unconscious. The Ship of Lights also carries
smaller craft. In the re-imagined series, this vessel appears in a
painting created by Starbuck. In addition, that series' Resurrection Ship restores
characters (Cylons)
to life, and in both series (Lieutenant Starbuck/Kara Thrace) is part of a
resurrection-related plot that leads the characters toward Earth.
The model
for the Ship of Lights was made out of neon and plastic by Universal Hartland Visual Effects.[7]
Saturday,
January 19, 2008
The Return Of
Starbuck
...and now the conclusion to Galactica
1980.
The title is rich. The Return Of Starbuck is laughable for many reasons not
least of which is that it misleads you to think he's returning to the Galactica. Not so.
Editor Notes; . The
Return Of Starbuck was
suppose to refer to the original tv series,where might return to the Galactica.What is a sham,it wasn’t apart of the
original,as it intended to be.If the post researched the subject,he’d
understand,it apart of a sequile episode where Lt.Starbuck being rescued by the
Serapheans.Fool.ok.?
So the question is, does it refer to
a return of the glory days of Battlestar
Galactica? Does Dirk Benedict [Starbuck] redirect the course of Galactica 1980?
The fact that this is the last
installment in the series speaks volumes, but the answer in short is NOT A
CHANCE!
I have read on ocassion this one
episode alone single-handedly rights the ship and validates the purchase of
Galactica 1980. I'm hear to say it does not, so save your money.
The story begins with young, miracle
child Dr. Z narrating as he speaks with Commander Adama about his dream of a
warrior named Starbuck. This is the backstory of Starbuck's disappearance.
Following a firefight with the cylons [alongside partner Boomer], his viper is
hit and he and a cylon raider crash land on an unknown, but habitable planet.
The story begins well. Credit goes to Herbert Jefferson and Dirk Benedict for
raising the bar of this episode's results above the rest. It's better
initially, but goes south quickly for the second half. The first half is kind
of like Galactica's
version of Castaway.
Here's a decent scene from the first
portion of the show.
Eventually, Starbuck, clearly not a
rocket scientist, somehow activates one of the centurians and its companionship
serves up a second half that is like a perversion of Enemy Mine [1985]. The two work together
for mutual survival. Actually, it's more for Starbuck's survival since the
cylon is nothing more than a walking tin can. Where is Starbuck getting food
from on this desolate planet?
Editor Notes ;We assume,he grows it.If Larson had
more time,those question might be answered.
The cylon [dubbed 'Cy' by
Starbuck] departs the encampment and brings back a "wo-man" for
Starbuck albeit out of thin air. Where the hell did she come from? She's also
preganant! Huh? Starbuck is dubbed the father and makes the baby a cradle! WTF!
You see, it goes wrong quickly. Logic flies out the window at the half-way
point and it becomes just another piece of hot, steaming Galactica 1980 crap.
Oh, by the way, McCord and Van Dyke apparently got their walking papers because
they're nowhere to be found!
Here's a scene from this complete
debacle of a second half that degraded into utter kookiness.
In the end, more cylons land and it's
a shootout, but Cy stands by Starbuck's side because they are
"friends." Thank God this was the last episode. Have mercy. I
couldn't take another morality play of this caliber again. Starbuck assembles a
spaceship out of the scrap heap of parts. Hmmm, maybe he is a rocket scientist.
Editor Notes;Obviously,Colonial
Warriors have skills to fix their ships and maybe rebuild them.After all,we are
told to the 12 Colonies have been fighting a war with Cylons for thousands of
years.In that time,we can assume Colnial Warriors,like Lt.Starbuck could build
such a rube golberg star ship.Once again foolish thinking by Sci-Fi Fanatic.
Starbuck launches his "wo-man" into space with their
newborn baby and he remains behind to die a lonely death. That baby turns out
to be stupid Dr. Z. Thankfully Larson addressed this question because it had
been really gnawing at me since the beginning to find out more. Dr. Z was such
a well-defined character and such a likeable addition to the cast! NOT! Stupid!
Die!
Editors Notes;Obvious,this poster,is fixated on his hated for
the Doctor Z,which is Doctor Zee,by the way. ! NOT! Stupid! Die!shows this
idiocy.
All conclusions idiotically,extend from studity.Considering how
of Battlestar Galactica .and Galactica 1980 consisted of tripe garbage,the Return of
Starbuck,despite it’s flaws is considered one the best episodes of both
series.This show,dimwit shows that Cylons,once away the obvious societies hive
like programming,can be salvaged into a more human like
civilization.Something,the previous episode,don’t hint at.
More importantly, what the hell
happened to Apollo? Remember him, Adama's son. Yeah, the guy who made Battlestar Galactica special. That was the series and the
man that helped propel the powers that be into spawning a modern day
reimagining. Fortunately, Richard Hatch saw the writing on the wall, or the
lack of writing perhaps, and stayed far away from this Galacticameltdown. It's like the
space version of Titanic.
Had the episode killed off Dr. Z and
Cy, left the woman out, gone with a sharper script and concentrated solely on a
deserted Starbuck being hunted by the cylons you may have had an entry that
belonged within the classic Battlestar
Galactica cannon.
The bottom line, Larson lost his way or was rushed or whatever. More
importantly the original cast had charm and chemistry, which explains why Dirk
Benedict elevates the material here briefly. Galactica
1980 missed all
of that. Benedict, as good as he is, just can't save this poorly conceived,
poorly written, poorly executed show.
And this the
obvious,opinions from an assbackwards jackass.
Worse yet for
me personally, I'll never get this time back.
Worse yet, The Sci-Fi Fanatic
is obvious,a no nothing retard,and whose opinion,is a waste of space on the
internet.
"The
Return Of Starbuck" is one of the best episodes of both Battlestar
Galactica and Galactica 1980.If think it less inferior to everything else make
you the fool-not Glen Larson
glasses at 7-11 stores for $1.50 a pair. Carson had been joking about the glasses, so his staff got him a pair to wear on the air one night, while he did his monologue. Except the glasses weren't from the ELVIRA movie -- they were from Battle for A Three Dimensional World. Carson didn't know that at the time.
printed on the inside of the glasses.
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