Battlestar Galactica: Season Three [6 Discs]

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Overview

An interstellar warship protects survivors of a decimated civilization with a race of android predators in hot pursuit in this dark update of the 1978-80 space adventure. Unlike its `Star Wars'-influenced predecessor, this `Galactica' is a decidedly grim saga that portrays the Cylons as creatures that rebelled against their creators, who soon discover their foe can infiltrate their `ragtag fugitive fleet' by taking human form.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/18/2008
UPC:	0025195010726
Original Release:	2008
Rating:	NR
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	15:53:00
Sales rank:	53,824

Special Features

Extended episode: Unfinished buisness; Deleted scenes; Podcasts; Episode commentary; Producer's video blogs; Webisodes

Editorial Reviews

The cliffhanger to Battlestar Galactica's Season 2 was epic: newly inducted president Gaius Baltar (James Callis) led a number of colonists down to New Caprica, a planet they hoped would become their new home. In the midst of settlement, the Cylons discovered the humans and enslaved the colony. As Season 3 opens, the New Caprica colonists -- dirty, sick, and barely surviving -- create an insurgent group to fight back. Leading the team are former Galactica crew members Colonel Saul Tigh (Michael Hogan); Chief Galen Tyrol (Aaron Douglas) and his new wife, Petty Officer Cally (Nicki Clyne); and Sam Anders (Michael Trucco), former occupation fighter on Caprica and husband to Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (Katee Sackhoff) -- who is being held captive by the Cylon Leoben (Callum Keith Rennie). Not everyone is in dire straits, however. Admiral Bill Adama (Edward James Olmos) and his son, Pegasus commander Lee "Apollo" Adama (Jamie Bamber), jumped away in the Battlestars to protect the rest of the fleet, and they remain the colonists' last hope. As the 20 episodes of 2006-7's Season 3 progress, Baltar goes on an extended sabbatical from the presidency; the humans and Cylons simultaneously locate the next clue in the search for Earth; the forced extinction of the Cylon race is considered; one of the Cylon models is permanently destroyed; and we learn the identities of four of the final five Cylon models. Like previous seasons before it, Season 3 is rife with social commentary and political and religious allegory, all of which are touched upon in the enlightening episode commentaries by producers Ronald Moore and David Eick. And don't miss the set's Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance webisodes; they fill in the gaps between the close of Season 2 and the opening of Season 3.