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In the face of a massive letter-writing campaign in response to the cancellation of the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' in 1979, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] network executives decided to [[Retool]] the series into a less expensive spinoff, and so ''Galactica'' was resurrected as ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. Because both [[Dirk Benedict]] and [[Richard Hatch]] declined to return to the new series, it was set thirty years after the conclusion of ''Galactica'', with an older Boxey (now called "Troy") as a [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute|substitute for]] Apollo, and a new character named "Lt. Dillon" as an ersatz Starbuck.
It is 1980, and the ''Galactica'' and its fleet of 220 civilian ships have finally discovered Earth, only to find that its people are not as scientifically advanced as the refugees -- the planet can neither defend itself against the Cylons nor help the ''Galactica'' as originally hoped. Therefore, teams of Colonial warriors are covertly sent to the planet to work incognito with various members of the scientific community, hoping to advance Earth's technology.
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