03.21.08 5:00 AM CDT
• TV & DVDs
• Robert DeSalvo
It’s been too frakking long since Battlestar Galactica: Season 3 last aired with an explosive season finale featuring the return of Starbuck and her revelation that she has been to Earth. Universal knocks another one into the stratosphere with the Season 3 DVD set released on March 18, which solidifies the argument that BSG is one of the finest dramas on TV. Highlights include the two-part “Exodus” featuring a heart-pounding rescue of the colonists from Cylon rule on New Caprica, and an extended cut (25 extra minutes) of the “Unfinished Business” episode. During this key chapter we learn about the missing year on New Caprica and the events that shaped the entire season, leading to the revelation that several major characters are, unbeknownst to even themselves, Cylons. The six discs are packed with extras, including a slew of deleted scenes, video blogs and webisodes (our only complaint is that the show isn’t available in high-def on Blu-ray…yet). Plus we just can’t get enough of sexy Cylon Tricia Helfer, who appeared on our February 2007 cover. Catch her and the rest of the Galactica gang on the Sci-fi Channel at 10 PM ET/PT on April 4 for the premiere of the fourth, and supposedly final, season.
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Yes, I had my copy of the season 3 DVDs preordered, and I was very excited when they arrived. As for blu-ray, that WOULD be nice; I see season 1 is on HD-DVD. No doubt the soudntrack is on 8-track.
Nonetheless, if I can add an external link, there's news that though this is the last season of Galactica, Sci Fi Channel has green-lit a prequel called Caprica. See http://www.starlog.com/news_article.php?id=2205